Conference in Washington

Dr. Cynthia Schneider, former US Ambassador to the Netherlands, a Distinguished Professor at Georgetown University, and a strong supporter of Cultures in Harmony, is co-organizing a conference with Derek  Goldman, Professor of Theatre and Performing Arts at Georgetown. They will  explore  the  connections  between  theater and politics,  and  try to  bridge  the  gap between  global  performance and  international affairs and  foreign policy.

The entire conference   (June 14-16)  will be broadcast on #NEWPLAY TV, an open source, live streaming project administered by HowlRound.com / Center for the Theater Commons.  People can watch by visiting newplaytv.info or on a smartphone through the mobile site at http://mobile.livestream.com/newplay, and can follow and use hash tag #newplay on Twitter to participate in discussion about the convening. Follow and post about the conference on #GlobalPerformance.   You can  follow  the  conference live  on  Thursday,  beginning  at 1:00 PM.  

Today Derek  Goldman,  Waleed Shamil (one of  our  five  visiting  Iraqi  artists) and I  had a  great  conversation on the  Kojo  Nnamdi show   on WAMU/NPR;  it previews many of the  issues  that  will  be raised in the conference.  Please listen  here, http://t.co/W2UskSAJ .  

Additional information  about the conference can be found at https://blogs.commons.georgetown.edu/performance-imagination-diplomacy/.