Tag: theater
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Animating Resistance: Live Cinema Explorations of the Global Nonviolent Action Database
Animating Resistance: Live Cinema Explorations of the Global Nonviolent Action Database Prof. Ali Momeni, Carnegie Mellon University 19 April: 5:00 p.m. Artist’s Lecture in Science Center Room 101 20 April: 12:30-6:30 pm and 8:00-10:00 pm Workshop in Kohlberg 326 Language Center 21 April: 8:00 pm Outdoor Performance (Pearson Hall Lawn. Rain Location: LPAC Lobby) More…
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Theater of Witness covers new ranges of emotional spectrum
The following piece appeared in the most recent issue of The Phoenix. Theater of Witness covers new ranges of emotional spectrum By Daniel Bidikov on February 12, 2015 Theater of Witness is a series of staged dramatic performances and cinema pieces through which subjects recount complex personal histories. It was brought to Swarthmore on Monday, February…
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Theatre of Witness: Bearing Witness to Stories of Suffering, Transformation, and Peace
Theatre of Witness: Bearing Witness to Stories of Suffering, Transformation, and Peace A Public Presentation by Teya Sepinuck Monday, February 9th, 7 pm Lang Performing Arts Center Cinema Swarthmore College (directions) Free and Open to the Public Join Teya Sepinuck, founder and Artistic Director of Theatre of Witness for an inspiring multi-media program of films…
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Prof. Dominic Tierney and Nell Bang-Jensen ’11 Discuss Media and War
Political Scientist Dominic Tierney and Nell Bang-Jensen ’11 recently led a discussion on the media’s responsibilities in times of war. The discussion followed The Body of An American, which explores the friendship of photojournalist Paul Watson and playwright Dan O’Brien (played by Harry Smith and Ian Merrill). Photo by Alexander Iziliaev. Swarthmore’s zeal for interdisciplinary studies…
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Peace drama performed 100 years ago on campus
This story in The Phoenix, Swarthmore College’s student newspaper, from October 27, 1914, only three months after the start of World War I, was brought to our attention this week. The clipping below reports on the performance of a Founders’ Day “peace drama” about one soldiers’ struggle with the horrors of war, his return home, and…