Solidaristetsmarkering for Ukraina

12 Hours with 24 New York Theatres

TODAY, Saturday April 16th, 10:00 am – 10:00 pm EDT

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The New York Theatre Community is coming together all day today, Saturday April 16th, from 10:00 am – 10:00 pm for readings and conversations on www.HowlRound.com. We will share our outrage at the bombing of the Donetsk Regional Drama Theatre in Mariupol in Ukraine where 300 people died while seeking shelter in space that is sacred to all of us. Schedule below, subject to radical change:​

AM – Saturday April 16th, 10:00 am – 10:00 pm EDT

10:00 AM   PEN America

PEN America will present readings and remarks about translating in wartime. With Neil Blackadder (US), Amin Erfani (Iran/US), Allison Markin Powell (US) and Caridad Svitch (Argentina/Cuba/US).

10:30 AM   The SHED

The Shed presents New York actors April Matthis and Tom O’Keefe performing an excerpt from “Help,” a new play by Claudia Rankine that concluded its run last weekend. The play offers an inquiry and ongoing investigation into white dominance, and a lesson in how to address, engage, and ultimately confront it. Introduced by Shed Producers Laura Aswad and Daisy Peele, with a special appearance by Claudia Rankine.

11:00 AM & 11:30 AM HERE ARTS CENTER

HERE Arts Center (60 min slot) will present an excerpt reading of Anastasia Kosodiy’s “A Timetraveler’s Guide to Donbass” followed by a conversation between Ukrainian and US artists. Featuring Ukrainian artists Viktor Ruban and ProEnglish Theater (Alex Borovenskiy, Polina Hedzenko, James Martin, Daniil Prymachiv, Valeria Pustova, Anabell Ramirez, Alina Zievakova), and US artists AnomalousCo, Kersti Bryan, Clove Galilee, Lenora Champagne, Abigail Gampel, LEIMAY (Ximena Garnica), and Suzi Takahashi.

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12:00 PM   PS21

Performance Spaces for the 21st Century will react to this Time of War with readings and music by Nicole Ansari (US/Germany/Iran), Maria Sonevytsky (US/Ukraine), and Franz Nicolay (US). With Elena Siyanko (US/Ukraine), Artistic Director of PS21, Chatham, NY. 

12:30 PM   BAM

BAM invited Anton Ovchinnikov—dancer, choreographer, and poet—to join from Kyiv and to share his poetry and a dance work created especially for this moment. With an introduction by David Binder, Artistic Director, BAM.

1:00 PM    The Watermill Center | Robert Wilson

Robert Wilson will read texts and share his thoughts on the role of an artist in the Time of War.

1:30 PM    St. Ann’s Warehouse

St. Ann’s Warehouse invites seven artists and groups to contribute new short works speaking to the tragedy unfolding in Ukraine. Artists include Daniel Fish, Cyrus Moshrefi with Jim Dawson + Jim Findlay, Jake Robards, Yolonda Ross, Mo Sarrar, Ashley Tata and Ben Williams.

2:00 PM     The Public Theater

The Public Theater and its affiliated artists sends unconditional support to the Ukraine and its artists. Playwright Tony Kushner will be in conversation with The Public’s Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; musical contribution by Shaina Taub. Plus surprise guests.

2:30 PM    Torn Page

Torn Page will join from Paris with New York poet Lee Ann Brown presenting readings from her work + members of the Tender Buttons Press poets circle. Tony Torn will show excerpts from and discuss his recent production of poet Michael McClure’s absurdist anti-war play “Spider Rabbit.” 

3:00 PM     Park Avenue Armory

Park Avenue Armory will present an excerpt from their production of Afterwardsness. A dance work created by Bill T. Jones that addresses the state of the world and twin pandemics of these last few years. The work features the Bill T Jones / Arnie Zane Company. With a special introduction by Jones. With Park Avenue Armory Chief Artistic Producer Michael R. Lonergan.

3:30 PM     Abrons Arts Center

Abrons Arts Center will present excerpts and conversation from Language Reversal, a long-term collaboration about translation, autocracy and borders—between resident artist Aaron Landsman (US) and Serbian cultural NGO Kulturanova, including artists Milan Vracar (Serbia), Jelena Galovic (Serbia) and Uros Mladenovic (Serbia).

4:00 PM     HowlRound Theatre Commons & Al Límite

HowlRound Theatre Common’s Thea Rodgers will be joined by members of New York’s Al Límite Collective, an off-shoot of the Living Theatre Leah Bachar and Phillip Schaffer will read from Judith Malina’s “Love and Politics.” 

4:30 PM     Ma-Yi Theater Company

Ma-Yi Theater will present select Filipino poetry in English, and hold a panel discussion about the responsibility of artists in times of war. Ma-Yi Theater artists include Jakob Carter, Nancy Bulalacao, Jesse Jae Hoon, Ken Leung, and Ma-Yi’s Artistic Director Ralph B. Peña.

5:00 PM     National Black Theatre

National Black Theatre will be presenting a dramatic reading of selected passages from BIPOC writers centering the words of “Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds”, written by adrienne maree brown. With Sade Lythcott, NBT CEO and Jonathan McCrory, NBT Executive Artistic Director.

5:30 PM     The Play Company

The Play Company will present readings of works by poets, journalists and theatre makers around the world to voice love and solidarity in this time of war. With Nadine Malouf, Nicole Shalhoub and Stacey Yen. Introduction by Kate Loewald, Founding Producer of PlayCo.

6:00 PM    CUNY STAGES

Seth Baumrin and Vernice Miller from John Jay College CUNY as well as Anne Mourier of Subpoetics International (France) will discuss their work in Ukraine with internally displaced actors drawn together from Les Kurbas Theatre, Lesia Ukrainska Theatre and Ivan Franko University—and report on the creation of the Gershom Theatre Lviv in Ukraine.

6:30 PM    Nuyorican Poets Cafe

Nuyorican Poets Cafe invited New York spoken word poets Paul LaTorre, JF Seary and Suzen Baraka Sweeney to read works that reflects on the role of the poet in the Time of War. With a contribution from and moderation by Kimberly Ramírez.

7:00 PM    La MaMa

La MaMa invited resident artists Adham Hafez and Sophia Gutchinov from its 60^th season to read poetry and texts in solidarity with Ukraine. Artists from the Mariupol theatre community in Ukraine join Virlana Tkacz to share their perspective—depending on internet connection. Introduced by Mia Yoo, Artistic Director of La MaMa.

7:30 PM   Yara Arts Group

Together with actor Marina Celander, Yara Arts Group artistic leaders Virlana Tkacz and Wanda Phipps will read their award-winning translations of poetry by Serhiy Zhadan (Kharkiv, Ukraine) and Katerina Babkina (today a refugee in Poland). Yara is a resident company at La MaMa Experimental Theatre in New York. 

8:00 PM   Noor Theatre

Noor Theatre invites New York MENA/SWANA artists Noelle Ghoussaini and Bazeed to present digital and written pieces in response to global current events, diaspora and displacement. Introduced by Kate Moore Heaney, Artistic Producer at Noor Theatre. 

8:30 PM   Mabou Mines | Performance Space

Mabou Mines represented by Co-Artistic director Carl Hancock Rux and Senior Artistic Associate actress Maude Mitchell will read poetry and texts in solidarity with Ukraine. 

9:00 PM   Ukrainian Actors of New York

Ukrainian Actors of New York’s Alex Ozerov-Meyer, Sasha K. Odesa, Cynthia Adler, Tjaša Ferme and Tony Naumovski are going to read the excerpts from The Paris Review’s Conversations to the Tune of Air-Raid Sirens: Odesa Writers on Literature in Wartime (by Ilya Kaminsky) to honor and amplify the voices of the brilliant writers of Odesa, Ukraine.