Directors Confirmed for 2015 PEN World Voices International Play Festival

The 2015 PEN World Voices International Play Festival has confirmed its directors.

- NICOLE A. WATSON directs Hjalmar Jorge Joffre-Eichhorn & Hadi Marifat's Infinite Incompleteness (Afghanistan)

- VALÉRY WARNOTTE directs Valère Novarina's The Animal of Time (France)

- AWOYE TIMPO directs Angella Emurwon's Strings (Uganda)

- JULIÁN MESRI directs Yerandy Felites Pérez's My Uncle, The Exile (Cuba)

- DEVON DEMAYO directs Roland Schimmelpfennig's Ant Street (Germany)

- ERIC TING directs Joned Suryatmoko's Picnic (Indonesia)

- SAHEEM ALI directs Sitawa Namwalie's Black Maria on Koinange Street (Kenya)

- SAMUEL BUGGELN directs Rafael Spregelburd's Spam (Argentina)

The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center presents World Voices: International Play Festival 2015. As part of the 2015 PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature, the Segal Center will showcase play readings by nine of the world's most respected dramatists representing Afghanistan, Argentina, Cuba, France, Germany, Indonesia, Kenya, and Uganda.

The International Play Festival generates conversations on art, politics, dreams, war, and philosophy, and is meant to give American audiences a rich awareness of the greater global dialogue.

The festival runs May 4, 5 & 11 at The Graduate Center, CUNY, located at 365 Fifth Avenue. FREE + Open to the Public | First come, first served.

Schedule:

Monday, May 4
4:30pm Infinite Incompleteness*
Written by Hadi Marifat & Hjalmar Jorge Joffre-Eichhorn (AFGHANISTAN)
Directed by Nicole A. Watson

7:30pm The Animal of Time*
Written by Valère Novarina (FRANCE) & Translated by Amin Erfani
Directed by Valéry Warnotte

Tuesday, May 5
2pm Strings*
Written by Angella Emurwon (UGANDA)
Directed by Awoye Timpo

5pm My Uncle, The Exile*
Written by Yerandy Fleites Pérez (CUBA)
Directed & Translated by Julián Mesri

7:30pm Ant Street*
Written by Roland Schimmelpfennig (GERMANY) & Translated by David Tushingham
Directed by Devon DeMayo

Monday, May 11
2pm Picnic*
Written by Joned Suryatmoko (INDONESIA) & Translated by Barbara Hatley
Directed by Eric Ting

5pm Black Maria on Koinange Street*
Written by Sitawa Namwalie (KENYA)
Directed by Saheem Ali

7:30pm Spam
Written by Rafael Spregelburd (ARGENTINA) & Translated by Jean Graham-Jones
Directed by Samuel Buggeln

Each reading will be followed by a conversation with artists and scholars involved in the festival.

*Selected readings will be followed by a discussion with the playwright.

The 11th Annual PEN World Voices of International Literature, "On Africa," New York City, May 4-10, 2015
More than 100 Writers from 30 countries celebrate the transformative power of the written word. This year's program, co-curated by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, takes you beyond the news by providing a rare chance to hear voices and perspectives from contemporary Africa and its diaspora. www.penworldvoices.org

Pictured: Left to right from top: Angella Emurwon, Yerandy Felites Pérez, Hjalmar Jorge Joffre-Eichhorn, Hadi Marifat, Valère Novarina, Sitawa Namwalie, Roland Schimmelpfennig, Rafael Spregelburd, Joned Suryatmoko. Photos courtesy of the artists.