Goldberg, Perez, Rashad and More to Participate in Harold Clurman Festival of the Arts
William Ayers, Jimmie Briggs, Ruby Dee, Alvin Epstein, Melissa Fitzgerald, Maxine Greene, Margie Gillis, Whoopi Goldberg, Bill T. Jones, Herbert Kohl, Francis Lucerna, Leonard Lopate, Winter Miller, Tom Oppenheim, Rosie Perez, John Prendergast, Phylicia Rashad and Anna Deavere Smith are among the many artists that will be participating in the upcoming Harold Clurman Festival of the Arts.
The Harold Clurman Festival of the Arts, ten days of discussions and performing arts will take place on Friday, October 17 through Monday, October 27, 2008 at The Stella Adler Studio, 31 West 27th Street, New York, NY and Cooper Union's Great Hall, 7 East 7th Street, New York, NY. Proceeds from the festival benefit the Stella Adler Outreach Division, which provides free theater education to New York City public school students. (The Stella Adler Studio of Acting is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.)
A Complete Schedule is as follows:
Friday, October 177:00 pm A symposium discussion: Art and Social Activism: Spotlight on Africa, with Ruby Dee, Adenike Thomas, Melissa Fitzgerald, Winter Miller, John Prendergast, moderated by Jimmie Briggs, at Cooper Union's Great Hall ($25 single tickets available)
Saturday, October 1812:00 pm Voices Workshop: The Stella Adler Outreach Division and Voices of Uganda3:00 pm I.D. Elegy created by Steve Cook
Sunday, October 1912:00 pm Voices Workshop (see details above)4:00 pm Wherever Green is Worn: Ecology and Antiwar, readings and discussion with Majora Carter, Amiri Baraka, Forrest Gander, James Sherry, Marcella Durand, and Jonathan Skinner 6:00 pm WinterSource created by Steve Cook
Monday, October 207:00 pm WinterSource created by Steve Cook
Tuesday, October 216:00 pm A reading of All that Fall by Samuel Beckett with Alvin Epstein, Elizabeth Parrish, Michael Howard and others8:00 pm WinterSource created by Steve Cook
Wednesday, October 225:00 pm What Shall I Give My Children? by Don K. Williams directed by Tom Oppenheim8:00 pm All that Fall by Samuel Beckett (see details above)
Thursday, October 235:00 pm What Shall I Give My Children? by Don K. Williams directed by Tom Oppenheim7:00 pm A poetry reading with Eva Salzman and Elizabeth Macklin8:00 pm A reading of All that Fall by Samuel Beckett (see details above)11:00 pm Hedwig and the Angry Inch** a concert performance by Jason S. Little with Mark Fiffer, Kate Pazakis, Mary Ann McSweeney, Greg Utzig and Ray Marchica, at The Zipper Theater
** Event is not included in the price of a Festival pass; $20 suggested donation supports the Stella Adler Outreach Division
Friday, October 247:00 pm What Shall I Give My Children? by Don K. Williams directed by Tom Oppenheim
Saturday, October 25The David Oppenheim Music Center presents Music: An Instrument of Peace2:00 pm Ned Otter and Friends, jazz2:00 pm What Shall I Give My Children? by Don K. Williams directed by Tom Oppenheim 4:00 pm Sonya Lee, classical pianist6:00 pm Noah Getz, saxophonist8:00 pm David Amram, multi-instrumentalist
Sunday, October 262:00 pm What Shall I Give My Children? by Don K. Williams directed by Tom Oppenheim4:00 pm A symposium discussion: Educational Justice with Herbert Kohl, Maxine Greene, Francis Lucerna and William Ayers, moderated by Leonard Lopate ($25 single tickets available)
Monday, October 277:00 pm A symposium discussion: Art and Educational Justice, with Whoopi Goldberg, Rosie Perez, Phylicia Rashad, Anna Deavere Smith, moderated by Leonard Lopate, at Cooper Union's Great Hall ($25 single tickets available)
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