Worldwide Readings & Events: United States of America

Insulted. Belarus translated into English by John Freedman.

Publication excerpt: Contemporary Theatre Review Interventions (Sept. 2020): https://www.contemporarytheatrereview.org/2020/dispatches-insulted-belarussia/

Publication in Plays International magazine (Winter issue, 2020, Vol 35, Nos. 9-12).

VOICES OF THE NEW BELARUS translated by John Freedman.

Publication in Plays International magazine, Winter 2021 issue. https://www.playsinternational.org.uk/sample-articles/belarus/

Akropolis Performance Lab, Seattle, Dir. by Joseph Lavy, Nov. 8, 1 p.m., 2020 https://youtu.be/wbRY-pU6Dvg

Arlekin Players Theatre, Boston, Dir. by Igor Golyak – Zoom, Sept. 17, 8 p.m. EST, 2020, in RUSSIAN.

Arlekin Players Theatre, Boston, Dir. by Blair Cadden – Zoom, Sept. 21, 8 p.m. EST, 2020.

Arlekin Players Theatre, Boston, Oct. 16, 2020 - Three rehearsal clips posted on FB: 1) https://fb.watch/3yfkkhZnYU/ 2) https://fb.watch/3yfmUVFOvJ/ 3) https://fb.watch/3yfoq5B5cU/

Arlekin Players Theatre, Boston, Dir. by Igor Golyak – Oct. 18, 8 p.m. EST, 2020 in RUSSIAN. https://fb.watch/3n2xgZ_-tO/ (this production featured Belarusian actor Ales Molchanov in the role of Corpse, Zooming from the streets of Minsk)

Arlekin Players Theatre, Boston, Dir. by Igor Golyak – Oct. 25, 8 p.m. EST, 2020 In RUSSIAN.

Arlekin Players Theatre, Boston, Dir. by Blair Cadden - Nov 8, 8 p.m. EST, 2020

Arlekin Players Theatre, Boston, Dir. by Igor Golyak – Nov. 17, 8 p.m. EST, 2020 In RUSSIAN with English subtitles - hosted on HowlRound - https://youtu.be/t571QKb-X-w

Art Institute of Chicago (school of the), Chicago, reading/action with TBD Trap Door Theater, dir. Ruth Margraff.

Steve Clorfein, New York, a Zoom reading of VOICES with Steve Waugh. TBD.

Kseniya Babaeva, independent actress, United States. Nov. 17, 2020. Monologue of Cheerful in ENGLISH: https://youtu.be/lG4-VJ7q8h4

Kseniya Babaeva, independent actress, United States. Nov. 17, 2020. Monologue of Cheerful in RUSSIAN: https://youtu.be/KyB_ghFhxBs

Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga, Tennessee, dir. Garry Posey, June 21, 22 & 28, 2020. A 3-part podcast directed by Garry Posey. Part One: background info and conversation among Posey, Freedman and Dana Colagiovanni.

Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga, Tennessee, dir. Garry Posey, reading in English of Voices of the New Belarus. April 8/9, 2022.

Exquisite Corpse Company, NYC, Tess Howsam, Oct. 16, 7:30 p.m. EDT, 2020 live zoom reading - https://youtu.be/G50mqUNw2lQ

The Forum and Shotgun Players, Bay Area, CA, Kieran Beccia - Oct. 3, 2 p.m. PDT, 2020 - https://youtu.be/dFiAUhFsVrY

Harvard U., Dept. of Slavic Langs. and Lits., Dir. Jenya Mironava, Oct. 7, 5 pm (EDT), 2020, https://youtu.be/tytgJ9IebTk

HERE Cultural Center, NY, Kristin Marting – 3 live monologues live online Sep. 18, 2020;

HERE Cultural Center, NY, Kristin Marting – 3 pre-recorded segments online from last week of Sept. to Oct. 5, 2020.

HowlRound Conversation: Arlekin Players Theatre organizes an Artist Talk moderated by Barbara Wallace Grossman, with Igor Golyak, Guillermo Cienfuegos, John Freedman and Andrei Kureichik on Nov. 19 11 am EST, 2020 - hosted on HowlRound. https://youtu.be/bzXAQs0e2zk

Illinois State University, Normal, IL, dir. by Kee-Yoon Nahm – Zoom, Oct. 3, 7:30 p.m., 2020 (Central Time) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cfYz42oL2W5-3XXVPTw-U5oZmT2D5Z2E/view?usp=sharing

Illinois University, Department of Theatre, Valleri Robinson – Zoom, Oct. 1, 10 a.m. local, 2020.

Illinois University Library exhibit: Translations of Insulted. Belarus are included in How Does Culture Move? Mobility and Stasis in Global Cultural History, Oct. 2021. https://guides.library.illinois.edu/c.php?g=1154177&p=8433115

Illinois University, Department of Theatre, VOICES OF THE NEW BELARUS, directed by Andrei Kureichik, April 28, 2022, 4 p.m., at the Krannart Art Museum..

Mad Horse Theater Company, Portland, ME. Dir. by Mark Rubin. Oct. 18, 7 p.m. EDT, 2020. https://www.facebook.com/events/3302150293238117

Moscow Nights with Streamyard, New Orleans, LA, Natasha O. Ramer, October 26, 8 p.m., 2020- https://youtu.be/jzx8t-dF_OA

NYU, Steve Clorfeine & Steve Wangh, (NY and VT, USA) a live streamed production of VOICES with performers in South Africa, Australia, Hong Kong, the US, and Poland. Date TBD.

NOLA Theatre Talk - A Conversation about “Insulted. Belarus” with Alan Smason, Natasha O. Ramer & others, Oct. 10, 2020. https://www.facebook.com/786936078/videos/10159012229176079/

Pink Velvet Witch, Coney Island, Brooklyn, video of a monologue, released Sep. 18, 2020. https://youtu.be/BV7sbyAfja8

Playwright’s Gallery, NYC. Dec. 12, 2 p.m.

Rachel Vigour, Charlottesville, Virginia, musical video of a monologue by MENTOR, March 1, 2021. https://www.facebook.com/rachel.vigour/videos/3924191297640750/?notif_id=1614641447936794&notif_t=video_wall_create&ref=notif

Rachel Vigour, Charlottesville, Virginia, video reading of VOICES OF THE NEW BELARUS, July 19, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ9PRQCV5iU

Rogue Machine Theatre, Los Angeles, dir. by Guillermo Cienfuegos, Sept. 18, 8 p.m., 2020 (https://youtu.be/XYf6lFRXTGQ)

Rogue Machine Theatre, LA, dir. by Guillermo Cienfuegos, Nov. 18, 8 p.m. EST, 2020. In ENGLISH - hosted on HowlRound. https://youtu.be/SpxD6LWQNDI

Rogue Machine Theater, Los Angeles. Video reading of VOICES OF THE NEW BELARUS. Release date Jan. 1, 2022. Directed by Guillermo Cienfuegos.

St. Olaf College, Northfield MN, dir. Marc Robinson, Sept. 26, 2020.

Shrewd Productions, Austin, dir. Chris Humphrey – Sept. 19, 8 p.m., 2020.

Shrewd Productions, Austin, dir. Chris Humphrey, Sep. 23, 7:30 p.m. CDT, 2020 - https://youtu.be/7XQInC-iwhg

Studio 6, NY/NC, dir. by Robert Olinger - Oct. 4, 1 p.m. EDT, 2020 - https://www.facebook.com/111217267391429/videos/626869288199031

Studio 6, NY/NC, dir. by Robert Olinger - Nov. 14, 2020, second reading - https://www.facebook.com/Insulted-Belarus-Worldwide-Readings-111217267391429/videos/420427102315904

Tantrum Theater at Ohio University, Facebook live, Sep. 25, 6 p.m. EDT, 2020 - https://www.facebook.com/events/1048703828917468?acontext=%7B%22source%22%3A%2229%22%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3A%22plan_user_invited%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22null%22%7D&notif_id=1600975607227601&notif_t=plan_user_invited&ref=notif

Terra Incognita, Bensalem, PA, dir. by Vitaly Samsonov, In RUSSIAN Oct. 4, 3 p.m., 2020, at Neshaminy State Park

Theatre Novi Most, MN, dir. by Vladimir Rovinsky – FB Live, Sep. 19, 7 p.m. CDT, 2020 - https://youtu.be/nL2ld1Eu8zQ

Theatre Novi Most, MN, second reading, dir. by Vladimir Rovinsky, Oct. 2nd at 6:45 PM CT, 2020.

Theatre Novi Most, MN, third reading, dir. by Vladimir Rovinsky, Oct. 25, 8 p.m. ET, 2020 - In RUSSIAN - https://youtu.be/R_otw9NXstI

UC Berkeley, Goldman School of Public Policy, Arts and Culture Policy course, a lecture/discussion with Andrei Kureichik and John Freedman led by Jean Johnstone, April 27, 2021.

UC Berkeley, Goldman School of Public Policy, Arts and Culture Policy course, a lecture/discussion with Andrei Kureichik and John Freedman led by Michael O’Hare, April 28, 2022.

Wilma Theater, Philadelphia, dir. by Yury Urnov – Sep. 26, 8 p.m. EDT, 2020, stream was available for only four days, due to union limitations - https://wilmatheater.org/event/a-reading-of-insulted-belarussia/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_term=&utm_content=BelarusReading&utm_campaign=BelarusReading