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2011 Breaking String New Russian Drama Festival
January 28-January 30, 2011
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The story of contemporary Russia is surely one of the most baffling enigmas of
our time. What really is happening in the land of Leo Tolstoy, Anton Chekhov, Boris Pasternak and Alexander
Solzhenitsyn? While the contradictions of Russia’s political and social development pile up chaotically, often making
it difficult to discern where the truth lies, Russian playwrights have left a strikingly clear, multifaceted record of
Russia’s journey into the twenty-first century. As the media came under the draconian control of Vladimir Putin’s and
Dmitry Medvedev’s administrations in the 2000s, playwrights’ voices were marked by a distinct variety and
boldness. As public opinion tended to support notions of strong-handed rulers, dramatists explored the lives of
individuals who did not fit into neat sociological niches. In short, anyone who wishes to know what is happening in
Russia must take into account the extraordinary fruits of the boom in dramatic writing that began in the late 1990s
and continues to this day.
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Dates:
January 28-January 30, 2011Times:
Friday, January 28, 2011
8:00 PM: North American Premiere of FLYING by Olga Mukhina
Saturday, January 29, 2011
12:30 PM: Panel Discussion on New Russian Drama featuring playwrights Olga Mukhina and Maksym Kurochkin
2:00 PM: Panel Discussion “New Russian Drama in Context” – featuring experts from the University of Texas at Austin:
Elizabeth Richmond-Garza, Thomas Garza, and Seth Wolitz
4:00 PM: Staged Reading of YoU, by Olga Mukhina, translated by John Freedman
8:00 PM: Flying by Olga Mukhina, translated by John Freedman
Sunday, January 30, 2011
1:00 PM: Discussion of the Center for International Theatre Development's New Plays for Russia Initiative, featuring Philip
Arnoult and John Freedman (JF via Electronic conference).
3:00 PM: Staged reading of Maksym Kurochkin's Repress and Excite, directed by James Loehlin.
8:00 PM: Flying by Olga Mukhina
“Scriptworks Monday,” January 31, 2011
6:00 PM: Panel Discussion on new play development in Russia and the United States. With Scriptworks Director Christi
Moore, Olga Mukhina and Maksym Kurochkin -
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