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Under the Radar at The Public Theater in New York City is an annual theater festival that spotlights international artists ranging from emerging talents to masters in the field. The festival is a wild mix of works by ensembles, solo artists, writers, and creators. The ultimate goal of UTR is to offer a crash course in theater that is exciting, independent, and experimental, created by some of the most dynamic artists working today.

The following three events will be livestreaming on the open-source #NEWPLAY TV channel. Use the Twitter hashtags #UTR13 and #newplay to participate in conversation.

THURSDAY, JAN. 10: 9:30am EST - 11am EST (New York) / 14:30 GMT - 16:00 GMT (London) / 15:30 CET - 17:00 CET (Berlin) / 18:00 IRST - 19:30 IRST (Tehran) / 19:30 PKT - 21:00 PKT (Lahore) / 23:30 JST - 01:00 JST (Tokyo)

Opening remarks & brief views on the state of theater  

• Mark Russell (Artistic Producer, The Public Theater’s Under The Radar Festival)
• Oskar Eustis (Artistic Director, The Public Theater)
• Mario Garcia Durham (President and CEO, Association of Performing Arts Presenters)
• Performance excerpt of Songs from The Burnin by Progress Theater
• Back to Back Theatre (Australia/Geelong)
• Mohammad Aghebati (Iran/Tehran)
• Christina Anderson (U.S.A./New York)
• Taylor Mac (U.S.A./New York)

SATURDAY, JAN. 12:
9:00am PST -10:30am PST (San Francisco) /11:00am CST -12:30pm CST (Austin) / 12:00pm EST - 1:30pm EST (New York) / 17:00 GMT - 18:30 GMT (London) / 18:00 CET - 19:30 CET (Berlin) / 22:00 PKT - 23:30 PKT (Lahore)

Arts, Culture + Economy in a Post-Crash World How will the global economic crisis and political change in the EU effect US/Europe cultural exchange? Join international curators, cultural officers, artists and thinkers for a round table discussion. (In association with Culturebot).

Featuring:

• Barbara Bryan (Executive Director, Movement Research)
• Thomas Creed (Director, Cork Midsummer Festival)
• Zvonimir Dobrovic (Founder/Artistic Director of Queer Zagreb and Perforations Festival)
• Marta Keil (Critic/Author and Curator of East European Performing Arts Platform Project)
• Jan Kennis (General Director for Cultural Affairs USA, The Netherlands Consulate)
• Barbara Lanciers (Program Director, Trust for Mutual Understanding/Company Member and Choreographer for Two-headed Calf )
• Gideon Lester (Director of Theater Programs, Bard College)
• Erwin Maas (Director/Royal Dutch Embassy Cultural Department)
• Elin Norquist (Project Manager, Swedish Arts Council)
• Mark Russell (Artistic Director, Under The Radar Festival)
• András Szántó (Writer/Researcher/Consultant, Sotheby’s Institute of Art in New York)

SUNDAY, JAN. 13: 9:00am PST -10:30am PST (San Francisco) /11:00am CST -12:30pm CST (Austin) / 12:00pm EST - 1:30pm EST (New York) / 17:00 GMT - 18:30 GMT (London) / 18:00 CET - 19:30 CET (Berlin) / 22:00 PKT - 23:30 PKT (Lahore)

Social Practice and Performance What does it mean to make socially conscious performance, often working working with non-artist communities? What are the aesthetic, political and practical challenges of making theater in community without making “community theater”? Or is that distinction no longer relevant? Join artists and curators and thinkers from multiple backgrounds for a discussion of this longstanding but newly vital field. (In association with Culturebot).

Featuring:

• Wenzel Bilger (Program Director of the Goethe-Institut New York)
• Gonzalo Casals (Director of Education & Public Programs, El Museo Del Barrio)
• Jan Cohen-Cruz (Editor, Public: A Journal of Imagining America and University Professor, Syracuse University)
• Edwin Culp (Associate Professor at the Communications Department, Universidad Iberoamericana)
• Simon Dove (Independent Curator)
• Melanie Joseph (Artistic Producer for The Foundry Theatre)
• Florian Malzacher (Artistic Director of Impulse Theatre Biannual 2013, Germany, and Freelance Dramaturge/Curator)
• Michael Rohd (Founding Artistic Director, Sojourn Theatre)
• Ruth Wikler-Luker (Curator & Producer, Boom Arts)
• Sara Zatz (Associate Director, Ping Chong + Company)

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