World Stages: International Theater
Field Trip to the Kennedy Center
Our Field Trip to the Kennedy Center
Saturday, Mar 29, 2014, 08:45 AM
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, F Street Northwest, Washington, DC, United States
World Stages: International Theater Festival
From March 10–30, the Kennedy Center presents this unprecedented international festival featuring works from 20 countries from nearly every continent. The festival includes 13 fully staged productions, 9 of which are U.S premieres, as well as theater-focused installations, staged readings, and panel discussions.
WORLD STAGES brings together some of today's most exciting theatrical visionaries—including work by famed director Peter Brook, novelist/playwright Ariel Dorfman, playwright David Williamson, and acclaimed War Horsecollaborators Tom Morris and the Handspring Puppet Company; a play featuring Academy Award® nominee Dame Janet Suzman; Olivier and Tony Award®–winning puppetry; new twists on Shakespeare and other classics; and much more. You won't want to miss a single moment.
Les Souffleurs commandos poétiques, Tokyo Theatre Company KAZE & Les Souffleurs commandos poétiques (Japan & France)
U.S. PREMIERE! Tokyo Theatre Company KAZE and Les Souffleurs commandos poétiques present a site-specific performance to create spontaneous, peaceful, and meaningful poetic interruptions as an endeavor to slow down the world.
The Adventures of Robin Hood, Visible Fictions (Scotland)
U.S. PREMIERE! Updated, inventive, and hilarious, this new production is unlike any Robin Hood you've seen before! Scotland's acclaimed Visible Fictions bring this classic tale to life with two actors and lots of imagination. Age 8+