The U.S. Project

A people’s history of the United States.

Shakuntala

We will use Kalidasa’s ancient Sanskrit text to explore the Language of Love and the Language of Relationships as well as the dynamics of intercultural relationships through interviews with Brooklyn-based couples whose union brings together diverse races, religions, and ethnicities.

New plays

Creation of plays in response to issues of current interest, stories of immigration and intercultural encounters, stories that cross global distances.

Intercultural contemporary
approaches to classic plays

Life is a Dream
by Calderon de la Barca

A Midsummer Night’s Dream
by William Shakespeare

Oresteia
by Aeschylus

Strindberg

Ibsen