Enough’s Greg Hittelman at 10th Annual NYU/NoPassport Theatre Conference

Enough's Greg Hittelman will join distinguished theater professionals for a panel discussion "Bystanders and Blame," exploring how writers and dramatists can engage their work on behalf of real world issues.

The one-day Theatre Conference will explore acts of spectatorship in relationship to citizenship, the body politic, and the functions of art and art-making in the 21st century. The conference features a keynote address from Pulitzer-nominated playwright Lisa D’Amour, panel on cultural appropriation chaired by Saviana Stănescu with Jeff Janisheski, panel on climate change theater chaired by Chantal Bilodeau and members of Theatre Without Borders, session on participatory performance chaired by Kristin Horton, session on epic plays chaired by Chiori Miyagawa, session on Maria Irene Fornes’ legacy chaired by Anne Garcia-Romero, session on writing and witnessing chaired by Bianca Bagatourian (playwright/president of The Armenian Dramatic Arts Alliance) film screening from Mezclao Productions and members of theater department of Pomona College, brief manifestos and addresses on the conference topic from Lenora Champagne, Daniel Gallant, Erik Ehn, and more authors and editors from NoPassport Press. This conference is dedicated to the memory of playwright-performer Lynn Manning.

PANEL: "Bystanders and Blame"
Samantha Power, in her book “A Problem from Hell”: America and the Age of Genocide, spoke about the term Bystander. To be present, or to witness at an event, or to be just an onlooker without participating. What role do you play? Can we turn Bystanders into Upstanders by the work we do in drama? 

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