INTERNATIONAL SUMMER FESTIVALS

A Parade of Festivals March your way to one of 195 cities in our annual listing of events from May through September

Albania Festival of Regions, Attnang-Puchheim; MiramirO International Street Theatre (43) 07234-85-2-85; Festival, Ghent; (32) 09-324-36-63; The International Festival of Theatre www.fdr.at; Jun 22-Jul 3. www.miramiro.be; Jul 21-24. “Butrinti 2000,” Siranda; (355) 4-2227403; www.butrinti2000.com; Jul 16-24. Komödienspiele Porcia, Momentum Festival, Spittal/Drau; (43) 4762-42020-20; Brussels; (32) 2-534-48-55; Australia www.komoedienspiele-porcia.at; www.momentum-festival.org; TBA. Jun 23-Aug 31. Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Salzburg Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina Adelaide; (61) 8-8216-8600; Salzburg; (43) 662-8045-500; www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au; Teatarfest Sarajevo, Sarajevo; www.salzburgfestival.com; Jul 27-Aug 30. Jun 10-25. (387) 33-442-958; www.tf.com.ba; May 21-29. Sommerszene, Salzburg; (43) 0662-843448; Brisbane Festival, www.sommerszene.net; Jun 23-Jul 14. Brazil South Brisbane; (61) 7-3833-5400; www.brisbanefestival.com.au; Sep 3-24. Wiener Festwochen, Vienna; (43) 589-22-22; Festival Internacional de Londrina, Londrina; www.festwochen.at; May 13-Jun 19. (55) 43-3322-1787; www.filo.art.br; Jun 11-26. Darwin Festival, Darwin; (61) 8-8943-4200; www.darwinfestival.org.au; Aug 11-28. Festival Internacional de Teatro de Bonecos, Belgium Belo Horizonte; (55) 31-3411-2103; Austria Het Theaterfestival, www.festivaldebonecos.com.br; Brussels; (32) 03-248-28-28; Jun 9-19. Bregenz; (43) 5574-407-6; Bregenz Festival, www.theaterfestival.be; Aug 25-Sep 3. www.bregenzerfestspiele.com; Jul 20-Aug 21. Festival Internacional de Teatro Kunstenfestivaldesarts, de São José do Rio Preto, Festpiele Gutenstein, Brussels; (32) 2-226-45-79; www.kfda.be; São José do Rio Preto; (55) 17-3215-1770; Gutenstein; (43) 02634-72700; May 6-28. www.festivalriopreto.com.br; Jul 6-16. www.festspielegutenstein.at; Jul 8-Jul 24.

48 AMERICANTHEATRE MAY/JUNE11 compiled by Jessica Showers with Nicole Estvanik Taylor and jessica lewis

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“Varna Summer” International Theatre shizuoka city, japan: As Japan rebuilds after the earthquake and tsunami, it’s apt Festival, Varna, Sofia; (359) 52-669-650; www.theatrefest-varna.org; Jun 1-12. that this year’s World Theatre Festival Shizuoka under Mt. Fuji features several Canada works incorporating revolution and reinvention. Take Bolívar, fragmentos de un sueño (pictured, with Omar Porras, Carlos Gutiérrez, Juanita Delgado, Zoraida Rojas, Erick Banff Summer Arts Festival, Banff, AB; (403) 762-6100; www.banffcentre.ca; Bongcam, Elio Seliano Patiño, Yeison Carrillo, Luis Carlos Celis, Andrés Rodríguez May-Aug. and Luis Eduardo Garzón). Written by Geneva-based Teatro Malandro’s William Carrefour International de Théâtre de Québec, Québec, QC; (418) 692-3131; Ospina and directed by Swiss-Colombian novelist Omar Porras, it commemorates www.carrefourtheatre.qc.ca; May 24-Jun 11. Latin America’s independence from Spain through the eyes of Simón Bolívar. In Gros Morne Theatre Festival, June, Tadashi Suzuki’s adaptation of La dame aux Camélias integrates 20 Taiwanese Cow Head, NL; (709) 639-7238; www.theatrenewfoundland.com; pop songs and other Asian cultural elements into Alexandre Dumas’s classic love May 26-Sep 17. story. And essays written by American novelist Harold Brodkey as he was dying International Theatre Festival of Mont- Laurier, Mont-Laurier, QC; (819) 440-2666; of AIDS inspire Italian actor Pippo Delbono’s Questo buio feroce, which combines www.doubledefi.qc.ca; Sep 8-14. words, art, music and dance executed by a cast of social outcasts—the homeless, the Luminato, Toronto Festival of Arts and mentally disabled—in an exploration of life and death. —Showers Creativity, Toronto, ON; (416) 368-3100; www.luminato.com; Jun 10-19.

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Magnetic North Theatre Festival, Ottawa, ON; (613) 947-7000 x830; www.magneticnorthfestival.ca; Jun. Montreal Infringement Festival, Montreal, QC; (514) 842-1467; www.infringementfestival.com/montreal; Jun 16-26. Ottawa International Children’s Theatre Festival, Ottawa, ON; (613) 241-0999; www.ottawachildrensfestival.ca; Jun 1-5. Québec City Summer Festival, Québec, QC; (888) 992-5200; www.infofestival.com; Jul 7-17. Shaw Festival, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON; (800) 511-SHAW; www.shawfest.com; Apr 7-Oct 29. Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, ON; (800) 567-1600; www.stratfordfestival.ca; Apr 16-Oct 28. SummerWorks Theatre Festival, Toronto, ON; (416) 628-8216; www.summerworks.ca;

Aug 4-14. A noek Luyten Uno Festival of Solo Performance, varna and sofia, bulgaria: June’s “Varna Summer” International Theatre Festival program Victoria, BC; (250) 383-2663; is stretched with tension, mental and physical. Bulgaria’s Galin Stoev directs a contemporary version www.intrepidtheatre.com; May 19-29. of Pedro Calderón de la Barca’s Life Is a Dream (pictured), about the struggle to change a son’s destiny. Vancouver Fringe Festival, Vancouver, BC; CONTIGO features the corporal manipulations of a choreographer and a Chinese pole acrobat from (604) 257-0350; www.vancouverfringe.com; Sep 8-18. Franco-Portuguese circus company O Ultimo Momento. And, in Rankefod, Danish dance artist Kitt Victoria Fringe Theatre Festival, Victoria, BC; Johnson evokes The Origin of Species with the shifting shapes of her body. —Showers (250) 383-2663; www.intrepidtheatre.com; Aug 25-Sep 4. Czech Republic Chorlton Arts Festival, Manchester; (44) 7794-860-305; Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival, Mezinarodni Festival Divadlo Theatre, www.chorltonartsfestival.com; Winnipeg, MB; (204) 942-6537; Pilsen; (420) 377-227-548; May 19-30. www.winnipegfringe.com; Jul 13-24. www.festivaltheatre.cz; Sep 14-22. City of London Festival, London; Cape Verde Prague Fringe Festival, Prague; (44) 20-7583-3585; www.colf.org; [email protected]; www.praguefringe.com; Jun 26-Jul 16. May 27-Jun 4. Festival Mindelact, Ilha de S. Vicente; National Theatre: Watch This Space Festival, (238) 232-41-11; www.mindelact.com; World Festival of Puppet Art Prague, London; (44) 20-7452-3000; TBA. Prague; (420) 224-24-28-12; www.nt-online.org/wts; Jul 1-Sep 11. www.wap-prague.org; May 30-Jun 5. Colombia Sidmouth International Festival, Denmark Devon; (44) 1395-578627; International Theatre Festival for Peace, www.sidmouthfolkweek.co.uk; Barrancabermeja; (57) 7-321-234-0594; Busbjerg Spillene, Bjerringbro; Jul 29-Aug 5. www.festival.etpbarranca.org; May 21-29. (45) 86-68-37-77; www.busbjerg.dk; Stockton International Riverside Festival, Jun 16-26. Croatia Stockton on Tees; (44) 79224-52239; Shakespeare at Hamlet’s Castle, www.sirf.co.uk; Aug 3-7. Dubrovnik Summer Festival, Dubrovnik; Helsingør; (45) 4921-6979; XTRAX Showcase (Zircus Plus/Mintfest), (385) 20-326-100; www.dubrovnik-festival.hr; www.hamletscenen.dk; Aug 3-12. Manchester; (44) 161-227-8383; Jul 10-Aug 25. www.xtrax.org.uk; Jul 15-17, Sep 2-4. Eurokaz, Zagreb; (385) 1-4847-856; Egypt www.eurokaz.hr; Jun 27-Jul 5. Cairo International Festival for Experimental Estonia Theatre, Cairo; [email protected]; International Children’s Festival, Sibenik; Tallinn Treff Festival, Tallinn; www.cdf-eg.org/English/exp_theater/index_e. (385) 22-21-31-23; www.mdf-sibenik.com; (372) 6679-555; www.nukuteater.ee/eng/treff; htm; TBA. Jun 18-Jul 2. May 28-Jun 1. International Puppet Theatre Festival (PIF), England Zagreb; (385) 1-66-01-626; Finland www.public.carnet.hr/pif-festival; 24:7 Theatre Festival, Helsinki Festival, Helsinki; Jun 5-11. Manchester; (44) 845-408-4101; (358) 9-61-26-5100; www.helsinkifestival.fi; www.247theatrefestival.co.uk; International Small Scenes Theatre Festival Aug 19-Sep 4. Jul 21-29. Rijeka, Rijeka; (385) 51-377-328; Jyväskylä Festival, Jyväskylä; www.theatrefestival-rijeka.hr; Brighton; Brighton Festival, (358) 10-4394-220; www.jyvaskylankesa.fi; May 3-8. (44) 1273-709709; www.brightonfestival.org; Jun 12-17. May 2-25. Cyprus Tampere Theatre Festival, Tampere; Brightonfestival Fringe, (358) 3-222-8536; www.teatterikesa.fi; Brighton; (44) 1273-764900; International Festival of Ancient Greek Aug 1-7. Drama, Nicosia; (357) 22-674-920; www.brightonfestivalfringe.org.uk; www.cyprus-theatre-iti.org; Jul. May 7-30.

50 AMERICANTHEATRE MAY/JUNE11 POSzt, Pécs; (36) 72-512-671; www.poszt.com; Jun 9-18. Iceland artFart Performance Festival, Reykjavík; (354) 663-9444; www.artfart.is; TBA. Reykjavik Arts Festival, Reykjavik; (354) 561-2444; www.artfest.is; May 20-Jun 5. India Hyderabad Theatre and Short-Film Festival, Hyderabad; (91) 9885288982; www.hyderabadtheatrefestival.in; TBA. Indonesia Bali Arts Festival, Bali; (62) 361-235600; www.baliartsfestival.com; Jun 11-Jul 9. Dusko Mi l janic Ireland Galway Arts Festival, Galway; (353) 91-509700; www.galwayartsfestival.com; Jul 11-24. zagreb, croatia: This summer, Eurokaz Festival probes deep into the past and far into the future. International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival, Branko Brezovec directs renowned Croatian writer Miroslav Krleza’s Salome (pictured), which alters Dublin; (353) 87-6573732; www.gaytheatre.ie; Salome’s role in John the Baptist’s murder. More, more, more…future, by Congo-born Faustin Linyekula’s May 2-15. Studios Kabako, questions the greed of past generations and looks forward with hope through Con- Kilkenny Arts Festival, Kilkenny; golese pop and traditional rhythms. And the group Blitz, from Greece, experiments with the realm (353) 56-775-2175; www.kilkennyarts.ie; Aug 5-14. between film and theatre inCinemascope , about the last 10 days of the world. —Showers France International Mai Festival, Wiesbaden; (49) 611-13-23-25; www.maifestspiele.de; International Festival of Puppet Theatre, Biennale Internationale des Arts de la Apr 30-May 31. Jerusalem; (972) 02-5618514; Marionnette, Paris, Pantin, Blanc-Mesnil, International Youth Theatre Festival www.traintheater.co.il/puppets_festival; Combs-la Ville, Cergy Pontoise, Noisy-le-Sec; Aug 14-19. (33) 1-44-64-79-70; www.biam09.com; “EXPLOSIVE!”, Bremen; May 3-31. (49) 421-3777513; www.explosive-info.de; Israel Festival, Jerusalem; Sep 15-22. (972) 02-6237000; www.israel-festival.org.il; Chalon dans la Rue, May 24-Jun 17. Chalon sur Saône; (33) 3-85-90-94-70; Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen, www.chalondanslarue.com; Recklinghausen; (49) 2361-9218-0; Italy TBA. www.ruhrfestspiele.de; May 1-Jun 12. RuhrTriennale, Gelsenkirchen; In Movimento, Turin; (39) 122-647656; European Festival of the Performing Arts, www.teatroinrivolta.it; Jun 9–11. Lyon and Rhône-Alpes region; (49) 209-167-17-00; www.ruhrtriennale.de; (33) 9-75-49-40-38; www.europeetcies.eu; TBA. Mittelfest, Cividale del Friuli; May 19-29. Theatertreffen, Berlin; (39) 432-730793; www.mittelfest.org; Jun 9-24. Festival d’Avignon, Avignon; (49) 30-254-89-233 x293; (33) 4-90-14-14-14; www.festival-avignon.com; www.berlinerfestspiele.de; May 6-22. Ombre International Theatre Festival, Jul 6-26. Tollwood Sommerfestival, Munich; Poggibonsi; (39) 0577-986203; www.festivalombre.it; TBA. Festival d’Anjou, Angers; (33) 2-41-88-14-14; (49) 89-38-38-5-00; www.tollwood.de; www.festivaldanjou.com; Jun 8-Jul 6. Jun 22-Jul 17. , Ravenna; (39) 0544-249211; www.ravennafestival.org; Avignon; Festival d’Avignon OFF, Greece Jun 7-Jul 9. (33) 4-90-85-13-08; www.avignonleoff.com; Jul 8-31. Athens and Epidaurus Festivals, Short Theatre Rome, Rome; Athens, Epidaurus; (30) 210-3272000; (39) 0644-702823; www.shorttheatre.org; Festival de Marseille, www.greekfestival.gr; Sep. Marseille; (33) 4-91-99-00-20; Jun 1-Aug 13. www.festivaldemarseille.com; Japan Jun 16-Jul 9. International Festival of Making Theater, Athens; (30) 210-52-48-251; www.toc.gr; Châlons-en-Champagne; Nissay Theatre International Family Festival, FURIES, Jul 3-10. (33) 3-26-65-90-06; www.festival-furies.com; Tokyo; (81) 3-3503-3111; www.nissaytheatre.or.jp; Jul 21-Aug 28. Jun 6-12. Hong Kong Paris Quartier d’Été, Paris; World Theatre Festival Shizuoka Under Mt. (33) 1-44-94-98-00; www.quartierdete.com; Hong Kong International Arts Carnival, Fuji, Shizuoka City; (81) 54-203-5730; Jul 15-Aug 14. Hong Kong; (852) 2370-1044; www.spac.or.jp/e/index.html; www.hkiac.gov.hk; Jul 8-Aug 14. Jun 4-Jul 3. Germany Hungary Lebanon “Stücke,” Mülheimer Theatertage, Mülheim an der Ruhr; (49) 0208-455-4113; Gyula Castle Theatre Shakespeare Festival, Baalbeck International Festival, Beirut; www.stuecke.de; May 21-Jun 11. Gyula; (36) 66-463-148; (961) 1-373150/1/2; www.baalbeck.org.lb; www.gyulaivarszinhaz.hu; Jul 5-Jul 17. TBA.

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Luxembourg Festival de Wiltz, Wiltz; (352) 95-74-41; www.festivalwiltz.lu; Jun 25-Jul 31. Mozambique International Art Camp and Festival Tambo, Pemba; (258) 82-66-13-400; www.tambo.nl; Jul 11-18. Netherlands “Noorderzon,” Performing Arts Festival Groningen, Groningen; (31) 50-314-02-78; www.noorderzon.nl; Aug 18-28. Festival a/d Werf, Utrecht; (31) 30-231-58-44; www.festivalaandewerf.nl; May 19-28. Festival Cultura Nova, Herleen; (31) 45-571-51-00; www.culturanova.nl; Aug 26-Sep 4. Holland Festival, Amsterdam; (31) 20-788-21-00; www.hollandfestival.nl; Jun 1-26.

Oerol Festival, Terschelling-Midsland; okorn bojan (31) 562-448-448; www.oerol.nl; Ljubljana and Maribor, slovenia: In Crossroads (pictured), to be presented this year by French Jun 17-26. Company The Beast, a performer contorts over the banks of the Ljubljanica River as part of the Ana New Zealand Desetnica International Street Theatre Festival, the summer installment of Ana Monro Theatre’s four seasonal celebrations. Ana Monro’s The Cage, inspired by the novels of George Orwell, will send New Zealand International Comedy Festival, Auckland; (64) 9-309-9241; clowns to interact with a cage in the town square, and Spanish group Ens de nos’s Troupe creates www.comedyfestival.co.nz; Apr 29-May 22. performances wherever its itinerant comedians decide to land. —Showers Taranaki International Festival of the Arts, New Plymouth; (64) 06-759-8412; FITEI: International Theatre Festival of artsfest.co.nz/artsfest_index.html; Aug 4-22. Iberian Expression, Porto; (351) 222-082-432; www.fitei.com; May 27-Jun 5. Norway Romania Bergen International Festival, Bergen; (47) 55-21-06-30; www.fib.no;May 25-Jun 8. Sibiu International Theatre Festival, Sibiu; (40) 269-210092; www.sibfest.ro; Peer Gynt Festival, Vinstra; (47) 959-00-770; May 27-Jun 5. www.peergynt.no; Aug 3-14. Underground Theatre Festival, Porsgrunn International Theatre Festival, Arad; (40) 257-211-918 Porsgrunn; (47) 35-55-66-88; www.pit.no; www.undergroundfestival.ro; TBA. Jun 22-26. Stamsund International Theatre Festival, Russia Stamsund; (47) 76-08-75-30; Chekhov International Theatre Festival, www.stamsund-internasjonale.no; May 24-28. Moscow; (7) 495-223-96-69; Peru www.chekhovfest.ru; May 25-Jul 31. International Stars of the White Nights International Theatre Festival of Open Festival, St. Petersburg; (7) 812-326-4141; Streets, Lima; (51) 1542-4059; www.mariinsky.ru; TBA. www.fitecaperu.com; TBA. International Street Theatre Festival, caraz m inor caraz Poland Arkhangelsk; (7) 8182-65-21-43; www.teatrpanova.ru; Jun. orena a l International Mime Art Festival, Warsaw; l (48) 22-6320360; www.mime.pl; Aug 18-28. Scotland brighton, England: Among the produc- International Street Artists Festival “Bonds Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh; tions at this year’s Brighton Festival are of Culture,” Szczecin; (48) 91-4330388; (44) 131-226-0026; www.edfringe.com; two darkly funny pieces by www.kana.art.pl; TBA. Aug 5-29. Mexico’s Teatro de Ciertos Habitantes. El Malta International Theatre Festival, Poznan; Edinburgh International Festival, Edinburgh; Gallo (pictured), sounds like a twisted version (48) 61-64-65-243; www.malta-festival.pl; (44) 131-473-2000; www.eif.co.uk; Jul 4-9. Aug 12-Sep 4. of A Chorus Line for opera singers. In it, a com- Portugal Imaginate Children’s Theatre Festival, poser, director and group of singers rehearse Edinburgh; (44) 131-225-8050; for a competition in a made-up language, Almada Festival, Almada; (351) 21-273-93-60; www.imaginate.org.uk/festival; and learn too much about one another in the www.ctalmada.pt; Jul 4-18. May 9-15. process. The company’s second presentation, Altitudes Festival, Festival of the Arts, Perth; Castro Daire; (351) 254-689-352; (44) 01738-621-031; www.perthfestival.co.uk; Monsters and Prodigies, is also opera-themed www.teatromontemuro.com; Aug 13-21. May 18-29. and takes a humorous look at the 18th-century phenonemon of castrati. —Showers

52 AMERICANTHEATRE MAY/JUNE11 Slovenia Ana Desetnica International Street Theatre Festival, Ljubljana and Maribor; (386) 41-723-146; www.anamonro.org; Jun 30-Jul 9. Ljubljana Summer Festival, Ljubljana; (386) 1-241-6026; www.ljubljanafestival.si; Jul 3-Sep 7. South Africa National Arts Festival, Grahamstown; (27) 46-603-1103; www.nafest.co.za; Jun 30-Jul 10. South Korea Busan International Performing Arts Festival, Busan; (51) 802-8003; www.bipaf.org; May 1-10. A n d rei reev Chuncheon International Theatre Festival, Chuncheon-si; (82) 033-241-4345; www.citf.or.kr; TBA. Chuncheon Puppet Festival, Chuncheon-si; (82) 33-242-8450; www.cocobau.com; Los Angeles: June’s National Asian American Theater Festival includes SUNOH! Tell Me, Sister Aug 8-15. (featuring, from left, Cynthia Ling Lee, Shyamala Moorty and Anjali Tata), by the South Asian–focused Hi Seoul Festival, Seoul; (82) 2-3290-7154; Post Natyam Collective. The play explores sisterhood via the history of the dancer-courtesan figure www.hiseoulfest.org; May 5-10. in India, and draws on community work with survivors of domestic violence. The festival, which Seoul Fringe Festival, features 10 shows in all and runs for the first time in conjunction with the National Asian American Seoul; (82) 02-325-8150; Theater Conference, is hosted by East West Players and TeAda Productions. —Taylor www.seoulfringefestival.net; TBA. Senegal Spain International Theater for Peace Festival, Barcelona Summer (Grec) Festival, Barcelona; (34) 93-316-10-00; Dakar-Médina; (221) 33-824-98-38; www.barcelonafestival.com; www.festart.over-blog.com; May 6-13. Jun 17-Jul 24. Serbia Festival de Mérida, Mérida; (34) 924-009-480; Belgrade International Theatre Festival, www.festivaldemerida.es; TBA. Belgrade; (381) 11-32-43-108; www.bitef.rs; Starting Sep 15. Festival Internacional de las Artes de Castilla y Leon (FACYL), Salamanca; Festival of Monodrama and Mime, (34) 627-578-268; www.festivalcyl.com; Zemun; (381) 11-63-34-86; Jun 3-11. www.festmono-pan.org.rs; Jun 30-Jul 3. International Classic Theatre Festival of Almagro, Madrid; (34) 915-210720; Passing the Flame, www.festivaldealmagro.com; Belgrade; (381) 11-344-98-07; Jul 1-24. www.dahteatarcentar.com; Jun 11-18. San Javier International Theatre, Music and Dance Festival, Subotica International Festival of Children’s San Javier; (34) 968-19-15-68; ke ll , Subotica; (381) 24-554-655; www.festivalteatrosanjavier.com; y d www.lutfestsubotica.net; Jul 31-Aug 26. avi d May 15-21.

son “Titirimundi” International Festival of Singapore Puppet Theatre, Segovia; www.titirimundi. boston: Writer/performer Ryan Landry com; May 12-16. Singapore Arts Festival, Singapore; (pictured as his Roald Dahl–inspired char- (65) 6348-5555; www.singaporeartsfest.com; Sweden acter Willy Wanker), has penned a twisted May 13-Jun 5. Drottningholms Slottsteater, ; new Hitchcockian spoof called Psyched that Slovakia (46) 8-556-931-00; www.dtm.se; will appear at this month’s second annual May 29-Aug 9. Divadelná Nitra International Theatre Emerging America Festival. The Beantown Swedish Theatre Biennial, Stockholm; Festival, Nitra; (421) 37-6524-870; (46) 8-462 25 34; www.teaterbiennalen.se; performance fest, a joint endeavor by Ameri- www.nitrafest.sk; Sep 23-28. May 11-15. can Repertory Theater, Huntington Theatre Festival Nová Dráma, Bratislava; Company and the Institute of Contemporary (421) 2-204-87-102-3; www.novadrama.sk; Switzerland May 17-21. Art/Boston, will also feature the work of Jay Zürcher Theater Spektakel, Zürich; Scheib, Banana Bag and Bodice, Raphael Zvolen Castle Festival, Zvolen; (41) 44-412-35-51; www.theaterspektakel.ch; (421) 45-555-1222; www.djgt.sk; Aug 18-Sep 4. Xavier, Eddie Kim, Aaron Landsman, Col- Jun 3-30. laboration Town and others. —Taylor

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Taiwan Kaohsiung Spring Arts Festival, Kaohsiung City; w4.khcc.gov.tw/ksaf2011/about001.html; Feb-Jun. Tanzania Festival of the Dhow Countries, Zanzibar; (255) 733-411-499; www.ziff.or.tz; Jun 18-26. Turkey International Istanbul Puppet Festival, Istanbul; (90) 212-243-1602; www.istanbulpuppetfestival.com; TBA. United Arab Emirates Dubai Summer Surprises, Dubai; (971) 4-223-5444; www.dubaievents.ae/en; Jun 22-Jul 31. United States oen B roos

AfroSolo Arts Festival, San Francisco, CA; K (415) 771-2376; www.afrosolo.org; Philadelphia: Cultures and genders meet at the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe Jul 28-Oct 20. in PLAY, by Indian-born French performer Shantala Shivalingappa and a Belgian of Moroccan/Flemish Ann Arbor Summer Festival, Ann Arbor, MI; (734) 994-5999; extraction, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. The dancers draw connections between the games men and women www.annarborsummerfestival.org; play, and the sense of play on which theatre thrives. Among other highlights: Elephant Room, by the Jun 17-Jul 10. writing team of Trey Lyford and Geoff Sobelle (All Wear Bowlers), along with Steve Cuiffo; and The Artscape, Baltimore, MD; (410) 752-8632; Devil and Mister Punch, a festival commission from British company Improbable. —Taylor www.artscape.org; Jul 15-17. Bankside Festival, Lenox, MA; (413) 637-1199; Classicsfest, North Hollywood, CA; Icicle Creek Theatre Festival, Leavenworth www.shakespeare.org; Jun 29-Sep 4. (818) 506-5436; www.antaeus.org; and Seattle, WA; (877) 576-6010; Jul 12-Aug 19. www.iciclecreekact.com; Aug 20-24. Bard SummerScape, Hudson, NY; (845) 758-7900; www.bard.edu/pac/ Comic Book Theater Festival, Brooklyn, NY; Indianapolis Theatre Fringe Festival, summerscape; Jul 7-Aug 21. (718) 907-6189; www.bricktheater.com; Indianapolis, IN; (317) 721-9458; Jun 2-25. www.indyfringe.org; Aug 19-28. Berkshire Fringe, Great Barrington, MA; (413) 320-4175; www.berkshirefringe.org; Deep Space, Highland Lake, NY; International Festival of Arts and Ideas, Jul 25-Aug 15. (845) 557-0694; www.nacl.org; New Haven, CT; (888) 278-4332; Jun-Oct. www.artidea.org; Jun 11-25. Best of PlayGround Festival, San Francisco, CA; (415) 992-6677; Dell’Arte Mad River Festival, Blue Lake, CA; International Hispanic Theatre Festival, www.playground-sf.org; (707) 668-5663; www.dellarte.com/mrf; Miami, FL; (305) 445-8877; May 5-29. Jun 23-Jul 23. www.teatroavante.com; Jul 7-24. Boston Theater Marathon, Boston, MA; DIVAfest, San Francisco, CA; (415) 673-3847; Iowa New Play Festival, Iowa City, IA; (617) 353-5443; www.bostonplaywrights.org; www.theexit.org; Apr 29-May 28. 319) 335-2700; www.uiowa.edu; May 1-7. May 21-22. Emerging America Festival, KC Fringe Festival, Kansas City, MO; Boulder International Fringe Festival, Boston and Cambridge, MA; (816) 516-4750; www.kcfringe.org; Jul 21-31. (617) 273-1528 or (617) 496-2000 x8824; Boulder, CO; (303) 803-5643; Ko Festival of Performance, Amherst, MA; www.emergingamericafestival.org; www.boulderfringe.org; Aug 17-28. (413) 427-6147; www.kofest.com; Jul 4-Aug 7. May 13-15. Buffalo Infringement Festival, Leapfest, Chicago, IL; (773) 883-8830; Buffalo, NY; [email protected]; Festival of New American Musicals, www.stagelefttheatre.com; Jun 14-Jul 3. www.infringebuffalo.org; Jul 28-Aug 7. Culver City, CA; (310) 827-2850; www.lafestival.org; Apr-Aug. Lincoln Center Festival, New York, NY; Bumbershoot, Seattle, WA; (206) 281-7788; (212) 875-5456; www.lincolncenter.org; www.bumbershoot.com; Sep 3-5. Flint Hills International Children’s Festival, Jul 6-Aug 14. Saint Paul, MN; (651) 282-3000; California International Theatre Festival, www.ordway.org/festival; May 31-Jun 5. Marathon 2011: Festival of New One-Act Plays, Los Angeles, Calabasas and Ventura, CA; New York, NY; (212) 247-4982; Brooklyn, NY; (718) 907-6189; (818) 783-3576; www.citfestival.org; Game Play, www.ensemblestudiotheatre.org; www.bricktheater.com; Jun 4-Jul 3. Jul 16-25. May 20-Jun 25. Capital Fringe Festival, Washington, DC; Giant Magnet—Global Attractions Playing Memphis Children’s Theatre Festival, Seattle and Tacoma, WA; (202) 737-7230; www.capfringe.org; Locally, Memphis, TN; (901) 726-0800; (206) 684-7338; www.giantmagnet.org; Jul 7-24. www.voicesofthesouth.org; May 10-16. Carlotta Festival of New Plays, May 27-28. New Haven, CT; (203) 432-1234; Great Plains Theatre Conference, Midtown International Theatre Festival, Omaha, NE; (402) 457-2618; www.mccneb. www.drama.yale.edu/carlotta; New York, NY; [email protected]; edu/theatreconference; May 28-Jun 4. May 6-14. www.midtownfestival.org; Jul 11-31. Hollywood Fringe Festival, Cincinnati Fringe Festival, Cincinnati, OH; Minnesota Fringe, Minneapolis and Hollywood, CA; [email protected]; (513) 300-5669; www.cincyfringe.com; St. Paul, MN; (612) 872-1212; www.hollywoodfringe.org; Jun 16-26. May 31-Jun 11. www.fringefestival.org; Aug 4-14.

54 AMERICANTHEATRE MAY/JUNE11 Radar L.A., Los Angeles, CA; (213) 237-2800; www.radarla.org; Jun 14-20. Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival, New York, NY; (888) 598-8449; www.samuelfrench.com; Jul 19-24. San Francisco Fringe Festival, San Francisco, CA; (415) 931-1094; www.sffringe.org; Sep 7-18.

courtesy of the internationa l istanbu l puppet festiva l San Francisco International Arts Festival, San Francisco, CA; (415) 399-9554; www.sfiaf.org; May 18-Jun 5. San Francisco Theater Festival, San Francisco, CA; (415) 994-9431; www.sftheaterfestival.org; Aug 7. Seattle Outdoor Theater Festival, Seattle, WA; (206) 748-1551; www.greenstage.org; Jul 9-10. Shades of Black Festival, Nashville, TN; (615) 781-3904; www.shadesofblackfestival.com; Sep. SKETCHBOOK, Chicago, IL; (312) 226-9633; www.collaboraction.org; Jun 2-25.

Istanbul, turkey: Flight takes the forefront in this year’s International Istanbul Puppet Festival. soloNOVA Arts Festival, New York, NY; (917) 639-3166; www.terranovacollective.org; Bakirkoy Municipal Theatre presents playwright Ahmet Önel’s Akli Havada (pictured), about the first May 12-18. person to fly with wings—Hezârfen Ahmed Çelabi—and how his story speaks to freedom in the face Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston, SC; of oppression. Also on the program is New York’s Concrete Temple Theatre production of Renee (843) 722-2764; www.spoletousa.org; Philippi and Carlo Adinolfi’sThe Bird Machine, which uses stick and shadow puppetry and multimedia May 27-Jun 12. projections to weave a fable about the human yearning to live beyond our boundaries. —Showers Strawberry One-Act Festival, New York, NY; (646) 623-3488; www.therianttheatre.com; Momentum, Pittsburgh, PA; (412) 431-4400; Jul 28-Aug 7. www.citytheatrecompany.org; Jun 2-5. Summer Shorts, Miami, FL; (305) 755-9401; National Asian American Theater Festival, www.citytheatre.com; Jun 3-27. Los Angeles, CA; (646) 522-0931; SummerStage Theater, New York, NY; www.caata.net; Jun 16-25. (212) 360-2756; www.summerstage.org; National Black Arts Festival, Atlanta, GA; Jun-Aug. (404) 730-7315; www.nbaf.org; Jul 7-17. Summerworks, New York, NY; (212) 802-8007; New Works Festival, Dallas, TX; www.clubbedthumb.org; Jun 5-52. (214) 953-1055; www.kitchendogtheater.org; Sunshine Series New Play Festival, May 27-Jun 25. New York, NY; (212) 239-1770; New York International Fringe Festival, www.epictheatreensemble.org; New York, NY; (212) 279-4488; Jun 27-Jul 10. www.fringenyc.org; Aug 12-28. TeatroStageFest, New York, NY; Northern Writes Festival, Bangor, ME; (212) 695-4010; www.teatrostagefest.org; (207) 942-3333; www.penobscottheatre.org; Jun 1-18. Jun 23-Jul 1 Telluride Playwrights Festival, Old Globe Shakespeare Festival, Telluride, CO; [email protected]; San Diego, CA; (619) 234-5623; www.sparkyproductions.org; Jul 5-14. l ucas steinhar d www.theoldglobe.org; May 29–Sep 25. Virginia Arts Festival, Norfolk, VA; One-Minute Play Festival, Chicago, IL; (757) 282-2800; www.virginiaartsfest.com; (773) 549-5788; www.victorygardens.org; Apr 12-Jun 20. May 15-16. t Woodstock Fringe Festival of Theatre and Song, Woodstock, NY; (845) 810-0123; miami: A Chinese fable alters the home life Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival, Orlando, FL; (407) 648-0077; www.woodstockfringe.org; TBA. of an unhappy child in the Argentinean www.orlandofringe.org; May 18-30. Wales production of El trompo metálico (The Metal Perry-Mansfield New Works Festival, Top) (pictured), written and directed by Heidi Steamboat Springs, CO; (800) 430-2787; Everyman Summer Theatre Festival, Steinhardt, at Miami’s International His- www.perry-mansfield.org; Jun 17-19. Cardiff; (44) 029-2087 8442; www.everymanfestival.co.uk; Jul 6-30. panic Theatre Festival. Organized by Teatro Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe, Philadelphia, PA; (215) 413-9006; Magdalena Project Festival, Avante, the July event features works in www.pafringe.com; Sep 2-17. Cardiff; (44) 29-2031-1050; Spanish and English by U.S., South Ameri- Pittsburgh International Children’s Festival; www.themagdalenaproject.org; Aug 15-21. can, Mexican and Spanish companies, plus a Pittsburgh, PA; (412) 456-6666; special tribute to Chile, with a photography www.pghkids.org; May 11-15. National Eisteddfod of Wales, exhibit spanning 20 years of Chilean perfor- Planet Connections Theater Festivity, Cardiff; (44) 845-4-090-300; www.eisteddfod.org.uk; New York, NY; (917) 338-9541; www. mance and a lifetime achievement award for Jul 30-Aug 6. planetconnectionsfestivity.com; Jun 1-26. Chilean artist Delfina Guzmán. Taylor—

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