Why theater remains an enduring sanctuary during human catastrophe
In short: When the world faces collapse, art does not just survive; it prevails. This talk places the modern theater closures of the pandemic into a broader historical context to explore how performance art persists through war and plague.
Writer and director Cara Greene Epstein examines the resilience of theater as a cultural constant. By viewing current pandemic-related closures as a historical "intermission," she argues that these moments of forced silence provide a unique opportunity to envision a more just and representative world.
The presentation explores how theater has outlasted empires and weathered centuries of catastrophe. It suggests that the endurance of the stage is not merely a matter of preservation, but a tool for imagining a more beautiful reality both onstage and in our daily lives.
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