@ 3pm
from Scotland
strangers, babies
by Linda McLean
directed by Lisa Peterson

A poetic exploration of the effects of a childhood crime on a woman's capacity to love and nurture, revealed through encounters with the five men in her life.

With Heidi Schreck, Adam Le Fevre, Joel de la Fuente,
Andrew Weems, Michael Tisdale and Matthew Rauch.

@ 7:30pm
from Israel
In Spitting Distance
by Taher Najib
translated by Ros Schwartz
directed by Sturgis Warner

An Israeli-Palestinian-Actor-Playwright leaves his beloved Paris to accept a role at the National Theatre in Tel Aviv–but it's September 10, 2002, and his dual nationality raises questions at Roissy-Charles De Gaulle Airport...a very personal story in a very political moment.

With Daoud Heidami.

@ 3pm
from Canada
The Medea Effect
by Suzie Bastien
translated by Nadine Desrochers
directed by Giovanna Sardelli

Reaching deep into the heart of Medea's loss and responsibility, a very contemporary and richly felt story from Québéc, exploring two tragic and convincing voices joined in their search for forgiveness.

With Alfredo Narciso and Elizabeth Rich.
Post-reading conversation with the author moderated by Randy Gener.

@ 7:30pm
from Canada
Credit
by Michael Mackenzie
directed by Alice Reagan

A hedge fund manager on the brink of losing billions, looks to his prized genius mathematician to make the numbers add up - but she's got an agenda of her own.

With Reed Birney and Reyna de Courcy.
Post-reading conversation with the author moderated by Jeff Breithaupt.

@ 3pm
from Cyprus
DNA
by Giorgos Neophytou
translated by Rhea Frangofinou
directed by Tea Alagic

By turns poetic, lyrical, forceful and funny, DNA explores loss and commemoration, and navigating the delicate balance between them in this rich drama from Cyprus.

With Lynn Cohen, Steven Rishard, Erica Fae
and Gerardo Rodriguez.
Post reading conversation moderated by Susan Bernofsky.

@ 5pm
A PEN TRANSLATION PANEL
On Translation for the Theatre:
A Collaboration With the PEN American Center

panelists: Aleksey Scherbak, John J. Hanlon, Judith Miller,
and Laurent Muhleisen.

moderated by Cobina Gillitt

For more information on the PEN American Center: http://www.pen.org/

@ 7:30pm
from Bulgaria
The Eyes of Others
by Ivan Dimitrov
translated by Angela Rodel
directed by Samuel Buggeln

Two ordinary men discover, through their everyday routines and the people they meet, the true nature of their friendship and the need, deep in each of them, to be seen by another.

With Brian Dykstra, Torsten Hillhouse, Polly Lee
and Susan Louise O’Connor.
Post-reading conversation with the author moderated by Helen Shaw.

@ 3pm
from Belarus
Thanksgiving Day
by Nikolai Khalezin
translated by Yuri Kaliada & Rory Mullarkey
directed by Lisa Rothe

A Belarusian immigrant in the United States, caring for an elderly American man, learns, through their relationship, what he wants and where he truly belongs.

With Ted Sod, Michael Tisdale, Daniel Pearce and Olivia Mell.

Following the reading, a special event: A conversation with
Aleksey Scherbak and Nikolai Khalezin,
moderated by Barbara Lanciers

@ 7:30pm
from Singapore
The Shape of a Bird
by Jean Tay
directed by Tamilla Woodard

A young woman attempts to resurrect the memory of her brother in this surrealist reimagining of the story of Antigone, infused with tales from the Chinese Cultural Revolution.

With Jackie Chung, Carl Hsu, Alvin Eng, Jodi Lin, Angela Lin and Peter Kim.
Post-reading conversation with the author moderated by Lloyd Suh.

@ 3pm
from Ireland
Grace and Elizabeth
by Jessica Cooke
directed by Joe Grifasi

A richly imagined dramatization of the historic meeting of two larger-than-life characters: Irish pirate Grace O'Malley and England's Elizabeth I-and a wise and witty commentary on women and power

With Deborah Rush, Kathryn Grody, Kathleen Chalfant,
Alvin Epstein and Ben Cole.
Post-reading conversation with the author moderated by Christine Mills.

@ 7:30pm
from Latvia
Colonel Pilate
by Aleksey Scherbak
translated by John J. Hanlon
directed by Michael Sexton

A morality tale for every era, and every foreign occupation: a Russian officer in Afghanistan, uncomfortable with the role of occupier and skeptical of his troops' distrust of locals, is dubbed "Colonel Pilate" by his subordinates and held accountable for his humanist inclinations.

With Jay O. Sanders, Satya Bhabha, Haley Joel Osment,
Maggie Bofill, Mike Lane, Steve Mellor, Philip Callen,
Maria-Christina Oliveras, Tina Shepard, Brian Dykstra,
Pierre Diennet, Matt Carr, Mark Berger and Omar Koury.
Post-reading conversation with the author moderated by Tom Sellar.