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First Thing We Do, Let's Torture All The Lawyers
Jay Tea May 6, 2011 Law, War On Terror 109 Comments
Over at Outside The Beltway, James Joyner has kicked off an interesting discussion about torture, enhanced interrogation, and which people have more stomach for doing what needs to be done versus which people refuse to sacrifice principle for the sake of expediency. (There, I think I was fair to both sides.)
It's a fascinating topic, but there's one aspect that Mr. Joyner doesn't address. And that is the effect lawyers — and our ever-increasingly lawyer-driven society (especially in political matters) — are having on the topic.
It's understandable how Mr. Joyner would overlook this; as he's a lawyer himself, it's a natural blind spot.
Correction: he's not a lawyer, he just hangs around with a bad crowd. My apologies, sir; while I understand that falsely calling you a lawyer could be considered defamatory and even libelous, I plead lack of malice and offer this correction and humble apology.
Here, let me explain my theory, in relation to the topic of torture.
For a long, long time, the rule was simple. "Don't torture people." It was clear, it was concise, and it was understood. People didn't commit torture — and if they did, they were punished for it.
And then the lawyers got involved. They insisted on a precise definition of "torture." The old rule of thumb — "would you consider it torture if it was done to you?" wasn't good enough. They wanted it spelled out in precise detail just what constituted torture — and, by implication, what did not. They insisted on specific criteria and conditions would trigger punishment. And this is what they came up with:
"torture" means an act committed by a person
acting under the color of law specifically intended to inflict severe
physical or mental pain or suffering (other than pain or suffering
incidental to lawful sanctions) upon another person within his custody
or physical control;
"severe mental pain or suffering" means the prolonged mental harm caused by or resulting from–
the intentional infliction or threatened infliction of severe physical pain or suffering;
the administration or application, or threatened
administration or application, of mind-altering substances or other
procedures calculated to disrupt profoundly the senses or the
personality;
the threat of imminent death; or
the threat that another person will imminently be
subjected to death, severe physical pain or suffering, or the
administration or application of mind-altering substances or other
procedures calculated to disrupt profoundly the senses or personality;
"United States" means the several States of the
United States, the District of Columbia, and the commonwealths,
territories, and possessions of the United States.
And that's when things started going pear-shaped. Let's take the example of waterboarding. Here's how I think things might have gone down:
"We need a way to interrogate these guys — the worst of the worst — that will break them. But we have to stay within the letter of the law regarding torture, so keep that in mind."
"The letter of the law? How close can we get?"
"As long a you're on the right side of it, as close as you like. Just don't cross it."
"OK, we got this technique. We've taken this old method — water torture — and refined and improved it to the point where we think it's within the law. We've taken out the stuff that clearly breaks the law, but preserves the effect."
"First up, there's no physical harm. We make certain that no water enters the lungs, so there's no chance of drowning or pneumonia or other injury. So that's covered."
"Good. Go on."
"Second, we've put quite a few of our own people under it, and they've reported no long-term trauma. They freak out during, and they're very cooperative immediately after, but they don't seem to have any lasting effects — except that they would really rather not go through it again. So I think we've got the 'nothing prolonged' covered, too."
"Sounds good. Run it past some Justice Department lawyers, show 'em what they need, and if they sign off, go for it."
And so we end up with an approved interrogation technique that many would consider torture, but many others would not — and can get lawyers to argue that it doesn't break the letter of the law.
And here, we see an inversion of some political stereotypes. The left is arguing that we not only need to obey the letter of the law, but not even come close to the letter. Meanwhile, the right is arguing that the letter of the law was obeyed, even if the spirit was bent a bit; and further, there are times that the needs of Justice trancend the laws of Man. And in the cases of these three detainees, the worst of the worst of the worst, it was justified for the greater good.
We wanted a law against torture. And we insisted that we spell it out in black and white. And when you set something down in law, you're going to have lawyers finding loopholes and creeping as close as they can to that letter of the law without breaking it. They'll bend it, push it, twist it, warp it, but argue like hell that they haven't broken it.
And so we have waterboarding. Those who said "we need a law against torture" had their lawyers craft a definition of torture that they then enacted into law. And then other people got their own lawyers to find a way around those laws so they could do what they thought was necessary without legal risk. And thus a practice that many — arguably — would call "torture" and many — arguably — would say does not meet the written legal definition of "torture" — came to be used in just three cases, the most extreme and critical ones.
And the information gained from those three men we waterboarded — out of the thousands we captured — led, eventually, to the location and killing of Osama Bin Laden.
Good enough for me.
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Two SARChI Research Chairs at UFS extended for five years
30 October 2020 | Story Leonie Bolleurs
The Department of Science and Technology has extended two of the National Research Foundation's SARChI research chairs at the University of the Free State (UFS).
The Research Chair in Diseases and Quality of Field Crops, together with the Research Chair in Vector-borne and Zoonotic Pathogens, have both been extended for another five years.
Prof Maryke Labuschagne, currently Professor of Plant Breeding in the Department of Plant Sciences, is leading the chair on Diseases and Quality of Field Crops.
The Chair on Vector-borne and Zoonotic Pathogens is headed by Prof Felicity Burt from the Division of Virology in the Faculty of Health Sciences.
Prof Corli Witthuhn, Vice-Rector: Research, says it was the hard work and commitment of Profs Labuschagne and Burt that resulted in the extension of the SARChI research chairs. "They have excelled in terms of student supervision and publications in high-impact international journals. They also serve as mentors for young academics, postdoctoral fellows, and colleagues through their passion for their different fields of interest."
Prof Witthuhn believes that this extension of the two SARChI chairs speaks of the progress that the UFS has made in terms of developing itself as a research-led university. "We are proud of the two senior academics for their supervision, mentorship, and leadership and their contribution to building our reputation," she says.
Diseases and Quality of Field Crops
The focus of the research chair in Diseases and Quality of Field Crops is on advancing food security and nutrition in Africa and contributing to poverty reduction and achieving sustainability goals.
Prof Labuschagne says despite recent advances, the headlines regarding hunger and food security remain alarming: one in nine people on earth will go to bed hungry every night. Globally, 800 million people do not have enough to eat to be healthy, and a third of all deaths among children under five in developing countries are linked to undernourishment.
She believes the uniqueness and strength of the research chair lies in a two-pronged approach, namely the breeding of cereal crops for resistance to fungal diseases, and improving the quality of crops for processing and consumption, thus making an impact on food security in South Africa and the rest of Africa through this collaborative effort.
She is confident that the extension of the research chair will allow them to continue and to expand their research, "which has built up a lot of momentum".
Besides the 12 PhD and 8 MSc degrees they delivered in the first five years, they also contributed significant research outputs and cultivar releases. She adds that they would like to expand on the significant international collaboration they have established.
Vector-borne and Zoonotic Pathogens
According to Prof Burt, the SARChI chair in Vector-borne and Zoonotic Pathogens builds on existing research strengths at the UFS and aims to contribute towards identifying and investigating medically significant arboviruses and zoonotic viruses in the country.
"To date, the research chair has facilitated progress towards establishing serosurveillance studies for various vector-borne viruses, specifically Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus, a tick-borne and zoonotic virus that causes severe disease with fatalities."
The team of researchers operating within this research chair is currently also performing studies to determine the seroprevalence of severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in the Free State.
Prof Burt has always taken the importance of community engagement into account, and with the current pandemic, she believes that it is now more important than ever to increase public awareness of zoonotic diseases.
She emphasises that the majority of new and emerging viruses are zoonotic in origin and that the current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic highlights the impact of an emerging zoonotic pathogen on society. Therefore, she feels that it is important to build capacity in this field and to focus research efforts on identifying and understanding where these pathogens cycle in nature, the potential for spill-over to humans, and what the drivers are for the emergence of these pathogens.
Prof Burt trusts that the renewal of the research chair will allow them to take advantage of the new biosafety laboratory that the UFS has invested in. "This will permit us to research pathogens that were previously excluded from our programme due to biosafety considerations. The chair will furthermore contribute towards enhancing, strengthening, and developing research and knowledge in the field of epidemiology and pathogenesis of vector-borne and zoonotic viruses," she says.
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Another boost for sport at the UFS
A contract formalizing the appointment of Sports Plan (Pty) Ltd was signed by Prof Verschoor and Mr Morne du Plessis in the historic Main Building of the UFS Bloemfontein campus.
The University of the Free State (UFS) has officially appointed Sports Plan (Pty) Ltd, which has former Springbok rugby captain Morné du Plessis as managing director, to manage its Centre for Exercise and Sport Science Services (CESSS) on the Bloemfontein campus.
According to Prof Teuns Verschoor, Vice-Rector: Academic Operations, the appointment of Sports Plan (Pty) Ltd is another step in the implementation of the UFS's wide-ranging sport strategy to improve sport facilities and elevate formerly marginalized sports such as soccer, hockey, netball, tennis etc.
Sports Plan (Pty) Ltd is the manager of the Sports Science Institute of South Africa and coordinates and manages the national basketball high-performance programme of SA Basketball, as well as the Boxing Academy on behalf of Boxing South Africa.
"It is also actively involved with the sports plans of several tertiary institutions like that of the University of Johannesburg and the University of Stellenbosch," said Prof Verschoor.
"Sports Plan (Pty) Ltd was also appointed by the Ministry of Sport and Recreation to manage the allocation of sports codes to high-performance centres and to oversee the allocation of monies received from the National Lottery to these centres – this includes the CESSS at the UFS," Prof Verschoor added.
In unfolding its national sports plan, the Ministry of Sport and Recreation has already identified the UFS-based CESSS as the high-performance testing centre for the national basketball teams whilst the national boxing teams are also earmarked to be trained at the UFS.
"We are glad to be associated with a company of this stature and look forward to work with them in the further development of sports at the UFS," said Prof Verschoor.
According to Prof Verschoor, the CESSS will act as a centralised body that is responsible for the coordination and management of joint initiatives between professional service providers, research projects and KovsieSport.
"The centre will also coordinate and manage joint initiatives between various academic programmes in different academic subject fields such as sports medicine, bio kinetics, physiotherapy, dietetics, etc. ," said Prof Verschoor.
These initiatives will help the UFS to become a centre and catalyst of sports development, to become internationally recognised in the field of exercise and sports science research and to become a centre for high quality sports performance enhancement.
Some of the objectives of the CESSS are:
To provide sports science services like to athletes, students, the general public and other stakeholders including certain national sport teams.
To provide the necessary teaching and training facilities and internship opportunities for UFS students in sports related fields of study will also be provided by the centre like human movement science.
To present skills-transfer programmes directed at the broader community like development of skills in various sporting codes.
To continue and extend the current chronic risk reversal programmes presented by the Department of Human Movement Science such as obesity management, cardiac rehabilitation and other lifestyle related conditions.
The centre was founded in 2003 and was until now managed by Dr Louis Holtzhausen, from Kovsie Health and a consultant, Dr Gary Vorster.
A contract formalizing the appointment of Sports Plan (Pty) Ltd was signed today by Prof Verschoor and Mr Morne du Plessis in the historic Main Building of the UFS Bloemfontein campus.
The manager of the centre appointed by Sports Plan (Pty) Ltd is Mr Charles Store, an alumnus of the UFS, previously employed at the Sports Science Institute in Cape Town and by the SANDF at 3 Military Hospital, Bloemfontein.
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We Don't Need No Stinkin' God, We're Celebrities & Rock Stars!
I enjoy relaxing on Mondays, my supposed day off. I like to read the various news feeds I have, and one led me to look into a new Bible which has been recently published. It got my blood boiling just a bit, especially when I heard a lady in this video clip say something like "There is nothing wrong with using people in the media and entertainment world as role models. They do a lot of good!" Sad to say, most people think like her. Why else would we use celebrities and rock stars to sell God and His Word? "Bible Illuminated: The Book" is a new Bible that contains "striking, provocative, contemporary photographs" of world news as well as celebrities such as Angelina Jolie and Bono, according to illuminatedworld.com.
So I wanted to find out, what do Celebrities and Rock Stars (our role models according to some) have to say about God? In fact, since Angelina is featured in "Bible Illuminated", what does she believe?
So Angelina doesn't need a God! Sounds like a great role model for selling God's Word!
God reveals in Romans 1 the result of making and worshipping your own god–depravity, lack of shame, loss of moral values. Isn't that everything Hollywood and Rock and Roll stands for? Anything goes-without apology, without shame.


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Afghanistan: At least 32 dead from suicide attack in Kabul – Video
The blast took place during an exam in the Dasht-e-Barchi district of western Kabul, home to the Hazara religious minority, which has seen some of the deadliest attacks in Afghanistan.
At least 32 people were killed and more than 40 injured in a suicide bombing followed by a shooting at an educational center west of Kabul, an Afghan government source told Al-Jazeera. The explosion occurred inside the "Kaj" educational center in the Dasht al-Barshi neighborhood, which is populated by Shiites, according to the Associated Press. Kabul police spokesman Khaled Zadran confirmed the blast and said police would provide more information later.
The blast occurred during an exam in the Dasht-e-Barchi district of western Kabul, home to the religious minority of the Hazaras, and some of the deadliest attacks in Afghanistan have occurred.
In recent months, security in the country has begun to deteriorate under the leadership of the hard-line Islamist Taliban. Afghanistan's Hazara Shiites have faced persecution for decades. They are also a frequent target of attacks by the Islamic State group, an enemy of the Taliban. Both organizations consider them heretics. Countless attacks have taken place in the region, many of which have targeted children, women and schools. Education is a hot topic in Afghanistan, with the Taliban preventing girls from going back to high school, while the Islamic State is opposed to educating women and girls.
An explosion at an educational center in #Kabul, #Afghanistan killed at least 32 people and injured about 40. The explosion occurred during exams. pic.twitter.com/A01IEQkhWL
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29 Jun Yukuo Takenaka Interviewed by Shukan New York Seikatsu Newspaper
Posted at 15:47h in News by Marie Skari
The Japanese newspaper, Shukan New York Seikatsu, recently interviewed Yukuo Takenaka regarding the current state of business practices in Japan and America.
In 1989, Mr. Takenaka founded Takenaka Partners, a successful investment banking and consulting firm that specializes in cross-border M&A transactions. His firm has helped countless Japanese corporations expand their American operations and has brought numerous merger and acquisition deals to a successful closing. During the interview, Mr. Takenaka reaffirmed the strengths of Japanese companies and discussed how opportunities can still be found during these times of crisis and change.
Below is an English translation of the interview given by Mr. Takenaka.
Now is Not the Time of Crisis, But of Opportunity.
Shift Management Thinking!
The COVID-19 crisis and its resulting impact on global economies has created an atmosphere of concern and uncertainty in Japan, as well as the rest of the world. We, at Shukan New York Seikatsu, wanted an expert opinion that could provide advice and wisdom to navigate these uncertain times. We interviewed Yukuo Takenaka, an investment banking expert who has successfully closed numerous M&A transactions and is now the current CEO and president of Takenaka Partners LLC. Before founding Takenaka Partners, LLC, Mr. Takenaka was the first Japanese born employee to become a partner at KPMG, one of the Big Four accounting firms. He has led the overseas expansion of numerous Japanese companies in different industries, including financial institutions, automotive corporations, manufacturing, and even cup noodle companies.
We asked Mr. Takenaka what Japanese companies should be doing during this pandemic. He gave the following commentary and advice:
"What is happening in the world is inevitable, not accidental. My philosophy in life is that there is a reason for everything and that nothing happens by accident. When we look at an event that no one has experienced before, such as COVID-19, it is important to identify why and how it impacts us from a societal, familial, personal, and business point of view, all of which are interconnected. From a societal point of view, we can see that one of the reasons that COVID-19 impacted us so greatly was the result of the economy growing too quickly and without intention. From a familial point of view, we realize the importance of connection and of not taking family for granted. Finally, from a business point of view, we must figure out what changes need to be made in order to survive this unstable economic period. Looking at the COVID-19 crisis through all of these viewpoints can help us reflect on the reason it happened and inspire us to adapt and look to the future.
"The first thing I can say, is that whenever this type of event happens, we will not come back as we were before. The next change has already taken place. In such times, it is important to have a positive attitude and know that times of change and crisis can also be times of opportunity.
"According to the principle of the universe, when the environment changes, living things must adapt and change themselves. The roots of this principle remain unchanged from when dinosaurs became extinct and reptiles survived during the Ice Age. When the environment changes, so must we.
"Most people are concerned, confused, and worried about the future and have become uncertain of which direction to go from here. However, a small percentage of people are actively trying to adapt to changing circumstances and are looking for ways to turn change into opportunity. Those who think ahead need courage and must think about where their business is going and what changes need to be made in order to thrive.
"Japanese companies doing business in the U.S. must realize that manufacturing and supply chains for manufacturing will change drastically. Now that a reliance on China has gone too far, there will be more active moves to return manufacturing bases to the U.S. homeland and/or shift operations to India and ASEAN countries.
"COVID-19 revealed America's overdependence on Chinese manufacturing. As a result, "Made in America" will once again be the focus of attention in the continental United States. However, even if U.S. corporations say that they want to restore manufacturing, they will not resume manufacturing in the same way as before. They will need to adopt more advanced technology, such as robotics, automation, and AI, to succeed in the new age of "Made in America".
"This is a great opportunity for Japanese companies, as they are particularly skilled in manufacturing. Making things will be more valued than it is now. Now more than ever, to fully take advantage of this opportunity, Japanese companies must be rooted in the United States. M&A is an effective strategy that can help Japanese companies introduce their advanced manufacturing technology within the U.S. market. American companies have markets, consumers, and customers that Japanese companies can utilize while competing in their areas of expertise.
"In the future, Japan must focus on areas of high profit margin and high quality rather than commodity, low margin areas.
"Japanese companies should leverage their strengths in the medical and aerospace fields, which both have high margins. In particular, there are expanding business opportunities in the healthcare and medical device fields due to the U.S.'s aging population.
"In addition, Japan's food culture will be a major advantage for Japanese companies, as it creates the added value of manufacturing as a heritage. I want the Japanese food industry to challenge the mainstream American dining table and encourage ordinary American households to incorporate Japanese food as something they eat every day, not just in restaurants.
"For instance, I helped Maruchan ramen successfully penetrate the wider U.S. market by advising them to move its products from the Oriental food shelves at the supermarket to be sold side-by-side with Campbell's soup. Moving forward, frozen foods and products that can be eaten immediately will be a great target area in the U.S. There is still an opportunity in the food industry if the idea to penetrate more of what can be eaten at home is achieved.
"If you are doing business in the United States, I want you to try to reach mainstream American customers. The automobile industry is a successful example of a Japanese industry that was able to enter the mainstream American market, but there should be opportunities to enter other mainstream America areas as well.
"Our firm is actively building a network that will support these Asian strategies in the U.S. and help U.S. companies move their manufacturing operations to India and other ASEAN countries. I am pleased to contribute as a bridge for Japanese companies. I am willing to consult on any ideas and/or strategies to further this philosophy."
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2013 Alumni Award Winners Announced
Congratulations to our 2013 TFAS Alumni Award Winners (l.-r.) Rodney P. Hughes (ICPES 04, IIPES 05), Michael Caslin (ICPES 78) and Peter Feldman (IPVS 04, LSI 07).
TFAS honored its 2013 Alumni Award winners at a reception held at TFAS Headquarters on May 10 during Alumni Weekend. Each year TFAS presents the awards to recognize the distinguished accomplishments of its alumni and commend their dedication and service to TFAS.
This year's winners were chosen by a selection committee composed of Alumni Council members and chaired by Neil Vigdor (IPJ 98).
"The recipients of this year's alumni awards embody the principles we at The Fund for American Studies hold dear," said Vigdor. "They lead by example, not out of convenience. They believe in free markets, educational empowerment and sharing their wisdom for the betterment of their communities."
This year's winners were:
Young Alumnus Award
Rodney P. Hughes (ICPES 04, IIPES 05)
Rodney Hughes is a Ph.D. candidate in higher education at the Pennsylvania State University. Hughes received his bachelor's degree from Penn State and the Schreyer Honors College with honors and highest distinction in economics in May 2007. He then went on to receive a master's in economics in 2009. Hughes has accepted Penn State's James Rodgers Award from the department of economics and was awarded the Thesis Prize from the Phi Beta Kappa Society. Additionally, Hughes was honored with the George Viksnins Award for Excellence in Economics at ICPES 2004 and was a Freedom Scholar in 2005. Hughes' current research focuses on the hot topic of tuition prices, admissions and student outcomes, and he received a prestigious dissertation grant from the Association for Institutional Research. While his academic background is quite impressive in its own right, his contributions to his community far exceed what is normally expected of students. While pursuing graduate studies, Hughes served on the Board of Directors of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. He also served as the student representative to Penn State's Board of Trustees, with a one-year term as chair of the Committee on Campus Environment, and on the Special Investigations Task Force at Penn State, stepping up when he was asked to serve the university community during a difficult time. Hughes has accepted an invitation to join the Center for Education Policy Research in the Harvard Graduate School of Education as a research manager.
Alumni Achievement Award
Michael Caslin (ICPES 78)
Michael Caslin is the managing director of strategy and development for Rising Tide Capital (RTC), a nonprofit in Jersey City that helps struggling entrepreneurs start and grow businesses in low-income communities. Caslin brings to RTC a passion for entrepreneurship and three decades of proven success in social enterprise and business venture development. Over a 20-year career as the CEO of the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, Caslin helped lead the organization from start-up turn-around stage in 1988 to what it is today – a social enterprise with $20 million in annual revenue and 4,000 NFTE teachers and 1.4 million graduates across 31 states and 14 countries. He is also the founder of several triple bottom line ventures, including URGENT VC- CleanTech Venture Development for renewed urban centers and sustainable tribal reservations; and the Urban Ecology Institute founded with Boston College. A recognized expert on entrepreneurship, he has been called to testify before various institutions, including the United Nations, U.S. Congress and the White House. He has been a featured lecturer at numerous universities, including Harvard, Babson, Stanford, Duke, NYU, Columbia and the University of Hong Kong and Prague Business Schools. Caslin currently serves as an adjunct faculty member of Babson College's Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship and professor of entrepreneurship and sustainability at CUNY- Baruch Zicklin Business School in New York.
Kevin Burket Alumni Service Award
Peter Feldman (IPVS 04, LSI 07)
Peter Feldman currently serves as counsel for the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. He graduated from American University's Law School and received his undergraduate degree from Colgate University. His previous experience includes working on communications for the McCain-Palin campaign and on the legislative staff of Senator Mike DeWine of Ohio. Feldman is a dedicated TFAS alumnus who gives back in numerous ways. His volunteer efforts support both the organization as well as students. Feldman is a member of the Alumni Council, where he is a frequent attendee at TFAS events, conferences and council meetings. In addition, he often volunteers to serve as a student mentor and as a roundtable discussion leader during the summer programs. Additionally, Feldman was on the IPVS 10th Anniversary Committee, which organized an alumni award and service project. He also headed the Alumni Ball Committees in both 2011 and 2013.


In Nov 2012 I travelled to the Himalayan mountains of Ladakh in the Kashmir region in north India to deposit a box containing proposals for "Cose Cosmiche" together with the price money for the Cose Cosmiche Prize.
My hope is that a future society will find the proposals and use the money to execute one proposed art work.
"Let me first of all point out, that I am really delighted by you call for proposals. The quest to propose an artwork that "must not be dependable and justifiable in the economic, moral or artistic points of view. All this but with a high content of future vision" reads to me like a focal point of artistic production per se. And yet, I think it either accounts for all artistic work, or it is impossible achieve. In short: As soon as a proposal is discussed in an art environment, it automatically relates to this social context. The artwork or proposal for itself is nothing. The context – may it be the gallery or the viewer makes it to be an artwork – or not. The artwork depends on an audience, that can read, understand, relate, build upon,… it. In this case, the audience is the jury, that is composed of " scientist, critics, artists, boxers and collectors". But this audience is always already submerged in it's own society. As hard as I think, I do only see one way out of this: My proposal for Cose Cosmiche is that I refuse to accept the jury.
Option 1: I propose to let creatures decide about the proposals that do not stand within our society. A random animal from a list of animals should be selected to decide about the proposals for Cose Cosmiche.


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Is there a way to force a "click" or the ENTER key on TextEditBox and ComboBox?
If I have a complex expression for a particular object I'll put it into a named expression and call it by the name. If I want to perform the actions separately I just reference the expression.
I am not sure I completly understand your request. However, let me see if I can add some light on it, and if I am missing the target then you might be able to add some specifics.
Text Edit Box() does not have an action where you can do something based upon something changing in the box. (i.e. tebox << on change(<script>)). A defined script or function for Text Edit Box() requires the user to press the Enter key for the script or function to run.
A combo box automatically runs a specified script or function, whenever a new selection is made. If a text edit box() has been changed, but no Enter key has been specified, and then a a combo box is clicked on, it will run the text edit box().
This example might come a little closer. If you set focus on the first text edit box, and then tab or mouse out of it, the action will run populating the second text edit box.
The key factor is that I'd like to trigger the object's script WITHOUT user interaction. For instance, the case where a user doens't want to change anything (but we still need the underlying functions to be triggered).
I should have mentioned... I'm trying to force the execution of the associated object functions. (i.e. set by: obj << setFunction(). Some objects like ButtonBox, you can do button << click(). Others like ComboBox, you can do: obj << set( 1, runScript(1) ). There doesn't seem to be an equivalent message for Text Edit Box and ListBox.
the nameexpr is just a safety net because depending on the complexity there are sometimes issues with it.
Yes indeed. Get Function... I've had some trouble getting this to work consistently.
If you don't have to build the functions dynamically Then I would say that you just don't use anonymous funcitons (basically the same idea as peter).
then just call f when f(somebox) when you want to run it.


Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has said the 8th National Assembly will pass both the Police Reform Bill and the Police Trust Fund Bill before the legislative body winds down in June.
Saraki, who made this known on Wednesday while receiving the acting Inspector General of Police (IG), Mr. Mohammed Adamu, in his office at the National Assembly, emphasised the federal legislature's commitment to strengthen the nation's security architecture.
According to him, both the Police Trust Fund Bill and the Police Reform Bill, which are at various stages in both chambers of the 8th National Assembly, would help to bequeath a more effective and efficient Police Force to the country.
"We would like you to take a close look at this bill alongside the committee, so that by next week, we can lay the report of the bill and pass it. Once we begin to address the issue of funding and institutional reform of the Police, many of the recent incidents that we have seen like the abductions yesterday on Abuja-Kaduna road, and the killing of the young man in Lagos, will also be addressed".
"While stressing the importance of the Nigeria Police to the nation's security, Saraki further said that "apart from us ensuring that the institution is well-funded, we need to ensure that the Police play its constitutional role in the security of our nation and across party lines; the police can be reassured of our support to strengthen it as an institution".
Speaking earlier, Adamu, stated that the nation's security challenges are so high but the resources are limited.
"It is our view that the passage of the Police Trust Fund Bill would assist in strengthening the institution and alleviating many of the challenges that we face," Adamu added.


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In gut we trust when it comes to choices
Decisions recruiting gut feelings seen as reflection of true self, more assuredly held, study says
WASHINGTON -- Why do some people trust their gut instincts over logic? It could be that they see those snap decisions as a more accurate reflection of their true selves and therefore are more likely to hold them with conviction, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.
"We offer what we believe to be a novel and unique approach to the question of why people come to hold certain attitudes," said lead researcher Sam Maglio, PhD, an associate professor of marketing at the University of Toronto Scarborough. "Focusing on feelings as opposed to logic in the decision-making process led participants to hold more certain attitudes toward and advocate more strongly for their choices."
The research was published in the journal Emotion.
Maglio and co-author Taly Reich, PhD, an assistant professor of marketing at Yale University, conducted a series of four experiments involving a total of more than 450 participants, including local residents, undergraduate students and online survey takers. In each experiment, participants had to choose from a selection of similar items, such as different DVD players, mugs, apartments or restaurants. In each case, participants were asked to make their decision either in a deliberative, logical manner or in an intuitive, gut-based one. They were then asked a series of questions about the choice.
Participants who were instructed to make an intuitive, gut-based decision were more likely to report that that decision reflected their true selves. The researchers also found that participants who made intuitive, gut-based decisions were more certain of their decisions and more likely to advocate for them.
In one experiment, participants were asked to choose between two different restaurants, again based either on intuition or deliberation, and were then instructed to publicize their choice by emailing their decision to their friends. The people who picked a restaurant intuitively shared their choice with more people.
"This suggests that focusing on feelings doesn't just change attitudes -- it can change behavior, too," said Maglio.
One thing that was surprising, according to Maglio, was how willing people were to make an intuitive, gut-based decision when instructed. "So much folk wisdom says that we should eschew intuition because careful deliberation is thought to be the surest path to good choices, but we can't escape our gut feelings," he said.
"In making decisions, people must decide not only what to choose, but how to choose it," said Maglio. "Our research suggests that individuals focusing on their feelings in decision-making do indeed come to see their chosen options as more consistent with what is essential, true and unwavering about themselves."
But the surety that comes with making a gut-based instead of logical choice can be a double-edged sword, said Maglio. For instance, if someone chooses an exercise program (e.g., cycling) based on feelings, he or she may be more likely to stick to it. On the other hand, gut-based decisions made in today's polarized political climate may not be conducive to a functioning democracy.
"When digging our heels in is a good thing, like making sure we hop on the bike every day, there's little downside and a lot of benefit. But dug-in heels give way to stubbornness and isolationism in the blink of an eye," said Maglio. "When our political attitudes are made intuitively and make us certain that we're right, we shut ourselves off from the possibility that we might be even a little bit wrong. For this reason, perhaps a bit of the openness facilitated by deliberation isn't a bad thing after all."
Article: "Feeling Certain: Gut Choice, the True Self, and Attitude Certainty," by Sam Maglio, PhD, University of Toronto Scarborough, and Taly Reich, PhD, Yale University. Emotion, published online Sept. 10, 2018.
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Show Media Item - National Finscope survey launched
National Finscope survey launched
The European Union, United Nation Capital Develop Fund, Central Bank of The Gambia, Gambia Bureau of Statistics and FinMark Trust on Tuesday, 26 November 2019 launched The Gambia's Finscope survey at a local hotel in Kololi.
Data from the Finscope survey will support evidence based interventions while designing the country National Financial Inclusion Strategy.
Cognizant of the impact of Financial Inclusion on Development and in line with its National Development Plan, The Gambia with the help of UNCDF's Jobs, Skills and Finance Programme embarked on the design of a National Financial Inclusion Strategy (NFIS) with objectives of increasing access and usage of quality, affordable digital financial services that would enhance poverty alleviation and spur inclusive growth and development.
The development of the NFIS is aligned to the main strategic pillars of the country's National Development Plan 2018-2021 such as stabilising, stimulating growth and transforming the economy; making the private sector the engine of growth transformation and job creation, as well as reaping the demographic dividend through gender and youth empowerment.
The Gambia's NFIS can also be linked with the objectives of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to address access and usage of financial services through ending poverty in all its forms. This includes the promotion of social protection system, decent employment and building the resilience of the poor among others.
Speaking at the launching, Dr. Seeku Jaabi, first deputy governor, Central Bank of The Gambia, said financial inclusion has become a major subject of great interest for policy makers, regulators, development partners, researchers and market practitioners.
He highlighted that given the limited access to finance in The Gambia, there is a need to develop a comprehensive and inclusive strategy to accelerate the level of financial inclusion, adding that this strategy requires evidence based policies to be provided thanks to Finscope survey.
Dr. Jaabi noted that the Finscope survey will not only help build regulatory and legal reforms but also take initiatives at broader stakeholders level to make formal financial services available, accessible and affordable to the majority of the population in a timely and sustainable manner.
According to him, in 2017, there were still 1.7 billion adults at the global stage without an account at a formal financial institution or a mobile money provider, noting that while this has improved since 2014, when 2 billion people were classified as "unbanked", it still represents a huge mountain to climb with large proportion of these financially excluded found in Sub-Saharan Africa largely women and youths.
Lunana Kanashi, European Union rep, said financial access facilitates day-to-day living, and helps families and businesses plan for everything from long-term goals to unexpected emergencies.
She pointed out that research indicates that when countries institute a national financial inclusion strategy, they increase the pace and impact of reforms, adding that EU trusts that such a diagnostic will help The Gambia in designing policies and strategies leading towards increased financial inclusion.
Author: Cherno Omar Bobb


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Snow forces post ponement of Burnley v Spurs match
BURNLEY: The Premier League match between Burnley and Tottenham was called off a little under an hour before kick-off on Sunday because of heavy snow at Turf Moor. Attempts to clear the pitch proved in vain as the undersoil heating struggled to cope and snow fell as quickly as it could be removed. The announcement was made shortly after both sides had named their teams for the match in the northwest of England. "Due to concerns with the playing surface and surrounding areas, it's been deemed that the game can't go ahead safely," said a tweet on Burnley's official account. Burnley manager Sean Dyche told the BBC the snow was falling so thickly that it was re-covering the pitch every time it was cleared. "The referee explained the safety angle as well so it was important to make a decision early," he said. "It fell that quick and that heavy. It's still quite strong now. (The pitch) can't get rid of the snow that quick." Antonio Conte's Spurs are seventh in the table while Burnley were seeking to move out of the relegation zone after being unbeaten in their past four matches.
President for swift digital transformation of parliament
India denies visas to 170 Pakistani pilgrims
Pakistan issues visa allowing Indian man to meet family separated 74 years ago
COAS stresses unity to foil designs of hostile forces


The meeting will begin at 8 a.m. on May 14 in Room 137 of the Capitol in Helena. For more information about the meeting, including a full agenda and related materials, visit the committee's website or contact Sue O'Connell, committee staff.
A legislative committee will continue its study of community services for people with developmental disabilities by looking at programs and rate structures in other states when it meets March 22-23 in Helena.
A group looking at how to make health care prices more transparent will consider potential recommendations when it holds its final meeting in Helena on March 21. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. in Room 102 of the Capitol in Helena.
A legislative committee will delve into topics ranging from Medicaid expansion to services for people with developmental disabilities and planned reductions in state health and human services spending when it meets Jan. 18-19 in Helena.
A subcommittee studying transparency in health care pricing will examine the factors involved in pricing and reimbursement of health care services when it meets Jan. 17 in Helena.
A majority of the members of an interim legislative committee have decided that four rules reducing reimbursement rates for providers of health care and human services have been changed in a way that addresses an objection the committee made to the rules.
The Children, Families, Health, and Human Services Interim Committee and the House Joint Resolution 20 Subcommittee on transparency in health care pricing will not meet as scheduled next week, due to potential conflicts with the special legislative session that begins on Nov. 14.


On Saturday, December 22, 2018, the United States Federal Government began its current shutdown. The shutdown of the Federal Government is a process in which both the House and Senate cannot agree to terms on a spending bill for the fiscal year. However, only a portion of the government is shut down; those agencies and activities that are deemed essential, like law enforcement, remain operational.
A total of 380,000 federal employees have been furloughed from their jobs and another 420,000 are working without immediate pay. Reduced spending from 800,000 government employees can begin to have an impact on commercial real estate owners, especially in areas like Washington D.C. where government employees are critical to the day-to-day economy.
The multi-family sector may begin to see a slowdown in the processing of loans for housing projects as the Department of Housing and Urban Development becomes short staffed during this shutdown. Although the Federal Housing Administration will continue to create loans under its single-family home program, it will not be creating any new loans in the multi-family program.
The office market could begin to see a slowdown in planned lease-up of space should the Small Business Administration, which provides loans to start-up companies, continue to remain inactive during the shutdown. Additionally, some businesses that rely on government contracts are no longer receiving their funding, which could make it challenging for those businesses to make their near-term rent payments on time. Landlords with space occupied by various government agencies whose leases are administered by the General Services Administration (the "GSA") do not need to be concerned at the present time. The Federal Buildings Fund, which is the rent pool for GSA, is still solvent and rents through December 2018 have been paid. GSA reportedly believes there are sufficient funds to pay January rent (due February 1st) as well. The rent owed for February is where the uncertainty may begin to set in.
Retail establishments in areas with high concentrations of federal government employees who are not receiving paychecks due to being furloughed will likely feel pressure during this shutdown period as well.
A shutdown ending in the next couple of days would likely have very little impact to the sectors mentioned above. A shutdown that continues into February or beyond would require the government to make drastic decisions to avoid significant disruption not only to the commercial real estate market, but also to the greater economy.


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International Well Building Institute™ Announces First Well Certified™ Project in New York City
Structure Tone's new office in Manhattan achieves WELL Certification at the Silver Level; Marks first WELL Certified Project in New York
Tuesday, March 14, 2017 - 9:25am
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NEW YORK, March 14, 2017 /3BL Media/ – The International WELL Building Institute™ (IWBI™) today marks a new milestone in the development, growth and expansion of its WELL Certification program as the first project in New York achieves WELL Certification under v1 of the WELL Building Standard™ (WELL™). This prestigious distinction was awarded to Structure Tone's recently opened New York City headquarters at 330 West 34th Street in Manhattan, which has achieved WELL Certification at the Silver level. WELL is the first building standard to focus exclusively on enhancing people's health and wellness through the built environment.
Designed by Gensler and developed with the health and wellness of Structure Tone's employees at its center, the new 82,000-square-foot office space incorporates innovative wellness features and designs throughout the office to make the space more collaborative, and to provide the best opportunities for employees to interact with the built environment in ways that will positively impact their overall happiness and wellness.
"Having Structure Tone achieve the first WELL Certification in New York for its headquarters is indicative of its global leadership," said Rick Fedrizzi, Chairman and CEO of IWBI. "This is a company that at its core deeply understands the connection between the health of people and the importance of designing and constructing spaces that enhance health and wellness. We congratulate them on this significant achievement."
Created through seven years of rigorous research and development working with leading physicians, scientists, and industry professionals, WELL is a performance-based certification system that marries best practices in design and construction with evidence-based research. Structure Tone earned the distinction based on seven categories of building performance – air, water, light, nourishment, fitness, comfort and mind.
"Targeting WELL certification for our new office was important to us not only for our employees' health and wellness, but also to ensure as construction managers that we understand what it takes to build these kinds of spaces," says James Donaghy, chairman of the board at Structure Tone. "We have already seen our clients incorporating wellness into their built environments and firmly believe WELL will play a strong role in the workplaces of the future."
Project features that helped Structure Tone achieve its WELL Certified™ Silver rating include:
WELL Café: Providing healthy nutritional choices is imperative. The office café provides on-site, healthy food and beverage choices, including fresh fruits and vegetables that will help fuel employees with high nutritional value foods, rather than foods that are detrimental to their health. An automated system allows employees to customize their own health profile so that they can see what choices they are making, while providing opportunities to make better choices. All beverage choices at the café contain under 25g of sugar and all food selections prioritize whole grains. Nearby nutritional signage is also featured to educate employees on the benefits of healthy eating, as well as the hazards of poor nutritional choices.
Fitness: Staying active is key to maintaining one's health and wellness. To encourage physical activity, the new office offers employees subsidized membership to CitiBike, the New York city-wide bike share program, so that employees can commute to/from work and/or meetings via bicycle. Employees also receive discounted membership to the nearby Planet Fitness gym. Additionally, the office has built interior fitness opportunities into the new office space, which allows for movement over the course of the regular business day through a central staircase feature and a central printing station.
Sit/Stand Desks: Every employee has a sit/stand desk, encouraging staff to move throughout the day and to avoid sitting for long periods of time. Studies have shown that sitting for periods of greater than six hours per day has a negative impact on our health.
Materials (VOCs): During construction, care was taken to select paints, sealants, adhesives, flooring, insulation, furniture and other materials that contain no or low volatile organic compounds. These choices contribute to overall improved indoor air quality in the office space. Air quality was checked through scientific testing during performance verification to ensure that the office meets the low-emitting requirements set by WELL.
HVAC Systems: High quality HVAC systems were added to capture particulates and to keep the system clean prior to employee occupancy. As part of the system design, ventilation was also improved so that more fresh air can enter the office space on demand, as needed.
Lighting: Lighting levels, fixtures and windows were optimized to match the human body's circadian rhythms, and to help employees be more productive and alert during the day and to achieve better sleep patterns at night. Additionally, lighting locations, glare control and illumination levels were designed to provide employees with the highest level of functionality for the tasks required at their work zones.
Water quality: New York City has access to some of the best quality water in the world; however, point of source water filters were still installed at all points of water distribution in the office to ensure that sediment, metals, organic pollutants, herbicides/pesticides, disinfectants, fluoride and other contaminants and additives are screened before water is consumed.
Acoustic Comfort: Productivity and concentration can drop by as much as 15% in noisy spaces. In order to keep disruptions in the open office area minimized, acoustical consultants were brought in to ensure that the space was designed within WELL's noise criteria.
WELL is grounded in a body of scientific research that explores the connection between the buildings where we spend more than 90 percent of our time, and the health and wellness impacts on us as occupants. To be awarded WELL Certification by IWBI, Structure Tone's New York City headquarters underwent rigorous testing and a final evaluation carried out by Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI), which is the third-party certification body for WELL, to ensure it met all WELL Certified Silver performance requirements. To date, WELL has enrolled more than 350 building projects in 28 countries.
About the WELL Building Standard™
The WELL Building Standard™ (WELL) is a performance-based system for measuring, certifying, and monitoring features of the built environment that impact the health and wellness of the people who live, work, and learn in the buildings. WELL focuses on seven categories of building performance: air, water, nourishment, light, fitness, comfort, and mind. Pioneered by Delos, the WELL Building Standard is grounded in evidence-based research that demonstrates the connection between the buildings where people spend more than 90 percent of their time and those buildings' health and wellness impacts on their occupants. The WELL Building Standard is administered by the International WELL Building Institute™ and third-party certified by Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI). www.wellcertified.com
About the International WELL Building Institute™
The International WELL Building Institute™ (IWBI™) is a public benefit corporation whose mission is to improve human health and wellness through the built environment. Public benefit corporations like IWBI are an emerging U.S. structure for corporations committed to balancing public benefits with profitability – harnessing the power of private capital for greater good. IWBI administers the WELL Building Standard™ (WELL) – a performance-based system for measuring, certifying, and monitoring features of buildings that impact the health and wellness of the people who live, work, and learn in them. www.wellcertified.com
About the Structure Tone Organization:
Structure Tone is a global leader in construction management and general contracting services with offices located in the US, UK, and Ireland. Founded in 1971, the company has grown to over 1,600 employees and more than $3.5 billion in annual construction volume. The organization comprises six companies who operate independently: Structure Tone, LLC., Structure Tone Southwest, LLC., Structure Tone International, LLC., Pavarini Construction Co., LLC., Pavarini McGovern, LLC, and LF Driscoll Company, LLC. www.structuretone.com
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Vineyard Theatre 2020-2021 Season
Artists include Ngozi Anyanwu, David Cale, Kirsten Childs, Lucas Hnath, Marin Ireland, Bill Irwin, Peter Mark Kendall, Jared Mezzocchi, Deirdre O'Connell, Polly Pen, Tori Sampson, Madeline Sayet, Leigh Silverman, Tyler Thomas, Les Waters, Reggie D. White, Whitney White, and more
Works will be performed digitally, in person outside in New York City, and on stage at the Vineyard Theatre in 2021.
Lessons In Survival
Conceived by Marin Ireland, Peter Mark Kendall, Tyler Thomas, Reggie D. White
Performed by The Commissary
A multigenerational group of more than 40 theatre artists
Directed by Tyler Thomas
The Busking Project
Created and Performed by Bill Irwin
Ngozi Anyanwu, Kirsten Childs, Jared Mezzocchi, Polly Pen, Madeline Sayet
Returns to Vineyard Theatre
By Lucas Hnath
Adapted from interviews with
Dana Higginbotham conducted by Steve Cosson
Directed by Les Waters
Featuring Deirdre O'Connell
This Land Was Made
By Tori Sampson
Directed by Whitney White
By David Cale
Music by Matthew Dean Marsh
Directed by Leigh Silverman
Vineyard Theatre Artistic Directors Douglas Aibel and Sarah Stern are pleased to announce the company's upcoming 2020-2021 Season which includes digital and outdoor productions, as well as the reopening when safe to do so of Vineyard Theatre's home at 108 East 15th Street with the return of the critically acclaimed, award-winning Dana H. by Lucas Hnath and two world premieres from Tori Sampson and David Cale.
Douglas Aibel and Sarah Stern said: "We are thrilled to announce our 2020-2021 Season, which will take place digitally, in person outside, and eventually, back in our theatre. With daring imagination and reinvention, the artists creating in our season are bringing new work to life in and for our moment. It is a season that looks at the stories we tell about who we are — as individuals and as a country — and asks how we change when our stories do. We are inspired by the power and artistry of these works, and invite audiences across our city, country and world to join us for an adventure in what theatre can be and do."
Current artists for the season include Ngozi Anyanwu, David Cale, Kirsten Childs, Lucas Hnath, Marin Ireland, Bill Irwin, Peter Mark Kendall, Jared Mezzocchi, Deirdre O'Connell, Polly Pen, Tori Sampson, Madeline Sayet, Leigh Silverman, Tyler Thomas, Les Waters, Reggie D. White and Whitney White, among others. The Vineyard's 2020-2021 Artists-in-Residence include The Commissary, Michael R. Jackson, Charly Evon Simpson, York Walker and Whitney White. Recipients of The Vineyard's 2020-2021 Paula Vogel Playwriting Award and Susan Stroman Directing Award residencies will be announced later this fall.
Membership info: Memberships ensure great access to all Vineyard Theatre productions for a fraction of the full ticket price. Memberships are now on sale for The Vineyard's 2020-2021 season. To purchase and additional information regarding packages please visit WEBSITE HERE or by calling the box office at 212-353-0303.
Vineyard Theatre 2020-21 Season
October 6 – November 1 (Part 1)
Conceived by Marin Ireland, Peter Mark Kendall,
Tyler Thomas, Reggie D. White
Video Design and Editing by Josiah Davis
Sound Design by Daniel Kluger
Production Design by You-Shin Chen
Production Coordinator Clarissa Marie Ligon
With Kyle Beltran, Dan Butler, Helen Cespedes, Kalyne Coleman, Crystal Dickinson, Brandon Dirden, Ricardy Fabre, Yonatan Gebeyehu, Marin Ireland, Peter Mark Kendall, Nicole Lewis, Nana Mensah, Joe Morton, Deirdre O'Connell, Keith Randolph Smith, Ryan Spahn, Chris Stack, Myra Lucretia Taylor, TL Thompson, Nicole Villamil, Victoria Villier, Reggie D. White
"How do you talk about 300 years in four minutes? Was it ever so apparent we need this dialogue?" — Lorraine Hansberry, 1964
"This country's my problem and your problem." — James Baldwin, 1968
Fueled by the urgency of our present moment, The Commissary, a multigenerational collective of more than 40 theatre artists, have come together to reinvestigate the words of trailblazing artists and activists who survived and created in times of revolution in our country. Baldwin. Giovanni. Davis. Lorde. Hansberry. Rustin. Hamer. In Lessons In Survival, a cohort of actors channel historic conversations, interviews and speeches, listening to original broadcasts on an in-ear feed and speaking exactly what they hear. In bringing these words to new life in the present, they ask what these voices can teach us about our country now and the opportunity for true change that stands before us. How might they propel us to look courageously at the effects of systemic racism, to imagine ourselves outside of its prescriptions, and to create, together, a shared future of collective liberation?
Lessons In Survival will continue to develop throughout the season, with The Commissary as an artistic-collective-in-residence at The Vineyard, and will be shared with audiences at different stages over the coming months. Join us in October for the first round of eight performances and four open rehearsals. Each Sunday, free weekly community conversations with current leaders will build on the legacy of daring conversations that reflect the times and inspire the future.
September 23, 25, 26
October 1, 2, 3
Tony Award-winning actor and legendary clown Bill Irwin returns to his roots: busking on the street. In an eight-minute foray into rhythm and language, Bill taps into the energy of the Union Square/Flatiron neighborhood as an evolving site of storytelling, spinning rhymes for our changing times.
Limited reserved spots are available for Vineyard Members only for this in-person, outdoor, socially-distanced live performance.
Vineyard Theatre 2020-2021 Mini-Commissions
In a new program created for this season, The Vineyard has commissioned five artists to create new digital or alternative theatre works. From short plays to musicals to adventurous digital theatre design, these wildly original artists will create new digital or alternative theatre works that will premiere over the course of the season.
A co-production with Goodman Theatre and Center Theatre Group
2021 Dates TBD
DANA H. RETURNS! Don't miss "one of the richest, most complete works of theatre to come along in many seasons"(The New York Times). A harrowing true story, Dana was held captive — trapped in a series of Florida motels, disoriented and terrified — for five months. Told in Dana's own words and reconstructed for the stage by her son Lucas Hnath (A Doll's House Part 2, The Christians), this innovative work shatters the boundaries of the art form and our understanding of good and evil. Winner of the Lucille Lortel Award for Best Solo Show and Lortel and Obie Awards for Deirdre O'Connell's "simply astonishing" performance (Time Out NY).
Dates TBD
Liberation. Peace. Love. Self-Defense. Oakland in 1967 is a powder keg of social activism ready to boil over into radical action. For the patrons of Miss Trish's bar, it's all just talking points — until the full, seductive and explosive force of the revolution walks through the door. History and imagination collide with vibrant humor and echo into our present moment in this stirring new play from Tori Sampson, playwright of the New York Times Critic's Pick If Pretty Hurts, Ugly Must Be A Muhfucka, directed by Obie Award-winner and Vineyard artist-in-residence Whitney White (Our Dear Dead Drug Lord).
Original compositions by Matthew Dean Marsh
In this new one-woman thriller from David Cale (Harry Clarke, 2018 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Solo Show), Sandra seeks to get to the bottom of the mysterious disappearance of her closest friend, a young pianist and composer, who went on a trip to Mexico and never returned. Her search for clues leads her into both a highly charged love affair, and increasingly dangerous territory. Featuring an original piano score by Matthew Dean Marsh (We're Only Alive For A Short Amount Of Time) and direction by Obie Award-winning director Leigh Silverman (Harry Clarke), Sandra asks how far would you go for love?
About Vineyard Theatre
Vineyard Theatre is an Off-Broadway theatre company dedicated to nurturing the voices of daring artists, and developing and producing work that pushes the boundaries of what theatre can be and do. One of the country's preeminent centers for the creation of new plays and musicals, our work seeks to challenge and inspire all of us to see ourselves and our world from different perspectives.
Notable premieres include David Cale's Harry Clarke (2018 Drama Desk, Obie, Lucille Lortel Awards); Paula Vogel and Rebecca Taichman's Indecent (two 2017 Tony Awards); two Pulitzer Prize-winning plays, Paula Vogel's How I Learned To Drive and Edward Albee's Three Tall Women; Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Gloria; Nicky Silver's The Lyons; Marx, Lopez and Whitty's Avenue Q (Tony Award, Best Musical); Kander, Ebb, and Thompson's The Scottsboro Boys; Bell and Bowen's [title of show]; Lanie Robertson's Lady Day At Emerson's Bar And Grill; Polly Pen's Goblin Market; Tarell Alvin McCraney's Wig Out!; Jenny Schwartz' God's Ear; Will Eno's Middletown; Becky Mode's Fully Committed; Colman Domingo's Dot; Ngozi Anyanwu's Good Grief; Jeremy O. Harris' "Daddy"; Mara Nelson-Greenberg's Do You Feel Anger?; Tina Satter's Is This A Room, named "Best Theater of 2019" by The New York Times and New York Magazine and nominated for four Lortel Awards with Emily Davis winning for Outstanding Actress in a Play; and most recently Lucas Hnath's Dana H., a 2020 New York Times Critic's Pick which was nominated for three Lortel Awards, winning Outstanding Solo Show and Outstanding Sound Design.
The Vineyard's Paula Vogel Playwriting Award and Susan Stroman Directing Award residencies recognize and provide resources to gifted early-career artists, and our education programs serve over 700 NYC public high school students annually, culminating in the Rebel Verses Youth Arts Festival in collaboration with Developing Artists. Works developed and premiered at our home in Union Square have gone on to be seen around the world, and The Vineyard is proud to be the recipient of special Drama Desk, Obie, and Lucille Lortel awards for artistic excellence.
The Vineyard's 2020-2021 Artists-in-Residence include The Commissary, Michael R. Jackson, Charly Evon Simpson, York Walker, Whitney White and more to be announced this fall.
Vineyard Theatre's leadership includes Artistic Directors Douglas Aibel and Sarah Stern and Managing Director Suzanne Appel.
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Tyler Thomas (she/hers), director and co-conceiver, is a director and choreographer, currently based in NYC. Her work has most recently been shown at The New Ohio, Signature Theatre, The Flea, HERE Arts Center, NYMF, Paradise Factory, and NYU Tisch. As an associate and assistant, she has worked with directors such as Lear deBessonet, Taibi Magar, Whitney White, Young Jean Lee, Lee Sunday Evans, Niegel Smith and Jo Bonney, as well as with the Builders Association as Associate Dramaturg. Tyler is a former SDCF Observer, member of the Lincoln Center Directors' Lab, Visiting Artist at the Athens Conservatoire in Greece, Resident Director at The Flea, current 2050 NYTW Fellow and Foeller Fellow at Williamstown Theatre Festival. She holds a BFA in Drama and MA in Arts & Politics from the Tisch School of the Arts.
Marin Ireland (she/hers), co-conceiver. Theatre credits include Reasons to be Pretty, for which she won a Theatre World Award and was nominated for a Tony. Her other New York credits include The Big Knife and After Miss Julie (Broadway), Ironbound at Rattlestick, Kill Floor at Lincoln Center, Blasted and Marie Antoinette, both at Soho Rep, Three Sisters at Classic Stage, Cyclone at Studio Dante (Obie Award), and In The Wake at the Public Theatre. Some of her TV and film work includes the second season of the "Umbrella Academy," "Girls," "Homeland," "Masters of Sex," The Divide, "The Slap," "Sneaky Pete," Glass Chin (Independent Spirit nomination 2016), Sparrows Dance, The Family Fang, 28 Hotel Rooms, The Irishman, Hell or High Water and the Lifetime movie Flint, about the Flint water crisis, playing activist Melissa Mays. She co-founded the website hrforthearts.org with civil rights and liberties lawyer Norman Siegel, which aims to be a resource to help address harassment and bullying within the arts community.
Reggie D. White (he/him), co-conceiver. Broadway: The Inheritance (Drama Desk Award for Best Play). International: Flood In The Valley (China). Off-Broadway: Hundred Days, I & You, For The Last Time. Regional: The Luckiest (La Jolla Playhouse), The Bluest Eye (Arden Theatre), And She Would Stand Like This (The Movement Theatre Company), Frontieres Sans Frontieres (Bushwick Starr), The Last Tiger in Haiti (Berkeley Rep/La Jolla Playhouse), Party People (Berkeley Rep). Film & TV: "Gotham", "Blindspot", "The Parent 'Hood", Buzzer, Medias Res, Stranger In Blood. Training: Atlantic Theater School, Cal State Hayward. Reggie is a Company Member of The Williams Project – a living wage theatre company. Reggie is also a recipient of the TBA Titan Award and the TCG Fox Fellowship. www.reggiedwhite.net
Peter Mark Kendall (he/him), co-conceiver. Broadway: Six Degrees of Separation (Tony nomination for Best Revival), The Rose Tattoo (The Acting Company: with Patti LuPone & Bobby Cannavale). Off-Broadway: Blue Ridge (Atlantic), The Harvest (LCT3), Mercury Fur (The New Group), Joe's Pub (with Whitney White), Judson, Partial Comfort. Regional: Lake Lucille Chekhov, Bay Street, Baltimore Center Stage, Trinity Rep., Chautauqua, Gloucester Stage, Baltimore Shakespeare, Studio Theatre (DC), Rep Stage, Kennedy Center. Film: Entangled, Time Out of Mind, Louder Than Bombs, The Ticket (TriBeCa), The Rest of Us, Seven Lovers. Television: "Strange Angel," "Outpost" (series regular), "Girls," "The Americans," "Chicago Med," "Eye Candy" (recurring), "Awkwafina…from Queens," "The Good Fight," "Gotham," "Law and Order: SVU," "The Leftovers," "Blue Bloods," "Public Morals." Upcoming TV: "The President is Missing" on Showtime (recurring); Upcoming films: The Scottish Play, Top Gun: Maverick. Education: M.F.A., Brown/Trinity Rep. Peter is also a musician, and creates music with the band Hickory.
Bill Irwin is an actor, director, writer, and clown. His original works include The Regard of Flight; Largely New York; Fool Moon; Old Hats; The Happiness Lecture; and others. His theater credits include Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, The Goat, Waiting for Godot, Endgame and On Beckett (an evening of passages from Samuel Beckett's work). Television appearances include FX's "Legion," HBO's "Confirmation," "This Is Us," and Mr. Noodle in "Elmo's World." His film credits include Rachel Getting Married, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, Eight Men Out and Interstellar. His work has been honored with Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Barrymore, and Helen Hayes Awards. He is also a recipient of Guggenehim, Fulbright, MacArthur and National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships.
Lucas Hnath, Playwright. Lucas' most recent play Dana H. was at the Vineyard Theatre in New York. Lucas received a 2017 Tony Award nomination for Best Play with A Doll's House, Part 2. Hnath's other plays include Hillary and Clinton, The Thin Place, Red Speedo, The Christians, A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney, Isaac's Eye and Death Tax. He has been produced on Broadway at the John Golden Theatre, Off-Broadway at New York Theatre Workshop, Playwrights Horizons, Soho Rep, and Ensemble Studio Theatre. His plays have also premiered at the Humana Festival of New Plays, Victory Gardens and South Coast Repertory. He is a New York Theatre Workshop Usual Suspect, a member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, and an alumnus of New Dramatists. Awards: Whiting Award, Guggenheim Fellowship, Kesselring Prize, Outer Critics Circle Award for Best New Play, Obie Award for Playwriting, Steinberg Playwright Award, and the Windham-Campbell Literary Prize.
Deirdre O'Connell (she/her), Dana H. Recent favorite theatre includes: Dana H. by Lucas Hnath (Los Angeles Ovation Award, Obie Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Lucille Lortel Award, Kirk Douglas Theatre, Goodman Theater and Vineyard Theatre), Before The Meeting by Adam Bock (Williamstown Theater Festival), Thunderbodies by Kate Tarker (Soho Rep.), Fulfillment Center by Abe Koogler (Drama Desk and Drama League Award nominations) and By the Water by Sharyn Rothstein (Lortel nomination, Manhattan Theatre Club), Terminus by Gabriel Jason Dean (New York Theatre Workshop), The Way West by Mona Mansour and Thinner Than Water by Melissa Ross (Labyrinth), Judy by Max Posner (Page 73), Little Children Dream of God by Jeff Augustin (Manhattan Theatre Club), Scarcity by Lucy Thurber (Rattlestick), The Vandal by Hamish Linklater (The Flea), Circle Mirror Transformation by Annie Baker (Obie and Drama Desk Awards; Playwrights Horizons), In the Wake by Lisa Kron (Los Angeles Ovation Award, Richard Seff Actors' Equity Award, Lortel nomination,Kirk Douglas Theatre and Public Theatre), In the Blood by Susan Lori Parks (Public Theatre). Other favorite writers she has performed include Jenkins, Wellman, Schulman, Nelson, Meyer, Fornes, Shepard, Smith and Chekhov. Recent films include Diane, Lez Bomb, I Am a Seagull, The Boy Downstairs, Gabriel, Synecdoche, NY and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. TV includes recurring roles on "One Dollar," "The Path," "The Affair" and "Nurse Jackie." She has an Obie for Sustained Excellence in Performance, a New York Drama Critics Circle Special Citation and a Lilly Award.
Les Waters, Director. An Obie Award winner, Waters was Artistic Director of Actors Theatre of Louisville from 2012–2018, where he directed The Thin Place, The Christians, Evocation To Visible Appearance, Little Bunny Foo Foo, Recent Alien Abductions, Macbeth, For Peter Pan On Her 70th Birthday, The Glory Of The World, Luna Gale, At The Vanishing Point, Our Town, Gnit, Girlfriend, Long Day's Journey Into Night and Big Love. His productions have been seen in New York at Playwrights Horizons, Signature Theatre Company, The Public Theater, Second Stage Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club, Connelly Theater, Clubbed Thumb, Soho Rep, and Brooklyn Academy of Music and regionally at theatres such as Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Kirk Douglas Theatre, Arena Stage, Huntington Theatre Company, Mark Taper Forum, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Yale Repertory Theatre, American Conservatory Theater, La Jolla Playhouse and American Repertory Theater. In 2009, he made his Broadway debut with In The Next Room (or The Vibrator Play). He led the MFA directing program at University of California, San Diego from 1995–2003
Dana Higginbotham is a writer, educator and chaplain. For the past 20 years, her work as a chaplain in both hospitals and hospices throughout Florida has involved providing counsel for those who live with the effects of trauma, loss and life threatening or life limiting issues. She develops and leads workshops on "Stress Debriefing," "Living with PTSD" and "Bereavement Intervention." The "Practical Spirituality" curriculum she developed is used to address both addiction and adolescent affective disorders. She holds a Master's of Divinity and a PhD in counseling.
Steve Cosson, Interviewer. New York credits include This Beautiful City (Vineyard Theatre and Center Theatre Group), Paul Swan Is Dead And Gone, Times Square (The Civilians), The Abominables (Children's Theatre Company), The Undertaking (BAM Next Wave, US Tour, Theatre de la Ville, Paris, 59E59), Rimbaud in New York (BAM), The Belle of Amherst (Westside Theatre), The Great Immensity (The Public Theater), Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play (Playwrights Horizons). Regional theater credits include Pretty Filthy, (I Am) Nobody's Lunch and Gone Missing. Cosson was a Metropolitan Museum of Art Artist-in-Residence from 2014-2015. SteveCosson.com
Center Theatre Group, one of the nation's preeminent arts and cultural organizations, is Los Angeles' leading non profit theatre company, which, under the leadership of Artistic Director Michael Ritchie, Managing Director Meghan Pressman and Producing Director Douglas C. Baker, programs seasons at the 736-seat Mark Taper Forum and 1600 to 2100-seat Ahmanson Theatre at The Music Center in Downtown Los Angeles and the 317-seat Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. In addition to presenting and producing the broadest range of theatrical entertainment in the country, Center Theatre Group is one of the nation's leading producers of ambitious new works through commissions and world premiere productions and a leader in interactive community engagement and education programs that reach across generations, demographics and circumstance to serve Los Angeles.
Goodman Theatre, "Chicago's flagship resident stage" (Chicago Tribune), is a premier not-for-profit theater distinguished by the quality and scope of its artistic programming and civic engagement. Led by Artistic Director Robert Falls and Executive Director Roche Schulfer, the theater's artistic priorities include new play development (more than 150 world or American premieres), large scale musical theater works and reimagined classics. In addition, the Goodman is the first theater in the world to produce all 10 plays in August Wilson's "American Century Cycle." Key to the theater's success are its distinguished members of the Artistic Collective: Rebecca Gilman, Henry Godinez, Dael Orlandersmith, Steve Scott, Kimberly Senior, Chuck Smith, Regina Taylor, Henry Wishcamper and Mary Zimmerman. Awards for artistic excellence include two Pulitzer Prizes, 22 Tony Awards and more than 160 Joseph Jefferson Awards. GoodmanTheatre.org
Tori Sampson, Playwright. A native of Boston, Tori's plays include If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must be a Muhfucka (Playwrights Horizons, 2019), This Land Was Made (Vineyard Theatre, 2018), and Cadillac Crew (Yale Repertory Theater, 2019). She also wrote for Season 2 of "Hunters" on Amazon. Her plays have been developed at Great Plains Theatre Conference, Berkeley Repertory Theatre's The Ground Floor residency program, Victory Garden's IGNITION Festival of New Plays, Playwrights Foundation, and Ubuntu Festival. Tori is a 2017–18 Playwright's Center Jerome Fellow and a 2018-19 McKnight Fellow. Two of her plays appeared on the 2017 Kilroys List. Her awards and honors include the 2016 Relentless Award, Honorable Mention; the 2016 Paula Vogel Award in Playwriting from The Kennedy Center; the Lorraine Hansberry Playwriting Award, Second Place; the Alliance Theater's 2017 Kendeda Prize, Finalist; the 2018 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, Finalist; the 2018 National Theater Conferences, Paul Green Award. Tori is currently working on commissions from Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre and Atlantic Theater Company. She holds a BS in sociology from Ball State University and an MFA in playwriting from Yale School of Drama.
Whitney White, Director, is an Obie-Award and Lily Award winning director, writer and musician originally from Chicago. She is a believer of alternative forms of performance, multi-disciplinary work and collaborative processes. Recent directing: The Amen Corner (Shakespeare Theatre DC), Our Dear Dead Drug Lord (WP Theatre and Second Stage, NYT Critic's Pick), Aleshea Harris' What to Send Up When it Goes Down (The Movement Theatre Company, Woolly Mammoth, American Repertory Theatre, The Public, NYT Critic's Pick), An Iliad (Long Wharf), Canyon by Jonathan Caren (LA Times Critic's Choice and recipient of the CTG Block Party Grant, IAMA), Jump by Charly Evon Simpson (National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere, PlayMakers Rep). Digital projects include: Finish the Fight by Ming Peiffer (The New York Times, 24K+ viewers), Animals by Stacy Osei-Kuffour (Williamstown Theatre and Audible) and Soft Light by Aleshea Harris (The Movement Theatre). Her original musical Definition will debut at the Bushwick Starr in 2021 and her five-part cycle deconstructing Shakespeare's women, music and female ambition is currently in development with American Repertory Theater (Boston, MA). Whitney is the current recipient of Vineyard Theatre's Susan Stroman Directing Award, is part of the Rolex Protegé and Mentorship Arts Initiative and is an Associate Artist at The Roundabout. She is also an Associate Director at Shakespeare Theatre Company in DC. Past residencies and fellowships: Sundance Theatre Lab, Colt Coeur, The Drama League, the Roundabout and the 2050 Fellowship at the New York Theatre Workshop. MFA Acting: Brown University/Trinity Rep, BA: Northwestern University.
David Cale, Playwright, returns to the Vineyard Theatre following his solo play Harry Clarke, starring Billy Crudup, and directed by Leigh Silverman, which transferred to the Minetta Lane Theatre in a run produced and recorded by Audible (2018 Lucille Lortel Award). Cale's works as both writer and performer include The History of Kisses, Palomino, A Likely Story, Lillian (Obie Award), Deep in a Dream of You (Bessie Award), Smooch Music and The Redthroats (Bessie Award). He wrote the book, lyrics, co-composed the music and starred in the musical Floyd and Clea Under the Western Sky (Outer Critics Circle Award nomination). His most recent work is his solo musical memoir We're Only Alive for A Short Amount of Time, for which he wrote the book, lyrics and co-composed the music with his musical collaborator Matthew Dean Marsh. For We're Only Alive for A Short Amount of Time, Cale and Marsh received a 2019 Jeff Award and a 2020 Lucille Lortel Award nomination, and Cale was the recipient of a 2020 Drama Desk Award nomination, a 2020 Outer Critics Circle Award and a 2020 Obie Award.
Matthew Dean Marsh, Composer, has collaborated with David Cale over the past four years, their anthology of songs growing extensively during this time. Most notably, We're Only Alive for A Short Amount of Time, the autobiographical one-man musical with Cale as the starring role, featured music written by the duo and arranged by Marsh. For We're Only Alive for A Short Amount of Time, Cale and Marsh received the 2019 Jeff Award for New Musical and a 2020 Lucille Lortel Award nomination. Matthew music directed Clubbed Thumb's revival of Tumacho, directed by Leigh Silverman, in early 2020. His compositions have sounded at Madison Square Garden, Barclays Center, Radio City Music Hall, Lincoln Center, Tribeca Film Festival, The Public Theater, MassMOCA and The Goodman Theater in Chicago.
Leigh Silverman, Director. Broadway: Grand Horizons (2ST; Williamstown Theater Festival); The Lifespan of a Fact (Studio 54); Violet (Roundabout; Tony Award nomination); Chinglish (Goodman Theatre; Longacre Theatre); Well (Public Theater; ACT; Longacre Theatre). Recent Off-Broadway: Soft Power (Public Theater; Ahmanson Theater/ Curran Theater; Drama Desk nomination); Tumacho (Clubbed Thumb); Hurricane Diane (New York Theatre Workshop; Two River Theater); Harry Clarke (Vineyard Theatre/Audible, Minetta Lane; Lortel nomination); Wild Goose Dreams (Public Theater; La Jolla Playhouse); Sweet Charity (New Group); On The Exhale (Roundabout); All The Ways To Say I Love You (MCC); The Way We Get By (2ST); The Outer Space (Public Theater); Bright Half Life (WP); No Place To Go (Public Theater); American Hero (WTF; 2ST); Kung Fu (Signature Theatre); The (curious case of the) Watson Intelligence (Playwrights Horizons). Encores: Violet; The Wild Party; Really Rosie. 2011 Obie Award and 2019 Obie for Sustained Excellence.
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Ngozi Anyanwu's play Good Grief (Kilroys List 2016, semi finalist Princess Grace, Humanitas Award), in which Anyanwu also starred, recently ran Off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theatre and was produced at Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles in Spring 2017. Nike… (Kilroys List 2017) was recently workshopped at The New Black Fest in conjunction with The Lark and The Strand Festival in conjunction with A.C.T and Space on Ryder Farm. The Homecoming Queen (Kilroys List 2017, Leah Ryan Finalist) recently had its world premiere at the Atlantic Theater which also had a sold out run. Anywanwu has commissions with NYU, The Old Globe and The Atlantic Theatre and has received residencies from LCT3, Space on Ryder Farm, the Djerassi Resident Artists Program, The New Harmony Project, New York Stage and Film and Page 73. She attended Point Park University (BA) and received her MFA in Acting from University of California, San Diego.
Kirsten Childs is the award-winning writer of the musicals The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin, Miracle Brothers, Fly (with Rajiv Joseph and Bill Sherman), Funked Up Fairy Tales and Bella: An American Tall Tale (directed by Robert O'Hara). Bella received its world premiere in the 2016-2017 season at Dallas Theater Center, with a co-production at Playwrights Horizons. Bubbly Black Girl was recently produced at Theatre Royal Stratford East in the UK and at City Centers Encores! Off-Broadway. For her work, Kirsten has received Obie, Kleban, Larson, Richard Rodgers, Audelco and Gilman/Gonzalez-Falla awards, as well as Lortel and Drama Desk nominations. She is currently working on a commissioned project for The New Group with writer/director Gordon Greenberg. Kirsten has written for Disney Theatricals, the American Songbook series at Lincoln Center, the New Electric Company, City Center Encores!, Works and Process @ Guggenheim Museum, and Premieres/Inner Voices under the producership of Paulette Haupt, Artistic Director of the O'Neill National Music Theater Conference. She is an adjunct professor in NYU's Graduate Musical Theater Writing Program and a member of the Dramatists Guild Council.
Jared Mezzocchi is a Lucille Lortel and Obie Award-winning multimedia artist based out of Washington, DC. He is a resident artist at Woolly Mammoth Theater Company in Washington DC and has directed and designed at theaters across the U.S. including The John F. Kennedy Performing Arts Center, Milwaukee Rep, Portland Center Stage, Cleveland Playhouse, Arena Stage, South Coast Rep, National Geographic, National Gallery of Art and Centerstage Baltimore, Roundhouse Theater and The National Players. In NYC, he has worked with Manhattan Theatre Club, Big Art Group, The Builders Association, Rob Roth, 3-Legged Dog, New Georges and HERE Arts Center. Other honors include the Henry Hewes Award, Princess Grace Award, and a Helen Hayes nomination. He is currently co-directing and media designing Sarah Gancher's Russian Troll Farm, blending theatre, cinema and television technique into a live online performance. Mezzocchi received his MFA in Performance and Interactive Media Arts at Brooklyn College and is currently on faculty at University Of Maryland, College Park, where he built the projection design curriculum in the MFA design program. His book, A Multimedia Designer's Method To Theatrical Storytelling, will be published through Routledge in Spring 2021. Mezzocchi grew up in New Hampshire, where he returns every summer as Producing Artistic Director of Andy's Summer Playhouse.
Polly Pen writes book, music and lyrics. She is an Obie Award winner for the score of Bed and Sofa, which received seven Drama Desk nominations. Bed and Sofa premiered at the Vineyard Theatre and received its London premiere at the Finborough Theatre. Polly's first Off-Broadway production as both composer and co-author, Goblin Market, received five Drama Desk nominations and the BEST PLAYS Special Citation for Musical Composition and Adaptation. Other works include The Night Governess (McCarter Theatre), House for Sale (Transport Group), Her Lightness (Sarasota Opera), The Dumb Cake (a radio musical for NPR), Embarrassments (Wilma Theater) and Christina Alberta's Father (Vineyard Theatre), which received a Richard Rodgers Award, an Obie and a Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Music. Polly is the recipient of several NEA grants, The Kitty Carlisle Hart Award and the Gilman & Gonzalez-Falla Award for Musical Theatre. She has been honored by fellowships at Moulin á Nef in Auvillar, France, Sundance Theatre Lab at Ucross and The Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Center, Italy. Polly received the 2009 Flora Roberts Award for a distinguished body of work. She has been a National Theatre Artist-in-Residence at McCarter Theatre and is a professor at NYU's Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program. Polly has served on the Council of The Dramatists Guild, the Board of Dramatists Play Service and the nominating committee of the Tony Awards. Polly's latest work, Arlington, premiered at the Magic Theatre, San Francisco and the Vineyard Theatre, NYC. The original cast album of Arlington was recently released by Broadway Records. In another life, Polly worked extensively as an actor on Broadway, Off-Broadway and in repertory theatres throughout the U.S.
Madeline Sayet is a citizen of the Mohegan Tribe and the Executive Director of the Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program. For her work as a director, writer, and performer she has been honored as a Forbes 30 Under 30, TED Fellow, MIT Media Lab Director's Fellow, National Directing Fellow, Native American 40 Under 40, and a recipient of The White House Champion of Change Award from President Obama. Her play Where We Belong, first shown in London at Shakespeare's Globe, will have its US Premiere in DC as part of Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company's coming season. Recent directing work includes: Staged at Home: a Virtual Benefit Concert (Long Wharf Theatre), Henry IV (Connecticut Repertory Theatre), Whale Song (Perseverance Theatre), She Kills Monsters (Connecticut Repertory Theatre), As You Like It (Delaware Shakespeare), The Winter's Tale (Amerinda/HERE Arts), Poppea (Krannert Center, Illinois), The Magic Flute (Glimmerglass), Miss Lead (59e59). www.madelinesayet.com
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