Panel to discuss My Name is Rachel Corrie at Barnard College

New York: Barnard College in New York will hold a special panel titled, Rachel Corrie and the Theatre of Public Opinion on Friday, April 7th at 12pm at Minor Latham Playhouse, 118 Milbank Hall.

Participating in the panel will be:Marvin A. Carlson, Sidney E. Cohn Distinguished Professor of Theatre and Comparative Literature, Ph.D. Program at the City University of New York John Heilpern, theatre critic, "New York Observer," Adjunct Assistant Professor, Columbia School of the Arts Gregory Mosher, theatre director and Director, Columbia University Arts Initiative Christopher Shinn, playwright Alisa Solomon, journalist, theatre critic, and Director, Arts and Culture M.A., Columbia School of JournalismKelly Stuart, playwright and Lecturer in Playwriting, Columbia School of the ArtsModerator: Shawn-Marie Garrett, Assistant Professor of Theatre, Barnard CollegeAccording to a release "My Name Is Rachel Corrie, a play adapted from the letters of the young American activist killed in Gaza in 2003 by an Israeli bulldozer, was slated to open on March 22 at the highly respected New York Theatre Workshop, home of Rent. Then NYTW decided to postpone the opening indefinitely, sparking an international controversy. This panel seeks to explore the wider issues the Rachel Corrie postponement raises: questions about political theatre in New York, funding for the arts, the role of marketing and donor relations to programming, and the representation of the Middle East on the American stage."Reservations are not necessary. For more information, please contact Jessica Brater at: jbrater@barnard.edu or (212) 854-2079 or visit www.barnard.edu/theatre/main2.html.My Name is Rachel Corrie is currently playing the Playhouse Theatre in London. For more information visit our database here.