Public Programs


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Public Program Attendance


81 Panelists


Throughout the year, NYTW’s Public Programs successfully provided our community with opportunities for exploration of the themes and questions raised by NYTW’s theatrical productions.


Panel Discussions


During the 2009-2010 Season, NYTW organized a series of discussions to complement each of our productions, featuring artists and scholars in conversations that explored the plays’ aesthetic, historical and/or political contexts.


AfterWords


Designed to provoke further thought and dialogue about the production and artistic process, NYTW’s popular AfterWords post-performance discussions gave audience members the chance to participate in open conversations with members of the cast and creative team. NYTW facilitated talkbacks after every performance of Aftermath and two to three times for every other production this Season. NYTW also streamed recorded excerpts from our Public Programs on our website throughout the year.


Discounted Ticket Initiatives


In addition to these public forums for dialogue, NYTW continued its flagship discounted ticket initiative: CheapTix Sundays, offering every audience member our regularly priced $65 tickets for $20 to every Sunday night perfor- mance. A Community Ticket Program provided discounted or free tickets to individuals with limited income and our Volunteer Usher Program gave people the opportunity to usher a production and stay for the performance at no cost.


2009 - 2010 Panel Discussions and Panelists


Aftermath


NYTW partnered with the Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict (CIVIC) and the International Rescue Committee (IRC) to present panel discussions about Iraqi war refugees, including: *Anil Soni: CIVIC Board Director *Jonathan Tracy: former US Army claims judge advocate for Iraq *Christina Asquith: Iraq war journalist *Deborah Amos: award-winning NPR Reporter *Uday Hattem al-Ghanimi: Iraqi asylee


The Heart is a Lonely Hunter NYTW gathered a number of esteemed artists to discuss the nature of adaptations. They included: *Anne Bogart: Artistic Director of SITI Company *Doug Wright: Pulitzer Prize Winning Playwright and NYTW Board Member *Will Power: Playwright and Performer *Rebecca Gilman: Playwright


Top Secret


Through a partnership with the University of Southern California’s Annenberg Center on Communication, Leadership & Policy, NYTW hosted a series of discussions that included the following guest speakers: *Carroll Bogert: Humans Rights Watch *Leslie Gelb: New York Times writer *Nicholas Lemann: Dean, Columbia Journalism School *Daniel Ellsberg: Military and Political Analyst *Sheila Coronel: Director, Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism, Columbia University


Restoration


Leslie Gelb and Daniel Ellsberg at Top Secret Panel Discussion


Art historians were invited to contemplate “The Significance of David and its Restoration” at a panel that included: *Jack Soultanian: New York Metropolitan Museum of Art Conservator *David Drogin: SUNY Art History Professor


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