The Culture Project presents
Impact Festival 2006, a New York City-wide arts festival focusing on human rights, social justice, and political action. The 42-day festival, with more than 50 events, takes place at Culture Project (45 Bleecker Street) and at venues throughout New York City from the New York Public Library to The Knitting Factory, and from El Museo Del Barrio to Town Hall.
Events include the world premiere of the new Eve Ensler play, The Treatment, starring Dylan McDermott and Portia and directed by Leigh Silverman; the U.S. Premiere of 6 Actors in Search of a Plot by the celebrated Palestinian writer Mohammed El-Thayer, and American choreographer Billy Yalowitz; the world premiere of A Political Cabaret by Elizabeth Swados; a stage adaptation of Speak Truth to Power: Voices from Beyond the Dark, edited by Kerry Kennedy, and adapted by Ariel Dorfman; and Voices of a People's History of the United States, a stage adaptation (by Rob Urbinati) of Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove's vast anthology of the stories of unknown figures in American history; among many others.
On Friday, October 6, 2006 Bill Clinton is the guest of honor at a special premiere benefit of Speak Truth to Power for the Kennedy Center. This invite-only reading is presented at the Chelsea Piers and kicks off the Culture Project's run of Speak Truth to Power on Sunday and Monday evenings during the festival.
Among the hundreds of artists scheduled to participate in the dozens of festival events are: Marisa Tomei, Dylan McDermott, Richard Dreyfus, Jeff Goldblum, Charles Grodin, Eve Ensler, Steve Earle, David Strathairn, Samantha Power, Bob Balaban and Portia.
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