Women Center Stage Festival 2007

Culture Project presents Women Center Stage Festival 2007, the annual multi-disciplinary event featuring women artists whose work calls attention to human struggles globally. ­

The three-week festival, with more than 25 events, will take place at Culture Project’s new SoHo home (55 Mercer Street) as well as The Knitting Factory and P.S. 122.

Currently in its 11th year, WCS will gather artists, activists, thinkers and other crucial voices to share stories and ideas, and challenge one another to act and react. Among those scheduled to participate are Eve Ensler, Marisa Tomei, Samantha Power, Staceyann Chin, Elizabeth Swados, Azar Nafisi, Olivia Wilde, Patricia Foulkrod, Julie Goldman and Letty Cotton Pogrebin, among many others.

Event schedule is below. Venue is listed if the event is not at the Culture Project. Click on the links for more information.

Pre-festival Special Event

V-DAY: A MEMORY, A MONOLOGUE, A RANT AND A PRAYER
Monday, June 4, 7:30 p.m. (also July 5, 7:30 p.m.)

Theater

SAINT JOAN OF THE STOCKYARDS
June 18-July 1
P.S. 122, 150 First Avenue

BECOMING NATASHA
July 1, 3, 6, 7, 13, 14

ELIZABETH SWADOS: POLITICAL SUBVERSITIES
July 1, 5, 11, 12, 15

SCARLET LETTER
July 10 & 11, 7:30 p.m.

STACEYANN CHIN
June 29 & 30, 7:30 p.m.

WE GOT ISSUES!
Thursday, July 12, 7:30 p.m.

LENELLE MOÏSE: WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING
Thursday, June 28, 9 p.m.

Music

EMANCIPATE: WOMAN SONGWRITERS IN GLOBAL SOLIDARITY
June 26-July 17
Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard Street

Film

TOWN BLOODY HALL: FIRST BLOOD IN THE DEBATE ON WOMEN¹S LIB
Friday, June 29, 9 p.m.

AFTER INNOCENCE
Sunday, July 1, 5 p.m.

ELECTION DAY
Sunday, July 8 at 2pm

REVOLUTION ’67
Sunday, July 8, 5 p.m.

SNEAK PEAK ROUGH CUT PREVIEW:

KAMP KATRINA
Friday, July 13, 9p.m.

FOCUS ON DARFUR
Saturday, July 14, 9p.m.

THE GROUND TRUTH
Sunday, July 15, 9 p.m.

Comedy

JULIE GOLDMAN: PREEMPTIVE STRIKE
Friday, July 6, 9 p.m.

LADIES LAUGH LAST: AN EVENING OF WOMEN COMEDIANS
Saturday, July 7, 9 p.m.

Conversations

BEAUTY ON THE VINE: THE BEYOND BEAUTY INITIATIVE
Wednesday, June 27, 7 p.m.

THE GATHERING: YOUNG PEOPLE AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Thursday, June 28, 6:30 p.m.

YP4: YOUNG WOMEN IN POLITICS
Monday, July 2, 7 p.m.

JOY AND PLEASURE
Monday, July 9, 7 p.m.

THE ROLE OF INDIVIDUALS IN SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
Saturday, July 14, 7 p.m.

SOUTH DAKOTA: REPORTING BACK
Monday, July 16, 7 p.m.