HowlRound Theatre Commons and
Cherry Orchard Festival
present:
Insulted. Belarus(sia)
by Andrei Kureichik
Join us and HowlRound Theatre Commons for performances in Russian and English followed by a discussion of the current events that inspired the work.
Rogue Machine Theatre, Arlekin Players’ Theater, Broadband, and the Cherry Orchard Festival present readings of Insulted. Belarus(sia) in English and in Russian followed by a conversation about the political unrest in Belarus livestreaming on the global, commons-based, peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv from Tuesday 17 November to Thursday 19 November 2020.
Nov. 17 in Russian
Tuesday, November 17 at 8 PM in Russian via ZOOM
5 p.m. PST (San Francisco, UTC -8) / 7 p.m. CST (Chicago, UTC -6) / 8 p.m. EST (Boston, UTC -5)
(Russian, with English subtitles)
Directed by Igor Golyak
- CAST
- Novice: Anna Furman
- Avian: Gena Ravvin
- Cheerful: Polina Dubovikova
- Mentor: Darya Denisova
- Corpse: Misha Tyutunik
- Young Buck: Boris Berdnikov
- Oldster: Alex Petetsky
- Produced by
- Igor Golyak, Arlekin Players Theater
- Sara Stackhouse, BroadBand Collective
- Co-presented by Cherry Orchard Festival
Post-show discussion with Janka Kupala, National Theater’s Ales Molchanov, and playwright Andrei Kureichik
Nov. 18 in English
Wednesday, November 18 at 8 PM in English via ZOOM
A performance of Insulted. Belarus(sia) by Andrei Kureichik with RogueMachine, L.A.
5 p.m. PST (San Francisco, UTC -8) / 7 p.m. CST (Chicago, UTC -6) / 8 p.m. EST (Boston, UTC -5)
(English)
Directed by Guillermo Cienfuegos
- CAST
- Novice: Ashlee Atkinson
- Avian: Joshua Bitton
- Cheerful: Rachel Brunner
- Mentor: Caroline Clay
- Corpse: Alex Neher
- Young Buck: Elijah Reed
- Oldster: Joe Spano
- Directed by Guillermo Cienfuegos
- Executive Producer: John P. Flynn
- Produced by Joshua Bitton and Rachel Brunner
- Stage Manager/Sound designer/Zoom master: Michelle Hanzelova
- Rogue Machine Artistic Director: John P. Flynn
- Co-Artistic Directors: Guillermo Cienfuegos & Elina de Santos
Post-show discussion with playwright Andrei Kureichik.
Nov. 19 Artist Talks
Thursday, November 19 at 11 AM via ZOOM
Special Artists Talk:
Insulted Belarus(sia): The Play. The Documentary. The Movement.
8 a.m. PST (San Francisco, UTC -8) / 10 a.m. CST (Chicago, UTC -6) / 11 a.m. EST (Boston, UTC -5)
Playwright Andrei Kureichik (from an undisclosed location, in hiding)
Translator John Freedman (from Moscow)
RogueMachine co-artistic director Guillermo Cienfuegos (L.A.)
Arlekin artistic director Igor Goylak (Boston)
Moderated by Dr. Barbara Grossman
The backstory of Andrei Kureichik’s Insulted. Belarus(sia) is quite extraordinary. It is the rare case of a genuine work of dramatic art being created in real time about a topic that is self-destructing and transforming furiously even as each word is being tapped out on a computer keyboard.
The backstory of Andrei Kureichik’s Insulted. Belarus(sia) is quite extraordinary. It is the rare case of a genuine work of dramatic art being created in real time about a topic that is self-destructing and transforming furiously even as each word is being tapped out on a computer keyboard.
Kureichik completed Insulted. Belarus(sia) on September 9. He sent it to translator John Freedman at 3:13 p.m. Central European Time, asking if I would translate it and organize a few readings in order to spread the word about the events in Belarus. Within ten minutes, John had lined up six theatres, including New York Theatre Workshop, even without a script they could read. Three days later John finished the translation and got it out to dozens more theatres. As of November 1 over 60 companies in 17 countries are participating in the Insulted. Belarus(sia) Worldwide Reading Project. More will join soon.
Andrei Kuriechik was able to escape from Belarus, avoiding arrest, and will join this talk from an undisclosed location while in hiding.