Translation: Art of the Invisible
By Michelle Haner Translator of Out There by Nathalie Fillion (with Emily-Jane Cohen) Translation is, ideally, an invisible art. I see it as a prism through which a text passes from one...
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Ivan Bertoux: Good Books are Written in a Kind of Foreign Language
By Ivan Bertoux Deputy Cultural Attache of the Consulate General of France in San Francisco Co-Producer of Des Voix…Found in Translation “Will these plays find an audience across the Atlantic?” :...
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Métamorphose by Marion Aubert – ENGLISH VERSION
Last weekend — as part of the development process — the Des Voix team held a Skyped reading of Pride, Pursuit and Decapitation, with the playwright, Marion Aubert listening to actors read her play in...
View ArticleRehearsing in Two Countries by Amy Mueller
Translating brand new work is a dynamic, energized process, and we wanted to give the writers and translators as much time to collaborate as possible. Throughout April we gathered the creative teams at...
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Marion Aubert: An Interview
A short interview with Des Voix playwright Marion Aubert In the midst of rehearsals and hustle and bustle of the lead up to the Festival, we at Playwrights Foundation sat down with Marion Aubert,...
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Production Pictures Far OUT THERE
In preparation for the Des Voix Festival, we were able to round up some special production photos of one of our three plays, Out There (A L’Ouest) by Nathalie Fillion. As described by Lauren Gallagher...
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A Field Update from Translator Emily-Jane Cohen
by Emily-Jane Cohen Translator of Out There (along with Michelle Haner) This week has been intense and amazing. It’s been a treat to be there as Amy (and Nathalie) work with the actors and to...
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Bal Litteraire
200 plus people – theater makers, friends, theater goers, donors, nerdy literary types, wild extroverts… all. On the dance floor. Listening to a story weaving – an event created in 24 hours by six...
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The New Way to Lose Weight: Franco-American Drama
By CHLOE VELTMAN “Lies like truth” http://blog.chloeveltman.com/ Writer & Broadcaster May 27, 2012 There are times when it’s good to go into a cultural happening with a strong sense of what one’s...
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For Your Continued Enjoyment…Des Voix 2012
Marcus Gardley, Nathalie Fillion, Marion Aubert, Liz Duffy Adams, Octavio Solis, and Samuel Gallet in the first ever Bal Litteraire in the US! Photo by Lynne Fried The 2012 Des Voix Festival…Found in...
View ArticleREAD IT! 2014 Press Release
DES VOIX … FOUND IN TRANSLATION Biennial 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: David Hyry (415) 864-3547 daldenh@aol.com AN INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL EXCHANGE INITIATIVE...
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WELCOME TO DES VOIX … BIENNIAL 2014!
Marion Aubert’s Pride, Pursuit, and Decapitation from Des Voix 2012 WELCOME TO DES VOIX … A FESTIVAL OF NEW FRENCH PLAYS AND CINEMA Amy Mueller and Jennifer Welsh Welcome to the Des Voix Festival …...
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2014 Bal Littéraire – Press!
Six Playwrights both French and American; Anthony Clarvoe, Léonore Confino, Prince Gomolvilas, Riad Gahmi, Liz Duffy Adams, Jon Bernson and DJ Michael Falsetto-Mapp – will create a new play together...
View ArticleInside the Des Voix Mind: Translating Christophe Honoré
READ THE BLOG! Translator’s Kimberly Jannarone and Erik Butler on Christophe Honoré’s ‘Un jeune se tue’ – Death of a Young Man Christophe Honoré’s work has been haunting this translator for years,...
View ArticleLens on Cristophe Honoré- Playwright
“It’s rare to encounter a play that climbs so insidiously into your psyche, whose impact you don’t even reckon until your unconscious alerts you to its presence. Honoré had crafted such a piece…” –...
View ArticleCommuniqué n° 10 is inspired by issues raised by France’s 2005 urban riots –...
Communique n° 10 April 2014 SF ARTS MONTHLY Written by Jean Shiffman If “Communique No. 10” presents a bleak panorama of violence and chaos on the outskirts of the big city—where, in Europe, the...
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Des Voix in Paris!
In true exchange, Rajiv Joseph, Liz Duffy Adams, and Marcus Gardley will be in Paris on May 25 to present original pieces in French for the first time. You can read more about our events in Paris here:...
View ArticleCross Cultural Collaboration- Bringing Communique n˚10 from Des VoixReading...
Cutting Ball Theater is proud to present the American Premiere of Communiqué n˚ 10 as a part of Des Voix… Biennial 2014 A Festival of Contemporary French Plays and Cinema. This is only the second...
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