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Human Rights: Conversations Across GenerationsCatherine Filloux: Award-winning Playwright and the Power of the Arts & Activism"The theater places stories in front of hearts and minds as an experience that is living and transforming." These words from award-winning playwright and librettist Catherine Filloux capture the visceral power of the arts in the pursuit of human rights. For over 30 years, Catherine has used her creative compass to navigate the complexities of genocide, displacement, and environmental justice. An alumna of New Dramatists who received her M.F.A. at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Catherine has been honored with the 2019 Barry Lopez Visiting Writer in Ethics and Community Fellowship and the 2017 Otto René Castillo Award for...
2026-04-071h 11
Human Rights: Conversations Across GenerationsCatherine Filloux: Award-winning Playwright and the Power of the Arts & Activism"The theater places stories in front of hearts and minds as an experience that is living and transforming." These words from award-winning playwright and librettist Catherine Filloux capture the visceral power of the arts in the pursuit of human rights. For over 30 years, Catherine has used her creative compass to navigate the complexities of genocide, displacement, and environmental justice. An alumna of New Dramatists who received her M.F.A. at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Catherine has been honored with the 2019 Barry Lopez Visiting Writer in Ethics and Community Fellowship and the 2017 Otto René Castillo Award for...
2026-04-0324 min
Not to Forgive, but to UnderstandCatherine Filloux: Staging "Lemkin’s House"We spoke with Catherine Filloux, an award-winning French Algerian American playwright and librettist whose work has engaged human rights, war, and mass atrocity for more than three decades. Her plays and operas have been produced internationally, including in New York, Bosnia, and Cambodia, and she has written extensively about genocide, post-conflict memory, and the moral responsibilities of law and witness.In this conversation, we focus on her play Lemkin’s House, a surreal and deeply human exploration of Raphael Lemkin in the afterlife. We discuss the invention and political life of the word genocide, the tension between la...
2026-02-1646 min
Citadel RecordsBoris Nazarov - Prepared singing bowls meditationPre-show track for the La Mama theatre play "Those Who Remained" (May 8-18, 2025) https://www.lamama.org/those-who-remained/
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In this transformative multimedia solo show, Sophia Gutchinov explores the profound depths of love through a deeply personal lens of Indigenous ceremony and modern dating. Drawing from her unique Italian-Mongolian heritage, she weaves a narrative that bridges cultural divides, reflecting her background of a Buddhist father and Catholic mother. The performance incorporates projections, comedy, and spoken word, creating an immersive experience that confronts personal roots and identity. Collaborating with artists from diverse backgrounds – including AAPI, Latin, Black, LGBTQ+, and Kalmyk tribal pe...
2025-05-0939 min
The Theater Enthusiast PodcastThe Theater Enthusiast Podcast Season 11 Episode 8- Catherine FillouxThis episode we are joined by awarding winning playwright, librettist and activist Catherine Filloux. Catherine's works have been performed nationally and internationally and her new play Third Person will be make its premier this fall at Culture Hub. Her other works include How to Eat and Orange, whatdies, Eyes of the Heart and Lemkin’s House. We speak with Catherine about what got her into activism and how it relates to her works, working on operas and musicals, her new play Third Person and much more!
2025-04-101h 06
Theatrical ShenanigansS04 E05 - "Spin Cycle" & Catherine FillouxHello there and welcome to our half way point episode of Season 4 of Theatrical Shenanigans.
Our play this week comes from DC based playwright Andrew Martineau (https://newplayexchange.org/users/1036/andrew-martineau), who joined me as a guest back in Season 2 to discuss George Sapio's play "Maria and Little Joey Have A Baby" (https://theatricalshenanigans.podbean.com/e/s02-e09-episode-9-maria-little-joey-have-a-baby-andrew-martineau/).
Andrew's play for this episode is entitled "Spin Cycle" (https://newplayexchange.org/script/2037126/spin-cycle).
Synopsis:
Mandy is sitting in a laundromat waiting on her clo...
2025-03-3030 minTheatrical ShenanigansS04 E05 - "Spin Cycle" & Catherine FillouxHello there and welcome to our half way point episode of Season 4 of Theatrical Shenanigans.
Our play this week comes from DC based playwright Andrew Martineau (https://newplayexchange.org/users/1036/andrew-martineau), who joined me as a guest back in Season 2 to discuss George Sapio's play "Maria and Little Joey Have A Baby" (https://theatricalshenanigans.podbean.com/e/s02-e09-episode-9-maria-little-joey-have-a-baby-andrew-martineau/).
Andrew's play for this episode is entitled "Spin Cycle" (https://newplayexchange.org/script/2037126/spin-cycle).
Synopsis:
Mandy is sitting in a laundromat waiting on her clo...
2025-03-3030 min
Musical Theatre Radio presents "Be Our Guest"Be Our Guest with Catherine Filloux, Jimmy Roberts and John Daggett (Welcome to the Big Dipper)CATHERINE FILLOUX (BOOK)
is an award-winning playwright who has been writing about human rights and social justice for twenty-five years. Filloux is the librettist for three produced operas, NEW ARRIVALS (Houston Grand Opera, composer John Glover), WHERE ELEPHANTS WEEP (Chenla Theatre, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, composer Him Sophy) and THE FLOATING BOX (Asia Society, New York City, composer Jason Kao Hwang). WHERE ELEPHANTS WEEP was also broadcast on national television in Cambodia, and THE FLOATING BOX was a Critic’s Choice in Opera News and is released by New World Records. Catherine is the co-librettist with composer Olga Neuwir...
2024-12-1327 min
Arts Calling157. Welcome to the Big Dipper: A new musical | A conversation with the creative teamHi there,
Today, I am delighted to share this conversation with the exceptional creative team behind Welcome to the Big Dipper, a new musical!
The York Theatre Company Presents
WELCOME TO THE BIG DIPPER
Music and Lyrics by Jimmy Roberts
Book by Catherine Filloux and John Daggett
Additional Lyrics by John Daggett
Inspired by the Play “All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go” by Catherine Filloux
DIRECTED BY DEMONE SERAPHIN
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Welcome to the Big Dipper premieres at The York Theatre Company November 21 to December 29:
NOVE...
2024-11-2056 min
James Elden's Playwright's SpotlightDramatic Questions, Shaping Your Play, and What Every Playwright Should Be Doing - Playwright's Spotlight with Catherine FillouxSend us Fan MailCatherine Filloux dropped into the Playwright's Spotlight before the New York Premiere of her new play How to Eat an Orange. We spoke about her development and involvement in Theatre Without Borders and transitioning from an actor to playwright which would later push her into becoming a librettist for operas. She explained the structure of a libretto, the purpose of arias, developing characters and writing for range. We also touched on the dramatic question, theatrical perspectives, framing and shaping your play, and whether or not there is one thing that all playwrights should...
2024-07-231h 21
Stage WhisperWhisper in the Wings Episode 485Join us on the latest Whisper in the Wings from Stage Whisper, where we sat down with Catherine Filloux (playwright), Elena Araoz (director), and Paula Pizzi (performer). They stopped by to talk about their new work, How To Eat an Orange. This was a fascinating discussion topped off with some wonderful insight from our guests. So make sure you tune in and turn up for this fantastic show!How To Eat an Orange May 30th-June 16th@ La MamaTicket and more information are available at lamama.org...
2024-05-2336 min
Arts Calling142. Effy Redman | Saving Face, writing a memoir, and claiming identityWeekly Shoutout: Friend of the show Alvaro Saar Rios on The Scene Podcast, give it a listen!
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Hi there,
Today I am so excited to be arts calling author Effy Redman! (www.effyredman.com)
About our guest: Effy Redman's writing investigates the intersection of disability and identity. She has work published in The New York Times, Vice, Ravishly, Chronogram, Berkeley Poetry Review, and Iron Horse Literary Review, among other places. She holds an MFA in Memoir from CUNY: Hunter College, where she received an Honorable Mention for the Helen Gray...
2024-05-1643 min
Art Heals All WoundsArtistry and Activism: Catherine Filloux and 'How to Eat an Orange'In this episode of 'Art Heals All Wounds', I explore the transformative power of art with playwright and activist Catherine Filloux, focusing on her work that highlights human rights and the stories of survivors. Catherine discusses her upcoming one-woman play, 'How to Eat an Orange', inspired by the life of artist and activist Claudia Bernardi and her experiences during the military junta rule in Argentina. The episode delves into the themes of storytelling, the importance of remembering as a revolutionary act, and how art can serve as a map towards healing and human rights advocacy. Catherine also touches on...
2024-05-1530 min
LA Theatre WorksSeven (Part 3)This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.Seven women give voice to the voiceless. Seven is a documentary play created with the support of Vital Voices Global Partnership and is a collaboration between the playwrights and seven female activists from around the globe, telling inspiring stories of overcoming adversity to effect real change and improve the lives of women.Written by: Paula Cizmar, Catherine Filloux, Gail Kriegel, Carol K. Mack, Ruth Margraff, Anna Deavere Smith, and Susan Yankowitz.Directed...
2024-04-0428 minLA Theatre WorksSeven (Part 2)This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.Seven women give voice to the voiceless. Seven is a documentary play created with the support of Vital Voices Global Partnership and is a collaboration between the playwrights and seven female activists from around the globe, telling inspiring stories of overcoming adversity to effect real change and improve the lives of women.Written by: Paula Cizmar, Catherine Filloux, Gail Kriegel, Carol K. Mack, Ruth Margraff, Anna Deavere Smith, and Susan Yankowitz.Directed...
2024-04-0419 minLA Theatre WorksSeven (Part 1)This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.Seven women give voice to the voiceless. Seven is a documentary play created with the support of Vital Voices Global Partnership and is a collaboration between the playwrights and seven female activists from around the globe, telling inspiring stories of overcoming adversity to effect real change and improve the lives of women.Written by: Paula Cizmar, Catherine Filloux, Gail Kriegel, Carol K. Mack, Ruth Margraff, Anna Deavere Smith, and Susan Yankowitz.Directed...
2024-04-0422 min
The Creative, Ambitious Moms PodcastS2 | Ep 69: Saving Face w/ Effy Redman & Catherine FillouxIn this unique episode, Patricia and her writing mentor, Catherine Filloux, interview Effy Redman about the gestational process for her memoir, Saving Face. About Effy, our featured memoirist: Effy Redman's writing investigates the intersection of disability and identity, building bridges in minority communities. Drawing from her journey as a lesbian with Moebius Syndrome (a rare condition of facial paralysis), she writes into the experience of otherness, finding resilience beyond the shadows. Her first book—SAVING FACE—a memoir of living with physical disability—will be published by Vine Leaves Press in March 2024. Redman has pu...
2024-03-121h 05
Storybeat with Steve CudenCatherine Filloux, Playwright-Librettist-Activist-Episode #269The award-winning French Algerian American playwright, librettist and activist, Catherine Filloux, has been, for the past 3 decades, traveling to conflict areas writing plays that address human rights and social justice. Catherine’s new play, “How to Eat an Orange,” will open at La MaMa Theatre in New York City, and her new musical “Welcome to the Big Dipper” (written with composer Jimmy Roberts of, “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change” fame) will premiere Off-Broadway at the York Theatre in New York. It’s a National Alliance for Musical Theatre finalist. Catherine’s play, “White Savior” is nominated for The V...
2023-11-141h 02
First Online With FranCatherine Filloux: Shaped by ChangeHow can I explain change? It's something that makes me feel hopeful...that audiences, and as people, and most importantly as human beings, we can, by looking at the big picture, be much better equipped, I think, at making change...we have to look at how can we work together to make change in the world. CATHERINE FILLOUX (Playwright/Librettist/Activist) is an award-winning French Algerian American playwright and librettist who has been writing about human rights for many decades. Filloux’s world premiere play “How to Eat an Orange” opens in Spring 2024 at La MaMa in N...
2023-09-1829 min
EO 360°: A podcast by the Entrepreneurs' OrganizationArt and Activism | Cat FillouxCat Filloux is an award-winning artist and playwright who, over the last three decades, has traveled the world creating art that addresses human rights and social justice. Known for her works such as The Beauty Inside, Photographs from S-21, and Where Elephants Weep, Catherine Filloux are calls to action. Their purpose is to bring awareness to issues that otherwise wouldn't get attention. Her art is meant to leave you with a desire to change the world. Cat says her purpose is that "every human being be honored for being a human being." Links Catherine's Website: https...
2023-08-2954 min
Death in Cambodia, Life in AmericaCatherine Filloux - Award Winning Playwright of the Only Cambodian-U.S. Rock OperaFor the past three decades, award-winning artist, playwright, and librettist Catherine Filloux has been traveling to conflict areas creating art that addresses human rights and U.S. complicity. Her plays and operas about Cambodia include: “Eyes of the Heart” and “Photographs from S-21” and she is the co-founder of Theatre Without Borders. “Where Elephants Weep” the only Cambodian-U.S. rock opera will air on Broadway on Demand from April 14 to 23, 2023, in time for the Cambodian New Year, with an accompanying conversation by Filloux and composer Sophy Him.Cambodian-U.S. rock opera WHERE ELEPHANTS WEEP available for free vie...
2023-04-1659 min
Arts Calling101. Catherine Filloux | Where Elephants Weep, and theatre for human rights and social justiceHi there,
Today I am ecstatic to be arts calling playwright/librettist/activist Catherine Filloux!
(www.catherinefilloux.com)
For the past three decades, award-winning artist, playwright, and librettist Catherine Filloux has been traveling to conflict areas creating art that addresses human rights and U.S. complicity. As a French and American artist, Catherine brings a unique perspective to her work, which has been called, “compelling drama…a call to action…about the place where horror and grief meet,” by The New York Times.
“Where Elephants Weep” the only Cambodian-U.S. rock opera will air on Broadway on...
2023-04-1249 min
Art Heals All WoundsCatherine Filloux, Playwright and Librettist: Remembering is a Revolutionary Act—Honoring the Stories of SurvivorsToday, I’m joined by award-winning artist, playwright, and librettist Catherine Filloux to discuss how she explores the intersection of social justice and theater in her work. In our conversation, Catherine expands on the stories that have captured her heart and informed her career, including the survivors of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia and the Dirty War in Argentina. Where Elephants Weep is a rock opera that follows the love story of two Cambodian-Americans who return to their homeland. Catherine outlines the expansive research that she and composer Him Sophy did to bring this story to life and exp...
2023-03-1543 min
The Present Process PodcastBloom with Marco Antonio RodriguezIn the inaugural episode of Present Process, Daniel talks with Marco Antonio Rodriguez to discuss his play Bloom.
The goal of Present Process is two fold: first, to highlight great plays from lesser known playwrights and elevate them as much as we can; and second, to demystify the process of writing a great play and increase the shared knowledge of playwriting.
Marco's Bio:
Born and raised in New York City, with roots from the Dominican Republic, Marco Antonio holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from Southern...
2023-02-081h 03
Words First: Talking Text in OperaCatherine Filloux and Writing Social JusticeKeturah interviews playwright and librettist, Catherine Filloux about her many works tackling social justice issues, as well as her work with Olga Neuwirth on the new opera, Orlando.Catherine Filloux: https://www.catherinefilloux.com/Orlando: https://www.ricordi.com/en-US/News/2021/12/Neuwirth-Grawemeyer.aspx
2022-02-1449 min
Download the New Releases Audiobooks in Drama & Poetry, Modern DramaSeven AudiobookPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/62/to download full audiobooks of your choice for free.
Title: Seven
Author: Paula Cizmar, Catherine Filloux, Gail Kriegel, Carol K Mack, Ruth Margraff, Anna Deavere Smith, Susan Yankowitz
Narrator: full cast
Format: Original Recording
Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins
Language: English
Release date: 05-22-17
Publisher: L.A. Theatre Works
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Drama & Poetry, Modern Drama
Publisher's Summary:
Seven women give voice to the voiceless. Seven is a documentary play created with the support of Vital Voices Global Partnership and is a collaboration between the playwrights and seven female activists from...
2017-05-222h 10
Connect to Complete Audiobook Collection for Your LibraryListen to Seven by Paula Cizmar, Catherine Filloux, Gail Kriegel, Carol K. Mack, Ruth Margraff, Susan YankowitzPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293379 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Seven
Author: Paula Cizmar, Catherine Filloux, Gail Kriegel, Carol K. Mack, Ruth Margraff, Susan Yankowitz
Narrator: Jossara Jinaro, Emily Kuroda, Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris, Annet Mahendru, Sarah Shahi, Shannon Holt, Alex Kingston, Anna Deavere Smith
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 2 hours 11 minutes
Release date: May 15, 2017
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2
Genres: Theatre & Radio
Publisher's Summary: Seven women give voice to the voiceless. Seven is a documentary play created with the support of Vital Voices Global Partnership and is a collaboration between the...
2017-05-152h 11