Reshaping the Classics: A Dialogue with Ximena Escalante and Migdalia Cruz

When: Saturday, May 3
Where: Segal Theater, CUNY Graduate Center: 365 Fifth Ave.
What time: 4:30–6 p.m.

With Migdalia Cruz & Ximena Escalante; moderated by Caridad Svich. Excerpts directed by Mallory Catlett and John Gould Rubin.

Free and open to the public. No reservations.

Cosponsored by the Martin E. Segal Theater Center, The Graduate Center, CUNY

How do playwrights interact with the canon? How do we think about the classics? How does interrogating the canon reconfigure our perceptions of ancient and modern literature, theater, and myths? Join Ximena Escalante and Migdalia Cruz as they explore these questions and more.