How theater weathers wars, outlasts empires and survives pandemics

Name: How theater weathers wars, outlasts empires and survives pandemics
Uploaded: 2021-02-17T16:06:44Z
Duration: 14 min 39 s
Description: When catastrophe strikes, art prevails -- and has done so for centuries. In this fascinating talk, writer and director Cara Greene Epstein places the closing of theaters during the coronavirus pandemic in a historical context, exploring how we can use this intermission to imagine a more just, representative and beautiful world, onstage and off.

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Cara Greene Epstein |

TEDxWrigleyville

• June 2020

When catastrophe strikes, art prevails -- and has done so for centuries. In this fascinating talk, writer and director Cara Greene Epstein places the closing of theaters during the coronavirus pandemic in a historical context, exploring how we can use this intermission to imagine a more just, representative and beautiful world, onstage and off.