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India Hosts 8th International Women Playwrights' Conference... Registrations Open

October 9, 2009 11:01:25 AM IST
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Women Playwrights International (WPI) is coming to India this year for its 8th international conference. The Conference will be co-hosted by the Stree Mukti Sanghatana (SMS) and the Academy of Theatre Arts, University of Mumbai India, from 1st to 7th November 2009 at the Mumbai University Campus at Kalina, Santacruz . An apex committee comprises of Jyoti Mhapsekar, Waman Kendre & Sushama Deshpande.

The theme for the 8th Women Playwright's Conference is Liberty and Tolerance. The subthemes will be Identity, Culture and Diversity, Non-violence a way of living, Challenges of patriarchy, Role of Theatre in the Socio-Political World, Humor in Theatre.

The agenda of the conference is to create a common Platform for the Women Playwrights and others from different parts of the world to share their experiences, culture, language, religious beliefs, and values and to create a tolerance to each other's point of view. It will also encourage study and informed critique of the work of women playwrights. Highlights of the conference will be the play readings and more than 10 performances of the plays by women playwrights from India and abroad.

It will be attended by 400 national & international delegates working in various capacities such as writers, directors, actors, producers, critics etc. It will enthuse women activists to pay special attention to the creative instincts. The hosts are inviting all those who are closely related to the theatre to attend the conference.

For more information visit www.wpi09.in



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