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| The 6th Women Playwrights Conference (WPIC) in Asia for the First Time | ||||
The 6th Women Playwrights International Conference held in Manila on Nov. 14-20, 2003 aims to raise the consciousness of international women playwrights on the plight of Asian, African, Latin American women in the 21st Century through drama sessions on: Spirituality and Tradition, Loss and Legacy, Shifting Borders and Boundaries, Writing in a Period of War and Political Turmoil, Gender and Sexuality, and Racism and Justice. Further, invited playwrights from the US, Canada, Europe, Australia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Iran, Israel, and Palestine will, perhaps, made this significant event a sort of a "Dialogue of Civilizations" through Drama interaction. The Drama Sessions were participated in by emerging talented playwrights with senior WPI members as curators and facilitators. Keynote speeches shared the wisdom of seasoned Theater practitioners from centers of Theater: India, China, Japan and Greece. Conversation sessions highlighted the insights and experiences of the likes of Ellen Stewart, Daisy Menow and Dijina Milosovic. Workshops were once more diversed with East learning from West and vice versa. Already in the line up are: Workshops on Comedy of Discernment, Moments of Being, Theatre of Desire, and PETA Pedagogy. After the conference, it is expected that all delegates have learned a lot on the society of each of the countries represented; and the theater works of the women playwrights. They also brought home a renewed energy and enthusiasm to write/create their own plays upon reaching their country. It is hoped that with the caucus on "Organizing your WPI Country Chapter" during the conference, WPI Philippines will no longer be the one lone country chapter in the years to come. If this happens, the continuation of the conference every 3 years is assured; and the conduct of playwriting workshops by these country chapters will enable the sharing of the craft among women playwrights who will lead in the practice of a vibrant, innovative, and provocative theater. |
The Asian Participation to the 6th Women Playwrights International Conference | |||
