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URL:https://www.razomforukraine.org/events/lesia-ukrainka-the-modernist-pl
 aywright-america-has-yet-to-discover-with-virlana-tkacz-and-rory-pelsue/
SUMMARY:Lesia Ukrainka: The Modernist Playwright America Has Yet to Discove
 r With Virlana Tkacz and Rory Pelsue
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, October 30\, 2026 | 6:00 PM\nLocation: Stavros Niarcho
 s Foundation Library (SNFL)\, Event Center\, 7th Floor\, New York City\n\n
 Admission: Free\, registration required\n\nWhat can Lesia Ukrainka's plays
  tell us about gender\, war\, power\, and the courage to speak the truth t
 oday?\n\nJoin stage directors Virlana Tkacz and Rory Pelsue for an evening
  of live readings and conversation exploring how the works of one of Ukrai
 ne's most influential writers can be reimagined for contemporary audiences
 .\n\nThrough plays such as The Blue Rose and Cassandra\, Lesia Ukrainka (1
 871–1913) challenged social expectations and explored questions of freed
 om\, identity\, and resistance. More than a century later\, her work conti
 nues to offer powerful possibilities for theater makers and audiences alik
 e.\n\nAbout the Speakers\n\nVirlana Tkacz is the founding director of Yara
  Arts Group at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in New York. Her acclaime
 d productions and translations have introduced Ukrainian literary works\, 
 including Lesia Ukrainka's The Forest Song\, to international audiences.\n
 \nRory Pelsue is an Obie Award-winning theater director whose work spans c
 ontemporary and classical plays\, opera\, musicals\, and experimental perf
 ormances.\n\nAttend in person or online\n\nThe event takes place at the St
 avros Niarchos Foundation Library in Manhattan. A livestream of the conver
 sation and Q&amp\;A will be available from 7:00–7:30 PM.\n\nRegister for
  free\n\nThis event is part of Razom for Ukraine's 2026 Ukrainian Cultural
  Festival\, celebrating Ukrainian arts and culture in New York City.\n\nEx
 plore the full festival program at ucfnyc.org.
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