Theatre Without Borders collection

id
5992
origination
Theatre Without Borders
date statement
1998-2005
key date
1998
identifier (local_mss)
21802
org unit
Billy Rose Theatre Division
call number
*T-Mss 2006-007
b-number
b16571616
total components
65
total series
2
max depth
3
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:05:28 UTC
updated
2026-01-20 20:13:52 UTC
status note
(missing)
Display Aeon link
true

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physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.3 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"3 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
unitid
{"value"=>"*T-Mss 2006-007", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"21802", "type"=>"local_mss"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1998-2005", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1998/2005"}
date_inclusive_start
1998
date_inclusive_end
2005
keydate
1998
unittitle
{"value"=>"Theatre Without Borders collection"}
repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</span> <span class=\"subarea\">Billy Rose Theatre Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"><span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"Theatre Without Borders (TWB) was founded as an informal group of individual artists around the world interested in supporting international theatre exchange. This collection includes scripts from 18 countries, as well as documentation of theatre work from and about Cambodia, assembled by Catherine Filloux, one of TWB's founding members."}
prefercite
{"value"=>"<p> Theatre Without Borders Collection, *T-Mss 2006-007. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}
origination
{"value"=>"Theatre Without Borders", "type"=>"corpname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Theatre Without Borders (TWB) was founded as an informal group of individual artists around the world interested in supporting international theatre exchange. TWB was born in 2003 when American theatre director Roberta Levitow returned to the U.S. from a Fulbright Senior Specialist Residency at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She soon discovered other artists and colleagues who were infused with the spirit of internationalism: Erik Ehn, a playwright who traveled to Rwanda in order to write a play about the recent events there; Catherine Filloux, a playwright, who has written extensively about Cambodia, and done Fulbright Senior Specialist Residencies in Cambodia and Morocco; and Deborah Brevoort, a playwright who has done residencies in Denmark, Mexico, Australia, Canada & the Czech Republic. TWB is a virtual community of individual theatre artists who come together for various projects with partner organizations that share a commitment to international theatre exchange. Partners include: New Dramatists, New York, NY, The Playwrights Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, International Theatre Institute US Center, New York, NY, Kadmus Arts, Bennington, Vermont, No Passport, and Coexistence International at Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts. Projects include the Translation Project and Theatre & Peacebuilding. The Translation Project which began in 2004 created an online database (www.wordswithoutborders.org) of new international plays in translation. The Translation Think Tank is dedicated to developing a network of artists nationally and internationally to explore and promote cultural exchange through the proliferation of translated works. TWB members have also volunteered to create and implement gatherings of international theatre artists in various contexts providing symposia at New Dramatists, Cal Arts and Brandeis.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>This collection, which is part of The Translation Project of Theatre Without Borders, includes scripts from 18 countries, some of which are accompanied by production programs, as well as documentation of theatre work from and about Cambodia, assembled by Catherine Filloux, the donor of the collection.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Theatre Without Borders collection is arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21802#c477991'>Series I. International scripts from the Theatre Without Borders translation project</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>2005</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>2 boxes + 8 folders</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p> The following scripts are part of the TWB translation project and are in English or have been translated into English unless otherwise noted. The translator is listed when known. Some of the scripts are accompanied by programs, which are primarily in the vernacular. A few plays are accompanied by biographical material on the playwright. Contact information for the playwright or playwright's agent (current as of 2005) is also included on the script's cover page.</p> <p>The plays are undated, but most were completed between 2000-2004.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21802#c478043'>Series II. Theatre materials related to Cambodia</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1986-2004 and undated</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>8 folders</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>These scripts, pictorial books, and essays are the result of donor Catherine Filloux's theatre trips to southeast Asia.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
arrangement
{"value"=>"<p> <ul> <li>Series I. International scripts.</li> <li>Series II. Theatre materials related to Cambodia.</li></ul></p>", "supress_display"=>true}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Papers were donated by Catherine Filloux in 2006.</p>"}
separatedmaterial
{"value"=>"<ul> <li>Search the NYPL online catalog for the following items:</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Colour leather and shadow puppet</span>, book by Pich Tum Kravel, Toyota Foundation, 2000. In Khmer and English. With illustrations.</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Khmer mask theater</span>, book by Pich Tum Kravel, Toyota Foundation, 2000. In Khmer and English. With illustrations.</li></ul>"}
userestrict
{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Billy Rose Theatre Division.</p>"}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Barbara Knowles; Machine-readable finding aid created by Barbara Knowles.</p>"}
extent_statement
1.3 linear feet (3 boxes)
date_start
1998
date_end
2005

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