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	THE GREAT GAME: AFGHANISTAN

In December 2010 the Tricycle Theatre’s The Great Game: Afghanistan wrapped up its US tour in New York. Two evenings of public conversation featured dialogue with experts in public polling, academia, media and the arts to dig deep into the context and ideas surrounding the plays.

Thursday, December 16, 2010
DISCUSSION EVENT
6:30 p.m.
Martin E. Segal Theatre
This event is free and open to the public

Contemporary British Political Theatre and The Great Game: Tricycle Theatre’s Nicolas Kent

Nicolas Kent, Director of The Great Game in conversation with Sarah Benson, Artistic Director of the Soho Rep in New York, about the UK's traditions of political theatre and the Tricycle Theatre's unique history of engaging with contemporary issues. Sarah is the third British director of Soho Rep.

Friday, December 17, 2010
POST-PERFORMANCE DISCUSSION EVENT
Immediately following Part 3 of The Great Game
Presented by the Public Theater and the Play Company at New York University’s Skirball Center

Following Part 3 of The Great Game, a diverse group of experts discuss issues of human rights and the concept of "development" in Afghanistan.

PANELLIST BIOGRAPHIES

			Nushin Arbabzadah Currently a research scholar at UCLA, Nushin Arbabzadah is an Afghan analyst, author and translator. A former BBC journalist, Nushin regularly writes on Afghan social and political affairs for a number of international media outlets, including the Guardian and Global Post.
			Kim Barker recently finished her term as the Edward R. Murrow Press Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, where she studied, wrote and lectured on Pakistan and Afghanistan and U.S. policy. She was the South Asia bureau chief for the Tribune from 2004 to 2009 and was based in New Delhi and Islamabad. Kim covered major stories such as the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and rising militancy in both Pakistan and Afghanistan. Kim currently works for ProPublica, a nonprofit online journalism investigative newsroom that partners with mainstream news organizations to run stories.
			Ishaq Nadiri joined New York University in 1970. Ishaq has been the chairperson of the Economics Department, and founder and director of the C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics. He was named a Jay Gould Professor of Economics in 1975. More recently, Ishaq has served as the Senior Economic Advisor to the President of Afghanistan (SEAP) from 2005-08. He also served as Chairman of the Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS) and Co-Chair of the Joint Monitoring and Coordination Board (JMCB).
			Joanna Sherman is Artistic Director of the Bond Street Theatre. Bond Street Theatre works with local artists in post-war areas and disadvantaged communities on participatory theatre-based workshops for women and children. Current focus areas are Afghanistan, India and Myanmar (Burma). She has directed and taught internationally, and is a frequent speaker and advocate for Theatre for Social Development. Joanna has recently received a grant from the US Institute for Peace to continue her theatre work in Afghanistan.
			Michael Young currently works as the International Rescue Committee's Regional Director for Asia, Caucasus & the Middle East. He has worked with communities facing conflict and displacement for 14 years. Michael has worked as a senior field manager and technical advisor in Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, DRC, Kosovo, Sierra Leone and Sudan. He currently serves as Country Representative in Pakistan.