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2024 Singapore Literature Festival in NYC (Oct 19-20, 2024)
Panel 3: Adapting Classics for the Stage
Sun, 10/20, 3:00–4:15 PM ET
This event was co-presented with the Asian American Writers’ Workshop (112 W 27th Street, Suite 600, NY, NY)

Literary classics are commonly supposed to be timeless, and yet they have been creatively reimagined for every new generation. What are the social, political, ethical, and artistic considerations for contemporary theatrical adaptations of classics from the East and West? Explore these questions with Ong Keng Sen (Becoming Salome), Rebecca Martínez (co-director, Public Theatre’s Mobile Unit: The Comedy of Errors), Damon Chua (Warrior Sisters of Wu), and moderator Zizi Majid (Milk).