Book Launch, Performances & Roundtable

Celebrate the launch of "Randia's Quiet Theatre" with an evening of performances and discussion. Attend in-person or online.

Centre for Film and Theatre

Join us for an interdisciplinary gathering to celebrate the launch of <a href="https://www.mqup.ca/randia---s-quiet-theatre-products-9780228024781.php?page_id=106406&" title="https://www.mqup.ca/randia---s-quiet-theatre-products-9780228024781.php?page_id=106406&" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Randia’s Quiet Theatre: Performing Care and Activism with a Romani Elder</a> (Magdalena Kazubowski-Houston, McGill-Queen’s University Press, May 2025). Drawing on over two decades of ethnographic collaboration with Randia, a Romani elder in Poland, the book weaves autofiction, performance ethnography, and collaborative storytelling to rethink activism, reflexivity, and care in contexts of marginalization, disability, and migration.LOCATIONThe Joseph G. Green Studio Theatre at York University in the Centre for Film and Theatre.Entrance to the building is accessible from the north side of Fine Arts Rd between Atkinson Rd and Seneca Lane.PARKINGStreet parking is available on Fine Arts Rd. and in the Student Services Parking Garage on James Gillies St. at Fine Arts Rd.ONLINE ATTENDANCE<a href="https://yorku.zoom.us/j/91477185644?pwd=ICzaJ4DxCOPyQYgQ6tJj9VubAvH9KJ.1" title="https://yorku.zoom.us/j/91477185644?pwd=ICzaJ4DxCOPyQYgQ6tJj9VubAvH9KJ.1" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Click here for a Zoom link</a>. We will be monitoring the chat throughout and we encourage online attendees to be involved in the Q&amp;A.______________________________________________________________________________________________________The evening will include:BOOK LAUNCHKazubowski-Houston will discuss the research and methodological approaches of Randia’s Quiet Theatre: Performing Care and Activism with a Romani Elder, highlighting how theatrical improvisation and co-performed ethnography can act as radical practices of care and activism.Discount: Book launch attendees receive 25% off Randia's Quiet Theatre.STUDENT PERFORMANCESFeaturing three short pieces created by undergraduate students in Theatre, Dance, and Performance, adapted from storytelling sessions with Randia.Performers: Alexei DeLuca, Natalie Maddyn, and Emily SwartzCo-directors: Rimah Jabr and Sasha Singer-Wilson.ROUNDTABLEAutofiction, Ethnography, and Collaborative CreationOthon Alexandrakis, Kenzie Allen, Natalia Balyasnikova, and Sheetala Bhat will discuss how research-creation methods are reshaping ethnographic and performance-based inquiry.Roundtable co-chairs: Rimah Jabr and Sasha Singer-Wilson.Q&amp;ALight refreshments to follow Q&amp;A.

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