Archive: Derek Goldman
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How to Have a Conversation, Episode 1: “We Were Confronting Each Other and We Were Being Brave”, María José Pareja Rozo Explores How In Your Shoes Facilitates Conversations
María José Pareja Rozo, Graduate Student of the Medical Humanities Initiative in the 2021-2022 academic year, launched How to Have a Conversation, a podcast about how the arts and humanities engage us in conversation. The pilot episode focuses on the In Your Shoes project, co-created by Derek Goldman.
Categories: Media, Past events
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Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski Feature Film, Co-Written and Co-Directed by Derek Goldman, Premiered at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski, the celebrated play written by Clark Young and Derek Goldman, has been developed into a cinematic adaptation, which premiered at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival on July 24, 2022. The project was directed by Goldman and Jeff Hutchens, produced by documentary filmmaker Eva Anisko, and with David Strathairn reprising his role as Karski, all of whom attended the premier. The post-film Q&A was moderated by Carey Perloff, former Artistic Director of the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.
Category: Past events
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Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski Was Performed at Georgetown University
After acclaimed runs in D.C. and Chicago, The Lab’s original play, “Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski”, co-written by Clark Young and Derek Goldman, was presented at the Davis Performing Arts Center between May 12 and May 22, 2022.
Category: Past events
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“In Your Shoes: Reckoning with Our Past/Imagining Our Future“ Closes the 2022 Lannan Symposium “Beyond Identity: Reimagining the American Narrative”
This performance, which was the closing event of the 2022 Lannan Symposium, “Beyond Identity: Reimagining the American Narrative,” displayed The Lab’s award-winning In Your Shoes methodology, created and developed around the world by Derek Goldman, in which participants have deep, open conversations around a topic and then perform one another’s perspectives.
Category: Past events
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Lesson of Jan Karski, Play Co-Written by Derek Goldman, Featured in the 10 Books that Define Georgetown University Press List
“Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski,” written by Clark Young and Derek Goldman, was featured in the list of 10 books that define Georgetown University Press.
Category: Media
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“Soul-Searching and Suspense Carry a Riveting ‘Lesson of Jan Karski’ at Shakespeare Theatre”, The Washington Post Reviews Play Co-Written and Directed by Derek Goldman
The Washington Post reviewed “Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski,” written by Clark Young and Derek Goldman and directed by Goldman. It refers to the play as “an invitation to soul-searching.”
Category: Media
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The Hoya Podcast: Community Corner: Upcoming Play Remembers Life, Legacy of Jan Karski, featuring Derek Goldman
The Hoya talks with Derek Goldman about Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski and the life of World War II hero, Holocaust witness, and Georgetown University professor Jan Karski. Goldman shares the story of Remember This’s origin and evolution, and his considerations when writing and directing this visceral play.
Categories: Media, Past events
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“An Innovative Georgetown Lab Looks to Theater to Quell Political Fires”, The Washington Post Talks About the “In Your Shoes” Project, Co-Created by Derek Goldman
The Washington Post highlights Derek Goldman’s methodology of “performing one another”, as well as many other initiatives by the Laboratory for Global Performance, including “Here I Am,” a digital performance piece that premiered in April 2021; and and “Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski,” written by Clark Young and Derek Goldman and directed by Goldman.
Category: Media
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The Hoya Covers The Lab’s “Bearing Witness: The Legacy of Jan Karski Today” Event
The Hoya reported on The Lab’s “Bearing Witness: The Legacy of Jan Karski Today”, a special event honoring the legacy of Jan Karski and its relevance to the current moment, which took place on December 3, 2020. The conversation was moderated by theater professor Derek Goldman, who directed and co-authored the play.
Category: Media
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Bearing Witness: The Legacy of Jan Karski Today
On December 3, 2020, The Lab hosted this special event honoring the legacy of Jan Karski and its relevance to the current moment.
Category: Past events