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The Center for International Theatre Development (CITD) was founded in 1990 by Philip Arnoult with the purpose of bringing together performing artists from around globe to work collaboratively on international, cross-cultural projects. The work of CITD is, in essence, very simple. CITD finds creative, hard-working people doing interesting work, makes connections to other artists with similar inter

ests, finds way a for them to be in the same place at the same time, and gives them the time and space to create together.

05/12/2026

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05/11/2026

Sharing this great opportunity from our friends at PlayCo!

Playwright Residency at Švanda Theatre, Prague, Czech Republic
October 24 – November 8, 2026
This opportunity is part of the PlayCo/Švanda Theatre Residency Exchange.
This two-week residency will support two U.S.-based playwrights in engaging with the Czech theatre landscape through staged readings of their work (in Czech translation), meeting and learning about the local theatre community, and visits to key cultural institutions in Prague, Brno, and České Budějovice.

Application Deadline: Sunday, June 7, 2026, at 11:59 PM ET

More info here:
https://cdn.sanity.io/files/fw43ibfy/production/9c2e38b4ef9ae79983a8678b8897425ed37940db.pdf

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05/11/2026

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🎭🎉🚨Ukrainian Play Reading Tour Alert! 🎭🎉🚨Alina Sarnatska, a Ukrainian playwright who has worked with CITD, is doing a US...
04/30/2026

🎭🎉🚨Ukrainian Play Reading Tour Alert! 🎭🎉🚨

Alina Sarnatska, a Ukrainian playwright who has worked with CITD, is doing a US tour of a staged reading of her play Balance.

More info below, but here are the dates and places:

-San Francisco, C Ukraine, April 30, 6pm
-Los Angeles, Hudson Theater, May 2, 2pm
-3 NYC dates! The Flamboyan Theater at the Clemente Solo Velez Cultural and Educational Center May 7, 6 pm, May 8, 6:30 pm, May 9, 2 pm
-Washington DC, Ukraine House, May 12, 5pm

We interrupt our usual weekly mailing of The Arts of War (which hits subscribers' inboxes every Monday morning), because...
04/27/2026

We interrupt our usual weekly mailing of The Arts of War (which hits subscribers' inboxes every Monday morning), because we have a very special topic this week: the very first Philip Arnoult Festival in Kyiv, Ukraine.

The Arts of War's author, Blair Ruble, has a long history with both Philip Arnoult and CITD, so when he needed a new platform for his weekly blog about Ukrainian artistic resistance to the full-scale invasion, CITD was honored to become Blair's home for this important ongoing work. This week's edition about "Philip Fest" is the final piece for Blair's 4th published book of The Arts of War.

To highlight how excited we are to share this with you, the usual Arts of War format looks a little different today, and we are also cross-posting this story on CITD's new Substack publication Notes from the Field.

Read on Substack: https://citd.substack.com/p/the-arts-of-war-philip-fest
Subscribe to the weekly Arts of War: https://mailchi.mp/14c3bec3fe4e/sign-for-blair-rubles-the-arts-of-war

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🎉🚨🎭🇭🇺🎉🚨🎭🇭🇺In continuing to celebrate the monumental elections in Hungary, we at CITD are excited to officially connect (...
04/24/2026

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In continuing to celebrate the monumental elections in Hungary, we at CITD are excited to officially connect (and reconnect) our community with the *new* generation of Hungarian theatre artists now at the helm of Színház folyóirat, the pre-eminent publication on all things Hungarian theatre: Anna Holpár, Rita Iványi-Szabó, Emese Pólya, and Panka Sandor!

This strong editorial board–a collective of brilliant scholars, dramaturgs, and critics–has been hard at work since last fall bringing Színház into a new chapter, and we look forward to future collaborations with them.

They have shared two pieces with us that show this collective’s commitment to honoring Színház’s past and exploring new paths for Hungary’s theatre community. Enjoy!

1. Interview with Karol Radziszewski: from Emese Pólya: “He is one of the most impactful contemporary q***r artists in Poland, and besides his visual art projects, he has been working on theater pieces as well lately. In this interview, he talks with our editor, Panka Sándor, about q***rness, Western-European identity, the subversive power of discomfort, challenging conservative norms and stereotypes.”
Read in full (in English): https://szinhaz.net/2026/03/15/on-gay-flowers-and-safe-spaces/

2. Podcast interview with 3 of the 15 artists chosen as the first cohort of the Philip Arnoult Nézz körül Mobility Grant, which empowered Hungarian theater artists under 35 to broaden their professional experience by having residencies in European theaters outside of Hungary.

This podcast episode interviews director Balázs Dohy, who was an observer at Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin, theatre-maker Orsi Fodor, who participated in a creative process in FITZ Figurentheater Theater in Stuttgart, and writer-director-dramaturg Lilla Szauer, who was a guest at Burgtheater in Vienna.

Listen (interview in Hungarian), or read an English-language description from Emese Pólya in the comments below: https://open.spotify.com/episode/52UdsJfBiNZqy9XX4az3bt?si=xCPg37tWQV6Qfl0OoRc2QA&nd=1&dlsi=4ba664f126224a02

We at CITD are celebrating yesterday's monumental election results with our dear and longtime Hungarian friends. One of ...
04/13/2026

We at CITD are celebrating yesterday's monumental election results with our dear and longtime Hungarian friends.

One of our longest collaborators, Andrea Tompa, has written a beautiful letter to Philip Arnoult that perfectly encapsulates this moment, and we are honored to share that letter with you.

Read on: https://citd.substack.com/p/celebration-in-hungary

Head's up, CITD community! THIS Sunday, Hungary Votes — what’s at stake?As US Vice President JD Vance arrived in Hungary...
04/10/2026

Head's up, CITD community!

THIS Sunday, Hungary Votes — what’s at stake?

As US Vice President JD Vance arrived in Hungary on Tuesday, Lázsló Upor informed us that parts of Budapest were shut down, and streets lined with police. Security is tight, as international attention turns to the country ahead of what many call its most consequential election since 1989.

For the first time, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s 16-year rule might be upset by pro-EU, self-described “conservative liberal” Péter Magyar.

The election is this Sunday, April 12. At CITD, we’ll be watching closely.

Read more: https://mailchi.mp/0277e4d32e57/eyes-on-hungary-2026-10361339?e=9be003ded1

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