Post Show Talks

A special feature of the “Antiretrovirals and Water Refugees” performances will be post-show discussions about Haiti, global healthcare, and the 1930s Federal Theater Project.

• Thursday, April 9:

  Dr. Sonya Shin, physician volunteer at Partners in Health since 1996, including work in Haiti, Peru and Russia. Dr. Shin will talk about her work with PIH in Haiti’s Central Plateau.

• Friday, April 10:

  Professor Hanna Rose Shell, of MIT’s Program in Science, Technology, and Society; and the director (with Vanessa Bertozzi) of “Secondhand (Pepe)”: a 24-minute tri-lingual film about the materiality of recycled clothes that flow from the United States to Haiti (www.secondhandfilm.com). The film will be shown in its entirety, after which Professor Shell will lead a question and answer session.

• Saturday, April 11:

  Members of RESPE: Ayiti (Research and Engagement Supporting Poverty Elimination in Haiti), who will speak about their partnership with the rural community of Balan, Haiti and the launch of the grassroots community health clinic in Balan this summer.

• Wednesday, April 15:

  Kate Greene, Haiti Finance Manager, Partners in Health.

• Thursday, April 16:

  Susan Quinn, author of “Furious Improvisation: How the WPA and a Cast of Thousands Made High Art out of Desperate Times”. A presentation and discussion of historic film and slides from the Federal Theatre Project (sponsored by the Center for Advanced Visual Studies, MIT).