“Visions for a Changing Theatre,” an exhibition highlighting the theatre companies and artists of Universal Movement Theatre and World of Culture represented by Mark Hall Amitin, will be on display at New York University’s Fales Collection, located on the third floor of the NYU Bobst Library, 70 Washington Square South, from Thursday, October 9, 2003, through Friday, March 12, 2004. The exhibition will open at 6 p.m. on October 9, following a day of panels that will explore Amitin’s work and influence.
Gallery hours are: Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Fridays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. For further information, the public may call (212) 998-2596.
Featured in the exhibition will be posters, photographs, video clips, programs, catalogues, costume and set designs, correspondence, scripts, and other theatre ephemera from the Amitin/Universal Theatre Repertory/World of Culture archives.
Groups and artists highlighted include The Living Theatre, Open Theatre, Bread and Puppet Theatre, El Teatro Campesino, The Performance Group, Ridiculous Theatrical Company, Pilobolus, Squat Theatre, Manhattan Project, People Show, Le Plan K, Theatre Laboratoire Vicinal, Edward Albee, Steve Buscemi, Spalding Gray, David Cale, Paul Zaloom, The Kipper Kids, and Peter Facinelli.