Professor Claire Conceison featured on panel at Wuzhen Theater Festival in China

The Wuzhen Theater Festival featured works by Peter Brook, Eugenio Barba, and other European directors, as well as productions from throughout China. Conceison was featured on a panel "Contemporary Chinese Theater Aesthetics" and translated the English subtitles for Meng Jinghui's production of "Sun and Temple" (an adaptation of Brecht's "Mr. Puntila and his Man Matti").

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