November 6 through 12

President Havel attended the Monday performance of The Memo with translator Paul Wilson. He stayed afterwards to congratulate the cast and sign autographs.

Coming up this week are a host of panels, as well as the English language premiere of Mountain Hotel at the Brick theater on Thursday night, followed by a talkback. Also, don't miss Carol Rocamora's informative slideshow about Havel at the Ohio Theater on Sunday at 5:30, and the 7:30 panel "Interpreting Havel" at Makor, featuring a scene from one of the plays and a panel that includes directors Henry Akona, Yolanda Hawkins and Robert Lyons, composer William Niederkorn and translator Paul Wilson.

President Havel with the cast and production team of The Memo.

In case you missed some of the outstanding feature articles about the festival:

Eric Grode has a wonderful and very in-depth piece, The Playwright President, in the New York Sun.

Randy Gener of Time Out New York previews the festival in Bounced Czech.

The Village Voice has an article about Havel and his relationship with New York City in Foreign Intelligence by Andy Propst.

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Michael Criscuolo of NYTheatre.com sat down for a podcast interview with with Edward Einhorn, Henry Akona and Ian W. Hill.