Derek Goldman, is Artistic and Executive Director and co-Founder of the Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics at Georgetown University in Washington DC, with the mission to harness the power of performance to humanise global politics. He is Chair of Georgetown University’s Department of Performing Arts and Director of the Theater & Performance Studies Program as well as Professor of Culture, Politics & Global Performance in GU’s School of Foreign Service. He is an award-winning stage director, playwright/adapter, scholar, producer, and developer of new work, whose work has been seen throughout the US, off-Broadway, and internationally at leading venues such as Shakespeare Theater Company, Steppenwolf, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Arena Stage, Baltimore CenterStage, Folger, Ford’s Theater, Chicago Shakespeare, and many others. He co-wrote and directed the award-winning play Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski starring Oscar-Nominated actor David Strathairn as the Polish Holocaust witness. The play is touring internationally to leading venues and will premiere Off-Broadway in New York in the Fall. The film version of Remember This is also premiering at leading festivals this summer. Goldman is the author of more than 30 professionally produced plays and adaptations, including work published by Samuel French, and he has directed over 100 productions. His engagement with global performance in recent years has taken his work to Sudan, Cambodia, Bangladesh, China, Poland, South Africa, Australia, Peru, Japan, Bulgaria, Armenia, Chile, the Czech Republic, Italy, Spain, France, and throughout the UK, among other places. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Theatre Communications Group (TCG); Vice-President of UNESCO’s International Theatre Institute, and Founding Director of the Global Network of Higher Education in the Performing Arts. He holds a Ph.D. in Performance Studies from Northwestern University and he received the President’s Award for Distinguished Scholar-Teachers at Georgetown and the Provost’s Award for Innovation in Teaching for his work as creator of In Your Shoes, an internationally recognised groundbreaking model for using performance to counter polarisation and to engage challenging conversations across difference through theatrical techniques and deep, respectful listening.
Events particpated in:
Meet the Fellows: Let Director of Global Performance at Georgetown University, Derek Goldman introduce you to some of the Beyond Borders 1325 Women in Conflict Fellows through his mesmerizing ‘In Your Shoes’ methodology. (2024)
The Lesson of Jan Karski: Join Kirsty Lang as she talks to award-winning actor David Strathairn and director Derek Goldman about their internationally celebrated play and film Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski,which tells the true story of the Polish World War II hero and Holocaust witness who risked his life to carry the first reports of the Holocaust to the West. (2023)
In Your Shoes: Meet Derek Goldman as he discusses In Your Shoes, an inspiring, award-winning project he created and directs for The Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics at Georgetown University (2022)
In Conversation with Raja Shehadeh, Sarah Helm, and Derek Goldman: Join Sarah Helmas she discusses Raja Shehadeh’s new book on Palestine and the power of narrative with Derek Goldman from Georgetown University. (2022)
Beyond Borders Productions Ltd. A Ltd company SC 371789
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