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Catherine Filloux

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CATHERINE FILLOUX is an award-winning French Algerian American playwright and librettist who has been writing about human rights for many decades. www.catherinefilloux.com

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Catherine Filloux @catherinefilloux.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Why does international law so often fail women? In a new essay, I reflect on a question that has followed me through years writing about genocide, political violence and women living under systems of repression: what do these laws mean when the people they are meant to protect are still waiting?
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Catherine Filloux @catherinefilloux.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
www.theatrebeyondbroadway.com/editorials/o...
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Olivia Trilogy: Olivia, Medusa, and Deep Time — Theatre Beyond Broadway
By Catherine Filloux, Directed by Alice Reagan AMT Theater | 354 West 45th Street, New York, NY 10036 July 13, 2026 at 7pm
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Catherine Filloux @catherinefilloux.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
On June 29th, the U.S. Supreme Court protected the freedom of the press. However, we must continue to fight for people like my friend Theary Seng, who is still imprisoned in Cambodia for speaking up for human rights. READ MORE: www.usatoday.com/story/news/p... thearyseng.com/component/co...
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Supreme Court lets landmark journalist protection stand
Alan Dershowitz, the lawyer who defended President Trump from impeachment, asked the Supreme Court to make it easier to sue the media for defamation.
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Catherine Filloux @catherinefilloux.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
This month is Plastic-Free July, where we all have the opportunity to make a change for the betterment of our environment. The Olivia Trilogy comprises three plays that together create a sustained meditation on the environmental crisis and the human beings caught inside it.
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Catherine Filloux @catherinefilloux.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
While Íngrid Betancourt, a former senator and anti-corruption activist, was running for President of Colombia she was kidnapped by the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias (FARC), a Marxist revolutionary terrorist organization. Kidnap Road by Catherine Filloux is a theatrical imagining of these events.
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Catherine Filloux @catherinefilloux.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
AFRAID, written by Catherine Filloux and directed by Daria Sommers showcases the fear of deportation through the lens of children.
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Catherine Filloux @catherinefilloux.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Catherine Filloux’s play Medusa follows Karenna who is a young caregiver bound by contract to an ambitious client who cannot bear abandonment and whose past looms over every conversation. The play focuses on power, memory, caregiving and the possibility of redemption.
MEDUSA, a new play by Catherine Filloux. The image showcases an anchor underwater.
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
County With 37 Data Centers Asks Schools to ‘Conserve Electricity’ [cough cough]
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 30/06/2026
Fears for people deported from US to Venezuela hours before earthquakes hit aje.news/ez4h60
Fears for people deported from US to Venezuela hours before earthquakes hit
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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 29/06/2026
The Trump administration's moves threaten $121 billion in new solar and wind power, two energy sources that are the biggest contributors to new capacity in the U.S.
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Trump administration threatens 92 GW of new electricity supply with red tape | TechCrunch
The Trump administration's moves threaten $121 billion in new solar and wind power, two energy sources that are the biggest contributors to new capacity in the U.S.
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Catherine Filloux @catherinefilloux.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
My dear friend Theary Seng human rights defender starts her fourth year in prison. We call for her immediate release. Learn more freedomhouse.org/report/free-..., #FreeTheary, #Free Them All
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Free Them All: The Fred Hiatt Program to Free Political Prisoners
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Catherine Filloux @catherinefilloux.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Last week I convened artists and activists for a reading of my new play OLIVIA, a story that examines the climate crisis through a mother-daughter lens, followed by a powerful conversation on climate accountability.
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Catherine Filloux @catherinefilloux.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
This week, I was thrilled to join @beyondplastics.bsky.social for a day of action in Albany in support of the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (PRRIA), a bill that would finally put #peopleoverplastic
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Catherine Filloux @catherinefilloux.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
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Catherine Filloux Will Debut New Play OLIVIA This Month
Award-winning playwright and human rights activist Catherine Filloux will premiere The Olivia Project with a one-performance staged reading of her new two-woman play OLIVIA.
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Catherine Filloux @catherinefilloux.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
This fear for children about ICE, deportation and injustice started so many years ago, speak truth to power in Minneapolis and in the US. www.youtube.com/watch?v=flOa...
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turning your body into a compass | 360° Livestream
YouTube video by CultureHub
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Catherine Filloux @catherinefilloux.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
The new play I wrote with LinDa Saphan
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Catherine Filloux @catherinefilloux.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
I’m thrilled to announce THE OLIVIA PROJECT, a new work and a call for climate action, presented at the Studio Theatre on Feb 27. The event twill feature a staged reading of OLIVIA, my new two-woman play about fossil fuels and generational reckoning.
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Catherine Filloux @catherinefilloux.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Catherine (Filloux) will speak about theater and human rights for Annie Rappeport’s course The Quest to End Genocide Through Education; From Never Forget to Never Again on January 13th at the College of Education and International Education and Policy program, University of Maryland, College Park.
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Catherine Filloux @catherinefilloux.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
My father Jean Filloux was a pioneering oceanographer who recognized early on the threat that plastic pollution poses to the planet. www.youtube.com/shorts/mY8fi...
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My father was an oceanographer who recognized the threat of plastic pollution early on
YouTube video by Catherine Filloux
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Catherine Filloux @catherinefilloux.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Please help me prevent Microplastic Pollution with the Fighting Fibers Act of 2025. You may sign here, thank you www.beyondplastics.org/actions/figh...
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Prevent Microplastic Pollution with the Fighting Fibers Act of 2025 — Beyond Plastics - Working To End Single-Use Plastic Pollution
Scientists estimate millions of tons of microfibers enter the ocean every year—making textiles the largest known source of marine microplastic pollution. The Fighting Fibers Act of 2025 introduced b...
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Catherine Filloux @catherinefilloux.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Yesterday I was so happy to attend The Billie Allen Award ceremony for my beloved friend Michael angel Johnson, congratulations Michael angel!
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Catherine Filloux @catherinefilloux.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Trip of a Lifetime a play by Catherine Filloux at Theater X (Kai), Tokyo, Japan translated into Japanese by Keiko Tsuneda directed by Sonoko Kawahara performed by Kaori Yamazoe and Mika Ishimura (in this version, two actors play the second lady) Presented by: Crossing Jamaica Avenue
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Catherine Filloux @catherinefilloux.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
“Wonderful to see my friend in human rights Philippe Sands at the 92nd Street Y last night. His powerful book East West Street explores the life of Raphael Lemkin -- the Polish lawyer who coined the term ‘genocide’ and whose story inspired my play Lemkin’s House.”
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Catherine Filloux @catherinefilloux.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
"Trip of a Lifetime," my new play about the Second Lady, performed in Tokyo, Japan, translated into Japanese by Keiko Tsuneda, directed by Sonoko Kawahara
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Catherine Filloux @catherinefilloux.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
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Catherine Filloux @catherinefilloux.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
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Listen: WELCOME TO THE BIG DIPPER Original Cast Recording Out Now
The original off-Broadway cast recording of “Welcome to The Big Dipper,” staged by The York Theatre Company, is available now! Learn more and listen here!
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Catherine Filloux @catherinefilloux.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
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Attorney General Letitia James Issues Statement on Donald Trump’s Weaponization of the Department of Justice
NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today issued the following statement after she was indicted by the U.S. Attorney’s office of the Eastern
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Catherine Filloux @catherinefilloux.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Sunday 11/2 10:30am-1:30pm Conversation Free w/ RSVP Storytellers/Walking with Creation Discussion Hosted by Erik Ehn. Participants: Chen Alon (Israel); Claudia Bernardi (Virginia); Catherine Filloux (NYC); Robin Hutchinson (England) www.lamama.org/creatures/
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Creatures - October 23-November 2
Creatures is a two-week inhabitation of 74 E 4th St. with installations, performances, workshops, and conversations about beings from across cultures as prophets of compassion amidst ecological precar...
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Catherine Filloux @catherinefilloux.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
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THIRD PERSON — Theatre Beyond Broadway
Written by Catherine Filloux; Directed bt Elena Araoz CultureHub | 47 Great Jones St., 3rd Fl, New York, NY 10012 September 20, 2025
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Catherine Filloux @catherinefilloux.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Hope you can come to my new play this Saturday 9/20 at 2pm, or 6pm, or 8pm, it's free, tickets here www.eventbrite.com/e/third-pers...
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Catherine Filloux @catherinefilloux.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
You may register here: osu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Catherine Filloux @catherinefilloux.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: The Art of Resistance: Catherine Filloux’s Radical Theater for a Fractured World. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the...
Join us for a conversation with Catherine Filloux, a groundbreaking playwright and librettist whose three-decade career has been defined by poetic, unflinching works that confront genocide, state viol...
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Catherine Filloux @catherinefilloux.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Today at 2pm at the Barrow Group Mahira Kakkar (Life of Pi/Broadway, The Headlands/ Lincoln Center Theatre) helms my new play “Trip of a Lifetime” directed by Arpita Mukherjee. Ticket code FRIEND15 www.eventbrite.com/e/trip-of-a-...
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Catherine Filloux @catherinefilloux.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
🎭 Felipe Salinas stars as Octavio in Catherine Filloux’s Third Person — a powerful epistolary play of activism, mental health & family truths. Don’t miss this urgent story! 📍 CultureHub NYC 📅 Sept 20–21: 2 PM, 6 PM, 8 PM 🎟️ Suggested donation
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Catherine Filloux @catherinefilloux.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
As the author of LEMKIN’S HOUSE, a play about the man who gave "genocide" a name -- I have dedicated much of my playwriting and libretti work to exploring these atrocities, and have long voiced my fears of genocide when it comes to the human rights violations in Gaza. www.playscripts.com/play/838
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Catherine Filloux @catherinefilloux.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
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Cast Set for The First Annual Awakenings Reading Series at The Studio Theatre
The inaugural Awakenings Reading Serie has revealed that 16 actors will take part in their upcoming reading series. Learn more and see how to attend.
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Catherine Filloux @catherinefilloux.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Trip of a Lifetime: www.eventbrite.com/e/1481822223... By Catherine Filloux Directed by Arpita Mukherjee With Mahira Kakkar (For $15 Tickets, Promo Code: FRIEND15)
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Catherine Filloux @catherinefilloux.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
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Ann Powers @annkpowers.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
I’m finding some hope right now in music, a global resource for communication, inspiration and plain old happiness. I don’t like the phrase “universal language” bc it’s inaccurate but the urge to make and enjoy music is global and we can all learn from sharing it. Support the music makers.
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Catherine Filloux @catherinefilloux.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
At a recent University of Chicago event centered around writing Political Plays, Playwright Catherine Filloux speaks about the importance of Theater as a collaborative experience. Visit www.CatherineFilloux.com for more.
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Catherine Filloux @catherinefilloux.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
🌵 TOMORROW! Don’t miss the cast of "White Savior" in action! 🌵 Lori Hammel, Donald Webber Jr., Cherry Torres, Lora Lee Gayer 🎬 Dir. by Hannah Ryan 📍Soapbox Gallery, Brooklyn 🕓 Sun, June 29 @ 4PM | 🎟️ Pay what you can Register: www.soapboxgallery.org/events/white... #NYCTHEATER #NYCTHINGSTODO
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Catherine Filloux @catherinefilloux.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
It is my pleasure to invite you to a free upcoming reading of my newest play, a drama-comedy called White Savior. On Sunday June 29th, from 4-5:30pm at Soapbox Gallery in Brooklyn, NY. If you can attend in person, please make a ticket reservation by scanning the QR code below. Hope to see you there!
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Catherine Filloux @catherinefilloux.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
I just dropped by to thank my New York State Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal and her chief of staff Erica Overton. I’m so proud to be in their district, where they are fighting for the Senate Bill "packaging reduction and recycling infrastructure act".
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Catherine Filloux @catherinefilloux.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
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New York City Has a Trash Problem. A Packaging Reduction Bill Could Help - Inside Climate News
A proposal in the state Legislature that would require a steep drop in non-recyclable packaging faces fierce opposition from businesses that would have to meet new package and recycling demands.
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Catherine Filloux @catherinefilloux.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Join us for a hilarious and heartfelt new play—nominated for the Venturous Play List and shaped by today's shifting times. 🎭 90 min, no intermission 🎟️ Pay what you can 👉 Register: www.soapboxgallery.org/events/white... #NYCtheater #brooklyn #nycthingstodo
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Catherine Filloux @catherinefilloux.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
www.linkedin.com/posts/freedo... My dear friend Theary has been in prison for three years now, standing up for dignity, human rights, and freedom for all. Love you Theary, from Cat Filloux
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#freetheary #freethemall | Freedom House
Today marks Theary Seng’s third birthday behind bars since being unjustly sentenced to six years in prison for criticizing Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Facebook. Join us in calling for her imm...
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Catherine Filloux @catherinefilloux.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Broadway World just did a piece on the upcoming world premiere of my new play "Third Person"! Click the link below to check it out! www.broadwayworld.com/off-off-broa...
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Catherine Filloux @catherinefilloux.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
My opera Orlando to open at Komische Oper Berlin www.komische-oper-berlin.de/spielplan/a-...
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Orlando | Komische Oper Berlin
Orlando, Olga Neuwirth, Eine fiktive musikalische Biografie [2019] Libretto von Catherine Filloux und Olga Neuwirth nach dem gleichnamigen Roman von Virginia Woolf, Besetzung: Orlando: Ema Nikolovska,...
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Catherine Filloux @catherinefilloux.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
I'm so excited to be a part of PEN America's Collaboration & Commerationd Webinar! Don't forget to register for the FREE webinar this Monday, Maya 12th @10:30am EST. Link to register: pen-america-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #PENAmerica #writers #Collaboration
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Catherine Filloux @catherinefilloux.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
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Writing Political Plays - UChicago | Graham School
Four renowned American playwrights explore how to navigate the complexities of creating political theater while staying true to their artistic visions.
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