A dark room called memory.(NEWS IN BRIEF)(Arts in One World: A Consideration of Genocide)(Brief article)

American Theatre, January, 2006

LOS ANGELES: A diverse group of playwrights, theatre artists and justice workers from the U.S., Burkina Faso, Rwanda, Uganda and Congo are gathering Jan. 26-29 at the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater to contemplate art and genocide. The event, "Arts in One World: A Consideration of Genocide," is a symposium of lectures, demonstrations, panels, films and performances, the goal of which is to share histories and experiences regarding the role of art in cause and recovery.

The touchstone is the Rwandan genocide, but as California Institute of the Arts professor and Maria ...