Pangea World Theater
Creator:
Julia Gay
Lita Malicsi performs in Isla Tuliro by Marlina Gonzalez, a production co-produced by Pangea World Theater and Teatro del Pueblo at the Southern Theater in Minneapolis. Photograph by Bruce Silcox, April 2018.
Bibliography
Mukherjee, Dipankar (Pangea cofounder, executive/literary director). Interview with the author, June 6, 2018.
Natarajan, Meena (Pangea cofounder, artistic director). Interview with the author, June 6, 2018.
Chronology
1995
Pangea World Theater is founded in Minneapolis.
1996
Pangea produces its first play, Conference of the Birds, based on a Sufi poem by Farid Ud-din Attar, adapted by Meena Natarajan, and directed by Dipankar Mukherjee
2000
Pangea wins the International Gardens of Peace Award.
2001
Pangea launches its annual Indigenous Voices Program with a production by Tasmanian Indigenous artist Tammy Anderson.
2002
Pangea wins the 3M Innovation of the Arts Award.
2004
Pangea wins the Excellence in the Arts Award from the Council of Asian Pacific Minnesotans.
2004
Pangea launches its Alternate Visions Series, which gives playwrights of color a chance to spend an extended period of time writing and developing new plays.
2005
Pangea wins the Special Recognition Award from the Advocates for Human Rights for its work in using arts to promote human rights.
2008
Pangea undertakes its first collaboration with Teatro Del Pueblo: The House of Bernarda Alba, directed by Laurie Carlos.
2008
Pangea co-hosts the National Asian American Festival with Theater Mu, as well as Desi Drama, a gathering of South Asian American artists from across the country.
2012
Pangea wins the Joyce Foundation award for the collaboration between Pangea World Theater and Teatro in developing the Latino Asian Fusion series.
2014
Pangea World Theater becomes one of the founders of the Twin Cities Theatres of Color Coalition, along with Mu Performing Arts, Penumbra Theatre, New Native Theatre, and Teatro Del Pueblo.
2014
Pangea is given an Artplace award to bring Indigenous, Somali, and Latinx communities together through a creative placemaking project called Lake Street Arts!.
2015
Pangea collaborates with Art2Action, NEFA, and the First Peoples Fund to host a Native artists gathering in Minneapolis with local and national indigenous artists.
2017
Pangea, along with five national organizations, is chosen to join the National Performance Network Leveraging and Networking Equity cohort.
Bibliography
Mukherjee, Dipankar (Pangea cofounder, executive/literary director). Interview with the author, June 6, 2018.
Natarajan, Meena (Pangea cofounder, artistic director). Interview with the author, June 6, 2018.