Join us on Monday, September 29th at the Civitella Ranieri Castle for Presentations from Gabriel Gbadamosi and Taylor Mac.
Gabriel Gbadamosi
Writing, Ireland/Nigeria/UK
Gabriel Gbadamosi is an Irish Nigerian poet and playwright. His novel Vauxhall (Telegram, 2013) won the Tibor Jones Pageturner Prize and Best International Novel at the Sharjah International Book Fair. He was AHRC Creative Research Fellow in European and African performance at the Pinter Centre, Goldsmiths, University of London, and a Judith E. Wilson Fellow for creative writing at Cambridge University. He presented BBC Radio 3’s flagship arts and ideas program, Night Waves, and is the founding editor of WritersMosaic.
Taylor Mac
Writing and Theater, USA
Taylor Mac is a MacArthur Fellow, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, a Tony nominee for Best Play, and the recipient of the International Ibsen Award. Selected works include: Bark of Millions (a fifty-five song—and counting—parade trance extravaganza for the living library of the deviant theme); A 24-Decade History of Popular Music (a 24-hour performance-art concert about communities building themselves because they’re torn apart); and An American Dionysia (a series of four plays about the polarization of America); Prosperous Fools; The Fre; Gary; and Hir.
Monday, September 29th, 2025
6:00 PM Welcome cocktail
6:15 PM Presentations
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