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                                 To make a tax-deductible donation to the Center for Applied Theatre and Active Culture (CATAC), New World Performance Lab's
                                       umbrella organization, click here!
                                  
                                 Our Mission 
                                      
                                    To create theatre events and pedagogical programs, to research performance techniques from around the world, and to develop
                                    a contemporary performance methodology for culturally diverse theatre artists.
                                     
                                  
                                 The New World Performance Laboratory (NWPL), under the artistic direction of James Slowiak and Jairo Cuesta, is an evolving
                                    community of theatre artists, under the umbrella of the Center for Applied Theatre and Active Culture (CATAC). The company's
                                    work has been featured in The Drama Review, Grotowski's Objective Drama Research by Lisa Wolford, and The
                                    Grotowski Sourcebook, edited by Richard Schechner and Lisa Wolford. Since 1992, NWPL has toured its performances and
                                    conducted workshops in Italy, Poland, France, Belgium, Bulgaria, Lebanon, Romania, Wales, Brazil, Colombia, and various cities
                                    in the USA, including Chicago and New York. 
                                     
                                  
                                 
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