The NYU Abu Dhabi Theater Program and The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi proudly present a bold new theatrical adaptation of The Aeneid, the annual mainstage student production transforms the epic Latin poem for the stage.
Settle brings 20 years experience in global theater to NYU Abu Dhabi.
NYU Abu Dhabi opens up new possibilities for theater in the Middle East by dissecting the global and regional roots of plays and emphasizing intercultural learning in its emerging story.
Inspired by Mary Shelley's Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus, the piece was an "investigation into modern day monstrosity. It questions the role of policymaking in scientific advancement and the insatiable pursuit for immortality and security.
In theater there are rare moments when something electric happens, so that people in the audience are suddenly fully engaged — "visually, aurally, intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually," as Rubén Polendo puts it. Those "whole theater" moments, as he calls them, are the goals that inspire his work.
The NYU Abu Dhabi student production of M.D. (or the whale) summons crowds of theatergoers to Manarat Al Saadiyat.
NYU Abu Dhabi Associate Professor of Theater Rubén Polendo was on the path to a career in science when he was asked to advise on a theater piece.
The Odyssey, one of Homer's best-known epics, tells the story of the Greek warrior Odysseus, who is returning home to his family after battling in the Trojan War.
“The most powerful thing Rubén transmits, is that he eliminates this fear of the impossible,” remarks NYU Abu Dhabi student Gabriel Burgazzi Rodriguez.
