The articles below are a compilation of recent reviews of productions at Shantigar as well as articles about Shantigar and it's founder Jean Claude van Itallie.
With Tennessee Williams at a performance of "America Hurrah" by Jean-Claude van Itallie
“Tibetan Book of the Dead” on stage to rebuild “peaceful home” - Fred DeVecca - Shelburne Falls Independent
The Recorder Arts and Entertainment Review of The Tibetan Book of the Dead Production - Richie Davis May 15, 2008
The Theater of Now Shantigar Foundation - Suzy Wizowaty, Shambhala Sun, May 2005
The Magic and Mystery of Shantigar - John A. Adams © October 2007
A Theater of Sacred Intent - by Jean-Claude van Itallie (drawn in part from "War, Sex and Dreams, a playwright’s memoir," published in "The Soul of the American Actor" winter2006/spring 2007
Introduction to Jean-Claude van Itallie's "America Hurrah and Other Plays" -- by Bill Coco
Reviews of Shantigar productions
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MELTDOWNVOICES FROM CHERNOBYL - The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
A dramatic adaptation by Spencer Smith of the book by Svetlana Alexeivich, Reading directed by Ronald Rand
In the company of greatness ‘Tibetan Book of the Dead’ adaptation: A masterpiece
By Gregory G. Lewis, West County News Correspondent, May 29-June 3, 2008
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