The IWP’s 40th Anniversary 24 Hour ‘Global Play’

“All The World’s A Page: The Global Play Project” was commissioned by the International Writing Program in 2007 to celebrate its 40th anniversary. Fifteen playwrights from around the world, most of them IWP alumni or residents, were given 24 hours to write a scene around the theme of “union.” The University of Iowa’s Theatre Department then had another 36 hours to translate, cast, and stage the play before it made its debut on October 10, 2007. The result was thrilling, magical, and unprecedented. View the individual scenes below.