"In 2022, the festival, featuring several dozen shows from across the globe, opens with a special performance from Ukraine's ProEnglish Theatre. Originally staged in a bomb shelter In Kyiv Ukraine, "The Book of Sirens," is based on the writings of Markus Zusak, and Hector Abad Faciolince and is directed by ProEnglish's Co-founder Alex Borovenskiy featuring a performance by Anabell Ramirez. It is the story of a German town that was repeatedly bombed during WWII and the little girl who learns to read in a bomb shelter. "We were incredibly moved that in the midst of chaos this amazing group of people was still creating art," says festival Founder and Artistic Director...."
