The company's appearance at the Festival will be their first in the United States. Ong Keng Sen's TheatreWorks, the company for this production, is comprised of artists from Singapore, Cambodia and Japan. The Festival's 2001 International theatre program was announced today at a special event at Quinnipiac University, which is sponsoring the presentation of the Abbey Theatre's production of Translations. The Great Hunger, in September 2000. The Abbey Theatre s appearance at the Festival also will be made possible by a generous gift from M. Beverly and Robert G. Bartner.
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