Catherine Filloux Collection
SPEC.TRI.CF
Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections
1.66 Cubic feet
1984, 1999-2020
Catherine Filloux is a French-American playwright whose plays focus on issues of human rights and worldwide social justice; she also has done translations and adaptations of articles and theatrical works from other languages into English. As of 2025, Filloux continues to write plays and work as a human rights activist. The Catherine Filloux Collection contains materials from her playwriting and human rights activism, including programs, playscripts, and ephemera from Filloux's plays and operas, as well as articles by or about Filloux, and programs from events attended by Filloux. Materials date from 1984 and 1999 to 2020.
(3) letter file folders; (2) 2.5" letter document boxes; (1) carton
English; Romanian
Filloux, Catherine
Arrangement of Materials
This collection is unprocessed. Materials are arranged in the order received.
Acquisitions Information
Accession No. TRI.2016.0030: Catherine Filloux, 2015 August; Accession No. TRI.2016.0056: Catherine Filloux, 2016 June; Accession No. TRI.2017.0054: Catherine Filloux, 2017 June; Accession No. TRI.2025.0020: Catherine Filloux, 2015; Accession No. TRI.2025.0021: Catherine Filloux, 2022 August; Accession No. TRI.2025.0022: Catherine Filloux, 2023 February
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], Catherine Filloux Collection, SPEC.TRI.CF, Lawrence and Lee Theatre Research Institute, Ohio State University
Access to Materials
Materials in this collection are available for use, but may be used in the Thompson Library Special Collections reading room only.
Use of Materials
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Processing Information
This collection is unprocessed; Finding aid written by: Sam Devereaux, 2020 September; Audrey Wimbiscus, 2025 June
Biographical Note
Catherine Filloux is a French Algerian American playwright, librettist, and activist who writes about human rights. She received her French Baccalaureate in Philosophy with Honors in Toulon, France in 1978, and her Master of Fine Arts at New York University, Tisch School of the Arts in 1987. Filloux’s plays have been produced across the United States and internationally, and have been widely anthologized. A complete list of her plays and opera libretti can be found on her website. Filloux has staged her plays overseas in conflict areas including Bosnia, Cambodia, Guatemala, Haiti, and Iraq. She is also the co-founder and co-director of Theatre Without Borders, a grassroots volunteer organization that shares information and builds connection between those interested in international theater. Filloux has received dozens of awards and honors for her playwriting, and has been featured in publications such as “The Dramatist” and “Contemporary Theatre Review.” She also has done translations and adaptations of articles and theatrical works from other languages into English. As of 2025, Filloux’s play “Third Person” premiered at CultureHub in New York City, and she has an opera, “Allegra & the Cello, in Movements” premiering in 2026. She continues to write plays and work as a human rights activist.
Catherine Filloux Biography
Scope and Contents
The Catherine Filloux Collection contains materials from her playwriting career and human rights activism, including programs, playscripts, and ephemera from Filloux's plays and operas. It also contains articles written by Filloux about human rights issues and the theater, as well as articles written about Filloux's work. Finally, the collection also includes programs from events Filloux attended or spoke at about social justice issues. Materials date from 1984 and 1999 to 2020.
Filloux, Catherine
Articles
Human rights advocacy--20th century
Human rights advocacy--21st century
Human rights workers--United States--20th century
Human rights workers--United States--21st century
Playwriting--United States--20th century
Playwriting--United States--21st century
Programs (documents)
Scripts (documents)
Theater programs
Women authors, American--20th century
Women authors, American--21st century
Women dramatists, American--United States--20th century
Women dramatists, American--United States--21st century
Women translators--United States--20th century
Women translators--United States--21st century
Accession No. TRI.2016.0030
0.02 Cubic feet
2014 April-2015 March
(1) letter file folder
"Selma '65" promotional materials
2016 TRI Accessions Box 2
Accession No. TRI.2016.0030
2014 September-2015 March
Accession No. TRI.2016.0056
0.02 Cubic feet
2015 February-2016 April
(1) letter file folder
Various programs, flyers, and advertisements for Filloux's works including "Selma '65," "Kidnap Road," and writing workshops
2016 TRI Accessions Box 2
Accession No. TRI.2016.0056
Accession No. TRI.2017.0054
0.02 Cubic feet
2015-2017
(1) letter file folder
Scope and Contents
Materials (a poster, reviews, programs, and promotional material) primarily elating to the productions of "Selma '65" and "Kidnap Road." Also included is the program for the awards ceremony where Catherine Filloux won an Otto award.
Materials relating to "Selma '65," "Kidnap Road," her Catherine Filloux's Otto award
2017 TRI Accessions Box 1
Accession No. TRI.2017.0054
2015-2017
Accession No. TRI.2025.0020
0.2 Cubic feet
2007-2008
(1) 2.5" letter document box
Scope and Contents
Accession No. TRI.2025.0020 contains programs and ephemera from theatrical productions of several of Catherine Filloux's plays, as well as a program from a writing class she taught. Items date from 2007-2008.
"La Maison de Lemkin" programs
Accession No. TRI.2025.0020.001
2007-2008
"The Breach" programs, ephemera
Accession No. TRI.2025.0020.001
2007
"Where Elephants Weep" programs, ephemera
Accession No. TRI.2025.0020.001
2007
"Seven" program
Accession No. TRI.2025.0020.001
2008
"Beauty Inside" program
Accession No. TRI.2025.0020.001
2007 December 5
The Theater Department Presents: Catherine Filloux's Playwriting Class Readings
Accession No. TRI.2025.0020.001
2008 April 27
"Photographs from S-21" flyer
Accession No. TRI.2025.0020.001
2007 October-November
"Killing the Boss" program
Accession No. TRI.2025.0020.001
2008 February 6-23
Accession No. TRI.2025.0021
0.2 Cubic feet
2017-2020
(1) 2.5" letter document box
Scope and Contents
Accession No. TRI.2025.0021 contains programs and ephemera from theatrical productions of Catherine Filloux's works, as well as several programs from events she spoke at or attended. Materials are dated from 2017 to 2020.
"Orlando" program, ephemera
Accession No. TRI.2025.0021.001
2019-2020
Theatre and Resistance Symposium program
Accession No. TRI.2025.0021.001
2018 January 12
Playwrights for a Cause program
Accession No. TRI.2025.0021.001
2018 August 27
"International Liturature featuring Catherine Filloux" program
Accession No. TRI.2025.0021.001
2018 September 12
The Downtown Bohemian Festival program
Accession No. TRI.2025.0021.001
2020 January 3-5
"On Recent Events and Relevance" in The Dramatist
Accession No. TRI.2025.0021.001
2017 July-August
"turning your body into a compass" flyer
Accession No. TRI.2025.0021.001
2020
Rise Up: Tiananmen's Legacy of Freedom and Democracy program
Accession No. TRI.2025.0021.001
2019 May 7
Playwrights for a Cause: The Protest Plays program
Accession No. TRI.2025.0021.001
2017 July 23
"Remembering the Holodomor"
Accession No. TRI.2025.0021.001
2018 September 20
"whatdoesfreemean?" program
Accession No. TRI.2025.0021.001
circa 2018
"All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go" programs
Accession No. TRI.2025.0021.001
2017-2018
Accession No. TRI.2025.0022
1.2 Cubic feet
1984, 1999-2020
(1) carton
Scope and Contents
Accession No. TRI.2025.0022 contains items from Catherine Filloux's career such as opera libretti and programs for operas by Filloux, programs for plays by Filloux, articles written by Filloux, articles written about Filloux, articles Filloux translated from French to English, a Chinese play adapted in English by Filloux, a Romanian translation of an anthology that included Filloux, and programs for international forums and festivals that Filloux was involved in. Materials date from 1984, and 1999-2020.
Opera libretti, programs: "Orlando"
Accession No. TRI.2025.0022.001
2019
Opera libretti, programs: "New Arrivals: A Journey from Fear to Hope"
Accession No. TRI.2025.0022.001
2012
Opera libretti, programs: "Where Elephants Weep"
Accession No. TRI.2025.0022.001
2008
Opera libretti, programs: "The Floating Box: A Story in Chinatown"
Accession No. TRI.2025.0022.001
2001
Book Wings Iraq: "Mock Court"
Accession No. TRI.2025.0022.001
2014
Articles: "Hall of Mirrors,"
Memoires en Jeu
Accession No. TRI.2025.0022.001
2018 May
Articles: "Hair on a Ribbon That Got Away,"
Theatre Journal
Accession No. TRI.2025.0022.001
2010 December
Articles: "Here and There,"
The Dramatist
Accession No. TRI.2025.0022.001
2007 March-April
Articles: "Vulnerable Cultures,"
Contemporary Theatre Review
Accession No. TRI.2025.0022.001
2006
Articles: "A Public Garden,"
Contemporary Theatre Review
Accession No. TRI.2025.0022.001
2005
Articles: "Ten Gems on a Thread II,"
The Drama Review
Accession No. TRI.2025.0022.001
2004
Articles: "Ten Gems on a Thread,"
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Accession No. TRI.2025.0022.001
2001-2002
Skloot (Robert) "Review Essay: Old Concerns and New Plays in the Theater of Genocide,"
Genocide Studies and Prevention, An International Journal
Accession No. TRI.2025.0022.001
2010
"Center Launches New Program in Peacebuilding and the Arts,"
Ethics Central
Accession No. TRI.2025.0022.001
2011
Hesford and Brueggemann
Rhetorical Visions: Reading and Writing in a Visual Culture
Accession No. TRI.2025.0022.001
2007
Svich (Caridad) "In Conversation with Catherine Filloux,"
The Dramatist
Accession No. TRI.2025.0022.001
2001 September-October
Translation French to English:
Queen's Quarterly: A Canadian Review
Accession No. TRI.2025.0022.001
2003
Translation French to English: "Interview with Eugene Ionesco,"
Dramatics Magazine
Accession No. TRI.2025.0022.001
1984
English adaptation from Chinese: "The French Kiss"
Accession No. TRI.2025.0022.001
2011
Romanian Translation: Martin and Stanescu "Global Foreigners: An Anthology of Plays"
Accession No. TRI.2025.0022.001
2006
MESS 44th International Theater Festival program
Accession No. TRI.2025.0022.001
2004 October 17-31
Speaker programs: Women, Media, Revolution
Accession No. TRI.2025.0022.001
2011 October 5-7
Speaker programs: Women in Action 2
Accession No. TRI.2025.0022.001
2012 November 6-11
Play advertising ephemera
Accession No. TRI.2025.0022.001
1999, 2018-2020