CATHERINE FILLOUX is an award-winning French Algerian American playwright and librettist who has been writing about human rights for many decades. www.catherinefilloux.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/catherinefilloux.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/catherinefilloux.bsky.social/post/3mqedq346kc2h https://www.theatrebeyondbroadway.com/editorials/olivia-trilogy-olivia-medusa-and-deep-time11 Jul 2026 09:24 +0000at://did:plc:jypkjava45m5mnob7iripufz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqedq346kc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/catherinefilloux.bsky.social/post/3mq3jfbjf322pOn June 29th, the U.S. Supreme Court protected the freedom of the press. However, we must continue to fight for people like my friend Theary Seng, who is still imprisoned in Cambodia for speaking up for human rights. READ MORE: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/06/29/supreme-court-press-freedom-dershowitz-cnn/90298532007/ https://thearyseng.com/component/content/article/102-my-treason-a-incitement-trial/562-my-treason-a-incitement-trial07 Jul 2026 21:11 +0000at://did:plc:jypkjava45m5mnob7iripufz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq3jfbjf322phttps://bsky.app/profile/catherinefilloux.bsky.social/post/3mpyqmhccek2cThis month is Plastic-Free July, where we all have the opportunity to make a change for the betterment of our environment. The Olivia Trilogy comprises three plays that together create a sustained meditation on the environmental crisis and the human beings caught inside it.06 Jul 2026 18:43 +0000at://did:plc:jypkjava45m5mnob7iripufz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpyqmhccek2chttps://bsky.app/profile/catherinefilloux.bsky.social/post/3mptzp2j4qk2kWhile Íngrid Betancourt, a former senator and anti-corruption activist, was running for President of Colombia she was kidnapped by the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias (FARC), a Marxist revolutionary terrorist organization. Kidnap Road by Catherine Filloux is a theatrical imagining of these events.04 Jul 2026 21:42 +0000at://did:plc:jypkjava45m5mnob7iripufz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mptzp2j4qk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/catherinefilloux.bsky.social/post/3mpm4t6ybkc2qAFRAID, written by Catherine Filloux and directed by Daria Sommers showcases the fear of deportation through the lens of children.01 Jul 2026 18:16 +0000at://did:plc:jypkjava45m5mnob7iripufz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpm4t6ybkc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/catherinefilloux.bsky.social/post/3mpjuahxsbc2pCatherine Filloux’s play Medusa follows Karenna who is a young caregiver bound by contract to an ambitious client who cannot bear abandonment and whose past looms over every conversation. The play focuses on power, memory, caregiving and the possibility of redemption.30 Jun 2026 20:37 +0000at://did:plc:jypkjava45m5mnob7iripufz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpjuahxsbc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/catherinefilloux.bsky.social/post/3moi7pfd2d22iMy dear friend Theary Seng human rights defender starts her fourth year in prison. We call for her immediate release. Learn more https://freedomhouse.org/report/free-them-all?name=theary-seng, #FreeTheary, #Free Them All17 Jun 2026 11:32 +0000at://did:plc:jypkjava45m5mnob7iripufz/app.bsky.feed.post/3moi7pfd2d22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/catherinefilloux.bsky.social/post/3mgftdyehcs25Last week I convened artists and activists for a reading of my new play OLIVIA, a story that examines the climate crisis through a mother-daughter lens, followed by a powerful conversation on climate accountability.06 Mar 2026 17:24 +0000at://did:plc:jypkjava45m5mnob7iripufz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgftdyehcs25https://bsky.app/profile/catherinefilloux.bsky.social/post/3merfubemr22hThis week, I was thrilled to join @beyondplastics.bsky.social for a day of action in Albany in support of the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (PRRIA), a bill that would finally put #peopleoverplastic13 Feb 2026 21:04 +0000at://did:plc:jypkjava45m5mnob7iripufz/app.bsky.feed.post/3merfubemr22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/catherinefilloux.bsky.social/post/3menrqnmbc22mhttps://www.broadwayworld.com/off-off-broadway/article/Catherine-Filloux-Will-Debut-New-Play-OLIVIA-This-August-2026021112 Feb 2026 10:26 +0000at://did:plc:jypkjava45m5mnob7iripufz/app.bsky.feed.post/3menrqnmbc22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/catherinefilloux.bsky.social/post/3mebrkf2lic2yThis fear for children about ICE, deportation and injustice started so many years ago, speak truth to power in Minneapolis and in the US. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flOaGt8Wg6I07 Feb 2026 15:51 +0000at://did:plc:jypkjava45m5mnob7iripufz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mebrkf2lic2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/catherinefilloux.bsky.social/post/3mdnrhkehoc2qThe new play I wrote with LinDa Saphan30 Jan 2026 16:56 +0000at://did:plc:jypkjava45m5mnob7iripufz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdnrhkehoc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/catherinefilloux.bsky.social/post/3mci6wn4nqc25I’m thrilled to announce THE OLIVIA PROJECT, a new work and a call for climate action, presented at the Studio Theatre on Feb 27. The event twill feature a staged reading of OLIVIA, my new two-woman play about fossil fuels and generational reckoning.15 Jan 2026 18:16 +0000at://did:plc:jypkjava45m5mnob7iripufz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mci6wn4nqc25https://bsky.app/profile/catherinefilloux.bsky.social/post/3mcchxryncc2eCatherine (Filloux) will speak about theater and human rights for Annie Rappeport’s course The Quest to End Genocide Through Education; From Never Forget to Never Again on January 13th at the College of Education and International Education and Policy program, University of Maryland, College Park.13 Jan 2026 11:42 +0000at://did:plc:jypkjava45m5mnob7iripufz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcchxryncc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/catherinefilloux.bsky.social/post/3maynk6nunc2dMy father Jean Filloux was a pioneering oceanographer who recognized early on the threat that plastic pollution poses to the planet. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mY8fiqoEqec27 Dec 2025 20:30 +0000at://did:plc:jypkjava45m5mnob7iripufz/app.bsky.feed.post/3maynk6nunc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/catherinefilloux.bsky.social/post/3m7mvedxcpc26Please help me prevent Microplastic Pollution with the Fighting Fibers Act of 2025. You may sign here, thank you https://www.beyondplastics.org/actions/fighting-fibers-act10 Dec 2025 10:52 +0000at://did:plc:jypkjava45m5mnob7iripufz/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7mvedxcpc26https://bsky.app/profile/catherinefilloux.bsky.social/post/3m7dflzn7bc23Yesterday I was so happy to attend The Billie Allen Award ceremony for my beloved friend Michael angel Johnson, congratulations Michael angel!06 Dec 2025 16:16 +0000at://did:plc:jypkjava45m5mnob7iripufz/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7dflzn7bc23https://bsky.app/profile/catherinefilloux.bsky.social/post/3m75uhuaods2nTrip of a Lifetime a play by Catherine Filloux at Theater X (Kai), Tokyo, Japan translated into Japanese by Keiko Tsuneda directed by Sonoko Kawahara performed by Kaori Yamazoe and Mika Ishimura (in this version, two actors play the second lady) Presented by: Crossing Jamaica Avenue04 Dec 2025 11:27 +0000at://did:plc:jypkjava45m5mnob7iripufz/app.bsky.feed.post/3m75uhuaods2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/catherinefilloux.bsky.social/post/3m5gedtmb6c2p“Wonderful to see my friend in human rights Philippe Sands at the 92nd Street Y last night. His powerful book East West Street explores the life of Raphael Lemkin -- the Polish lawyer who coined the term ‘genocide’ and whose story inspired my play Lemkin’s House.”12 Nov 2025 09:42 +0000at://did:plc:jypkjava45m5mnob7iripufz/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5gedtmb6c2phttps://bsky.app/profile/catherinefilloux.bsky.social/post/3m5eamduafs2w"Trip of a Lifetime," my new play about the Second Lady, performed in Tokyo, Japan, translated into Japanese by Keiko Tsuneda, directed by Sonoko Kawahara11 Nov 2025 13:29 +0000at://did:plc:jypkjava45m5mnob7iripufz/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5eamduafs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/catherinefilloux.bsky.social/post/3m5btz22rxs2q10 Nov 2025 14:39 +0000at://did:plc:jypkjava45m5mnob7iripufz/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5btz22rxs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/catherinefilloux.bsky.social/post/3m3xkavlp422uhttps://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Listen-WELCOME-TO-THE-BIG-DIPPER-Original-Cast-Recording-Out-Now-2025102424 Oct 2025 18:52 +0000at://did:plc:jypkjava45m5mnob7iripufz/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3xkavlp422uhttps://bsky.app/profile/catherinefilloux.bsky.social/post/3m2tnx767xk22https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2025/attorney-general-letitia-james-issues-statement-donald-trumps-weaponization10 Oct 2025 12:22 +0000at://did:plc:jypkjava45m5mnob7iripufz/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2tnx767xk22https://bsky.app/profile/catherinefilloux.bsky.social/post/3m2e6xr33us2uSunday 11/2 10:30am-1:30pm Conversation Free w/ RSVP Storytellers/Walking with Creation Discussion Hosted by Erik Ehn. Participants: Chen Alon (Israel); Claudia Bernardi (Virginia); Catherine Filloux (NYC); Robin Hutchinson (England) www.lamama.org/creatures/ https://www.lamama.org/creatures/04 Oct 2025 08:44 +0000at://did:plc:jypkjava45m5mnob7iripufz/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2e6xr33us2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/catherinefilloux.bsky.social/post/3lzhcsbta3s2jhttps://www.theatrebeyondbroadway.com/reviews/third-person22 Sep 2025 21:06 +0000at://did:plc:jypkjava45m5mnob7iripufz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzhcsbta3s2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/catherinefilloux.bsky.social/post/3lz4i2qbw7s27Hope you can come to my new play this Saturday 9/20 at 2pm, or 6pm, or 8pm, it's free, tickets here https://www.eventbrite.com/e/third-person-tickets-137801903502918 Sep 2025 13:41 +0000at://did:plc:jypkjava45m5mnob7iripufz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz4i2qbw7s27https://bsky.app/profile/catherinefilloux.bsky.social/post/3lwvu4ocais2vYou may register here: https://osu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CnI2PpDTRrO5C4ql0ozmNQ#/registration21 Aug 2025 11:37 +0000at://did:plc:jypkjava45m5mnob7iripufz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwvu4ocais2v