Wed., March 25, 2:00 pm Live Segal TALK with Milo Rau & Servane Dècle about THE PELICOT TRIAL

In Person

SEGAL TALK with

MILO RAU & SERVANE DÈCLE

THE PELICOT TRIAL – TRIBUTE TO GISÈLE PELICOT

Wednesday, March 25,

2:00 PM

IN PERSON

Segal Theatre Center, 5th Ave. @ 34 Str.

Livestreamed via HowlRound

Join us for a pre-performance Segal Talk (live) with Milo Rau and Servane DècleThe Pelicot Trial: Tribute to Gisèle Pelicot at the Segal Center, The Graduate Center CUNY. Moderated by Frank Hentschker.

 “Shame must change sides.” With these words, as well as with her decision to make her trial public, Gisèle Pelicot has become a symbol in the fight to end violence against women. The Mazan rape case examines and reveals how, in this small town in southern France, ordinary men of all ages and social backgrounds are capable of committing an inhumane crime: the repeated rape of an unconscious woman. Collaborating with the Pelicot family’s lawyers, the court, psychological experts, legal commentators, witnesses, and feminist organisations, Servane Dècle and Milo Rau recount the trial, laying bare an entire system: patriarchy.

Rau and Dècle’s extraordinary “Theatre of the Real” documentary play examines the Gisèle Pelicot case in a four-hour afternoon performance with readings of documents retracing and examining this groundbreaking historic trial—a watershed event that deeply entered the psyche of the French nation. The New York version of The Pelicot Trial: Tribute to Gisèle Pelicot will take place at the historic performance art venue Judson Memorial Church in Greenwich Village in New York City. Judson Church still serves also as a diverse, vibrant place of worship with it’s own congregation—creating a spiritual community through the pursuit of justice actions, talks, family events, sermons, social justice actions, creative expression, and contemplation. 

ALL TICKETS TO THE PERFORMANCE ARE SOLD OUT, BUT IT WILL BE Livestreamed via HowlRound.

The Pelicot Trial: Tribute to Gisèle Pelicot is presented by The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center/The Graduate Center CUNY in collaboration with the Judson Memorial Church, Skirball NYU, and Festival d’Avignon presents in New York City a special performance of the the Vienna Festwochen production The Pelicot Trial: Tribute to Gisèle Pelicot—directed by renowned Swiss director Milo Rau and Servane Dècle. Supported by the Consulate General of Switzerland in New York. ALL TICKETS ARE SOLD OUT. Follow the Livestream via HowlRound

This unique presentation features readings of the trial proceeding in the newly translated American adaptation of the sensational The Pelicot Trial, presented at the Avignon Festival in 2025 was regarded by many as the highlight of the festival.

Check HERE for world tour of The Pelicot Trial--Tribute to Gisèle Pelicot in Milan/Itay, Bergen & Oslo/Norway, Belgrade/Serbia, Stockholm/Sweden, Warsaw/Poland, Lisbon/Portugal, Avignon France, and Vienna/Austria.

With Nicole Ansari, and others.

Research, dramaturgy and direction Milo Rau and Servane Dècle

Production dramaturgy Nastasia Griese

Audiences are free to take breaks at their own discretion.

Photo of Milo Rau by Michela Di-Savino; Servane Dècle's image courtesy of the artist.

New York Casting: Nicole Ansari

Judson Church: Maggie Goldner

Consulate General of Switzerland: Elena Bänninger 

NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts: Jay Wegman

Vienna Festwochen: Monika Huber

Segal Theatre Center: Frank Hentschker

Supported by the Consulate General of Switzerland in New York.