Lauren Gunderson: Countrywide, Free Theatre Stands up to Dictators

Huffington Post: "This grassroots landslide of events was prompted by the spotlight shown on BFT's founding members who were jailed and denied the right to perform after protesting Belarus's president in December 2010. There was doubt that BFT would make their scheduled New York City performance dates at The Public's Under The Radar Festival. After smuggling themselves across the border all four members arrived safely in New York and performed their 'urgently political' work to great reviews.