City of Immortals Festival

The Théâtre Raymond Kabbaz (TRK) proudly presents the City of Immortals, a French interpretation of Día de los Muertos, celebrating life and the immortality of the arts. This new festival recalls the great artists buried in Paris’s Père-Lachaise cemetery, whose souls are still alive and mingling in the afterlife.

Adapted from Carolyn Campbell’s bestselling book City of Immortals, the festival pays tribute to the enduring masterworks of celebrated artists spanning the centuries and joined together in the afterlife—on-stage at Théâtre Raymond Kabbaz. Through photos, literature, music, dance, film, art, books, and food, the eclectic festival pays homage to Frédéric Chopin, Édith Piaf, Stéphane Grappelli, Colette, Jim Morrison, and many more names who long ago found fame through their artistic achievements and whose works live on today.

This event is a day-long festival that includes a screening of Forever by Heddy Honigmann (in French with English subtitles), a multi-artist performance including dance, literature, art, a photography exhibition, food and wine, and more!

Festival Schedule:

3:00 pm – 10:00 pm: Photography exhibition by Carolyn Campbell

4:00 pm: Film screening of the documentary film Forever by Heddy Honigmann 

• Through a leisurely tour of the world-famous Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris, the final resting place for legendary writers, composers, painters, and other artists from around the world, Forever provides an unusually poignant, emotionally powerful meditation and questioning on relations between the living and the dead, and the immortal power of art. Immortality exists through the arts.

5:30 pm: Illustrated presentation and Q&A with Carolyn Campbell following the screening

6:45 pm – 7:15 pm: Book signing with author of City of Immortals, Carolyn Campbell

7:30 pm – 9:30 pm: City of Immortals performances of the works of Père-Lachaise artists preceded by illustrated conversation

9:30 pm – 10:00 pm: Book signing 

Buy Tickets: https://trkcityofimmortals.eventive.org/welcome 

Options: 

$15 Movie Pass, 3:00 pm – 7:15 pm

• Includes screening of Forever by Heddy Honigmann, followed by illustrated conversation with Carolyn Campbell, City of Immortals book signing, and access to the City of Immortals photography exhibition. 

$25 Performance Pass, 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm 

• Includes City of Immortals performances preceded by illustrated conversation with Carolyn Campbell, City of Immortals book signing, and access to the City of Immortals photography exhibition.

 $35 All Access Pass, 3:00 pm – 10:00 pm

• Includes All of the Above