SEULS EN SCENE: Helena de Laurens performs in “Le Grand Sommeil” by Marion Siefert as part of the annual festival at Princeton University. (Photo by Janina Arendt)

The 14th Seuls en Scene Princeton French Theater Festival returns to the Lewis Center for the Arts September 12-21 at various venues within and outside of the complex on the Princeton University campus.

The festival features renowned and emerging French writers, actors, and director in three productions of contemporary works recent presented on stages in France, three conversations, three musical readings or performances, and a film screening. Most are presented in French, some with English supertitles or subtitles.

The festival is organized by Florent Masse, Professor of the Practice in the Department of French and Italian, and artistic director of L’Avant-Scene, and presented in collaboration with the Festival d’Avignon and the 54th edition of Festival d’Automne in Paris. The festival begins September 12 and 13 at 8 p.m. with Argentine playwright and director Mariano Pensotti’s Une Ombre Vorace. For a full listing of events, visit arts.princeton.edu.