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Eastern European Playwrights: Women Write the New
In celebration of the 2012 30th Anniversary of the League of Professional Theatre Women, Marcy Arlin and Gwynn MacDonald present 6 plays by women playwrights from Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, and the Slovak Republic. Stories of domestic violence, missed romantic connections, societal decay, and the creation of a post-communist society.
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Suicide Bombs
Written by Virag Erdos
Directed by Gwynn MacDonald
Date: Mar 12, 2012
@ 7:30
Performed at Bohemian National Hall
Czech Center New York
321 E. 73rd St.
New York, NY
After a bombing in the city, a detective makes inquiries about its source to a family that doesn't realize that it is not alive. A tragicomedy.
Fulbright scholar Anita Rakoczy wll lead a discussion about the play and Hungarian women playwrights following the reading.
Free admission: donation of $5.00 suggested.
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Krchen the Immortal
Written by Eva Maliti-Franová
Directed by Marcy Arlin
Date: Mar 26, 2012
@ 7:30
Performed at Bohemian National Hall
Czech Center New York
321 E. 73rd St.
New York, NY
An immoral, yet immortal, old man does terrible harm to his daughter creates chaos for his family. A metaphor for the inequities and social problems left over from communism in the not so quiescent Slovak society. A comedy! Fulbright scholar, dramaturg and translator Katerina Bohadlova will lead a discussion about the play and Slovak theatre after the reading.
Free admission: donation of $5.00 suggested
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