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 8 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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PLEASANTLYSCARY
CO-PRESENTED AT THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA, 121 E. 62ND ST. (BET. PARK & LEXINGTON)
Written by Yana Borisova
Directed by Gwynn MacDonald
Produced in 2013
Translated by Miroslava Marianova.PLEASANTLYSCARY is about a phase in the lives of four young adults in which they must find purpose, set priorities, and reconcile their inner passions with their outer responsibilities. Two couples work to construct a design for a garden, making, through their collective imagination, a magical space, a new way of looking at the world for contemporary young Bulgarians. |
THE INNOCENTS
CO-PRESENTED AT THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA, 121 E. 62ND ST. (BET. PARK & LEXINGTON)
Written by Steven Steven
Directed by Ching Valdes-Aran
Produced in 2013
Performed at Bulgarian Consulate
121 E. 62nd St. (bet. Park & Lexington)
New York, NY
Translated by Virginia Hinova-DiDonato.Dimova wrote this play at a time when children born around the time of Bulgarian freedom from communism were causing tremendous distress for the new society. In language that is rich and poetic, Dimova writes a fictionalized account of a high school teacher murdered by her students, as six children tell their stories during police interrogation. |
THE ALLURING LITTLE SHOP
TRANSL. BY MICHAELA PNACEKOVA, W/ ADD’L TRANSLATING BY ZDENEK KRIZ & YENNHI PHAN
Written by Radmila Adamova
Directed by Marcy Arlin
Produced in 2012
In celebration of the 30th Annivesary of the League of Professional Theatre Women,Based on a series of 2010 interviews in Prague and Brno, this is a groundbreaking play about Vietnamese Czechs (or Czech Vietnamese): emigres, contract workers, students, journalists, businesspeople, It explores the age-old immigrant dilemmas of adaptation, assimilation, generation gaps, and working conditions.
with: Susan Hyon, Daniel Le, Frank Camacho, Hanh Tran, Tony Naumovski
A Q & A with playwright Radmila Adamova will occur immediately following the reading
Admission: Free |
THE PAVILIONS
Written by Milena Markovic
Directed by Marcy Arlin
Produced in 2012
A Grand Guignol horror story about sexual and physical abuse, drug addiction and the desire for love and intimacy in a working class housing block in Belgrade, Serbia. A reading from the award winning production, which has toured internationally, by one of Serbia’s foremost new playwrights. |
YOU SHINE, YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL
W/ FAMILY OFFLINE
Written by Vera Ion
Directed by Marcy Arlin
Produced in 2012
Performed at Romanian Cultural Institute in New York
Romanian Cultural Institute in New York
200 E. 38th St.
New York, NY
While stuck in London before returning to Romania, a student tries to earn some money busking in the London streets, having her picture taken by tourists, fending off Romanian mafia, and wondering how she will survive back home as an artist.The playwright will be present (from Romania) to talk about her work after the reading at a panel with fellow playwright Mihaela Michailov and theatre critic Claudia LaRocca.
Admission is Free.
Co-presented with the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York |
FAMILY OFFLINE
W/ YOU SHINE, YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL
Written by Mihaela Michailov
Directed by Katrin Hilbe
Produced in 2012
Performed at Romanian Cultural Institute in New York
Romanian Cultural Institute in New York
200 E. 38th St.
New York, NY
A household of children play adults and try to care for themselves when their parents and all the adults in the village leave Romania to pick strawberries in Spain. Based on real events after Romania joined the EU.Post reading discussion with Michaela Michailov on a panel with playwright Vera Ion, moderated by theatre critic Claudia LaRocca.
Cast: Perri Yaniv, Robert Baumgardner, Lucie Pohl, Amelia Fowler, Lidia Ornero
Co-presented with the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York |
KRCHEN THE IMMORTAL
Written by Bradley eTZrpfDKIepo
Directed by Marcy Arlin
Produced in 2012
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!MS. MALLITI-FRANOVA WILL FLY IN FROM BRATISLAVA TO ATTEND THE READING! 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
Supported by the Consulate General of the Slovak Republic
W/ Tibor Feldman, Virginia Wing, Andrew Guilarte, Nancy McDoniel, A.B. Lugo, Ralph Pochoda, Betsy Holt, Teodor Peletov |
SUICIDE BOMB
Written by Virag Erdos
Directed by Gwynn MacDonald
Produced in 2012
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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