Saviana Stănescu: “One could say that I am a 17-year old American playwright”
A well-known poet and journalist, Saviana Stanescu left Romania for US thanks to a Fulbright Scholarship and she arrived in New York just before the 9/11 attacks which still play a role in her imaginary, alongside with Romanian revolution in 1989 and the ghosts of the past. Here is a conversation with her as a preview to a future common endeavor to take place this fall in Bucharest, Romania - The Revolution Project.
365 TAGE IN DEUTSCHLAND
Anhand der Analyse der kulturellen Route Rumänien-Deutschland möchten wir auf die Auswirkungen des Phänomens Migration unter Jugendlichen aufmerksam machen und zwar sowohl bei denjenigen, die in eine andere Kultur ziehen, als auch bei denjenigen, die sie willkommen heißen.
“THE FEMALE ROLE MODEL PROJECT”: Pointing in the right direction
What’s really exciting about the #MeeToo movement and Time’s Up is that it increased awareness regarding issues like the inequality between sexes and regarding the stories or fairytales we feed our kids’ imagination with (which ultimately influence their views of what behaviors are expected of them based on their gender), pointing us in the right direction and indicating what better choices we can make in order to turn this world into a better place for us, our kids, and the generations to follow.
January 26, 2020
de Ana-Maria Bandean
What’s really exciting about the #MeeToo movement and Time’s Up is that it increased awareness regarding issues like the inequality between sexes and regarding the stories or fairytales we feed our kids’ imagination with (which ultimately influence their views of what behaviors are expected of them based on their gender), pointing us in the right direction and indicating what better choices we can make in order to turn this world into a better place for us, our kids, and the generations to follow.
July 16, 2018
by Sarah Kornfeld
Hamlet and Us was developed by Laboratorul de Arta, a collective within Bucharest of dancers, actors, singers and those new to the stage. The group was founded with the following mission: ". . . Human research is based on an authentic search from within and aims to express the human being in its truth and vulnerability."
March 14, 2018
by Ana-Maria Bandean
Despite the fear that such controversial shows would not resonate with the American audiences/public, the project came “at the right moment and at the right place”, considering that the USA is now going through some social and political changes. This tour landed in the midst of some important events, right after the USA having their first black president in their history, just missed the opportunity to have their first female president elected, and, gosh, that was so close!
March 3, 2020
Cristina Modreanu, the influential theater critic, cultural historian, and festival curator, embarks on a month-long U.S. conference tour to promote her ground-breaking "A History of Romanian Theatre from Communism to Capitalism. Children of a Restless Time"
September 30, 2019
by Trent M. Sanders
Trent Sanders: 'The Bed Project began with my sincere belief that theatre, somehow, transforms us - the audience, actors, writers, designers. We were one thing and are now another. And in my case, I was a husband, father, student, Christian and then became a prisoner. '
May 18, 2020
The second show in our newly launched Digital Stage series is Suicidal Dog and Laika, a surrealist parable teeming with quirky characters and unexpected twists that explores contemporary topics such as belonging, otherness and displacement, written by Cătălina Florescu, directed by Leo Băcică and performed on Zoom by an international ensemble of Romanian, British, and American actors.
