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.
Gob Squad News – Show Me A Good Time invited to Theatertreffen
We are so happy to announce that Show Me A Good Time has been selected for this year’s Theatertreffen. Show Me A Good Time is made for streaming as well as a theatre audience. So even if theatres are closed, you'll still be able to watch.
“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!
April 7, 2020
The Fund - set
up in partnership with other foundations - is looking to support imaginative cultural initiatives - big or small - that reinforce solidarity and the notion of Europe as a shared public space in response to the current crisis and its aftershocks. It is open to individuals, collectives and organisations from all sectors and civil society at large with initiatives and ideas
August 16, 2019
30th anniversary of the fall of Communism lends an opportunity to celebrate the freedom we won, and yet also to contemplate the faces of freedom in the world today. The 28th edition of the International Theatre Festival Divadelná Nitra (27. 9. – 2. 10. 2019) opens space for a lively debate about freedom, unfreedom and the fragile line between the two.
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. '
