On the 18th March Dorota Masłowska’s popular play Między name dobrze jest / All is Right Between Us will be read-out performatively, after that, the author will meet with the audience. Dwoje biednych Rumunów mówiących po polsku / A Couple of Poor, Polish-Speaking Romanians, directed by Katharine Noon, will be showcased at the Ghost Road.
It’s the third presentation of Polish contemporary theatre in this place. The second half of March, both in the USA and in Poland, will be marked with a unique event: a theatrical concert, during which 4 Polish and 4 American playwrights will undergo a word battle…
Battle of scenes: Los Angeles vs Warsaw
Two theatres, one on each side of the ocean, and 8 short dramas live transmitted to Warsaw and LA – this will be the first Polish-American edition of Digital Play Festival. At The Studio Theatre in Warsaw, actors of some of Warsaw’s theatre stages will present 5 minute long performative readings of works created by young and promising Polish playwrights, written in response to stage texts prepared by the USA artists: Sheila Callaghan, Robert O’Hana, Alice Tuan and Lucas Hinath.
In the theatrical battle against the American artists, the Polish word-warriors include Wojtek Ziemilski, Dorota Masłowska, Magda Fertacz and Szczepan Orłowski. At the same time, readings performed by the LA artists will be live transmitted from the Boston Court Theatre in Los Angeles. The effects of the Polish-American drama project, which has been going for a few months now, will be available to view by audiences on the 21st March at 10pm at The Studio Theatre, and, simultaneously, at the Boston Court Theatre in Los Angeles, at 1pm local time. Among the directors of the readings in Warsaw are Radek Rychcik, Agnieszka Glińska, Paweł Łysak and Anastazja Gonera.