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Antonina (Ukraine)
May
21
7:00 PM19:00

Antonina (Ukraine)

A new Ukranian play by Tetiana Kytsenko, translated by John Freedman, exploring the real life of her friend, a nonbinary soldier named Antonina Romanovama. Two actors represent the male and female aspects of Antonins. Translated by John Freedman with Nataliia Bratus. Directed by Lisa Rothe.

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Vanek 2026 (Belarus, Czechia, Lithuania, Slovakia, USA)
Jun
1
7:00 PM19:00

Vanek 2026 (Belarus, Czechia, Lithuania, Slovakia, USA)

A series of newly commissioned short plays using Václav Havel’s character, Ferdinand Vaněk (or his relatives and descendants) and placing them in modern scenarios, imaging them in the world of today. Vanek was based on Havel himself but because a symbol of the dissident movement in Czechoslovakia.

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Dissident Power in Havel’s Vaněk (CZECHIA)
Apr
22
7:00 PM19:00

Dissident Power in Havel’s Vaněk (CZECHIA)

Excerpts from Czech plays that use Havel's character, Vaněk, originally created as a stand-in for himself (a dissident playwright) during the Communist era in Czechoslovakia. The character was then adapted by numerous other Czech dissident playwrights such as Pavel Landovsky and Pavel Kohout. The excerpts will be accompanied by a discussion with Carol Strong, who recently wrote a book about the character and its enduring significance.

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Juliet
Apr
21
7:00 PM19:00

Juliet

STAGE READING, TALKBACK

A work of both real life and poetry: a story of a woman arrested and deported with her seven children to the Romanian wilderness under the communist regime of the 1950s. Andras Visky, author of Juliet, will introduce the work from Hungary via livestreaming.

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