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fall 2005 progams contemporary theatre abroad |
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fall 2005 progams contemporary theatre abroad |
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AN EVENING WITH THE WORK OF HUNGARIAN PLAYWRIGHT JÁNOS HÁY János Háy caused a sensation in Hungary in 2001 with the premiere of his first play, Géza-boy. His plays, set among those living at the periphery of Hungarian society today, deal with ultimate questions about modern existence. His characters and situations are engaging and often heartbreakingly comic. Háy’s success lies in crossing international borders: Frankie Herner’s Old Man was given a Polish-language production in Pozna´n this summer, and a German version of Géza-boy received the audience award at a festival in Heidelberg in the spring. At the Segal Center, the OBIE-winning Threshold Theater Company will perform scenes from these two plays, translated by Eugene Brogyanyi. The playwright will discuss his work and present-day Hungarian drama. He will be joined by the translator and Pamela Billig, director of the reading. Though Háy only recently entered the ranks of important Hungarian playwrights, he has been a prolific and celebrated author of poetry and prose since the late 1980s; he lives in Budapest. 6:30 p.m., Friday, November 18, 2005, Martin E. Segal Theatre Res. Code 6422. Free |
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AN EVENING WITH MANLIO SANTANELLI—READING OF EXCERPTS AND DISCUSSION American Premiere Presentation of Regina Madre or Queen Mother Join us for an evening with Manlio Santanelli, a Neapolitan and one of Italy’s finest contemporary playwrights. The ironic and engaging voice of Santanelli is widely heard in his native Italy and throughout Eastern and Western Europe and Russia, including the prestigious Avignon Festival. Santanelli first stepped into the light of European theatre with Emergency Exit (1979) which won the coveted IDI (Istituto del Dramma Italiano) and ANCI (Associazione Nazionale dei Critici Italiani) awards. Several years later, in 1984, Regina Madre was recognized as a comic triumph. In 1987, Pulcinella, his adaptation of an unpublished story by Roberto Rossellini and a tribute to the commedia dell’arte performers, came to Broadway in an Italian production directed by Maurizio Scaparro. In Regina Madre, a black comedy, a son returns home to his mother only to find himself embroiled in a tragi-comic psychic battle. The play, praised by Eugène Ionesco and translated into many languages, has been seen throughout Italy and produced in over 25 productions all over the world. Cosponsors: Italian Cultural Institute—New York, Center for the Study of Women and 6:30 p.m., Thursday, December 15, 2005, Martin E. Segal Theatre Res. Code 6423. Free |
AN EVENING WITH JAPANESE THEATRE ARTIST ORIZA HIRATA AND PLAYWRIGHT CHARLES MEE Award-winning playwright and director Oriza Hirata discusses his work and his theatre company Seinendan. The evening features a reading in English of excerpts from The Yalta Conference by New York actors, video excerpts from Oriza Hirata’s productions, and a discussion between Hirata and leading New York playwright Charles Mee (Vienna Lusthaus, Big Love). Oriza Hirata is the playwright, director, and leader of Seinendan Theatre Company and the Artistic Director of both the Komaba Agora Theatre and the Fujimi Culture Hall KIRARI FUJIMI. Hirata’s “contemporary colloquial theatre theory” is new and practical. His theatrical practice, explained in books like Gendai Kogo Engeki no tameni (For Contemporary Colloquial Theatre), has had a profound impact on the current theatre scene in Japan. At present, he is associate professor at Obirin University. His awards include the 39th Kishida Kunio Drama Award (1998) for his production of Tsuki no Misaki (The Cape of the Moon) by Masataka Matsuda; the Association Internationale des Critiques de Théâtre Award (2002) for his book Geijutu Rikkokuran (Arts as the Basis of a Nation); the Yomiuri Theatre Award for Outstanding Production (2002) for Ueno Dobutsuen Sai-sai-sai-Shugeki (Attacking Ueno Zoo for the Fourth Time), which he wrote and directed; and the Grand Prix of the Second Asahi Performing Arts Award (2003) for Sono Kawa wo Koete, Gogatsu (Across the River in May), which was an event for the Year of Japan-ROK National Exchange in 2002. Cosponsor: The Japan Society 6:30 p.m., Friday, February 10, 2006, Martin E. Segal Theatre Res. Code 6424. Free |
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