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Magda Romanska

MAGDA ROMANSKA  

 Nationality:    USA
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Magda Romanska is Polish-born playwright, writer and dramaturg. She is Associate Professor of Theatre and Dramaturgy at Emerson College in Boston, and Research Associate at Harvard University's Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies. A former exchange scholar at the Yale School of Drama and fellow at the Mellon School of Theatre and Performance Research at Harvard University, Romanska graduated with honors from Stanford University and holds a Ph.D. in Theatre and Film from Cornell University

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below is a list of Magda Romanska's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Opheliamachine         Quartet for Four Actors         Scenario for a Non-Existing, but Possible Instrumental Actor         Scenario for Three Actors

Opheliamachine

Opheliamachine
Opheliamachine is a sequel to Heiner Muller's postmodernist drama Hamletmachine, considered one of the most influential plays of the twentieth century. Opheliamachine conveys the complexity of a century of women's experiences in a series of kaleidoscopic episodes. Hamlet and Ophelia are on opposite sides, between them, the Atlantic Ocean. This smart, ruthlessly funny play, tracks Ophelia's impossible journey to bridge that vast space. It is a postmodern tale of love, sex, porn, and politics in the fragmented world of our confused emotions and our modern, global, virtual sexuality.

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http://www.citygarage.org/opheliamachine/ . The world premiere received a slew of rave reviews from several LA-based media. Called "fiercely meditative. . .funny yet brutal" by The Hollywood Reporter, "fiercely confrontational. . .uncompromising vision," by Lost Angeles Times, "relentlessly provocative and challenging" by LA Weekly, and "stunning piece of performance art" by the Lost Angeles Post, Opheliamachine was featured on radio kCTW (local NPR affiliate).

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City Garage Theatre, Lost Angeles, California (Santa Monica)    Jul 2013

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Quartet for Four Actors

Quartet for Four Actors
This anthology of plays by Boguslaw Schaeffer, a Polish playwright, composer, musicologist and graphic designer, includes his most frequently performed works: Scenario for a Non-Existing, but Possible Instrumental Actor (1976), Quartet for Four Actors (1979), and Scenario for Three Actors (1987). The plays are examples of Instrumental Theatre. Like Schaeffers microtonal compositions, they are carefully structured and employ cyclical repetitions, and codes. Schaeffers most famous instrumental play, the Quartet for Four Actors, has been so successful that it has been staged by practically every Polish theatre. Scenario for a Non-Existing, but Possible Instrumental Actor, opened in 1976 and has since been staged over 1,500 times around the world. During its 40-year run, it has been critically acclaimed and has won many awards, including the 1995 Grand Prix at New Yorks Theatre Festival. Winner of many prestigious international awards, Scenario for Three Actors, has been a permanent fixture in many Polish theatres since its premiere. Schaeffer is a universal artist, unafraid to explore a range of fields,forms, and subject matter, and his theatre, like his music, defies previous, established conventions and techniques, surprising its audiences with innovative and invigorating form and style.

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Original Playwright - Boguslaw Schaeffer

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-    1979

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Scenario for a Non-Existing, but Possible Instrumental Actor

Scenario for a Non-Existing, but Possible Instrumental Actor
This anthology of plays by Boguslaw Schaeffer, a Polish playwright, composer, musicologist and graphic designer, includes his most frequently performed works: Scenario for a Non-Existing, but Possible Instrumental Actor (1976), Quartet for Four Actors (1979), and Scenario for Three Actors (1987). The plays are examples of Instrumental Theatre. Like Schaeffers microtonal compositions, they are carefully structured and employ cyclical repetitions, and codes. Schaeffers most famous instrumental play, the Quartet for Four Actors, has been so successful that it has been staged by practically every Polish theatre. Scenario for a Non-Existing, but Possible Instrumental Actor, opened in 1976 and has since been staged over 1,500 times around the world. During its 40-year run, it has been critically acclaimed and has won many awards, including the 1995 Grand Prix at New Yorks Theatre Festival. Winner of many prestigious international awards, Scenario for Three Actors, has been a permanent fixture in many Polish theatres since its premiere. Schaeffer is a universal artist, unafraid to explore a range of fields,forms, and subject matter, and his theatre, like his music, defies previous, established conventions and techniques, surprising its audiences with innovative and invigorating form and style.

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Original Playwright - Boguslaw Schaeffer

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-    1976

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Scenario for Three Actors

Scenario for Three Actors
This anthology of plays by Boguslaw Schaeffer, a Polish playwright, composer, musicologist and graphic designer, includes his most frequently performed works: Scenario for a Non-Existing, but Possible Instrumental Actor (1976), Quartet for Four Actors (1979), and Scenario for Three Actors (1987). The plays are examples of Instrumental Theatre. Like Schaeffers microtonal compositions, they are carefully structured and employ cyclical repetitions, and codes. Schaeffers most famous instrumental play, the Quartet for Four Actors, has been so successful that it has been staged by practically every Polish theatre. Scenario for a Non-Existing, but Possible Instrumental Actor, opened in 1976 and has since been staged over 1,500 times around the world. During its 40-year run, it has been critically acclaimed and has won many awards, including the 1995 Grand Prix at New Yorks Theatre Festival. Winner of many prestigious international awards, Scenario for Three Actors, has been a permanent fixture in many Polish theatres since its premiere. Schaeffer is a universal artist, unafraid to explore a range of fields,forms, and subject matter, and his theatre, like his music, defies previous, established conventions and techniques, surprising its audiences with innovative and invigorating form and style.

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Original Playwright - Boguslaw Schaeffer

1st Produced:
-    1987

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