“Jonah” Opens Our Romanian-American Studio Theater Program
Tue, Mar 26
|Romanian Cultural Institute
Time & Location
Mar 26, 2019, 7:00 PM EDT – Mar 29, 2019, 9:00 PM EDT
Romanian Cultural Institute, 200 East 38th Street, New York, NY, USA
About The Event
We’re launching our brand-new theatrical series, The Romanian-American Studio Theater of New York, with “Jonah”, a thought-provoking allegory of ecological devastation and the personal and moral implications it brings about. Directed with visual flair by American Sharon Willems and performed in English by London-based Romanian actor Bogdan Silaghi, the show is an ingenious contemporary update of one of the most famous monologues in Romanian theater, written by great poet and playwright Marin Sorescu (1936-1996).
“Jonah”, which premiered at RCI London in 2017, is presented in the United States by RCI New York in collaboration with the UK theater company Kibo Productions, with the support of the Romanian Embassy in Washington, D.C., and Busboys and Poets.
The Romanian-American Studio Theater of New York is one of several new permanent programs of the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York, offering, throughout the year, chamber performances in English of exquisite quality, created by Romanian,…