The Polenta Situation: Edith Alibec Shines in Striking Coming of Age One-Woman Show
Thu, Feb 27
|Romanian Cultural Institute
"Edith Alibec's performance is beyond revelatory" (The Upcoming) "Alibec put on a formidable performance." (The Strand Magazine)
Time & Location
Feb 27, 2020, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Romanian Cultural Institute, 200 E 38th St, New York, NY 10016, USA
About The Event
We are proud to present, as part of our popular series “The Romanian American Studio Theater”, the painfully truthful coming-of-age monologue ”Why the Child is Cooking in the Polenta” in the haunting delivery of actress Edith Alibec. The show will also be included in the Howland Cultural Center’s international program.
Based on the autobiographical work of Romanian-Swiss author and performer Aglaja Veteranyi who committed suicide at 40 shortly after her international literary breakthrough, the show follows, with dark humor, the depression-prone young woman from her dysfunctional youth in a family of circus acrobats all the way to her redemptive first steps as independent artist.
A nomadic family of circus performers, refugees from communist Romania, travels through Europe and Africa by caravan. The mother’s death-defying act causes constant anxiety for her two daughters, who voice their fears through a grisly communal fairy tale about a child being cooked alive…