Young theater directors, dramatists, scene painters and theater critics are taking part in the Forum of Young Theater Creators that is held in Chisinau on September 23-25. The president of the Theater Union of Moldova Sandu Grecu said the forum is a national preselection for the event’s international edition that will take place in Minsk in 2015, IPN reports.
Irina Troitskaya, coordinator of the International Theater Festival “A.P. Chekov”, said the event in Minsk will allow the young people to exchange views and experience, stimulating the creative process. “They meet, talk, fall in love and thus produce new ideas,” she stated.
The forum-contest includes the presentation of the plays: “The story of the pandas...” by Matei Visniec, directed by Daniela Burlaca, at the Studio Theater “Geneza Art” at 7pm on September 23; “Defense of Socrates” by Plato, directed by Mevv Fulga, at the Actor’s House at 11am on September 24; “The bouquet” by Nicolae Rusu, directed by Ciprial Racila, at the Balti National Theater “Vasile Alecsandri” at 7pm on September 24; “I and 20 friends of mine” written and directed by Vitalie Jacota, at the Magazine Theater “Ginta Latina” on September 25, and “Children of Famine. Testimonies” by Alexei Vakulovski, directed by Luminia Ticu, at the Studio Hall “Valeriu Cupcea” of the National Theater “Mihai Eminescu” in Chisinau.
The play that will represent Moldova in Minsk will be selected by a Russia jury that consists of Irina Troitskaya, theater and film actor, musician and artistic director of the Studio “SounDrama” Vladimir Pancov, and theater critics Maria Halizeva and Glen Sitcovskii.
The second International Forum of Young Theater Creators, organized by the International Confederation of Theater Unions, will take place in Minsk in 2015. It will involve representatives of the CIS states, the Baltic countries and Georgia.
