Sarah Ruhl: Tiszta vicc (Clean House)
A joint production of PanoDrama and Sanyi és Aranka Theatre
Opened: 10 October 2008.
Four-five shows a month: January 3, 13, 14, 19, 22
Ana Margitai Ági
Lane Kováts Adél
Virginia Csákányi Eszter
Matilde Földeáki Nóra / Szandtner Anna
Charles Varga Zoltán
Translator/Producer Merényi Anna
Set / Costume Mészáros Zsófia
Assistant Várkonyi Tímea
Directed by Lukáts Andor
Matilde hates cleaning. Virginia loves cleaning. Lane can afford not to clean the house. Ana doesn't expect the maid to clean the house, it's enough if she tells jokes. For Charles Ana matters most, but so does Lane.
Ana is sick. She is Charles's patient. Lane is Charles's wife and a doctor. Charles is also a doctor, but believes in the healing power of trees more than his medicine. He flies to Alaska to bring a tree, but is not allowed on the plane and has to learn to fly.
Matilde is trying to think of the perfect joke..
A woman's play. American. And absurd. What more do you want?
Sponsors: NKA, EJI and YomanAndYoman.
2008. október 23., csütörtök
2008. szeptember 28., vasárnap
Mission Statement and Activities
Devoted to the better trafficking of new plays and to inspiring coproductions between different countries, PanoDrama has had the following activities in the past two years:
Activities of the past two years
Rehearsed readings
(an intense week of rehearsal with outstanding actors with a final reading in front of an audience ending in a discussion)
PanoDrama regards it as its mission to find great new plays that have not been translated yet and have them translated into Hungarian, or in case of Hungarian dramas into other languages, thereby making it available for future productions. Lacking these endeavours, the Hungarian system of subsidies does not allow for new plays to be translated before a production is guaranteed, and since most directors - except for the youngest generation - do not read or speak any languages but Hungarian, dramaturgs and translators must often translate with no commission and hope that there judgment of the play being of interest to Hungarian theatre makers and audiences will produce them and pay for the translation, as well.
PanoDrama programmes and organises these readings and tries to also publish the plays in an informative booklet on the give theatre culture and contemporary drama (three such booklets have been published already).
2008
First series of international plays in rehearsed readings at the Hungarian Theatertreffen, POSzT Juha Jokela: Mobile horror, Arne Lygre: Shadow of a Boy Lukas Bärfuss The Bus
Two of the three plays are going to be produced in this season.
Sergi Belbel: Blood - rehearsed reading at the Kaposvár Csiky Gergely Theatre, followed by a full production half a year later
2007
two contemporary Hungarian plays’ rehearsed readings at the Hungarian Cultural Center in New York, one directed by one of the leading young directors, Jay Scheib in tandem with Anna Lengyel
Hamvai: Castel Felice (translation commissioned for this occasion), Háy János: Géza Boy
Sarah Ruhl: Clean House - in the four-year series of rehearsed readings by the renowned Krétakör Theatre, but produced by Ms. Lengyel and directed by Andor Lukáts
PanoDrama productions
2008
Sarah Ruhl: Clean House
With the Sanyi és Aranka Theatre and an exquisite cast of leading Hungarian actresses and one actor to open on October 10th
directed by Andor Lukáts
Martin Crimp: Attempts on Her Life
Hungarian premiere
With Mobil Front Workshop the first production of any play by the modern English classic
The show won the award for Best Director at the Festival of Independent Productions.
Untitled Mars (this title may change)
an original work, a US-Hungarian coproduction which opened at a leading Off Broadway Theatre PS122 in New York city with a three-week run
directed by Jay Scheib
The production had the highest critical acclaim, won an Obie Award for set design and is nominated for the Hewes Award for both set and costume design
The show is brought to the Budapest National Theatre by its Hungarian producer, Anna Lengyel and will open there on the 28th of November 2008
2007
Gaia
German-Hungarian coproduction
an original work conceived by the two performers Verena Specht-Ronique, Anna Szandtner and the producer/dramaturg Anna Lengyel
ran in Berlin, Frankfurt, Budapest and Tasmania
PanoDrama publications
On young US women writers with the playtext of Sarah Ruhl’s Clean House
Conceived, written/edited by Anna Lengyel, published by PanoDrama
Krétakörkép1: Finnország (a book about Finnish theatre and drama with a playtext, portraits and interviews) with the playtext of Kristian Smeds' Frozen Images
Conceived, written/edited by Anna Lengyel
published by Krétakör
On Contemporary Catalonian Drama
Conceived, written/edited by Anna Lengyel with the playtext of Sergi Belbel's Blood
edite by the Kaposvári Csiky Gergely Theatre
Plans for 2008-2009
March
Symposium on Contemporary Drama Trafficking and Play Development
Activities of the past two years
Rehearsed readings
(an intense week of rehearsal with outstanding actors with a final reading in front of an audience ending in a discussion)
PanoDrama regards it as its mission to find great new plays that have not been translated yet and have them translated into Hungarian, or in case of Hungarian dramas into other languages, thereby making it available for future productions. Lacking these endeavours, the Hungarian system of subsidies does not allow for new plays to be translated before a production is guaranteed, and since most directors - except for the youngest generation - do not read or speak any languages but Hungarian, dramaturgs and translators must often translate with no commission and hope that there judgment of the play being of interest to Hungarian theatre makers and audiences will produce them and pay for the translation, as well.
PanoDrama programmes and organises these readings and tries to also publish the plays in an informative booklet on the give theatre culture and contemporary drama (three such booklets have been published already).
2008
First series of international plays in rehearsed readings at the Hungarian Theatertreffen, POSzT Juha Jokela: Mobile horror, Arne Lygre: Shadow of a Boy Lukas Bärfuss The Bus
Two of the three plays are going to be produced in this season.
Sergi Belbel: Blood - rehearsed reading at the Kaposvár Csiky Gergely Theatre, followed by a full production half a year later
2007
two contemporary Hungarian plays’ rehearsed readings at the Hungarian Cultural Center in New York, one directed by one of the leading young directors, Jay Scheib in tandem with Anna Lengyel
Hamvai: Castel Felice (translation commissioned for this occasion), Háy János: Géza Boy
Sarah Ruhl: Clean House - in the four-year series of rehearsed readings by the renowned Krétakör Theatre, but produced by Ms. Lengyel and directed by Andor Lukáts
PanoDrama productions
2008
Sarah Ruhl: Clean House
With the Sanyi és Aranka Theatre and an exquisite cast of leading Hungarian actresses and one actor to open on October 10th
directed by Andor Lukáts
Martin Crimp: Attempts on Her Life
Hungarian premiere
With Mobil Front Workshop the first production of any play by the modern English classic
The show won the award for Best Director at the Festival of Independent Productions.
Untitled Mars (this title may change)
an original work, a US-Hungarian coproduction which opened at a leading Off Broadway Theatre PS122 in New York city with a three-week run
directed by Jay Scheib
The production had the highest critical acclaim, won an Obie Award for set design and is nominated for the Hewes Award for both set and costume design
The show is brought to the Budapest National Theatre by its Hungarian producer, Anna Lengyel and will open there on the 28th of November 2008
2007
Gaia
German-Hungarian coproduction
an original work conceived by the two performers Verena Specht-Ronique, Anna Szandtner and the producer/dramaturg Anna Lengyel
ran in Berlin, Frankfurt, Budapest and Tasmania
PanoDrama publications
On young US women writers with the playtext of Sarah Ruhl’s Clean House
Conceived, written/edited by Anna Lengyel, published by PanoDrama
Krétakörkép1: Finnország (a book about Finnish theatre and drama with a playtext, portraits and interviews) with the playtext of Kristian Smeds' Frozen Images
Conceived, written/edited by Anna Lengyel
published by Krétakör
On Contemporary Catalonian Drama
Conceived, written/edited by Anna Lengyel with the playtext of Sergi Belbel's Blood
edite by the Kaposvári Csiky Gergely Theatre
Plans for 2008-2009
March
Symposium on Contemporary Drama Trafficking and Play Development
Finno-ugric or Irish week
rehearsed readings
guest performances
films from the region
exhibition of costume, set and light designers
debates
publication(s)
Production
Spring
Mika Myllaho: Chaos - a play for three women
to be directed by the author in Hungary
Play development workshop
November-January
thematic workshop for young aspiring playwrights as part of the Goethe Instiute’s international project After the Fall at the National Theatre
workshop conceived, programmed by Anna Lengyel for PanoDrama and led by the renowned author, László Márton
Rehearsed readings
November 29.
Csaba Mikó’s Father in German at the Vienna Volkstheater
conceived, programmed and directed by Anna Lengyel for PanoDrama
January 30
reading of the winner of the playwrights’ workshop at the National Theatre
June
reading of three international plays at the Hungarian Theatertreffen POSzT
At a still undecided time two contemporary Hungarian plays in Berlin in German at the Hungarian Cultural Center
Publications
in Hungarian
new US women writers (see above)
in German:
on contemporary Hungarian theatre and drama with a portrait of Csaba Mikó and the playtext of Father
Conceived, written/edited by Anna Lengyel
published by the Volkstheater
in English
Hungarian Theater in Numbers
a free publication with basic information and figures on Hungarian theatre to be distributed abroad
rehearsed readings
guest performances
films from the region
exhibition of costume, set and light designers
debates
publication(s)
Production
Spring
Mika Myllaho: Chaos - a play for three women
to be directed by the author in Hungary
Play development workshop
November-January
thematic workshop for young aspiring playwrights as part of the Goethe Instiute’s international project After the Fall at the National Theatre
workshop conceived, programmed by Anna Lengyel for PanoDrama and led by the renowned author, László Márton
Rehearsed readings
November 29.
Csaba Mikó’s Father in German at the Vienna Volkstheater
conceived, programmed and directed by Anna Lengyel for PanoDrama
January 30
reading of the winner of the playwrights’ workshop at the National Theatre
June
reading of three international plays at the Hungarian Theatertreffen POSzT
At a still undecided time two contemporary Hungarian plays in Berlin in German at the Hungarian Cultural Center
Publications
in Hungarian
new US women writers (see above)
in German:
on contemporary Hungarian theatre and drama with a portrait of Csaba Mikó and the playtext of Father
Conceived, written/edited by Anna Lengyel
published by the Volkstheater
in English
Hungarian Theater in Numbers
a free publication with basic information and figures on Hungarian theatre to be distributed abroad
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