Theatre & Dance

After a successful run at A. R. T/New York's Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre in September, we are excited to present “Blood Orange”, a dark play written by Abigail Duclos and produced by Romanian-American producer and actress Maria Müller, in the theatrical space

THE MUTABLES weaves cutting edge technology for speech production with feminine mythographies to expand and reorient our intuitions for what can be put into words. Using a unique sensor-based instrument for embodied speech called BodyMouth, this eerie performance intertwines

We are pleased to invite you to a special event marking National Culture Day of Romania, dedicated to the remarkable artistic journey o fGábor Tompa — internationally acclaimed theatre director, poet, and mentor. The evening will feature a curated dialogue on Tompa’s

Based on Cătălina Florescu’s The Woman Who Kept Forgetting to Be Born adapted and directed by Matei StoianMemory fractures. Voices rise. One woman refuses to disappear. In a world shaped by silence, The Forgotten Woman” dares to speak. Romanian-American playwright

This fall, the internationally acclaimed choreographer Simona Deaconescu embarks on a North American tour with her groundbreaking work BLOT – Body Line of Thought, created in collaboration with Canadian artist Vanessa Goodman. Performed by Simona Deaconescu together with

Forms of Fire, created by Andrei Codrescu, Lynnea Villanova, and Micah Ariel James, and directed and choreographed by Clove Galilee, is a powerful, multimedia theater experience that intertwines the lives of three people—a scientist, a music teacher, and a dancer—each

We are back to an exciting new edition of the Battery Dance Festival with the American premiere of “Balkan Ballerinas”, an audacious show produced by Romanian contemporary dance company Platforma 13, choreographed by Anca Stoica and Sergiu Diță and performed by Sergiu

We are delighted to invite you to a special performance of The Pit, the haunting allegory by acclaimed Romanian-French playwright Matei Vișniec, hosted by the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York. Written in 1988 during the waning days of European communism, The Pit

We are back at the Rehearsal for Truth Festival, the NYC showcase of Central European theater advocating the anti-totalitarian values exposed by Václav Havel, with The Pit, a compelling drama by prolific Romanian playwright Matei Vișniec, which serves as a stark allegory

RCI’s Romanian-American Studio Theater proudly presents an electrifying exploration of love, fear, and the weight of our choices in an uncertain world. Directed by up-and-coming Luana Seu, this intimate theater workshop invites you into the raw, fast-paced, and emotionally

Theater workshop presented as part of “The Brâncuși Month in New York”Brâncuși v. United StatesWritten by: Tatiana NiculescuAdapted for stage by: Amanda L. AndreiDirected by: Dina VovsiCast: A. J. Ditty, Ethan Dubin, Lennox Duong, Vas Eli, Elijah Guo, Jasmine Sharma,

National Culture Day 2025A tour-de-force starring Simona Măicănescu & Mircea FlorianJoin us in celebration of our National Culture Day with The Retreat, a tour-de-force one-woman show based on a work by legendary Marin Sorescu, one of Romania’s most revered literary