Based on Cătălina Florescu’s "The Woman Who Kept Forgetting to Be Born" adapted and directed by Matei Stoian
Memory fractures. Voices rise. One woman refuses to disappear. In a world shaped by silence, "The Forgotten Woman” dares to speak. Romanian-American playwright Cătălina Florescu imagines a charged landscape of identity, resistance, and release. In this visceral adaptation of her text The Woman Who Kept Forgetting to Be Born, director Matei Stoian constructs a stage-world that pulses with urgency and raw emotional energy. Performed by a seasoned ensemble of actresses, "The Forgotten Woman" unravels the inherited codes of patriarchy—those passed down in whispers, in traditions, in love. Fragmented and filmic in structure, the piece reveals a haunting polyphony of selves, all reaching toward liberation. Memory becomes the battleground. Birth becomes the metaphor.
Adaptation and Direction: Matei Stoian
Cast: Adelaida Zamfira, Ana Pasti, Ioana Mărcoiu, Cristina Danu, Maria Dănescu
Set Design: Alexandra Budianu
Set Design Assistant: Anca Maria Ciofîrlă
Costumes: Valentin Teodorescu
Sound Design: Gabriel Galagan
Light Design: Cătălin Ion
Produced by Montage Association and co-financed through the Administration of the National Cultural Fund (ANCF), presented in New York with the support of the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York and Pace University Student Center.
