Theatre & Dance

26 Feb 2021 - 26 Feb 2021

Saviana Stănescu’s “Bee Trapped Inside the Window” Premieres on The RCI Digital Stage

The new season of our RCI Digital Stage debuts with the online premiere of Bee Trapped Inside the Window, written by acclaimed Romanian-American playwright, poet, and ARTivist, Saviana Stănescu, and co-produced with HartBeat Ensemble, a Connecticut theater company committed

16 Dec 2020 - 16 Dec 2020

The RCI Digital Stage Presents: ALMOST / A parable of resilience in hard times

After an acclaimed run at the online edition of the Battery Dance Festival this August, the dance performance“Almost”, a parable of survival during uncertain times stunningly choreographed and performed by Ana Maria Lucaciu and Razvan Stoian and artfully shot by director

11 Dec 2020 - 11 Dec 2020

The RCI Digital Stage Presents: WHEN WE DREAM/ An imaginary odyssey by Verena Koch and Kerstin Pell

The third show of our theatrical miniseries presented in partnership with The Luceafărul Theater in Iași is a story that follows the transformative journey of Felix, an 8-year-old boy dreaming big, who embarks on an imaginary odyssey at the end of which he discovers the

9 Dec 2020 - 9 Dec 2020

The RCI Digital Stage Presents: SPOOKS, Directed by Alexandru Dabija

In the show premiering this week, the RCI Digital Stage is taken over by ghosts, living dead and werewolves, creatures of the night that move between this world and the other one and torture the lives of those left behind. According to director Alexandru Dabija’s satirical

1 Dec 2020 - 1 Dec 2020

The RCI Digital Stage Presents: RICHARD III by William Shakespeare, directed by Gabor Tompa

The greatest villain in literary history climbs The RCI Digital Stage in director Gábor Tompa’s forceful, haunting staging of Shakespeare’s classic dissection of monstrous ambition and insatiable lust for power. Produced by The Hungarian Theater of Cluj together with

25 Nov 2020 - 25 Nov 2020

The RCI Digital Stage Presents: LIVE by Thomas Perle / In a twisted society losing sight of reality, theater may hold a key to redemption

The RCI Digital Stage is busier than ever as another original production, an experimental media hybrid shown as part of the „Constantin Chiriac Presents” miniseries, comes to enrich our online theatrical program. Directed by Bobi Pricop, one of Romania’s most daring

20 Nov 2020 - 20 Nov 2020

The RCI Digital Series Presents: ARTISTS TALK by Gianina Cărbunariu/ Crucial exchanges on artistic responsibility in a time of crumbling social dialogue

The next performance of our Digital Stage series is ”Artists Talk” by innovative playwright-director Gianina Cărbunariu, the driving force behind a radical aesthetic and thematic overhaul of Romanian theater of the last years. Never shy to ask the tough questions and

13 Nov 2020 - 13 Nov 2020

The RCI Digital Stage Presents: THE HAPPY PRINCE by Radu-Alexandru Nica/ A perennial story of love, sacrifice, and deliverance

Our miniseries devoted to children and young audiences, broadcast in partnership with The ”Luceafărul” Theater for Children and Youth of Iași, continues with Oscar Wilde’s heart-breaking “The Happy Prince”, a cautionary tale of selfless sacrifice as a cure of

4 Nov 2020 - 4 Nov 2020

The RCI Digital Stage Presents: DRUNKS by Radu Afrim

A descent into the comfortable hell of the middle classes, seen through the stories of 14 intoxicated charactersThe RCI Digital Stage, our online theatrical series, is proud to present ”Drunks”, a relentless explosion of imagination and brilliant stagecraft directed

31 Oct 2020 - 31 Oct 2020

The RCI Digital Series Presents: KAJTUS THE WIZARD: A wonderful coming-of-age story about the magical powers of imagination

The next premiere of The RCI Digital Stage, Kajtus the Wizard, is the first show of a miniseries devoted to children and young audiences, which is run in partnership with The ”Luceafărul” Theater for Children and Youth of Iași. Directed by Konrad Dworakowski and based

14 Oct 2020 - 14 Oct 2020

The RCI Digital Stage Debuts a New Season of Theatrical Gems

Opening with Slices by Lia Bugnar, with an overwhelming performance by Ofelia PopiiThe new season of the RCI DIGITAL STAGE, our online theatrical series, is ready to launch with a prodigious feat of Romanian thespian creativity. Get in the mood for many memorable Wednesday

19 Aug 2020 - 19 Aug 2020

"ALMOST", a Romanian Premiere at Battery Dance Festival 2020

We return to one of NYC’s most beloved festivals, Battery Dance Festival, with an original, specially produced show, stunningly choreographed and performed by Ana Maria Lucaciu and Razvan Stoian. Artfully shot by director Tobin Del Cuore, “Almost” is an opportune parable