Theatre & Dance

8 Apr 2022 - 11 Apr 2022

Domnica Rădulescu's "Exile Is My Home" Debuts on RCI's Studio Stage

We are proud to present, in co-production with Red Monkey Theater Group, the world premiere of Exile Is My Home, a showcase of scenes based on four plays by award-wining feminist author and educator Domnica Rădulescu, one of the most accomplished Romanian-American writers.

20 Aug 2021

"It Goes by Quick", a World Premiere by Ana Maria Lucaciu at Battery Dance Festival

We are thrilled to support the return of the Romanian-born New York-based choreographer Ana Maria Lucaciu to the 40th edition of the spectacular Battery Dance Festival with a show entitled It Goes by Quick”, which amply demonstrates her deft treatment of calculated gesture

14 Jul 2021

The RCI Digital Stage Presents: KASIMIR AND KAROLINE by Ödön von Horváth

Our series of theatrical gems from some of the best theaters in Romania continues with the still relevant satire of petit-bourgeois aspirations Kasimir and Karoline by Ödön von Horváth, one of the great masters of German interwar stage, brought to contemporary life with

19 May 2021

The RCI Digital Stage Presents: MY FATHER, THE PRIEST

The RCI Digital Stage, our online theatrical series, continues with My Father, the Priest by Gabriel Sandu, directed by Leta Popescu and produced by the Liviu Rebreanu Company of the National Theater of Târgu Mureș. A powerful performance that questions the choice between

29 Apr 2021 - 29 Apr 2021

"Fragments of City" on the RCI Digital Stage/ A dance performance by Cosmin Manolescu for International Dance Day 2021

Still kept away from the performance spaces by the pandemic, we are joining the network of international creators and dancers who, in celebration of International Dance Day 2021, are engaging in a worldwide digital effort to flatten the curve of the virus and to elevate

24 Apr 2021

"Decomposed Theatre" by Matei Vișniec at Trafika Europe Radio

A new radio adaptation of one of the best plays by internationally acclaimed Romanian-French author Matei Vișniec made its debut as a radio theater piece at Trafika Europe Radio with the support of the Romanian Cultural Institutes in New York and London and University

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