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3 unusual facts about New Plays from Europe


New Plays from Europe

The NEW PLAYS FROM EUROPE 2012 team of artistic directors consists of: Manfred Beilharz, artistic director of Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, the author Tankred Dorst, one of the most internationally renowned and most frequently staged German playwrights (distinguished with awards such as the Büchner Prize and the Schiller Memorial Prize), his co-author Ursula Ehler and the dramaturg Maya Schöffel, who has served as festival organizational director since 2007.

These are renowned playwrights from 41 European countries, among them Biljana Srbljanović (Serbia), Özen Yula (Turkey) and Bernhard Studlar (Austria).

Yesim Ozsoy Gulan

Her piece “House-a Cacophonic Play”, has been presented at New Plays from Europe Theatre Biennale New Plays from Europe (Neue Stücke aus Europa) is the only large-scale international festival dedicated exclusively to productions of contemporary plays in their original languages.



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