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The Rhodopi International Theater Collective

It was founded by Karapetkov, Stein, RDT Artistic Director Krustyo Krustev, and American dramaturg Benjamin Nadler, with the partnership of the RDT, the Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts (NATFA) in Sofia, The HyperMedia Studio at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the University of Zagreb's Academy of Dramatic Art.

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The Rhodopa Mountains is the mythological birthplace of Orpheus and the original terrain of the cult of Dionysus, thus a mythological birthplace of Western theatre and performance.

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The RITC/RITL developed performances that went on to subsequent productions, runs and tours at a number of theaters, including, in the United States alone, the La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, the Long Wharf Theatre, the McCarter Theater, and the Mixed Blood Theatre Company, among others.

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Leon Katz, for whom co-founder Stein was an assistant before and during graduate school years earlier, was one the original initiative's advisers and was a dramaturg and lecturer during the inaugural session in 2005.

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