Franz Xaver Kroetz's Presents Poignant Cultural Critique, REQUEST CONCERT

Director Yana Ross makes her BAM debut with Franz XaverKroetz's poignant cultural critique, Request Concert. The play consists only of stage directions, nodialogue. The sole character is a 50-year-old middle class woman who lives alone in an overly tidyapartment. She comes home from work, prepares dinner, does the laundry, watches TV, and listensto a radio program. Surrounded by Ikea furniture and brand-name appliances, acclaimed Polishactress Danuta Stenka infuses these actions with an increasing sense of loneliness and futility.Request Concert explores the devastating circumstances of life in a world that values objects overpeople. Staged in the round, the audience is invited to walk around the set and observe the production from all angles.

Yana Ross grew up in Latvia and spent her childhood in Europe, Russia, and the US. Aftergraduating with an MFA from Yale School of Drama in 2006, Ross collaborated with the Nobellaureate Elfriede Jelinek, directing her plays Sleeping Beauty and Bambiland. She continues to workinternationally from the Volksbühne in Berlin to Seoul Performing Arts Festival in South Korea. Ross isa recipient of a prestigious Fulbright fellowship. She served as a managing editor at Yale's Theatermagazine on a special volume focusing on Russian theater in the 21st century, for which she receivedthe John Gassner Memorial prize. Since 2006, she has been a resident director at the Lithuanian National Drama Theatre.

Danuta Stenka is one of the leading film and theater actresses in Poland. She has had long tenuresat both Teatr Dramatyczny in Warsaw and TR Warszawa. She earned critical acclaim for herdistinguished roles in Krzysztof Warlikowski's performances (Electra, The Taming of the Shrew, Krum,Angels in America, and (A)pollonia). In 2003, she joined the ensemble of the National Theatre inWarsaw, taking on roles with many renowned directors, including Robert Wilson (Lady from the Sea),Grzegorz Jarzyna (Giovanni), Maja Kleczewska (Phaedra, Marat/Sade, Oresteia). She has wonnumerous awards for her theater and film work, and received the Silver Medal for Merit to Culture(Gloria Artis), awarded by the Polish Ministry of Culture. She was previously at BAM as Cica in TRWarszawa and Krzysztof Warlikowski's production of Krum (2007 Next Wave).

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