Upper East Side|Local Event
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in Association with My Balkans presents Things That Burn Easily
La MaMa, in association with My Balkans, presents Things That Burn Easily, as part of From the Other Side. Performances will take place from December 11th-14th at La MaMa’s Ellen Stewart Theatre, 66 E 4th St., New York, NY 10003. Tickets are $30 and $25 for students and seniors (includes fees). Ten tickets to every performance are $10 each, first-come, first-served – in advance, online only. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit here.
Things That Burn Easily
Written and Directed by Vedrana Klepica
Starring: Hrvojka Begović, Lea Jevtić, Vladimir Aleksić
Ganz Culture For Change, Zagreb, Croatia
December 11, 12, & 13. at 8:00 pm and 14 at 4:00 pm
Things That Burn Easily narrates a story about a family living on a modest piece of land affected by a catastrophe. Some of them believe that they have been wronged by irreparable injustice and that a system that will compensate for some of the consequences of it should exist. Others are skeptical and have modeled for themselves a picture of the world in which every other individual is a potential threat. The only reliable certainty comes from social and societal isolation and autonomous construction of their own systems of survival and belief. When a big new natural disaster appears on the horizon, the tragedy of it will escalate into an unbearable misunderstanding of these two principles.
FROM THE OTHER SIDE is groundbreaking on many levels; the first time that such a broad selection of cultural activities from the Balkans will be presented in the United States. Reimagining Theater From The Balkans invites audiences to open themselves to new themes, poetics, and approaches to theatre arts, and to reconsider its political context through a different lens. The ten-day run includes two productions that offer distinct perspectives on themes of collective and individual memory, tradition and the past; three staged readings that present a selection of texts that showcase the formal and poetic qualities of contemporary drama recognized across the broader European context; archival recordings that feature important 21st- century productions by some of the region’s most prominent directors, offering a rare glimpse into significant theatrical achievements; and a round table discussion serving as a platform for dialogue on the intersections of art and politics as it is introduced in the chosen art works.
“’The Balkans’ is a political and cultural construct, a former warzone that, following the traumas of the late 20th century, entered the 21st century amid ongoing tensions. The region continues its attempt to shift into a phase of development, positioned, as always, at the crossroads of cultures – East and West, the South and the North,” said producer Beka Vučo. “It consistently longs to articulate its own identity, an identity that is inherently unstable and shaped by a multitude of factors: ethnic, religious, gender, sexual, and beyond.”
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