RESIDENCY PROGRAM FOR EMERGING PLAYWRIGHTS

The program provides emerging playwrights from Central and Eastern Europe with a space where they can work and develop new dramatic works. In many of these countries, there are no active dramaturgical programs or long-term strategies to support new and contemporary drama. Thanks to this residency, authors find the opportunity to develop their artistic ideas in peace and financial freedom, leading to productive and creative regional collaboration. 

The residency is a meeting place for foreign and Czech playwrights and representatives of other theater professions. It is an open space for the exchange of experiences, various and specific artistic strategies, and versatile inspiration.

The program takes place annually in September in Kutná Hora. Texts written during the Residency are presented during the Kutná Hora Performing Arts Festival.

The curators of the residency program are Miroslav Hristov from the Goethe-Institut in Bulgaria and Ewa Zembok from the Rekultur platform. The idea of creating a residency center in Kutná Hora builds on the foundations of the already established international network of young theater authors, New Stages Southeast.

The project is being realized in cooperation with the Kutná Hora Performing Arts Festival, the Goethe-Institut Bulgaria, the Zbigniew Raszewski Theater Institute in Warsaw, the Polish Institute in Prague, and with the support of the State Fund for Culture of the Czech Republic and the city of Kutná Hora. We give a thanks to the Nadace Kutná Hora Památka Unesco and Tylovo Divadlo.