October 25th | 21:30 – I.L. Caragiale National Theatre Bucharest, Studio Hall
“There is no place in Romania for women who are not mothers!”
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By: Gianina Cărbunariu
Cast: Barbara Biel, Magdalena Myszkiewicz, Magdalena Wrani-Stachowska, Beata Zygarlicka, Robert Gondek, Adam Kuzycz-Berezowski, Michał Lewandowski, Wojciech Sandach, Maria Wójtowicz
Directed by: Gianina Cărbunariu
Set and costum design: Anna Maria Karczmarska, Mikołaj Małek
Music: Karol Nepelski
Choreography: Katarzyna Sikora
Stage adaptation: Anna Mazurek
Lighting design: Rafał Paradowski
Assistant and translator: Klaudia Gębska (AST)
Assistant director: Michał Lewandowski
Technical director: Anna Pawicka
Producer: Contemporary Theatre in Szczecin
Duration: 1h 30 min (no intermission)
Recommended age: 16+
Performance in Polish with Romanian and English surtitles
Between 1966 and 1989, during the dictatorship of Nicolae Ceaușescu, “Decree 770” was inforced in Romania. It resembled the Polish “abortion compromise”, only in Romania it also included a ban on contraception. The decree was aimed at increasing the population and thus building up the power of the state. It was the most restrictive law in the entire Soviet block. It cost thousands of women their lives and left a mark on society that reaches back several generations. Can Romania’s dark history, passed down through the stories of grandmothers and mothers, serve as a warning? Can Romania’s past become the future of Poland, Hungary, the United States?
Photo: Piotr Nykowski
