Poland

I was growing in a field as a willow

Ja j u poli verbu rosła

Adaptation and artistic patronage   Bohdan Głuszczak
Translation   Jan Maksymiuk
Music   Marzena Rusaczyk
Acting   Joanna Stelmaszuk
Performance description:
The inspiration for this monodrama was traditional culture of Belarusians from a region of Poland called Podlasie. The performance is based on the text of contemporary Ukrainian writer – “A fairytale about viburnum pipe” by Oksana Zabużko. It is the reinterpretation of the theme of Cain and Abel in traditional culture. Joanna Stelmaszczuk, the young graduate of Department Of Puppetry Art at State Theatre Academy, is the originator and the actress of the performance. The monodrama of Joanna Stelmaszuk with the title taken from old regional song “Ja j u poli verbu rosła” is the first performance that uses this regional dialect in the professional theatre all over the world.
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