Contest for the best mini drama
The best original mini-drama on the theme from a play by Vaclav Havel is selected each year in a program organized by the Vaclav Havel Library Foundation, Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, and Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.
Awards, Contest for the best mini dramaHelena Gricova is the winner of the annual contest for the best mini-drama from Janacek Academy in Brno March 10, 2023 Helena Gricova is the winner of the annual contest for the best mini-drama from Janacek Academy in Brno The theme for the third year of the contest at the Janacek Academy of Music and Performing Arts was a quote from the play Audience: “It’s all up to you now, Ferdinand. …
Awards, Contest for the best mini dramaThe Student Mini-Drama Contest is back! December 10, 2022 In 2023, The Václav Havel Library Foundation will continue with our Student Mini-Drama Contest, announcing the program both for Czech and American students. Two American students will travel to the Czech Republic and two Czech students will visit the universities in the United States. Continuing in the same style as …
Awards, Contest for the best mini dramaFedir Kis and Zuzana Sklibova are winners of the annual contest for the best mini-drama November 10, 2022 The Havel Foundation in partnership with the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague announce that Fedir Kis and Zuzana Sklibova are winners of the annual contest for the best mini-drama. The theme of the 2022 contest was the phenomenon of “leaving”, inspired by Vaclav Havel’s play …
Awards, Contest for the best mini dramaMilena Berestko will participate in the Encounters July 29, 2022 Milena Berestko, Lafayette College, will participate in the Encounters – an international festival of theater schools organized by JAMU, Brno. Milena Berestko, Lafayette College (Major in Theatre and Psychology), is one of two winners of the 2022 Contest for the Best Mini-Drama with her play entitled Do Immigrants Dream of …
Awards, Contest for the best mini dramaKeeley Thomas is the author of one of the winning plays, Idle Academia July 29, 2022 Keeley Thomas from the University of Pittsburgh is the author of one of the winning plays, Idle Academia. The one-act play skillfully employs the topic of the unhappy individual in the land of plenty, creating Havelian characters plodding through a painfully realistic world of contemporary academia and publishing culture. Her play …
Awards, Contest for the best mini dramaThe Havel Best Mini-Drama Competition has its second winner from the Theater Faculty in Brno, Czech Republic March 17, 2022 The Havel Best Mini-Drama competition, organized by the Theatre Faculty of the Janacek Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno and The Vaclav Havel Library Foundation in New York, has a winner. The jury has awarded first place in the competition to It Has to Be Done, written by …
Awards, Contest for the best mini dramaVaclav Havel Library Foundation announces a contest for the students of drama and performance studies November 14, 2021 Vaclav Havel Library Foundation announces a contest for students of drama and performance studies for the best mini-drama inspired by the quote from the play The Increased Difficulty of Concentration written by Vaclav Havel. Rules: The contest is open to undergraduate students of Drama, Dramatic Writing and Slavic studies—although undergraduate …
Awards, Contest for the best mini dramaDaniela Samsonová is the first winner of the annual contest for the best mini-drama from Janacek Academy in Brno February 26, 2021 We are proud to announce the first winner of our student contest for the best mini-drama from the Janacek Academy of Music and Performing Arts (JAMU) in Brno. Daniela Samsonová has won with her play Racks [Regály] based on a quote from Vaclav Havel’s play Garden Party: “We all are …
Awards, Contest for the best mini dramaContest for the best mini drama October 6, 2020 Cole Kordus, 2020 graduate of the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, is the first U.S. winner of the annual contest for best mini-drama to participate in Encounter, an International Festival of Theater Schools in Brno, Czech Republic The Vaclav Havel Library Foundation is proud to extend our contest …
Awards, Contest for the best mini dramaAbigail Henkin is the U.S. winner of the VHLF & DAMU contest for the best mini-drama July 10, 2020 It is an honor to present the U.S. winner of the VHLF & DAMU contest for students of drama and performance studies. Abigail Henkin’s play Personal Speaker was selected as the best submitted short drama based on the quote from the play The Memorandum. Abigail Henkin is a rising Senior …
Awards, Contest for the best mini dramaTomas Ralis is the winner of the annual contest for the best mini-drama March 5, 2020 Tomas Ralis, an undergraduate student of directing and dramaturgy at the Academy of Performing Arts (DAMU) in Prague, is the winner of the Vaclav Havel Library Foundation’s annual contest for the best mini-drama based on a play by Vaclav Havel. This year’s contestants for the award were asked to write …
Awards, Contest for the best mini dramaVHLF & DAMU announce a contest for the students of drama and performance studies February 4, 2020 Vaclav Havel Library Foundation together with the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (DAMU) announce a contest for students of drama and performance studies for the best mini-drama inspired by the quote from the play The Memorandum written by Vaclav Havel In scene twelve, the main …
Contest for the best mini drama, NewsEllis Stump is the U.S. winner of the annual contest for the best mini-drama July 18, 2019 We are delighted to announce that the winner of the 2019 Vaclav Havel Library Foundation’s playwriting competition is Ellis Stump! Ellis is a 2019 graduate of Penn State Schreyer Honors College where she majored in English and Media Studies (Film), minored in Gender Studies, Psychology, and Theatre, and received the …
Awards, Contest for the best mini dramaJosef Dolezal is the winner of the annual contest for the best mini-drama April 19, 2019 Josef Dolezal, an undergraduate student of directing and dramaturgy at the Academy of Performing Arts (DAMU) in Prague, is the winner of the annual contest for the best mini-drama based on a play by Vaclav Havel. While in New York, Josef will take part in classes at the Tisch School …
Awards, Contest for the best mini dramaVHLF & DAMU announce a contest for the students of drama and performance studies March 9, 2019 Vaclav Havel Library Foundation together with the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (DAMU) announce a contest for students of drama and performance studies for the best mini-drama on the theme “Ferdinand Vanek Today” based on the character from the Vanek Trilogy Deadline: May 15, 2019 …