Scenes from the Life of the Family Stuck
Continuing the process of studying a found photo archive, I wrote the play Scenes from the Life of the Family Stuck. Going past the avalanche of conflicting feelings that surface when coming across such an object – a constant battle between curiosity and ethical distance – the dozens of images leave room for endless personal projections related to the concept of family. I gave imaginary names and identities to the people in the pictures and invented a possible life for them. It is a game of subjectivities, a kaleidoscope of memory. And who can tell how close this imagined reality is to the real one? Can they coexist without cancelling each other out? Scenes from the Life of the Family Stuck also speaks about random encounters that take on meaning and mundane, anonymous scenes that come to light.
UNITER Best Romanian Play of the Year 2021
Eurodram 2022 Jury’s Choice
stage reading at Reactor Cluj – September 2021
with: Lucia Mărneanu, Doru Vatavului, Oana Hodade
stage reading at 3G Hub Targu-Mures – October 2022
with: Cristina Ciulei, Ramona Gherasim, Sașa Pânzaru, Vlad Haneș, Sebastian Pop, Claudiu Panaitescu
