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In this blog presents the bests of contemporary Roma drama as well as the representatives of other genres, and the works of young talents too.



In Independent Theater's point of view, the heroes, who react to some difficulty by making value-led decisions, take responsibility and as a result change not only their own life but their narrow and broader social environment as well, should get more attention.



The public mostly regards the members of Roma communities as victims or sinners. Some talk about what roma people did, and some about why they cannot advance in today's society.



We think that neither blaming nor pitying Roma is the way to make a change. At the same time, we can learn a lot from everyday heroes or the protagonists of the plays.
Theater is always about the stories of active people who take responsibility and make changes.



Drama history and the rise of the middle class have always been interconnected. Just think about democracy and theater in Ancient Greece, Shakespeare and the rise of the English middle class,
Enlightenment and the classical authors, or the Hungarian Reform Era and the developing theater culture of the time.
Social scientist write about the situation of society, the musician and the painter show the people’s feelings and situation. But theater is about the person's actions. It is about how, despite all difficulties, we can still do something.



We don't think there is only one way to reach our goals, nor that every Roma youngster should go to university, be politically active or even follow the traditions. What is important to us is that we get to know more and more authentic, personal choices and effects, and thus we all can be on our own path consciously.



In this blog, we show Roma creators, heroes of the plays and the people's own Roma heroes with writings, photos and other creative means. That's how we can learn about heroes and stories, values, dilemmas, choices, defeats and victories, which may serve as an example, inspiration, value, joy or source of anger driving one to action.




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What Counts as a Punishment?

What can a schoolgirl do to fight injustice? What do we look for in pedagogues? What can we do for our children to be taught of equality and accepting each other in school? In primary school, I always sat in the first or second row. I hated it! I always wanted to sit in the last row because there, I could have been next to the window watching the whole class. From time to time, some of the "worst" boys were seated next to me. The rules for table plan were the following: 1.   bad students sit next to good students 2.   if you are a good student and do something wrong (which happened to me quite often) then you will get a Gypsy next to you For a few days or for months, it depended on the scale of the punishment. I liked those boys because they found this process unfair, too. I had three seatmate by this method in the first four years of primary school. When teachers realized that this seating arrangement was no problem for us and we even made friends, I ...
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Who killed Somna Grancsa?

What does education mean for you? What would you sacrifice for studying? What can a young student do if her family does not support her in continuing her studies? How can she fight prejudices in the school every day? What is our responsibility for the youngsters and in providing equal opportunities for everyone in starting their lives and being able to study? The play provides insight to a really brave girl's life who has to stand up to her family's will.  The play of Giuvlipen Company from Bucharest is based on a real story; it presents the struggle of the girl, that results in suicide, from various perspectives, raising the validity of different approaches and at the same time pointing out collective responsibility that no one can escape.
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“I’ve never been that careerist type, I was hoping someone would invite me to play in a theater and so it happened.” - Interview with Zsolt Lovas Fekete

  The role model of Zsolt, who grew up in Sepsiszentgyörgy, is the theater company of László Bocsárdi. The company’s epoch-making performances and intimate atmosphere immediately captivated the boy preparing for an acting career. “ I looked up to these actors like gods.”- he says nostalgically. He recounts that after one of the performances, he took courage and talked to them. That's when his dream to be an actor in the Tamási Áron Theater was born. He talks about his experiences in Marosvásárhely at Színművészeti Egyetem and how he got into the thick of alternative theater life in Budapest.  Finally, he talks about her community work, experiences and its aftermath at the Roma settlement in Őrkö.
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