Cristina Modreanu

regional managing editor

c.modreanu@thetheatretimes.com

Cristina Modreanu is a theater critic and performing arts curator based in Bucharest, Romania. She holds a PHD in theatre from the Theater and Film University in Bucharest and she is the author of five books on Romanian Theatre. A Fulbright alumna, Modreanu is currently the editor of the Performing Arts Magazine Scena.ro, curator for theater and performance events and an associate professor at Center for Excellence in Visual Studies, Bucharest University.

Interview with Saviana Stănescu: “One could say that I am a 17-year-old American playwright”

Posted by Cristina Modreanu | 24th May 2019 | Interview, Playwriting, Romania, United States of America

A well-known poet and journalist, Saviana Stănescu left Romania for the US thanks to a Fulbright...

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Art And Character, Or: I DO Care How We Go Down In History

Posted by Cristina Modreanu | 11th Aug 2018 | Review, Romania, Theatre and Film, Theatre and Politics

In a very recent film awarded the Crystal Globe at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, the Romanian...

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Romanian Theatre Today: The Postdramatic Emancipation Of The New Generation

Posted by Cristina Modreanu | 18th May 2018 | Essay, Immersive Theatre, Romania

The very moment I step into the building, great expectations surround me. If a measuring device...

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Bonnie Marranca: “It’s Up To Every New Generation To Create Its Own Institutions, Critical Discourses, And Working Methods.”

Posted by Cristina Modreanu | 14th May 2018 | Interview, New York, Romania, United States of America

Interview by Cristina Modreanu with the occasion of the first edition of Bonnie Marranca’s essays...

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Romanian Women Directors Remix Ibsen. Now in New York.

Posted by Cristina Modreanu | 30th Oct 2016 | Adaptation, News, Romania, Theatre and Gender

Future is Feminine introduces American audiences to innovative Romanian women artists remixing...

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Gianina Cărbunariu: Documentary Theatre With Political Focus

Posted by Cristina Modreanu | 29th Sep 2016 | Documentary Theatre, Essay, Romania, Theatre and Politics

A powerful trend in Romanian new drama in the past few years focuses on re-discovering of the...

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Interview with Thomas Ostermeier: “Every Generation Writes its Own Shakespeare”

Posted by Cristina Modreanu | 13th Sep 2016 | Directing, Germany, Interview

Thomas Ostermeier, a German theatre director, working for the Schaubühne, is known for his...

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DramAcum Movement in New Romanian Theater

Posted by Cristina Modreanu | 11th Sep 2016 | Essay, Romania, Theatre and Politics

In key historical moments, theater, as the most political of all arts, is one of the best ways to...

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Bucharest International Theater Platform Prepares for Its 3rd Edition

Posted by Cristina Modreanu | 1st Sep 2016 | Festivals, News, Romania

The October 2016 edition of the Bucharest International Theater Platform will bring to Romania’s...

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