An Evening with Maurice Maeterlinck
Belgian Playwright, Poet, Essayist and Nobel Laureate
In partnership with the Embassy of Belgium, Ambassador Theater is proud to present staged readings of ”Death of Tintagiles” and “The Miracle of Saint Anthony”
Translated by David Willinger and Daniel Gerould
Directed by Hanna Bondarewska
July 23-24, 2010 at 7:30PM
$15.00 (suggested donation)
916 G St, NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Steps away from the Gallery Place/Chinatown Metro stop or a couple of blocks from Metro Center.
Including Wine Reception and Q&A with the Actors
To reserve your tickets please send an email to: TICKETS at ATICC dot ORG
This summer, kids ages 10 and up can be a part of a production of “The Wawel Dragon” at Source Theatre in Washington DC.
Ambassador Theater’s International Theater Production Camp runs from July 26, 2010 until August 6, 2010, Monday-Friday from 9AM – 3PM and will end with a special show for parents, friends and siblings.
The Wawel Dragon: a Play based on a famous Legend from Poland
The children will be able to experience all aspects of building a theater production, work on their postures, movement, voice, memorization and concentration skills. Discover the beauty of Polish culture and be part of the final show of The Dragon of Wawel.
The Fees are: 2 weeks: $600 (early sign up by June 15: $500)
Scholarship possibility for those who get accepted. The theater will provide healthy snacks, but parents are responsible for bringing lunch or we will be able to order lunch at nearby Subway.
Source Theatre is located at 1835 14th Street NW and is just several blocks from the U Street/Cardozo/African American Civil War Memorial Station (13th Street exit) on Metro’s Green Line.
Registration forms available at aticc.org
For more information contact Ambassador Theater at info@aticc.org
If you are accustomed to seeing paired down black box productions at the Flashpoint venue, the well-crafted nineteenth century salon will be a pleasant surprise.The fact that this production feels as polished as it does is a little short of amazing given the snow-related rehearsal difficulties and some late casting changes. Given the skill and enthusiasm that the fledgling Ambassador Theater team has shown with the little-known Summer at Nohant, I look forward to their future productions.
read the entire review by Steven McKnight at: http://dctheatrescene.com/2010/03/15/summer-at-nohant-2/
And what stirs me so greatly each time he plays a new composition, is the fact that here, in Nohant, in these vulgar surroundings, among kitchen squabbles – something so full of transcendental genius is being produced!”
AMBASSADOR THEATER International Cultural Center PRESENTSSUMMER AT NOHANT
The Ambassador Theater is delighted to present the Washington DC premiere of Summer at Nohant, a Romantic-period comedy in three acts, celebrating the 200th Anniversary of Frederic Chopin’s birth.
George Sand, the famed French writer and emancipated woman, brings together artists at her celebrated summer estate in Nohant. Frederic Chopin, one of her lovers, echoes the longings and frustrations of the inhabitants as he composes his Sonata in B minor. His music is transcendent and affects everyone in the household.
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AMBASSADOR THEATER PRESENTSNot My Label: A Journey of DiscoveryWritten and Read By Rula |
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At Flashpoint’s tickets@aticc.org
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True life events, the intriguing path unfolds as one woman is banished by loved ones and peers. Forced to deal with controversial issues after a unique relationship opens a Pandora’s Box of upheaval, she struggles to reclaim her integrity. A Special Staged Reading of a new play as a cycle of New Works Coach/ Mentor: Lilia Slavova Friday, January 15, 2009 8:00 p.m. |
Washington Business Journal
Friday, October 2, 2009 | Modified: Monday, October 5, 2009
The Arts
…As more than 70 local professional theater companies begin their fall season, they will be joined by at least five new ones, including The Hub, theHegira, Doorway Arts Ensemble, Ambassador Theater Company and Factory 449.
For most, their first productions came after months or even years of work behind the scenes — work that in many cases started before the economic woes really hit the nonprofit world.
Those theater organizations toil long and hard, away from the glitz of the Kennedy Center, Arena Stage or the Signature Theatre. Although they are professional companies, they are nonprofits that struggle to make ends meet. They pay their actors from tight budgets, operate through donated space or their own homes and rely on tiny staffs — sometimes even a single person — to lead fundraising efforts and handle administrative duties. And this year, they’ve defied the recession by growing in number.
Here is a look at the five new companies.
Ambassador Theater Company.
Ambassador Theater had been cooking in the brain of Hanna Bondarewska for years. Bondarewska, a native of Poland, where she worked as an actress, first thought she would start a Polish company but feared it might be too narrow in scope. After coming into contact with many embassies and ambassadors during her time in D.C., she shifted focus toward a culturally oriented troupe.
But before Ambassador could stage a production, Bondarewska got a bit distracted when the wife of the Polish ambassador asked her to start an interactive learning program in D.C. schools, teaching children about Poland through performances.
She traveled with the children to Poland in the summer of 2008, performing at the presidential palace among other sites, before returning to the U.S. and focusing on the company’s professional mission.
“I see our mission moving forward as twofold — a company of professional actors and a group which does educational programs,” Bondarewska said.
Ambassador produced its first show, the Polish work “Out at Sea,” this June.
And Bondarewska, whose next show “Hopa Tropa!” turns the attention to Bulgaria, wants to enlarge her company so it has the ability to put on shows in the $40,000 to $100,000 range, rather than with the $20,000 budget that “Out To Sea” had.
“In a recession it is a little harder to gather money to produce shows,” she said. “But I believe if you have a good mission and good people to work with, anything is possible.”
Reserve your “pay-what-you-can” tickets at rsvp@aticc.org
Ambassador Theater invites you to a Special Staged Reading of “The Forefathers, Part II” by Adam Mickiewicz.
The performance is followed by discussion and a wine reception.
FLASHPOINT: Mead Theater Lab | 916 G Street NW, DC
Space is limited so please reserve your ticket: rsvp@aticc.org
