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Ana-Maria Bamberger

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Ana-Maria Bamberger is a playwright of Romanian origin working in French, English, German, and Romanian.

Her plays are performed in theatres and at festivals in more than 15 countries.[1]

A native of Bucharest, Bamberger studied medicine and worked in medical research at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland (United States) and at the University Medical Center Hamburg, Germany.[2] She began writing plays in 2003. Playwriting Masterclass with Stephen Jeffreys at the Royal Court Theatre in London (2011).[3] She was Visiting Dramatist and Assistant Professor at the Paris School of Arts and Culture, the Paris Campus of Kent University.

She formed a close artistic relationship with the actress Olga Tudorache who performed in her first three plays.[4]

The FOYER Theater Magazin, 3Sat, described her plays as "psychologically subtle, combining humour and depth". The Süddeutsche Zeitung sees "a deep seriousness behind biting sacarsm".[5]

Selected plays and productions

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The Paradoxe of Desire

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  • 2024 Paris - Théâtre Le Guichet Montparnasse (French title: Le Paradoxe du désir)[6]

One Whole Night

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Talking to you

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  • 2018 Paris - Théâtre Le Guichet Montparnasse (French title: Parler avec toi)[9]
  • 2022 Bucharest - Teatrelli (Romanian title: Să vorbesc cu tine)
  • Radio adaptation - National Theatre Radio Bucharest[10]

Criminals

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  • 2017 Bucharest - Romanian Playwrights' Theatre (Teatrul Dramaturgilor Români) (Romanian title: Infractorii)[11]
  • 2019 Paris - Théâtre Le Guichet Montparnasse (French title: Cambriolage)[12]

The Stone (co-authored with Christoph M. Bamberger)

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  • 2013 Germany - Theater Paderborn (German title: Der Stein)[13]
  • 2014 Paris - Théâtre Studio Hébertot (Transfer: Théâtre Essaion Paris 2015, Festival Avignon - Théâtre des Corps Saints 2015) (French title: Le Rocher)[14]
  • 2014 London - Tristan Bates Theatre (Used title: Rock and a Hard Place)[15]
  • 2019 Salzburg - Kleines Theater[16]
  • Radio adaptation - National Theatre Radio Bucharest (Romanian title: Pietroiul)[17]

10 Questions

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  • 2011 Brighton - Marlborough Theatre[18]
  • 2012 Romania - Anton Pann Theatre (Romanian title: 10 Întrebari)[19]
  • 2014 Germany - Lichthof Theatre Hamburg (German title: 10 Fragen)[20]
  • Radio adaptation - National Theatre Radio Bucharest[21]

Taxi Blues

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Blind Date

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  • 2011 Hamburg - Kontraste Theater[23]

Belvedere

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  • 2010 Hamburg - Kontraste Theater / Vagantenbühne Berlin[24][25]
  • 2011 Romania - Classic Theatre Arad[26]
  • 2012 London - White Bear Theatre[27]
  • 2020 Paris - Théâtre Le Guichet Montparnasse[28]
  • 2021 Madrid - Teatro Sanchinarro & Teatro Carril del Conde
  • 2021 London - Old Red Lion Theatre[29]
  • 2022 Paris - Théâtre de Nesle (English)[30]
  • Radio adaptation - National Theatre Radio Bucharest, UNITER AWARD nomination[31]

Three O'Clock

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  • 2010 Romania - National Theatre Sibiu, German Section[32]
  • 2010 Munich - Rosstall Theatre[33]
  • 2021 Germany - Stadttheater Weilheim[34]
  • Radio adaptation - National Theatre Radio Bucharest, Best actress Award, Grand Prix Nova[35]

The Portrait of Donna T.

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  • 2008 Bucharest - Arcub Theatre / Transfer: Mic Theatre (Teatrul Mic) (Romanian title: Portretul doamnei T.)[36][37]
  • 2008 Germany - EuroCentral Theatre Bonn (German title: Das Portrait der Donna T.)[38]
  • 2011 Prague - ABC Theatre (Divadlo ABC)
  • 2022 Paris - Théâtre Le Guichet Montparnasse (French title: Le Portrait de Madame T.)[39]
  • Radio adaptation - National Theatre Radio Bucharest, UNITER AWARD winner[40]

Martha, Marina

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  • 2004 Bucharest - Theatrum Mundi / Transfer: Metropolis Theatre (Romanian title: Peste cu mazare)[41]
  • 2008 Munich - Rosstall Theatre (German title: Martha, Marina)[42]
  • 2011 New York City - Davenport Studio staged reading with Tony Award Winner Mary Lou Wilson & Mary McCann[43]
  • 2016 Avignon - Théâtre La Luna (French title: Poisson et petits pois)[44]
  • 2018 Paris - Théâtre Funambule Montmartre (French title: Poisson et petits pois)[45]

November

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  • 2003-2012 Bucharest - National Theatre Bucharest (Romanian title: Noiembrie)[46]

References

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  1. ^ "Ana-Maria Bamberger | Felix Bloch Erben GmbH & Co. KG". www.felix-bloch-erben.de. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
  2. ^ "Ana-Maria Bamberger | Felix Bloch Erben GmbH & Co. KG". www.felix-bloch-erben.de. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
  3. ^ "Ana-Maria Bamberger | Felix Bloch Erben GmbH & Co. KG". www.felix-bloch-erben.de. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
  4. ^ "Ana Maria Bamberger". regizorcautpiesa.ro (in Romanian).
  5. ^ "Ana-Maria Bamberger | Felix Bloch Erben GmbH & Co. KG". www.felix-bloch-erben.de. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  6. ^ "Ana-Maria Bamberger en spectacle, au théâtre - L'Officiel des spectacles". www.offi.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  7. ^ "Ana-Maria Bamberger en spectacle, au théâtre - L'Officiel des spectacles". www.offi.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  8. ^ Web, UK Theatre. "Archive for One Whole Night at White Bear, London. 2023. [LONDON]". UK Theatre Web. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  9. ^ "Ana-Maria Bamberger en spectacle, au théâtre - L'Officiel des spectacles". www.offi.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  10. ^ "Arhive Sa vorbesc cu tine". Radio România Internațional (in Romanian). Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  11. ^ "INFRACTORII – Teatrul Dramaturgilor Români" (in Romanian). Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  12. ^ "Ana-Maria Bamberger en spectacle, au théâtre - L'Officiel des spectacles". www.offi.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  13. ^ "LICHTHOF Theater Hamburg - Der Stein". archiv.lichthof.de. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  14. ^ "Ana-Maria Bamberger en spectacle, au théâtre - L'Officiel des spectacles". www.offi.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  15. ^ "A Rock and a Hard Place". Time Out London. 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  16. ^ Nachrichten, Salzburger (2019-10-24). "Edi Jäger spielt "Der Stein": Ein Problem kann auch Lösung sein". Salzburger Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  17. ^ "srr.ro". srr.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  18. ^ "Brighton Magazine - Ginny Davis Gives An Insight Into How Brighton Festival and Fringe Performers Retain Their Lines". Magazine.brighton.co.uk. 2024-05-11. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  19. ^ "Premiera cu spectacolul '10 Intrebari' de Ana-Maria Bamberger, la Teatrul Anton Pann". www.hotnews.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  20. ^ "10 FRAGEN". LICHTHOF Theater (in German). 2013-11-05. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  21. ^ "srr.ro". srr.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  22. ^ "Taxi Blues". www.tnb.ro. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  23. ^ Opresnik, Miriam (2011-12-02). "Pendlerin zwischen Theater und Medizin". www.abendblatt.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  24. ^ "Die Rolle ihres Lebens - WELT". DIE WELT (in German). 2011-11-19. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  25. ^ ""Belvedere" von Ana-Maria Bamberger auf der Vaganten Bühne Berlin". Theaterkompass - Für Theaterbesucher und Theatermacher (in German). 2011-09-21. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  26. ^ admin (2010-12-06). "Belvedere, la Teatrul Clasic "Ioan Slavici" Arad". News Arad (in Romanian). Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  27. ^ "Belvedere by Ana Maria Bamberger at White Bear Theatre". London Theatre. 2016-06-08. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  28. ^ "Ana-Maria Bamberger en spectacle, au théâtre - L'Officiel des spectacles". www.offi.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  29. ^ Pulit, Magdalena (2021-11-02). "Review: Belvedere at The Old Red Lion Theatre". Theatre Weekly. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  30. ^ "Belvedere - Théâtre de Nesle - Theatre In Paris". www.theatreinparis.com. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  31. ^ "Belvedere de Ana-Maria Bamberger | UNITER" (in Romanian). Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  32. ^ "Premiera teatrala la Sibiu cu piesa 'Three O Clock'". www.hotnews.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  33. ^ Rina, Kath O. "Theater - Chronik 1". Roßstall neu (in German). Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  34. ^ "THREE O´Clock - Komödie". hey.bayern (in German). Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  35. ^ "radioromaniacultural.ro". radioromaniacultural.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  36. ^ "OLGA TUDORACHE ÎN PORTRETUL DOAMNEI T la ArCuB – ARCUB" (in Romanian). Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  37. ^ "Olga Tudorache, dincolo de durerea unei iubiri frânte în tinerețe". comentator.ro (in Romanian). 2022-07-24. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  38. ^ "Das Portrait der Donna T. - kultur 50 - Oktober 2008 | Theatergemeinde BONN | Kultur. Vielfalt. Erleben". theatergemeinde-bonn.org. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  39. ^ "Ana-Maria Bamberger en spectacle, au théâtre - L'Officiel des spectacles". www.offi.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  40. ^ "Portretul Doamnei T de Ana-Maria Bamberger | UNITER" (in Romanian). Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  41. ^ "O poveste de succes, scrisa in 6 ani. Teatrul Metropolis aniverseaza 6 ani cu premiera spectacolului Lectia de violoncel, cu Radu Beligan". www.hotnews.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  42. ^ Rina, Kath O. "Theater - Chronik 1". Roßstall neu (in German). Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  43. ^ Davenport, Ken (2011-12-05). "Our final reading of 2011 – and you are invited. - Ken Davenport". Ken Davenport -. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  44. ^ "Théâtre La Luna". Théâtre La Luna (in French). Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  45. ^ "Poisson et petits pois ! - Théâtre Le Funambule". www.funambule-montmartre.com (in French). Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  46. ^ "November". www.tnb.ro. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
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