InVitro Pre-premiere Stage
Director: Łukasz Witt-Michałowski
Cast: Mariusz Bonaszewski, Jarosław Tomica, Matylda Damięcka, Dominika Podsiadła
Lighting director: Krzysztof Sendke
Costumes and stage design: Marek Braun
Music: Max Kowalski
Lighting production: Marcin Kowalczuk
Sound production/stage manager: Karol Rębisz
Producer: Monika Stolat
Polish masterpiece based on „Eternal Husband“ novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
During one of sleepless night, Pavel Pavlovitch Trusocky (Jaroslaw Tomica) sneaks in Alexey IvanovitchVelchaninov’s door to remind him the sore of the past. Intruder, using the excuse of former “friendship” of his late wife Natalya with Velchaninov and with himself, drags him into a twisted, perverse game, in which is at stake is a girl, Lisa - the fruit of passion between Aleksy Ivanovich and Trusocky's wife. Harmed, tormented and intimidated, Liza was dragged away from her familiar environment and then she fell a victim to the incomprehensible conflict between adults. “Liza” is a study of child’s sorrow in the world full of uncertainty and poor in support.
Mariusz Bonaszewski was graduated from Theatre Academy in Warsaw (PWST) in 1988. He was an actor of Dramatic Theater in Warsaw (Teatr Dramatyczny) between 1988-1997, when he played for such directors as Maciej Prus, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Andrzej Domalik, Piotr Cieślak and Krzysztof Warlikowski. With the last one he also cooperated in The Variety Theatre in Warsaw (Teatr Rozmaitości). He was a guest actor in Jerzy Jarocki’s plays in Polish Theatre in Wrocław (Teatr Polski). Since 1997 Mariusz Bonaszewski has been a member of National Theatre team in Warsaw (Teatr Narodowy). He’s also collaborating with Polish Radio Theatre and Television Theatre.
Jarosław Tomica made his first acting move in Jan Dorman’s performances in Puppet Theatre “Banialuka”, Bielsko-Biała. In 1986 he was graduated from the department of puppet, Theatre Academy in Warsaw (PWST). After the academic career he undertook to work in Puppet Theatre in Lublin (Teatr Lalki i Aktora), where he has played for 12 years in approximately 30 performances. In the same time he cooperated with Centre for Theatre Practices “Gardzienice” where he took part in “Protopop Awwakum” and “Carmina Burana” performances. In 1996 he quitted the Pupped Theatre and became one of Kompania Theatre founder. With that and with Provisorium Theatre group he produced such performances as “Ferdydurke”, “Niepokoje wychowanka Törlessa”, “Do piachu”, “Homo Polonicus”, “Transatlantyk”, “Idź w noc, Margot” and “Emigranci”. These team’s performances were successfully played in most of European countries, as well as in United States, Japan, Korea and Egypt.
Matylda Damięcka was graduated from an acting department of Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw, 2008. She made her debut in “Różany Zamek” television performance in 1995. She played in several Warsaw theatres such as: The New Theatre (Nowy Teatr), Theatre Academy (Akademia Teatralna), Kamienica Theatre, Scena Prezentacje Theatre, Druga Strefa Theatre and also in Grupa Dochodzeniowa and in Ludwik Solski Theatre in Tarnów.
DIRECTOR:
Łukasz Witt-Michałowski - graduated from the Stage Management Department of Theatre Arts of Hessische Theaterakademie in Frankfurt am Main (2004). In Germany he staged Mrożek, Villguist, Gombrowicz. For his direction of “Stones in His Pockets” he received Grand Prix at Counterpoint Festival in Szczecin and Audience's Award at II Spring Theatre Festival in Bielsko-Biała. He founded “Under The Cell” Theatre (Teatr pod celą) in Lublin, where he staged “Lysistrata” play for which he was awarded the honour for merits in penitentiary work from the Minister of Justice in 2009. The play “The Last Such Father” which he directed won the main prize at the XV Annual Competition for Staging of Polish Contemporary Drama, as well as an individual director's award. Additionally, the same production won an award at VII Premiere's Festival in Bydgoszcz and one of the jury's prizes Audience's Award and Journalists award at XII Festival of Director's Art Interpretations in Katowice. He founded InVitro Scene where he directed also Pool (no water) and “The Bad”. In 2009 he received a Culture award from the Major of the City of Lublin. In 2010 he directed “Knut Hamsun’s Hunger”, in 2011 “Happy Death” and “The Battle of Nangar Khel” and in 2012 “Aporia 43”.
InVitro Pre-premiere Stage, founded by Łukasz Witt-Michałowski operates in the Centre of Culture in Lublin. The InVitro Scene was established in December 2007, and just in the first year of its activity was awarded two prizes by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage in the Annual Competition for Staging of Polish Contemporary Art. Since then Theatre visited over 50 theatre festivals, such important as biennale Neue Stucke aus Europe, Wiesbaden, Festival of Identity, Brno, Brett Festival in Vienna, Divadelni Flora, Olomouc, The Review of Polish Institutional and Independent Theatres Activties “Hajdpark” in Warsaw, Maski Festival in Poznan, Jewish Culture Festival in Warsaw, Bydgoszcz Premiere Festival, “Divine Comedy” International Festival in Cracow and more.
Contact:
Monika Stolat:
M: +48 519 122 799
E: scenainvitro@gmail.com