2022 Spring Stage Readings: Waif T's Private War at Bohemian National Hall

(stage reading, talkback) "Waif Ts Private War" focuses on two socially excluded women, the aged punk Tanya and her wheelchair-bound senior mum. Living in a shabby apartment building and without money, life in a big city feels like hell for them. Conflicts, remorse, and unpaid bills dominate the womens reality. Their sole escape comes in the form of a daily stroll to a nearby park, whereby they can reminisce about the great neighborhood community long gone. One day, the harsh reality of the future tears them from their sweet dreams of the past, when they find out that a development project is slated to destroy their lovely park. Tanya resists by trying to stop the developer with "kitchen" weapons. "Waif T's Private War" is a tragicomedy with an unhappy ending that can take place anywhere in the world. It shows the helplessness and loneliness of socially excluded people in cities where nature and public space are slowly disappearing.
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The 2022 Spring Stage Readings: Bridging the Worlds is organized by the Vaclav Havel Library Foundation and the Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association in partnership with the Polish Cultural Institute New York, Untitled Theater Company #61, Consulate General of the Czech Republic in New York, GOH Productions, and Romanian Cultural Institute. The festival is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Spring Stage Readings is part of the Rehearsal for Truth Theater Festival honoring the playwright and human rights activist Vaclav Havel.