Spring Weekend: Vanek Variations at Bohemian National Hall

Rehearsal for Truth Theater Festival Presents: Spring WeekendA selection of European stage readings in NYCBohemian National Hall, May 10 - 12, 2019Friday, May 10th, 7pm--Vanek Variations : Three plays by three writers about Havel's best known characterAudience by Vaclav Havel, translated by Jan Novak, directed by Edward Einhorn:Ferdinand Vanek, a dissident writer, is forced to work in a brewery so that he can contribute to society rather than be an intellectual bourgeois burden. The brew-master calls him in for a friendly talk, or possibly an interrogation. It is clear that the brew-master desperately wants something. It is not at all clear what that something is.The Meeting written and directed by Edward Einhorn:Ferdinand Vanek's niece, Frida Vanek, a Czech-American, asks for a meeting with Vanek's old acquaintance, Stanek, now planning to run for office in the Czech Republic. She brings some damaging information. Should she use it?Infiltration by Petr Erbes, translated by Paul Wilson, directed by Edward Einhorn:Winner of the Vaclav Havel Library Foundation's contest on the theme of Ferdinand Vanek Today. The character, Vanek, is now a young man working at a puzzle factory, in a play set in the current Czech Republic. He wants to help the workers there, but finds himself a misfit.All shows are performed in English. After every stage reading/production there will be talk backs with the artists followed by a small reception hosted by the featured countrys cultural institution.