Weronika Szczawińska
Weronika Szczawińska (b. 1981) – director, dramaturge, culture theorist and performer. Graduate of the College of Inter-Area Individual Studies In the Humanities and Social Sciences (MISH) at Warsaw University, PhD from the Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN). Studied directing at the National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw. Has worked with a number of important theatres around Poland (including Narodowy Stary Teatr in Cracow, Teatr Powszechny in Warsaw, Komuna Warszawa, Wrocławski Teatr Współczesny) and Slovensko mladinsko gledališče in Ljubljana. Assistant professor at the Theatre Studies Department of the National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw. Laureate of the prestigious Passports of the Polityka weekly award 2019, for „the intimate and tender performances that combine the private themes with important social issues. For the commitment, transgressing one’s own career path”. Her latest works include: Onko (TR Warszawa 2021), Miejski Ptasiarz (The Urban Birder, Wrocławski Teatr Współczesny 2020), Po prostu (Simply Said, Performing Arts Institute 2019), Rozmowa o drzewach (A Talk about Trees, Komuna Warszawa 2019), Nigdy więcej wojny (No More War, Komuna Warszawa 2018), Genialna przyjaciółka based on Elena Ferrante (My Brilliant Friend, Wrocławski Teatr Współczesny 2018), Lawrence z Arabii (Lawrence of Arabia, Teatr Powszechny in Warsaw 2018).