Before theater director Jerzy Grotowski became a UC Irvine professor, he made an unusual request. “I said, ‘I can hire you full-time with perks,’” said Robert Cohen, the founding chair of the school’s ...

Jerzy Grotowski staged this innovative interpretation of Adam Mickiewicz's drama in 1961. For the director, Forefathers' Eve was a sketch, an essay, and a research project all at once. Grotowski was ...

What awards has Jerzy Grotowski been nominated for? Jerzy Grotowski has been nominated for the Outstanding Director award at the Drama Desk Awards for his work on the show The Apocalypse. What awards ...

This legendary performance at the Laboratorium Theatre directed by Jerzy Grotowski was the artist's last work and is considered to be his most radical. The show took four years to prepare, and ...

At about 1 a.m. Friday morning, in a bar in Wroclaw, Poland, where dozens of American guests for the international theater festival honoring Jerzy Grotowski had gathered to decompress after a full day ...

One of the most striking aspects of the visit to the U.S. of Jerzy Grotowski and his Polish Laboratory Theater is that it has forced drama critics to think about the nature of theater. The audience ...

THOMAS Richards was a young student at Yale University when he first encountered the work of Jerzy Grotowski. Little did Richards know then that he would go on to become what the Polish theatrical ...

When it comes to acting techniques, everyone is aware of the big ones—Stanislavsky, Meisner, and Strasberg. They’re widely practiced, and have a devoted following among some of the most well-known ...

When renowned theater director Jerzy Grotowski was considering a job as a UC Irvine professor in the 1980s, the founding chair of the school’s drama department promised him perks. “He said, ‘Well, ...

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When renowned theater director Jerzy Grotowski was considering a job as a UC Irvine professor in the 1980s, the founding chair of the school’s drama department promised him perks. “He said, ‘Well, ...