“Voices of the New Belarus | A Global Staged Reading” is a follow-up production from “Insulted Belorus(sia) | A Global Staged Reading” that recounts the stories of 15 victims of Lukashenko’s terror campaign against Belarus citizens caught up in the terror after the August 2021 national elections.
“A Non-Fictional War” A Non-Fictional War is Oleksandra Basko’s gripping, present saga of her family’s personal journey through the strife and uncertainty of the Russo-Ukrainian War and Putin’s full-scale invasion of her country adapted in dramatic form by Artistic Director Natasha O. Ramer.
Natasha O. Ramer’s “Sketches from a Poet’s Life (Part 1: 1889 – 1921)“. The life of poet Anna Akhmatova told through interactions with her life-long friend, Valya as the great poet recalls moment in her life from the age of 75 while traveling to Sicily to receive the prestigious Etna-Taormina Literary Prize from the European Community of Writers.
Andrei Kureichik’s “Insulted. Belarus(sia)” Dictator Alexander Lukashenko accuses artists of crimes against the state. Based upon real people & events.
Dramatization faithful to Bulgakov’s “The Master and Margarita”, capturing the meeting between Pilate and Jesus.
Special lecture from world renowned Bulgakov scholar, Ellendea Proffer Teasley.
A staged reading based on Mikhail A. Bulgakov’s novel “The Master and Margarita”.
“Longing for Peace and Home”, a presentation of Russian and Jewish songs from World War II.
A theatrical adaptation of William E. Wade, Jr.’s moving novel about the loss of his young son to cystic fibrosis
Moscow Nights brought Carol Rocamora’s “I Take Your Hand In Mine …” to festival and theatre stages in Melikhovo and Moscow, Russia
Based on Evgeny Schvarts’ 1938 Russian fairy tale Zolushka (Ashes), translated by Dr. James E. Falen.
By special invitation, Moscow Nights performed Carol Rocamora’s “I Take Your Hand In Mine …” at the Russian and Eastern European Cultural Center of the Russian Federation Embassy in Washington, D. C.
Our fourth Festival: celebrating 10 years of Moscow Nights.
Presenting staged adaptations of Chekhov’s The Bear, A Marriage Proposal, and Swan Song.
Our third Festival: “Adventures Around Moscow“
There were great plans in place for the Fifth Russian Winter Festival focused on “Treasures of the Russian Gypsy”. Hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated New Orleans forcing the loss of this winter festival.
The work of Alexander Pushkin taught in McMain Secondary School to develop a multidisciplinary teaching unit.
Natasha O. Ramer’s original one-woman cabaret recounting her journey to becoming “American”. Christopher Wecklein directed
Our second Winter Festival – A Salute to Alexander Pushkin, featuring the premiere of Pushkin’s play The Water Nymph.
Given the huge success of the first Russian Winter Festival, we staged another program. Richer and expansive, it included storytelling, language games, dance, music, and poetry.
An international evening of music, song and dance.
The First Russian Winter Festival
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