Anna Augustynowicz

Anna Augustynowicz (born April 1, 1959 in Dębica ) is a Polish theater director and since 1992 artistic director of the Teatr Współczesny in Szczecin .

Life

Augustynowicz studied theater studies at the Jagiellonian University and directing at the State Theater School in Krakow and graduated in 1989. She was a student of Krystian Lupa . During her student days she experienced her first great success with her directorial debut Życie Wewnętrzne by Marek Koterski in 1989 in the theater in Kalisz . In 1992 she became artistic director of the Teatr Współczesny in Szczecin. In the same year she opened the Malarnia stage (painter's hall) within the theater , where small experimental productions are performed. Anna Augustynowicz is one of the most respected theater directors of the younger generation of Polish theater makers and has received numerous awards for her work.

Director (selection)

• 1991: Iwona, księżniczka Burgunda by Witold Gombrowicz
• 1997: Moja wątroba jest bez sensu albo zagłada ludu (People's Destruction or My Liver is Senseless ) by Werner Schwab
• 1998: Balladyna by Juliusz Słowacki
• 2002: Polaroidy (Some Explicit Polaroids) by Mark Ravenhill
• 2002: Mąż i żona by Aleksander Fredro
• 2003: Komiczna siła (Comic Potential) by Alan Ayckbourn
• 2004: Powrót na pustynię (Return to the Desert) by Bernard-Marie Koltès
• 2005: Napis (L'Inscription) by Gérald Sibleyras
• 2007: Wesele by Stanisław Wyspiański
• 2010: Getsemani (Gethsemane) by David Hare
• 2014: Męczennicy (Martyrs) by Marius von Mayenburg
• 2016: Burza ( The Tempest ) by William Shakespeare
• 2016: Ślub Witold Gombrowicz

Awards (selection)

• 1998: Paszport Polityki in the theater category
• 2005: Gloria Artis Silver Medal for Cultural Merit
• 2014: Zygmunt Huebner Prize
• 2014: Knight's Cross Polonia Restituta

Web links

• Anna Augustynowicz. In: culture.pl . 2001, accessed August 8, 2020 (Polish, last update: 2016). 
• Anna Augustynowicz. In: Encyklopedia Teatru Polskiego. Retrieved August 8, 2020 (Polish). 
• Anna Augustynowicz. In: FilmPolski.pl. December 13, 2019, accessed August 8, 2020 (Polish). 
• Anna Augustynowicz. In: Teatr Współczesny w Szczecinie. Retrieved August 8, 2020 (Polish).