Grzegorz Jarzyna

Grzegorz Jarzyna - polish theatre, opera and movie director, artistic director of TR Warszawa. Jarzyna graduated from the Philosophy Department at the Jagiellonian University and from the Directing Department at the Ludwik Solski State Drama School in Kraków.
== Career ==
Grzegorz Jarzyna debuted with the renown "Tropical Craze" based on Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz's works (Teatr Rozmaitości, 1997). He directed many theatrical plays, including: "Unidentified Human Remains" by Brad Fraser (Teatr Dramatyczny in Warsaw, 1998), "Magnetism of the Heart" based on Aleksander Fredro's "Maidens' Vows" (Teatr Rozmaitości, 1999), "Doctor Faustus" by Tomasz Mann (co- produced by the Polish Theatre in Wroclaw and Hebbel-Theatre in Berlin, within the THEOREM project, 1999), "Prince Myszkin" based on "The Idiot" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Teatr Rozmaitości, 2000), "4.48 Psychosis" by Sarah Kane (co-produced by Teatr Rozmaitości and the Polish Theatre in Poznan, 2005), "No Matter How Hard We Tried" by Dorota Masłowska (co-produced by TR Warszawa and Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz in Berlin, 2009), "2007: Macbeth" by William Shakespeare (TR Warszawa, 2005), "T.E.O.R.E.M.A.T" based on Pier Paolo Pasolini's film titled "Theorem" (TR Warszawa, 2009), "Other Woman" based on the script of John Cassavetes's film "Opening Night (1977 film)" (TR Warszawa, 2014), "The Martyrs" based on Marius von Mayenburg's drama (TR Warszawa, 2015), "Ivona, Princess of Burgundia" by Witold Gombrowicz (co-produced by Theatre of Nations, Moscow and TR Warszawa, 2016), "G.E.N" (TR Warszawa, 2017), "Two Swords" (co-produced by Beijing Propel Performing Arts&;Media Co., Ltd. Shanghai Theatre Academy and TR Warszawa, 2018) and "G.E.N VR" – the first ever Cinematic VR performance with live audience (co-produced by TR Warszawa, The Adam Mickiewicz Institute and Mimo.ooo VR, 2018). This globally unique production was presented at the International Performing Arts Meeting TPAM 2018 in Yokohama, at the 2018 Segal Center Film Festival on Theatre and Performance in New York, at "A NAME: Grzegorz Jarzyna" Festival in Târgu Mureș and Digital Cultures 2019 conference in Warsaw.
On March 15, 2019 "Other People", based on Dorota Masłowska's novel, premiered on TR Warszawa/ATM Studio stage. The production has a participatory character. It was created by a collective of TR ensemble, composers, Warsaw hip-hop artists, graphic designers, animators, visual artists and video makers. The performance won two awards at the 12th International Theatre Festival "Divine Comedy" in Cracow, among others.
In the autumn of 2019 on the Experimental Stage of the Stanisław Wyspiański National Academy of Theatre Arts in Cracow premiered the first diploma performance directed by Grzegorz Jarzyna – "The Tempest" by William Shakespeare – produced with the fourth-year students of the AST Acting Department. In the fall of 2020 a premiere of „2020: The Tempest" is scheduled to take place in TR Warszawa/ATM Studio (text: Grzegorz Jarzyna, Weronika Murek).
Operas produced by Grzegorz Jarzyna include: "The Gambler" by Sergei Prokofiev (Opéra National de Lyon, 2009), "L'enfant et les sortilèges" by Maurice Ravel (Bavarian National Opera, 2011), "The Dwarf" Alexander Zemlinsky (Bavarian National Opera, 2011), "Giovanni" based on "Don Giovanni" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Moliere's "Don Juan" (TR Warszawa's production in the Grand Theatre – National Opera in Warsaw, 2006). Grzegorz Jarzyna directed a show based on Krzysztof Penderecki's work "St Luke Passion" (produced by Katowice - City of Gardens Cultural Institution, Krakow Festival Office, National Audiovisual Institute, 2012). In 2015 a movie "No Matter How Hard We Tried" directed by Grzegorz Jarzyna and co-produced by TR Warszawa and the National Audiovisual Institute was released. It was subsequently presented at numerous film festivals and special screenings in Gdynia, Koszalin, Wroclaw, Berlin, Chicago, Karlovy Vary, Lviv, Stockholm, Sofia, Vilnius, among others.
Theatre productions directed by Grzegorz Jarzyna have been staged at festivals and in theatres all over the world, including Nur-Sultan, Avignon, Berlin, Bucharest, Dublin, Edinburgh, Hong Kong, Jerusalem, London, Los Angeles, Munich, Moscow, New York City, Beijing, Saint Petersburg, Stockholm, Toronto, Vienna and Wellington. The following were shown in Great Britain: Tropical Madness- based on S.I. Witkiewicz (Bloomsbury Theater), Celebration (Festen) - T. Vinterberg, M.Rukov, Sadlers Wells, Psychosis 4.48 - S. Kan (Barbican Theater), T.E.O.R.E.M.A.T - based on P.P. Passolini (Barbican Theater), Nosferatu - based on Bram Stoker (coopruduction TR with Barbican Theater and Dublin Fest).
== Work at TR Warszawa ==
Since 1998 Grzegorz Jarzyna is a deputy artistic director of TR Warszawa (formerly known as Teatr Rozmaitości), from 2006 until 2012 he was also the general director of the theatre located at 8 Marszałkowska Street, Warsaw. Jarzyna is the creator of TR Warszawa's artistic profile and leader of the theatre's team. Over more than 20 years of his leadership, he's managed to build a strong brand and presence for the theatre both in the local and international artistic markets. TR Warszawa under the direction of Grzegorz Jarzyna has become a place for artistic experimentation and creative development for many artists who are now working on polish and foreign theatre stages and movie sets and for a great number of producers and managers who've joined the ranks of cultural workers in Poland and abroad. Grzegorz Jarzyna has created the concept of theatrical projects aimed at exploring new drama forms and supporting the development of young theatre artists, such as: Warsaw Area [Teren Warszawa] (2003/2004), TR/PL (2005/2006), Field TR [Teren TR] (2014/2015) or the TR Debut award for drama directing students, established in 2015/2016. Winners of this annual award have a chance to stage their first production in TR Warszawa. Jarzyna is also the originator and co-author of "The 2019-2023 TR Warszawa Team Strategy" aimed to prepare the theatre's employees for the upcomingmove to the new TR Warszawa's building being constructed in the Parade Square.https://didaskalia.pl/pl/artykul/fan-fiction
== Best known works ==
1. "Tropical Craze"- based on S.I. Witkiewicz, Bloomsbury Theatre
2. "Celebration (Festen)" - T. Vinterberg, M.Rukov, Sadler's Wells Theatre
3. "Psychosis 4.48" - S.Kane. Barbican Centre
4. T.E.O.R.E.M.A.T. - based on P.P.Passolini, Barbican Centre
5. "Nosferatu" - based on Bram Stoker (coopruduction TR with Barbican Theater and Dublin Fest.), Barbican Centre
Category:Polish theatre directors