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The fourth edition of the Playwriting Workshop led by actor and writer Mimi Brănescu will conclude with a series of staged readings presented between June 2 and 6, 2026, at the Media Hall of the National Theater of Bucharest. Conceived by Mimi Brănescu with the support of the National Theater of Bucharest (TNB), the project reflects, with each edition, the Bucharest National Theater’s ongoing commitment to supporting the new generation of playwrights and fostering their artistic debuts on a professional theater stage.

There are some situations we want to get out of, but we’re not quite sure how. In others, we want to get into them and we’re in a bit of a hurry. Miriam, Darius, and Vasi are each trying to escape from a trap—it’s unclear who set it or why it’s so sharp.

I graduated in 2012 from the “I. L. Caragiale” National University of Arts and Cinematography, majoring in Acting. Seeking to better understand my attraction to literature, I then pursued a master’s degree in Literary Studies at the University of Bucharest, specializing in Literary Research. These two paths converged in the most surprising and beautiful way in this workshop.

Thanks to the instructor and my colleagues for more than half a year of meetings centered on writing—and for a clearer perspective on the situations in which we all find ourselves, sooner or later, in one way or another.

Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu