Selection Committee Statement

Let’s work on it. Get stuck. Sit with it. Feel unsure.
Come up with ideas. Try them. Pull them apart.
Get excited. Make something. Feel good about it.
Then not so sure. Get tired. Feel hopeful again.
Let’s ask questions – and question the answers- about theatre.
Selma Spahić
Selma Spahić

Selma Spahić is a theatre director who has staged 40 productions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Slovenia, and Germany. Her work spans classical and contemporary plays, novel adaptations, devised theatre, as well as documentary and community-based projects. She teaches at the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo. Photo credit: Dragan Mujan