LOVE LETTERS Melissa and Andy. They have known each other since they were children. She is a liberal, he is more of a conservative. Whether close or far, they have always written letters to each other. Their touching but also humorous content carries a tender message of love and friendship, an honest account of the changes in their lives as glimpsed through their correspondence.
The Pulitzer Prize-nominated epistolary romance by American playwright A. R. Guerney returns to Czechia with an exclusive cast. Two Thálie Award winners – Emília Vášáryová, the first lady of Slovak theatre, and Milan Kňažko – meet for the first time in many years to record Darina Abrahámová’s radio version of the famous American play. As they immerse themselves in the roles of Melissa and Andy, a unique on-stage concert by two star actors emerges, joining the long line of their illustrious predecessors. Over the years, famous actors such as Elizabeth Taylor, Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Tom Hanks, Liza Minnelli, Matthew Broderick, Mia Farrow, Alan Alda, Brooke Shields and Charlton Heston have excelled in Love Letters on New York’s Broadway. In Czechia, Jana Hlaváčová and Petr Kostka gave similarly outstanding performances.
Slovenské herecké legendy E. Vášáryová a M. Kňažko čtou na pozadí minimalistické rozhlasové scény dopisy plné lásky, nadhledu, životních zkušeností, humorného špičkování i znatelnějších rozdílů povah. Jsou autentičtí a slovenština malebná. Oba našli svou druhou půlku, která je doplnila. Kruh života uzavírá dojemný hudební doslov... A smíření.
– KATEŘINA VODÁKOVÁ, i-divadlo.cz
DARINA ABRAHÁMOVÁ (1959) began her career as an actress in the famous Bratislava ensembles of Radošina Naive Theatre and GUnaGU. After graduating from the Theatre and Film Studies at the Academy of Performing Arts, she joined the Slovak National Theatre in 1984 as a lecturer and now works there as a dramaturge. At the same time, she has continued her acting career, mainly on television, and has worked as a director alongside her teaching activities. For Studio DVA, she has directed productions such as Men Die, Women Survive; Sexy Laundry and Love Letters. As a dramaturge she has worked on productions of The Little Prince, The Hop-Pickers, The Incredibly Sad Princess and many others.
STUDIO DVA is an independent theatre and art company established in 2000. It mainly produces its own theatre projects and tours theatres throughout the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Since 2004, it has organised the popular theatre show Metropolitan Summer of Actor Celebrities, which takes place at the Vyšehrad Summer Stage. In 2018, it added two outdoor stages outside of Prague – the Vítězná Summer Stage near Dvůr Králové nad Labem and the courtyard of the romantic medieval fortress Divice near Louny. In the summer of 2021, the ensemble started performing in yet another Prague open-air venue – the Summer Stage at the Prague Exhibition Grounds in Holešovice. On 18 September 2013, Studio DVA opened its main metropolitan stage in the Palác Fénix on Wenceslas Square, where audiences can see actors from Czech and Slovak ensembles, drama, musicals and exceptional musical projects. In October 2018, the Small Stage of the Studio DVA Theatre at Na Perštýně Street No. 6 was added. This exclusive space for 200 spectators provides a stage for popular plays performed at the Palác Fénix arcade and for guest ensembles from Slovakia and Brno. New, demanding titles have recently expanded the existing repertoire.
