Janina Szarek and the Teatr Studio am Salzufer – Tadeusz Różewicz Bühne Berlin

List of Janina Szarek’s theatre roles:

Fräulein Bürstner in “The Trial” by Franz Kafka, Director: Józef Jasielski, Teatr Styx, Kraków.

Buhlerin in “Kabała “ (The Kabbala), poetic drama based on the poems of Bolesław Leśmian, Scriptwriter and Director: Krzysztof Jasiński, Teatr STU, Kraków. 

Revolutionary in “Oratorium rewolucyjne” (The Revolutionary Oratorium), poetic drama based on the poems of Bruno Jasieński and Krzysztof K. Baczyński, Director: Krzysztof Jasiński, Teatr STU, Kraków.

Charlotta in “The Cherry Orchard” by Anton Chekhov, Director: Bronisław Dąbrowski, Final Performance, State Theatre School (PWST), Kraków.

Respektowa in “Fantazy” by Juliusz Słowacki, Director: Jerzy Merunowicz, Final Performance, State Theatre School (PWST), Kraków, 1971.

Woman in red in “Gyubal Wahazar” by Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Director: Bogdan Hussakowski, Final Performance, State Theatre School (PWST), Kraków, 1971.

Woman in “Eh Joe” by Samuel Beckett, Director: Tadeusz Kijański, Student Theatre at the State Theatre School (PWST), Kraków.

Ghost in Janusz Rewiński-Kabarett, Scriptwriter and Director: Janusz Rewiński, Klub “Pod Jaszczurami”, Kraków.

Zosia in “Ladies and Hussars” (Damy i huzary) by Aleksander Fredro, Director: Andrzej Witkowski, Teatr Współczesny, Wrocław, 1971. 

Tamara in “The Young Guard” by Alexander Fadejew, Director: Andrzej Witkowski, Teatr Współczesny, Wrocław, 1972.

Young Woman in “Lysistrata” by Aristophanes, Director: Raul Zermeno, Teatr Współczesny, Wrocław, 1973.

Girl in “Czerwcami gorące” (June Heat), a poetic monodrama based on the poems of Bolesław Leśmian, Scriptwriter and Director: Janina Szarek (Director in conjunction with Krystian Lupa), Piwnica Świdnicka, Wrocław, 1973. 

Pallas Athene in “The Oresteia” by Aeschylus and Kassandra, understudied but not performed, Director: Józef Para, Teatr Współczesny, Wrocław, 1973.

Izabella Łęcka in “Pan Wokulski” (Mr Wokulski) based on Bolesław Prus, Director: Józef Para, Teatr Współczesny, Wrocław, 1973.

White Girl in “Medea” by Euripides / [adapted by] Stanisław Dygat, Director: Stanisław Brejdygant, Wrocławski Teatr Telewizji, Wrocław, 1974.

Tatjana in “The Philistines” by Maxim Gorki, Director: Józef Para, Teatr Współczesny, Wrocław, 1974.

Janina in “Grzech” (The Wages of Sin) by Stefan Żeromski, Director: Jacek Szczęk, Teatr Współczesny, Wrocław, 1974.

Ewa in “Komedia rodzinna” (Family Comedy) by Ireneusz Kocyłak, Director: Andrzej Maria Marczewski, Teatr Współczesny, Wrocław, 1975.

Pretty Girl in “The Old Woman Broods” (Stara kobieta wysiaduje) by Tadeusz Różewicz, Director: K. Braun, Wrocławski Teatr Telewizji, 1976.
 
Pirate Jenny in “Wartość mosiądzu” (The Value of Brass), a poetic musical performance based on texts and songs by Bertold Brecht, Scriptwriter: Jarosław Szymkiewicz, Director: Jerzy Schejbal, “Rekwizytornia” Teatru Współczesnego, Wrocław.

Chimene in “Le Cid” by Pierre Corneille, Director: Bernard Hanaoka, Teatr Miejski, Theatre in Książ Castle, Wałbrzych, 1976.

Lidotschka in “Krechinsky's Wedding” by Alexander W. Suchowo-Kobylin, Directors: Zbigniew Burski and Wiesław Wodecki, Wrocławski Teatr Telewizji, Wrocław.
 
Dionysia in “The President” by Maurice Hennequin and Pierre Veber, Set Design: Szymon Kobyliński, Director: Halina Dzieduszycka, Bałtycki Teatr Dramatyczny, 1976.

Rosalinde in “As You Like It” by William Shakespeare, Director: Janusz Tartyłło, Bałtycki Teatr Dramatyczny, Koszalin, 1977.

Lavinia in “Androcles and the Lion” by Bernard Shaw, Director: Henryk Tomaszewski, Teatr Cypriana K. Norwida, Jelenia Góra, 1977.

Sister Anna in “Wariat i zakonnica” (The Madman and the Nun) by Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Director: Krystian Lupa, Wrocławski Teatr Telewizji, Wrocław, 1978.

Iphigenie in “Iphigenia in Tauris” by Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Director: Alina Obidniak, Teatr Cypriana K. Norwida, Jelenia Góra, 1978.

Muse and other roles in “Kram z piosenkami” (Stall with Songs) by Leon Schiller, Director: Tadeusz Kozłowski, Teatr Polski, Wrocław, 1978.

Cousin in “Opętani” (The Possessed) by Witold Gombrowicz, Director: Tadeusz Minc, Teatr Polski, Wrocław.

Angel, Shepherdess and Musician in “Pastorałka” (Pastorale) by Leon Schiller, Director: Leszek Czarnota, Teatr Polski, Wrocław, 1980.

Ludwika Śniadecka in “Jul”, based on the correspondence between Juliusz Słowacki and Ludwika Śniadecka, Director: Wiesław Górski, Teatr Polski, Wrocław.
 
Ninika in “Baba-Dziwo” (Wonderful Woman) by Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska, Director: Maria Straszewska, Teatr Polski, Wrocław, 1979.

Belisa in “The Love of Don Perlimplin” by Federico Garcia Lorca, Director: Sylvia Gerlich, Theater am Mehringdamm, Berlin.

Popowa in “The Bear” by Anton Chekhov Director: Sylvia Gerlich, Theater am Mehringdamm, Berlin.

Diana in “Lend Me a Tenor” by Ken Ludwig, Director: Krzysztof Różycki, Scena POSK (Polish Social and Cultural Centre), London.
 
Swallow in “Thumbelina” based on the fairy tale of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen, Scriptwriter and Director: Zofia Walkiewicz-Slaz, Scena POSK (Polish Social and Cultural Centre), London.

Witness in “Pieśń o zamordowanym żydowskim narodzie” (The Song of the Massacred Jewish People) by Jizchak Katzenelson, Director: Janina Szarek, Scena Małych Form, POSK (Polish Social and Cultural Centre), London.

Woman in “Dobranoc nonsensie” (Good Night, Nonsense), poetic performance based on the poems of Bolesław Taborski, Director: Janina Szarek, Scena Małych Form, POSK (Polish Social and Cultural Centre), London.

The Ghost of Anastasia Nibek in “Country House” (W małym dworku) by Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Director: Janina Szarek, Polish Cultural Institute, Berlin, 1999.

Aunt in “White Marriage” by Tadeusz Różewicz, Director: Janina Szarek, Teatr Studio am Salzufer, Berlin, 2004.

Woman, Journalist, The Accused in “Accused” von Kain Karawahn, Director: Rolf Baumgart and Michael Zeyfang, Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Berlin.

Woman fighting in “A Themyscira Noch” based on texts by Racine, Kleist, Shakespeare, Büchner, Schiller, Pasolini, Director: Anne Pleis, Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Berlin.

Old Woman in “The Old Woman Broods” by Tadeusz Różewicz, Director: Janina Szarek, Teatr Studio am Salzufer, Berlin, 2007.

Janina Węgorzewska in “The Mother” by Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Director: Janina Szarek, Teatr Studio am Salzufer, Berlin, 2011.