Judiska Teatern: The Jewish Theatre

Pia Forsgren, Artistic Director of The Jewish Theatre

She was working as a director at Dramaten in Stockholm when Robert Weil asked her to come to The Jewish Theatre which was restarted in 1997 in its own premises on Djurgården. From being run as a foundation, with performances in rented venues, the Jewish Theatre now became a privately financed company with its own stage. A few trial productions were staged, but then Pia Forsgren and the producer Yvonne Rock officially opened the new theatre with The Night Reads Stars [Natten läser stjärnor] in spring 1997.

The mission of The Jewish Theatre includes giving scope for a Jewish perspective on performance art, and to developing the physical/technical potential of performances on stage. Pia Forsgren’s interest in contemporary cultural expression and strong inclination for experiment and exploration of the theatrical space have been manifested in several first performances of Swedish drama and a powerful visual idiom.

The former Manager of Drama at Swedish Radio, Magnus Florin on Pia Forsgren: pdf »
Plays directed by Pia Forsgren, pdf »

Together with Tomas Franck, Kenneth Björk and the architect Kjell Sörman, Pia Forsgren transformed the former bowling alley into a technically sophisticated cultural venue.

The Jewish Theatre’s logotype, a capital J with a David’s Star, and the graphic profile for posters, ads, programmes and other printed matter ever since the production Yom Kippur in 1998, was designed by Anders Wester, member of the Platinum Academy since 2009 »