Ana-Maria Bamberger is a playwright of
Romanian origin working in French, English, German, and Romanian.
Her plays are performed in theatres and at festivals in more than 15 countries.[1]
A native of Bucharest, Bamberger studied medicine and worked in medical research at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland (United States) and at the University Medical Center Hamburg, Germany.[2] She began writing plays in 2003. Playwriting Masterclass with
Stephen Jeffreys at the
Royal Court Theatre in
London (2011).[3] She was Visiting Dramatist and Assistant Professor at the Paris School of Arts and Culture, the Paris Campus of Kent University.
She formed a close artistic relationship with the actress
Olga Tudorache who performed in her first three plays.[4]
The FOYER Theater Magazin,
3Sat, described her plays as "psychologically subtle, combining humour and depth". The Süddeutsche Zeitung sees "a deep seriousness behind biting sacarsm".[5]
Selected plays and productions
The Paradoxe of Desire
2024 Paris - Théâtre Le Guichet Montparnasse (French title: Le Paradoxe du désir)[6]
One Whole Night
2023 Paris - Théâtre Le Guichet Montparnasse (French title: Une nuit entière)[7]
2019 Paris - Théâtre Le Guichet Montparnasse (French title: Cambriolage)[12]
The Stone (co-authored with Christoph M. Bamberger)
2013 Germany - Theater Paderborn (German title: Der Stein)[13]
2014 Paris - Théâtre Studio Hébertot (Transfer: Théâtre Essaion Paris 2015, Festival Avignon - Théâtre des Corps Saints 2015) (French title: Le Rocher)[14]
2014 London - Tristan Bates Theatre (Used title: Rock and a Hard Place)[15]
Ana-Maria Bamberger is a playwright of
Romanian origin working in French, English, German, and Romanian.
Her plays are performed in theatres and at festivals in more than 15 countries.[1]
A native of Bucharest, Bamberger studied medicine and worked in medical research at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland (United States) and at the University Medical Center Hamburg, Germany.[2] She began writing plays in 2003. Playwriting Masterclass with
Stephen Jeffreys at the
Royal Court Theatre in
London (2011).[3] She was Visiting Dramatist and Assistant Professor at the Paris School of Arts and Culture, the Paris Campus of Kent University.
She formed a close artistic relationship with the actress
Olga Tudorache who performed in her first three plays.[4]
The FOYER Theater Magazin,
3Sat, described her plays as "psychologically subtle, combining humour and depth". The Süddeutsche Zeitung sees "a deep seriousness behind biting sacarsm".[5]
Selected plays and productions
The Paradoxe of Desire
2024 Paris - Théâtre Le Guichet Montparnasse (French title: Le Paradoxe du désir)[6]
One Whole Night
2023 Paris - Théâtre Le Guichet Montparnasse (French title: Une nuit entière)[7]
2019 Paris - Théâtre Le Guichet Montparnasse (French title: Cambriolage)[12]
The Stone (co-authored with Christoph M. Bamberger)
2013 Germany - Theater Paderborn (German title: Der Stein)[13]
2014 Paris - Théâtre Studio Hébertot (Transfer: Théâtre Essaion Paris 2015, Festival Avignon - Théâtre des Corps Saints 2015) (French title: Le Rocher)[14]
2014 London - Tristan Bates Theatre (Used title: Rock and a Hard Place)[15]