Clyde Fitch Report: In the future, when America is busy not building walls, hopefully it will still build bridges. Polish actor Robert Zawadzki surely feels the same way. He plays a deceptively difficult role in Owen McCafferty’s devastating play Quietly, running at Off-Broadway’s Irish Repertory Theatre (in a co-production with The Public Theater) through Sept. 25 — a character witnessing the trauma, and resolution, of hate.
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One of the things that drew me to performance art initially was its power to transcend national boundaries. as someone with a deep love of travel, I saw immense value in the abilities of performance artists and designers to travel the world, practicing their craft. This article is a perfect reminder of that fact.
Robert Zadawski, an acclaimed Polish actor, plays a Polish bar owner living in Belfast in "Quietly,"an Irish play about the aftermath of sectarian violence between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic. The play is currently in performance in New York. The remarkable nature of Robert Zadawski's international career aside, the interview showcased by this article provides an American audience an rare view into the reality of a European performing artist. As Zadawski talks about the political climate in his native Poland, one can draw parallels to the current political goings-on in America. Zadawski's words lead me to wonder what sort of potential such similar collaborations between international artists could bring to the future of theater.
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