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MIHAELA DRĂGAN
MIHAELA DRĂGAN
Born: 1986, Buzău, Romania
Place of living: Bucharest, Romania
Height: 160 cm
Spoken languages: English, Spanish, Romanian, Romani
2020
Special British Council Romania Award at UNITER Awards Gala for the Giuvlipen Company for our work in promoting and supporting social inclusion and encouraging civic engagement
The Gilder / Coigney International Theater Award, Special Award, New York
2019
Highly appreciated distinction from the Romanian Government granted during the Past, present and future ceremony, for the artistic performance and promotion of Roma culture, Bucharest, Romania
2018
Acknowledged as one of the ten most relevant playwrights around the world at Pen World Voices International Playwrights Festival, New York
2017
Nominated for the The Gilder / Coigney International Theatre Award which acknowledges the exceptional work of theatre women around the world
Professional studies
2011
Acting
Faculty of Theatre, Spiru Haret University (Universitatea Spiru Haret)
Bucharest, Romania
MAIN WORK
2026
Get up Roma!
- as writer, performer
Giuvlipen Theater Company (Compania de Teatru Giuvlipen)
Bucharest, Romania
2025
William Shakespeare, Mihaela Drăgan: Caliban and the Witch (Caliban și vrăjitoarea)
*an adaptation of The Tempest by William Shakespeare*
- as writer, director
Giuvlipen Theater Company, “Marin Sorescu” National Theater of Craiova (Compania de Teatru Giuvlipen, Teatrul Național „Marin Sorescu”)
Craiova, Romania
2023
Mihaela Drăgan: Viral on TikTok (Virală pe TikTok)
- as writer, director
D.: Mihaela Drăgan
Giuvlipen Theater Company, Romanian Playwright's Theater (Compania de Teatru Giuvlipen, Teatrul Dramaturgilor Români)
Bucharest, Romania
COMPANY
2014-present
Giuvlipen Theater Company (Compania de Teatru Giuvlipen)
-as co-founder, actress
Bucharest, Romania
External links
essay:
https://howlround.com/series/roma-theatre-europe
article:
https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/romanias-roma-culture-seeks-stage
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-romania-women-theatre/romanias-roma-rise-up-with-revolutionary-theater-idUSKCN1AX16I
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2015/apr/13/meet-the-global-feminists-changing-the-world-for-girls-from-kenya-to-egypt
interview:
http://www.mantlethought.org/arts-and-culture/mihaela-dragan
photo credits
All rights reserved
1: ©Alina Vincze
2: ©Alina Vincze
3: ©Oltin Dogaru
4: ©Alina Vincze
5: ©Dana Eliza Șerdean
6: ©Claudiu Popescu