THE WRITER - DUBRAVKO MIHANOVIĆ
Dubravko Mihanović was born in 1975 in Zagreb.
He graduated at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb. His plays are performed in theatres in Zagreb, Split, Zadar, Virovitica, Požega and Dublin, as well on the radio stations in Croatia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Poland, Austria, Germany, Hungary, Finland, United Kingdom...
The play Bijelo won the Marin Držić Award in 1998 and has been included in the books Nova hrvatska drama: izbor iz drame 90-tih and Croatian Radio Plays in the 1990s. The play was also filmed for Croatian Radiotelevision.
Mihanović won the Marin Držić Award again in 2004 for the play Žaba. Same play, in production of theatre Teatar &TD in Zagreb, won the Marul Award and Croatian Association of Dramatic Artists Award for the best play of the season.
Mihanović worked as a dramaturgist on plays in City Theatre Gavella, Croatian National Theatre Split, City Theatre Komedija, Satirical Theatre Kerempuh, City Theatre Žar ptica, Children Theatre Dubrava...
He also worked as a writer and a dramaturgist for the Croatian Radio Drama Program and Croatian Television Drama Program.
Mihanović’s articles were published in magazines Teatar&Teorija, Frakcija, Kazalište, Forum, Vijenac, Quorum... He was an editor for drama in magazine Plima.
He won the Plava sol Award for poetry which is awarded by the artistic organization "Vuković & Runjić". He also writes libretti, screenplays for radio and television documentaries and movies.
He is currently employed as a dramaturgist in the theatre Gavella.
Plays: Pingvini (1996), Bijelo (1998), Grenland (1999), Indijanci (2000), Žaba (2003)
Dubravko Mihanović: ŽABA
| CAST: | |
| ZEKO: | SRETEN MOKROVIĆ |
| TONI: | FRANJO DIJAK |
| GRGA: | SVEN MEDVEŠEK |
| YOUNG MAN: | FILIP JURIČIĆ |
| REDATELJICA: | FRANKA PERKOVIĆ |
| SCENOGRAF: | MILJENKO SEKULIĆ |
| KOSTIMOGRAFKINJA: | ĐURĐA JANEŠ |
| GLAZBA: | DANIEL BIFFEL |
| SET DESIGN: | NIKOLINA BIŠKUP |
| PHOTOGRAPHY: | MLADEN POBI |
| LIGHTING: | MARKO VODENIČAR |
| SOUND: | BRANKO VODENIČAR |
| WARDROBE AND PROPS | MARINA UROIĆ |
THE PLAY
The play Žaba won many awards.
In 2004, for the 14th culture festival Marulićevi dani, the author Dubravko Mihanović won the Marin Držić Award for best dramatic text.
SUMMARY
The barber Zeko is a former soldier who struggles with PTSD. Due to his illness, Zeko lost his family and wife. His brother, Toni, is a gambler and an alcoholic who just lost his job. Toni does not want to confess this information to his wife in order to save their marriage which is already falling apart. Their mutual friend Grga is a taxi driver who has an affair with a much younger girl.
All three of them are lost souls, marginal players whose lives have no perspective.
The play is set on a Christmas Eve, when Zeko experience some kind of a catharsis.