ANA-MARIA BAMBERGER is an award winning international playwright based in Paris and Hamburg, working in English, French, German and Romanian.
Her critically acclaimed plays include: The Paradox of Desire, Belvedere, One Whole Night, Talking to You, Martha & Marina, Three O’Clock, The Portrait of Donna T. and The Stone, among others. They have been performed in theatres and at festivals worldwide, as well as on television and radio, and have been published as books.
A native of Bucharest, Romania, Ana-Maria 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. She is Artistic Director of Magus Theatre Productions, an international theatre producing company, and was Visiting Dramatist and Assistant Professor at the Paris School of Arts and Culture, the Paris campus of Kent University.
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PLAYS & PRODUCTIONS
LE PARADOXE DU DÉSIR / THE PARADOX OF DESIRE
2024 Paris - Théâtre Le Guichet Montparnasse
2024 Avignon - Le BA Théâtre
ONE WHOLE NIGHT / UNE NUIT ENTIÈRE
2023 Paris - Théâtre Le Guichet Montparnasse
2023 London - White Bear Theatre
TALKING TO YOU / PARLER AVEC TOI
2018 Paris - Théâtre Le Guichet Montparnasse
2022 Bucharest - Teatrelli
Radio adaptation - National Theatre Radio Bucharest
2017 Bucharest - Playwrights Theatre / Tourns: Canada, China, Germany
2019 Paris - Théâtre Le Guichet Montparnasse
2019 London - The Monkey House
2022 Tel Aviv, Jaffa - Alley Theatre
2023 Brasov Romania - Teatrul Particular la Centrul Reduta
THE STONE / LE ROCHER (with Christoph Bamberger)
2013 Germany - Theater Paderborn
2014 Paris - Théâtre Studio Hébertot
2014 London - Tristan Bates Theatre
2014 Brighton - Upstairs at Three and Ten
2015 Paris - Théâtre Essaion
2015 Avignon - Théâtre des Corps Saints
Radio adaptation - National Theatre Radio Bucharest
2011 Brighton - Marlborough Theatre
2012 Romania - Anton Pann Theatre / Festivals: Albania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Kosovo - multiple awards
2014 Germany - Lichthof Theatre Hamburg
2016 Ireland - Chapel on the Hill, Kilorglin / Tour Brussel
Radio adaptation - National Theatre Radio Bucharest
2011 Bucharest - Nottara Theatre and Buzau, George Ciprian Theatre
2015 Bucarest - National Theatre
National & International Tours: Germany, Canada, Vienna, Brussels - Palais des Beaux-Arts / National Comedy Festival - Best Show Award, 2x Best Actor Award
Drama for Two Play Award - Theatre Giurgiu Drama Contest
2011 Hamburg - Komödie Winterhuder Fährhaus - Kontraste Theater
2010 Hamburg - Komödie Winterhuder Fährhaus - Kontraste Theater
2011 Berlin - Vagantenbühne
2011 Romania - Classic Theatre Arad
2011 Romania - Davila Theatre Pitesti / Festivals Serbia, Bulgaria - multiple awards (2x Best Production, Best director, Best actor)
2012 London - White Bear Theatre
2020 Paris - Théâtre Le Guichet Montparnasse
2021 Madrid - Teatro Sanchinarro & Teatro Carril del Conde
2021 London - Old Red Lion Theatre
2022 Paris - Théâtre de Nesle (English Production)
2024 Paris - Théâtre Le Guichet Montparnasse
Radio adaptation - National Theatre Radio Bucharest, UNITER AWARD nomination
2010 - Romania - National Theatre Sibiu, German Section
2010 - Munich, Rosstall Theatre
2020 - Munich Theater Und So Fort
2021 - Theater Weilheim
Numerous other productions in Romania
Radio adaptation - National Theatre Radio Bucharst, Best actress Award, Grand Prix Nova
THE PORTRAIT OF DONNA T / LE PORTRAIT DE MADAME T
2008 Bucharest - Arcub Theatre
2008 Germany - EuroCentral Theatre Bonn
2009 Bucahrest - Mic Theatre (Teatrul Mic), total run: 7 years / Tour Germany & National Tours, Festivals, multiple awards
2011 Prague - ABC Theatre (Divadlo ABC)
2022 Paris - Théâtre Le Guichet Montparnasse
Radio adaptation - National Theatre Radio Bucharest, UNITER AWARD winner
MARTHA, MARINA / POISSON ET PETITS POIS
2004 Bucharest - Theatrum Mundi/ Metropolis Theatre, total run 10 years / Tours: Germany, Canada, National Tours / Festivals - multiple awards
2008 Munich - Rosstall Theatre
2011 New York City - Davenport Studio staged reading with Tony Award Winner Mary Lou Wilson & Mary McCann
2016 Avignon - Théâtre La Luna
2017 Avignon - Théâtre La Luna
2018 Paris - Théâtre Funambule Montmartre
2003 Bucharest - National Theatre, total run 11 years (until 2014)
2003 - 2014 National Tours, Tour Germany, National Theatre Festival
TV adaptation - National TV Romania