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My Balkans provides grants and fellowships in culture, arts, and education to individuals and organizations in the Balkans and South-Eastern Europe working toward freedom of expression, social openness, artistic excellence and educational advancement.

The year 2025 was a significant and critical one for My Balkans’ identity, achievements and the wide-ranging impact of i...
03/16/2026

The year 2025 was a significant and critical one for My Balkans’ identity, achievements and the wide-ranging impact of its work across the Balkans and in the United States. It was also a difficult and challenging year, given the state of the global world order and everyday emerging crisis that shaped and produced domino effects on the state of affairs in the countries, areas and communities where we have been successfully active in the past. Adhering closely to our multifold mission to develop and fund projects, programs, and activities; to raise social awareness; to build relationships and alliances with individuals and various organizations around the globe; and to support societies committed to justice and equality, My Balkans organized, produced and was part of numerous events both in Europe and the U.S., with its important role of promoting freedom of expression, social openness and artistic excellence. Here is what we accomplished ————————————>

Natasha Tripney writes about From the Other Side—The festival bringing Balkan theatre to New York.To read the full artic...
01/31/2026

Natasha Tripney writes about From the Other Side—The festival bringing Balkan theatre to New York.
To read the full article find her Substack under ‘News’ on our website (link in bio).

Happy holidays from My Balkans ♥️🎄♥️
12/25/2025

Happy holidays from My Balkans ♥️🎄♥️

On Thursday at La MaMa, we screened Zoran Đinđić, author’s project by Oliver Frljić.The play deals with the issue of gui...
12/16/2025

On Thursday at La MaMa, we screened Zoran Đinđić, author’s project by Oliver Frljić.

The play deals with the issue of guilt and trauma in society following the assassination of Prime Minister Zoran Đinđić of Serbia in 2003. This significant and brutal historical moment served as a point of departure for the artists, led by author Oliver Frljić, to question collective consciousness and the responsibility of the entire community. It also raises the issue of artistic responsibility in communicating with the audience on topics that transform and define our individual participation in the life of that very same community. Among many awards, the production won the Mira Trailović Grand Prix at the 47th BITEF Festival.

Screened on December 13, 2025 at the Ellen Stewart Theatre lobby, .

Produced by Theatre Atelje 212, Belgrade, Serbia

In this moment, we feel it is our responsibility to defend the values of Bitef - artistic freedom, critical thinking, in...
12/14/2025

In this moment, we feel it is our responsibility to defend the values of Bitef - artistic freedom, critical thinking, integrity, and solidarity.

U ovom trenutku, osećamo da je naša dužnost da odbranimo boje Bitefa - slobodu umetničkog izraza, kritičko mišjenje, integritet, zajedništo.

From The Other Side, My Balkans i LaMama stoje uze Bitef!

Last night’s performance of Things That Burn Easily concluded with a discussion featuring the actors Hrvojka Begović, Le...
12/13/2025

Last night’s performance of Things That Burn Easily concluded with a discussion featuring the actors Hrvojka Begović, Lea Jevtić, and Vladimir Aleksić, and writer/director Vedrana Klepica, moderated by Dimitrije Kokanov.

Things That Burn Easily continues today and tomorrow at 4:00 pm at Ellen Stewart Theatre, La MaMa.

Running time: 1h 15’
Performance language: Croatian with English subtitles

Things That Burn Easily is a contemplative dystopia about a family living on a modest piece of land after a catastrophe. One part of the family believes an irreparable injustice has been committed and that a system of responsibility and compensation must exist. The other is deeply sceptical, shaping a worldview in which every individual is a potential threat and isolation becomes the only certainty. When a new danger appears on the horizon, these opposing principles collide in an unbearable misunderstanding.

Produced by Ganz New Culture of Change (Croatia) with POGON (Croatia) and ARTEMREDE — Teatros Associados (Portugal)

Ellen Stewart Theatre at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club
66 E 4th St, New York, NY 10003

Written and Directed by Vedrana Klepica
Featuring Hrvojka Begović , Lea Jevtić , Vladimir Aleksić

From The Other Side featured in New York Times’s Off-Broadway Roundup “Reimagining Theater From the Balkans, Edition 1.0...
12/12/2025

From The Other Side featured in New York Times’s Off-Broadway Roundup

“Reimagining Theater From the Balkans, Edition 1.0” is the subtitle of this multifaceted series of events. This weekend’s featured production, performed with English supertitles, is Vedrana Klepica’s “Things That Burn Easily,” about a family whose land has been affected by a catas-trophe, and about alienation and interconnection as responses to a fragmented world. Play readings (in English), video screenings (with subtitles) and round-table discussions (in English) are also on the program. (Through Sunday;
lamama.org) — Laura Collins-Hughes

Program is ongoing until Sunday, December 14th at Ellen Stewart Theatre at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, 66 E 4th St, New York, NY 10003.

Snapshots from last night’s premiere: Things That Burn Easily, open through Sunday Things That Burn Easily is a contemp...
12/12/2025

Snapshots from last night’s premiere: Things That Burn Easily, open through Sunday

Things That Burn Easily is a contemplative dystopia about a family living on a modest piece of land affected by a catastrophe. Part of the family believes that they have been wronged by irreparable injustice and that a system that will take responsibility and compensate for some of the consequences of it should exist. The other part is sceptical and has modelled for themselves a vision of the world in which every other individual is a potential threat, and the only reliable certainty comes from social isolation. When a big new threat appears on the horizon, it will trigger an unbearable misunderstanding of these two principles.

Produced by Ganz New Culture of Change (Croatia) with POGON (Croatia) & ARTEMREDE — Teatros Associados (Portugal)

Ellen Stewart Theatre at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club

66 E 4th St, New York, NY 10003

Opening night: December 11, 2025 at 8:00 pm
Subsequent performances: December 12, 13 and 14
Running time: 1h 15’
Performance language: Croatian with English subtitles

Written and Directed by: Vedrana Klepica 
Featuring: Hrvojka Begović , Lea Jevtić , Vladimir Aleksić

Photo Credit: Ganz New Culture of Change


Full credits below ⬇️

Premiering tonight! We open From the Other Side: Things That Burn Easily on December 11, 2025 at 8:00 pm at the Ellen St...
12/11/2025

Premiering tonight! We open From the Other Side: Things That Burn Easily on December 11, 2025 at 8:00 pm at the Ellen Stewart Theatre.

Things That Burn Easily is a contemplative dystopia about a family living on a modest piece of land affected by a catastrophe. Part of the family believes that they have been wronged by irreparable injustice and that a system that will take responsibility and compensate for some of the consequences of it should exist. The other part is sceptical and has modelled for themselves a vision of the world in which every other individual is a potential threat, and the only reliable certainty comes from social isolation. When a big new threat appears on the horizon, it will trigger an unbearable misunderstanding of these two principles. Produced by Ganz New Culture of Change (Croatia) with POGON (Croatia) & ARTEMREDE — Teatros Associados (Portugal)

Ellen Stewart Theatre at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, 66 E 4th St, New York, NY 10003

Subsequent performances: December 12, 13 and 14
Running time: 1h 15’
Performance language: Croatian with English subtitles

Written and Directed by: Vedrana Klepica 
Featuring: Hrvojka Begović , Lea Jevtić , Vladimir Aleksić

Photo Credit: Ganz New Culture of Change

They Are All Gone has officially closed in New York— a Heartefact and SARTR co-production with My Balkans that delivered...
12/11/2025

They Are All Gone has officially closed in New York— a Heartefact and SARTR co-production with My Balkans that delivered a deeply transformative story of tragedy to La MaMa audiences. We wrapped the run in the company of the remarkable team who brought this work to life across the Atlantic.

As one powerful chapter ends, another begins tonight with the premiere of From the Other Side: Things That Burn Easily, opening at 8:00 pm at the Ellen Stewart Theatre.

12/09/2025

New York Times recommends—From the Other Side: Things That Burn Easily, performed December 11—14 at


~ TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW ~ on LaMama’s website (see link in Bio).

Opening night: December 11, 2025 at 8:00 pm
Subsequent performances: December 12, 13 and 14

Ellen Stewart Theatre at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, 66 E 4th St, New York, NY 10003


Things That Burn Easily is a contemplative dystopia about a family living on a modest piece of land affected by a catastrophe. Part of the family believes that they have been wronged by irreparable injustice and that a system that will take responsibility and compensate for some of the consequences of it should exist. The other part is sceptical and has modelled for themselves a vision of the world in which every other individual is a potential threat, and the only reliable certainty comes from social isolation. When a big new threat appears on the horizon, it will trigger an unbearable misunderstanding of these two principles.

Produced by Ganz New Culture of Change (Croatia) with POGON (Croatia) & ARTEMREDE — Teatros Associados (Portugal)

Written and Directed by: Vedrana Klepica 
Featuring: Hrvojka Begović , Lea Jevtić , Vladimir Aleksić

Photo Credit: Ganz New Culture of Change

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Ambassador to the UN, Zlatko Lagumdžija, speaking from New York and reporting to Slobodna Bosna...
12/07/2025

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Ambassador to the UN, Zlatko Lagumdžija, speaking from New York and reporting to Slobodna Bosna, reflected on the significance of They Are All Gone in this moment, Mirjana Karanović’s powerful portrayal of Sadika and the play’s universal story of love, loss, and remembrance.

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