Experimental Theatre


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Experimental Theater

Diane has trained and performed with Boston's most innovative experimental theatre companies; Stage One Theatre Lab, Boston (1975-78), and Double Edge Theatre (1989-92). With Double Edge Theatre she performed the role of Bruno Schultz in their acclaimed production "Song of Absence". The company received numerous awards for this piece including "Best Experimental Theater", "Best Ensemble" etc., in the Boston Globe, the Boston Herald, the Boston Phoenix and the New England Monthly. In her experimental theatre work, she has been greatly influenced by the approach of Jerzy Grotowski, and the work of Zbigniew Cynkutis a leading member of the Polish Theater Lab. This kind of theatre relies upon the actor to create its startling images. It is a physical, gutsy and often a stunningly bizarre style of theatre. After studying with Cynkutis in 1984 she continued to look for ways to integrate this work, in 2006 premiering the work RESTRAINTS . In this work she was aided by Jola Cynkutis and Khalid Tyabji . An actress and director herself, Jola was trained by her husband, Zbigniew Cynkutis, a founding member of the Polish Theatre Lab.