Teater Populer
Teater Populer is an Indonesian theater company founded in 1968 by Teguh Karya and members of the Akademi Teater Nasional Indonesia (ATNI). Many famous Indonesian actors have worked for the company. History Teater Populer was founded on October 14, 1968, at the Hotel Indonesia in Jakarta. Led by Teguh Karya, the company practiced every day in the hotel ballroom. Its first two productions were ''Antara Dua Perempuan'' by Alice Gerstenberg and ''Ghosts'' by Henrik Ibsen. Teater Populer gained popularity quickly, selling 3000 tickets per play. The company left the Hotel Indonesia to become an independent theater company. Some of the company's productions include ''Jayaprana'' by Jef Last, ''Bodas de sangre'' by Federico García Lorca, ''Revizor'' by Nikolai Gogol, ''Woyzeck'' by Georg Büchner, and '' Perempuan Pilihan Dewa'' by Bertolt Brecht, all of which were directed by Karya. Before his death in 2001, Karya founded the "Teater Populer Foundation," now led by legendary Indon ...
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