Eric de Vroedt (Rotterdam, 1972) is a Dutch theater director, writer and actor.
Career
After his graduation from the Arnhem School of Acting in 1996 he realized his ambition was to be a director and writer rather than an actor.
He is an established guest director at
Toneelgroep Amsterdam and
Schauspielhaus Bochum
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Eric de Vroedt (Rotterdam, 1972) is a Dutch theater director, writer and actor.
Caree ...
in Germany, and has directed for
Theater Dortmund
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. At Toneelgroep Amsterdam he directs plays predominantly from an Anglo-Sakson repertoire. For the German theaters, he elects plays from a repertoire of Dutch works instead. His plays are a reflection on current socio-political issues, in the form of a satire. His plays are hyper realistic, where humor and earnestness are intertwined.
His most famous work is the mightysociety-project, started in 2004.
The National Theatre (Nationale Toneel) in The Hague appointed Eric de Vroedt as their new artistic leader.
Awards
In 2018 he received the
Toneelschrijfprijs for his play ''The Nation''.
Mightysociety
Mightysociety is a series of ten plays about current issues De Vroedt wrote and directed himself. The series started in 2004 with mightysociety1 about spin-doctors. The project ended in 2012 with mightysociety10, dealing with his own father and the developing economy in Indonesia. Topics De Vroedt discussed in his plays were, among others: Political populism, terrorism, the Global Age, the war in Afghanistan and ageing.
De Vroedt won the Amsterdam Award for his mightysociety-project, an award for remarkable art in the Netherlands. Four of the plays in the mightysociety-series were also selected for the Dutch Theater Festival.
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Directing (excerpt)
* mightysociety1 - 10 (2004–2012)
* Long Day's Journey into Night (Eugene O'Neill
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) (2005)
* A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams
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) (Toneelgroep Amsterdam, 2008)
* Glengarry Glen Ross (David Mamet
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) (Toneelgroep Amsterdam, 2009)
* Na de zondeval (After the fall - Arthur Miller
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) (Toneelgroep Amsterdam, 2012)
* Die Restposten (mightysociety 4)(Theater Dortmund, 2013)
* Freitag (Hugo Claus
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) (Schauspielhaus Bochum, 2014)
* De Entertainer ( John Osborne) (Toneelgroep Amsterdam, 2014)
* Koningin Lear (Queen Lear, based on Shakespeare) (Toneelgroep Amsterdam, 2015)
* Leas Hochzeit (The Wedding Party - Judith Herzberg
Judith Frieda Lina Herzberg (born 4 November 1934) is a Dutch poet and writer.
Life and work
Judith Herzberg is the daughter of lawyer and writer Abel Herzberg. During World War II Herzberg went into hiding on various locations. Since 1983 He ...
) (Schauspielhaus Bochum, 2015)
References
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Dutch theatre directors
Dutch male actors
1972 births
Living people