NTF Director

Cristina Modreanu (b. September 1974) is a theater critic and journalist.
In 1997 she received a university degree in journalism from the Journalism and Communication Sciences Faculty of the University of Bucharest; her graduation thesis was entitled Tendencies in Romanian Theatrical Journalism between 1990-1996. Cristina Modreanu is currently preparing her thesis Reinventing the Acting Space in Romanian Theater after 1990 as a doctoral candidate at the University of Theatrical and Cinematographic Art in Bucharest.

Professional activity:
• 1993 – Reporter for the Culture Department of Azi daily
• since 1994 – Reporter for Azi daily’s theatrical supplement Rampa
• 1997-2004 – Editor of the theater column in Adevarul daily
• 1998 – Contributor to Teatrul Azi theater magazine
• 2000 – Participant in the Young Theater Critics’ seminar organized by the International Association of Theater Critics in Strasbourg
• 2001 – The IATC “12 for the 2000 Generation” award received at UNITER gala
• 2002 – Grand Prize of the Cultural Journalism section of the Young Journalist of the Year contest organized by Freedom House, Romanian Publishing Group and Connex
• 2002 – Deputy Chief Editor of Adevărul Literar şi Artistic weekly
• 2003-2006 – Producer and host for TVR Cultural channel
• 2004 – UNITER award for theater criticism
• 2005 – Head of Culture Department of Gândul daily
• 2007 – Deputy Chief Editor of Gândul daily
• 2008 – Senior Editor at Gândul daily

Theatrical activity:
• since 2002 – Member of UNITER Senate
• festival selector of the Festival of Romanian Comedy in 2005, 2006, 2007
• sole festival selector of the Festival of Romanian Dramaturgy in 2006, 2007, 2008
• since 2008 – sole selector of the National Theater Festival

Published books:
• 2003 – Şah la regizor / Check to the Stage Director, Editura Fundaţiei Culturale Române
• 2005 – Măştile lui Alexander Hausvater / The Masks of Alexander Hausvater, Editura Teatrul Azi, the collection “Galeria Teatrului Românesc”
• 2008 – Casa dinăuntru / The House Inside, Editura Cartea Românească

Papers presented at international conferences:
• Street Theater – A Panorama of Open-Air Theater in Romania, at the 5th edition of the Street Arts Festival, Valladolid 2004
• The New Romanian Dramaturgy: Different Eyes, the Same Reality, paper included in the program of the Romanian Cultural Institute in Berlin after the Romanian participation in the 6th edition of the International New Drama Festival organized by Schaubuehne am Lehniner Platz, Berlin 2006
• Gianina Cărbunariu and the dramaAcum Phenomenon, paper presented at the invitation of the Romanian Cultural Institute in Stockholm, an event organized by the Intercult association, Stockholm 2007

Articles about theater at http://teatruldeazi.blogspot.com/