When the Open Page Becomes the Theatre with Dr. Cristina A Bejan

When the Open Page Becomes the Theatre:

In Person Workshop with Dr. Cristina A Bejan

Author, playwright, and spoken word poet Dr. Cristina A. Bejan brings her wide-ranging experience as a professional theatre artist into the Geneva Writers Group . Through practices such as Rodin Statue Work—where we discover that we, too, are works of art—and Theatre of the Oppressed exercises that invite us to stand in another’s shoes, writers will be encouraged to look beyond the all-too-familiar interior terrain of contemporary creative writing.
Together, we will push our imaginations outward, toward other worlds, other lives, and realities beyond the borders of the self.

This workshop invites us to ask difficult questions of the past and present while also sparking hope for a more just and luminous future. It is at once a call to action and a safe, generative playground.

Please come with your favorite pen and an open heart!

Saturday, February 21, 10:30 – 16:30

 Workshop Fees:

Full day: CHF 70 (Members) | CHF 100 (Non-Members)

Morning only: CHF 50 (Members) | CHF 70 (Non-Members)

An award-winning author, theatre artist and spoken word poet, Dr. Cristina A. Bejan has published books in all of her genres (history, poetry, playwriting). Her plays have been performed in 4 countries and her hit play DISTRICTLAND was bought for TV development. She has appeared as an expert on A&E's The History Channel, C-SPAN, and multiple Romanian TV channels. Her work has been featured in the Washington Post, Times Literary Supplement, Foreign Policy, Libertatea and ELLE Romania magazine ... among many more print and audio outlets. In NYC she has performed at La MaMA Experimental Theatre Club and launched 5 published plays at The Drama Book Shop. Bejan is the only Rhodes Scholar (since the establishment of the scholarship in 1903) to hold Romanian citizenship and the recipient of the the George Parkin Distinguished Service Award 2025 (Rhodes Trust). She earned her Masters and PhD at the University of Oxford, fully funded by merit-based Rhodes and Fulbright scholarships and many grants. Bejan is also the Executive Director of Bucharest Inside the Beltway, a multicultural arts & culture platform that she co-founded in 2014 to promote local and international inclusive voices in the arts. She is currently working on a number of writing projects while auditing classes at the Sorbonne. Please visit cristinaabejan.com