Naum Panovski is a professional theatre director and writer
Education
He graduated 1973 from the Academy for Theatre, Film, Radio, and Television in Belgrade and made his directorial debut that same year at the Dramski Teatar Dramatic Theatre in Skopje. He also holds a Master of Science Degree in Dramatic Arts from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Dramatic Arts, and a Doctor of Philosophy in the Humanities – Aesthetics of Theatre Directing, from the University of Texas in Dallas, United States of America.
Career
During his professional career in theatre he has worked as a director or a dramaturge on more than seventy productions produced and performed in theatres in Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Macedonia, Italy, Russia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Poland, France, and the United States.
His books on theater include, Theatre as a Weapon, published in 1991 by Kultura Publishing from Skopje, Macedonia, and Directing Poiesis, published by Peter Language Publishing from New York 1993. Directing Poiesis addresses directly the art of theatre directing and explores its relevance from both theoretical, aesthetic, and practical perspective. As a theatre critic and theorist he has contributed numerous articles to various publications, participated on panels and symposia, and served on boards and in other artistic leadership positions.
His work was inspired by the theories and practices of experimental theatre of Adolphe Appia, Vsevolod Meyerhold, Bertolt Brecht, Antonin Artaud, Peter Brook, Joseph Chaikin, Richard Scheckner, Tadeush Kantor, Carl Weber, Robert Corrigan, Mata Miloshevich, and Mira Miocinovic.
He is currently Artistic Director of Poiesis Theatre Project. Washington, District of Columbia April 2004
Three Tall Women by Edward Albee, Catholic University of America.
Washington, District of Columbia. 2001
Mud by Maria Irene Fornes Dubrovnik 2001
Trojan Women by Euripides. Washington. 2001
Everyman by Anonymous.
Washington. 2000
Crucible by Arthur Miller.
University of the Arts. Philadelphia. 1999
Mud by Maria Irene Fornes. Skopje. 1988
Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams.
Christopher Newport University, Newport News.
1997
Inspector General by Nikolai Gogol. Christopher Newport University, Newport News.
1997
Phaedra by Robert Arthur. Christopher Newport University, Newport News.
1996
Hamlet by William Shakespeare.
Christopher Newport University, Newport News. 1995
Sarajevo by Goran Stefanovski. Undermain Theatre, Dallas, Texas. 1995
Fable by Jean Claude van Itallie.
Christopher Newport University, Newport News.
1994
Eastern Diwan by Dzevad Karahasan. Bitola. 1990
R by Jordan Plevnes.
Banja Luka. 1990
Metastabile Grail by Nenad Prokic.
Banja Luka. 1986
Hawthorn Tree by Bratislav Dimitrov. Skopje. 1985
Anera by Ivo Bresan.
Dubrovnik. 1983
Crnila (Darkness) by Kole Casule.
Stipend 1983
Memet by Irfan Bellur. Skopje. 1981
Hi-Fi by Goran Stefanovski.
Kumanovo
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Manitoba-In-the-Moon Marigolds by Paul Zingel, Dramski Teatar Skopje, Skopje, Macedonia.