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Amanda L. Andrei

@amandalandrei.bsky.social

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Playwright, translator, critic, journalist based in LA Critique/essays @ American Theatre, Stage Raw, Howl Round, Rappler Translations @ Asymptote, Another Chicago Magazine, Lunch Ticket Plays w/ Circle X, Chalk Rep, Artists at Play

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Amanda L. Andrei @amandalandrei.bsky.social · Nov 19

Hi folks, I'm Amanda. I write plays, critique, & articles on theatre. I translate from Romanian & Filipino (Tagalog) into English. Other artistic projects include The Palangga Archives + co-organizing artist brunches in LA 🍜

Best place for updates: tinyurl.com/amandaletter
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www.amandalandrei.com

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Amanda L. Andrei @amandalandrei.bsky.social · Jan 17

Proud to write this piece for my city 🏙️🫂❤️‍🩹

American Theatre @americantheatre.org · Jan 16

The devastation from the L.A. wildfires can be measured in acres and dollars, but for the city's theatremakers, rebuilding will be about more than buildings. Amanda L. Andrei reports. www.americantheatre.org/2025/01/16/t...

The Fires This Time

L.A.’s wildfire catastrophe can be measured in acres and dollars, but for theatre folks, rebuilding will be about more than buildings.

www.americantheatre.org

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Amanda L. Andrei @amandalandrei.bsky.social · Dec 2

Likewise Joe! Excited to work with you again this year! 🤓

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William Gregory @wjg22.bsky.social · Dec 1

Submissions are now open for the 2025 Out of the Wings Festival of #theatre in #translation from the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking worlds at Omnibus Theatre. Our ten-year anniversary!

www.ootwfestival.com/post/call-fo...

Call for Submissions: Out of the Wings Festival 2025

Out of the Wings Festival 2025Omnibus Theatre Clapham Tuesday 15 to Saturday 19 July 2025Call for Script Submissions Out of the Wings Festival 2025 Out of the Wings (OOTW) is a collective whose mission is to explore and promote theatre in translation from the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking worlds. A flagship event in our activities is our annual festival, which in 2025 will celebrate its ninth edition, and ten years since its first.Taking place at Omnibus Theatre, Clapham, from 15 to 19 July

www.ootwfestival.com

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Amanda L. Andrei @amandalandrei.bsky.social · Nov 29

👋🏽 if you're a theatre translator or company supporting translated plays -- please introduce yourself and share widely! 🌍🌏🌎

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Amanda L. Andrei @amandalandrei.bsky.social · Nov 27

Hello! How lovely, I know Gigi from our theatre translators group, great to see this write-up!

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Amanda L. Andrei @amandalandrei.bsky.social · Nov 27

One of my favorite theatre festivals in the world for its quality performances and intimate feel -- an excellent recap 💫
#LAtheatre #theatresky

American Theatre @americantheatre.org · Nov 27

"Valenzuela's smile has resisted each blow and survives yet again, warm like a family member, prescient like a prophet, as he repeats in triumph, '¡Sí, se puede!'"
-Gabriela Furtado Coutinho on Latino Theater Company's Encuentro 2024
www.americantheatre.org/2024/11/26/c...

‘Cabemos todos’: Teatristas Without Borders at L.A.’s Encuentro

The Latino Theater Company’s border-defying Encuentro, the fourth of its kind, gathered hundreds of Latine artists for productions, partnerships, and dialogues in multiple languages.

www.americantheatre.org

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Amanda L. Andrei @amandalandrei.bsky.social · Nov 26

I see a few theatre translators here! Where are the other theatre folks and companies making and performing translations? #theatresky #theatersky

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Center for the Art of Translation @catranslation.org · Nov 26

Calling all translators! We're building a Bluesky starter pack for emerging and established translators—so that we can follow each other and be in community together on the World Wide Web. If you want to be included, add yourself to this thread, and share this post far and wide with your networks :)