My Balkans is formed for the charitable purposes of providing support (grants and fellowships) in the fields of culture, arts and education to organizations and individuals in the Balkans and South-Eastern Europe, who are fighting for freedom of expression, social openness, artistic excellence, educational advancement and societies that promote justice and equality.
Latest News
From the Other Side Featured in Radar
Radmila Stanković for Radar: "BALKAN PLAYS AT LA MAMA THEATRE: A Space for Freedom of Speech"
From The Other Side Featured on Pacifica Radio
As a guest on WPPM Philadelphia’s people-powered community radio, My Balkans founder and president Beka Vuco discusses her collaboration with La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club on From the OTHER SIDE: Reimagining Theatre from the Balkans, Edition 1.0 — a series of live productions, theater pieces, readings, roundtable discussions, and video presentations taking place from December 3 through 14 at the Ellen Stewart Theatre on East 4th Street, New York.
Latest Projects
NOW IN NEW YORK: From the Other Side
From the Other Side Reimagining Theatre of the Balkans 1.0
They Are All Gone
“This play examines the position of all of us in the audience—how we understand and relate to those who survived the genocide in Srebrenica. This perspective is especially important to me as someone coming from Serbia." – Andrej Nosov, director
Six Against Turkey
A new play written by Jeton Neziraj and directed by Blerta Neziraj, produced by Qendra Multimedia, Prishtina, Kosovo. A theater initiative exploring the degradation of democracy and the rise of the populist-nationalist regimes and authoritarianism in Europe. Opening night on October 16, 2024 at Oda Theatre in Prishtina.