My Soul Adores You

This is a drama about love. Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet here meets Aeschylus’ The Persians, but the time is different, the experience is more complex, and the plot is, of course, different. The love of a young woman and a young man from warring families is not an uncommon motif in art, yet it is always monumental. A post-war perspective on the formerly hostile camp and empathy for their losses and suffering, as Aeschylus depicted in The Persians, represents the strength of a people and their culture. Although rare in art, its power is a pinnacle of civilization. The drama of both young and older characters makes this story of two families—Bosniak and Serbian—epic. The necessity of the action in this drama has a tragic magnitude, and the fact that it was inspired by real events makes the story even more impressive. Life, indeed, has the final word.

In the daily struggle of life and death during the war, in the battle between Eros and Thanatos, as the ancient Greeks described mythic conflicts, love was born despite the omnipresence of death. This is a play about such a love—a great, fateful love. Can such a love overcome everything that stands against it—society, history, ideology?

Cast: Gordana Boban, Enes Salković, Alen Konjicija, Vanesa Glođo, Marko Petković, Mirvad Kurić, Mona Muratović, Anđela Pećinar, Admir Glamočak, Mirela Lambić, Dina Mušanović, and Nedim Džinović.

Creators:
Dramaturge: Vedran Fajković
Set Designer (Female): Lada Maglajlić
Set Designer (Male): Vedad Orahovac
Costume Designer (Female): Irma Saje
Composer: Dino Šukalo
Choreographer (Female): Larisa Lipovac
Video, Design, and Graphic Design: Dino Hujić
Speech Coach: Dejan Sredojević
Repetiteur: Tijana Vignjević
Lighting Designer: Haris Pašović
Producers: Vedran Fajković, Ismar Hadžiabdić, Dino Mustafić, and Maja Salkić
Executive Producer (Female): Adna Rizvan
Stage Manager: Senad Bešić
Assistant Director: Emir Solaković

The play My Soul Adores You, written and directed by Haris Pašović, is produced by Kamerni Teatar 55 in co-production with the East West Center Sarajevo, the National Theatre Sarajevo, and the Sarajevo War Theatre (SARTR).
This year marks 30 years of peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the production is supported by UNESCO Bosnia and Herzegovina.