PETER HALASZ
CURRICULUM
ACTOR act./ WRITER  au./ THEATER DIRECTOR dir.

• 1962-68 
  Classical, traditional acting training at University   Theater - 
  –Univesitas–, Budapest
• l967  
    –The Starter– /author ( latter: au ) Presented as radio
    drama in 1971
• 1968
    – The 8th Circle of the Inferno– /au. Presented by University
    Theater, Budapest. / best direction  in Nancy, France, 1969 /
• 1969 
   Founding Kassak Theater ( later SQUAT Theater )
   –Ballad of the Two Brothers– / au. dir.
• 1970-72 
   –Everybody Seating and Standing Doing Nothing– /co-au.,dir.
   –Minothaurus– /dir. –Quick Changes–, –Skansen Killers– /co-au.
    dir; act
• 1972
  Kassak Theater is prohibited for political reasons
  The company continues performing underground in private
  apartments; produces about fifty plays until January 1976
• 1976 
  January: the group emigrates to France as political refugees
  under the Helsinki agreement on human rights
  –House Play– in Amsterdam; Chekhov: Three Sister in Paris,
  Marseille, Amsterdam; –Don Giovani von Leporello– in Dusseldorf
• 1977
    Spring: –Pig, Child, Fire– - Squat Theater–s first original
    production in Western Europe. Rotterdam; Nancy-Festival
    Mondial du Theatre; Paris - Theatre Palace
• 1977
    Summer: Squat Theatre leaves Europe for New York;
    –Pig, Child, Fire– at The New Theater Festival in Baltimore;
    Shiraz Art festival, Iran: in Soho Bookstore, NY; in Squat
    Theatre–s home at 256 W.23rd Street, NY;
    OBIE Award
• 1978-79 
    –Andy Warhol–s Last Love– Squat Th. prod. NY /co-au, act./
• 1981-82  
    –Mr. Dead & Mrs. Free– - Squat Th. prod.NY
    Best American Play, OBIE Award
• 1984
   Dissolution of Squat Theatre
• 1985 
     Foundation of Love Theater Company, NY
     –Life & Death in New York City– - series of performances based
    on daily news items / au; dir.
• 1985 
    –The Chinese– / au; dir; act./ at Love Th. East 12th Street, NY
    Best Play - Critics Award in Italy
• 1987
    –Ambition– /au; dir; act/ at La Mamma, NY
• 1989
    –She Who Once Was The Helmetmaker–s Beautiful Wife– /au;
    dir; act. / at REP Art Center, East 4th Street & Performing
    Garage , Soho, NY
• 1991 
   First visit to Hungary after the Iron Curtain was lifted
• 1992-93
  Adaptation of –The Chinese– & –Ambition– for Katona Jozsef Theater, Budapest
• 1992    
    –Life of Marquis de Sade–- Hungarian independent feature film
    co-au; act. Received the Best Actor Award - in Budapest
• l993-96  
   Writing scripts for cartoons
• 1993 
    –Piero della Francesca Cabaret– Love Th. prod./au;dir;act
    in Maubeauge in France; Antwerp; Amsterdam; Budapest
    Bela Bartok:–Blue Beard–s Castle– - opera / dir./ Athens
    with the Budapest Festival Orch.
• 1994 
    – Jack Smith is Dead– / au; dir; act/ Tilos az A Club, Budapest
    Bela Bartok:–Wooden Carved Prince– - modern classical ballet
    /dir. co-choreography/ with the Budapest Festival Orch. Munich, Ger.
    –Power Money Fame Love Beauty– - series of 33 different
    plays created overnight, based on daily news items, performed
    the same day, 4 times a week  in Katona Jozsef Th.   Kamra. Budapest/au;
  dir.
• 1995-96
    –Diary of a Mad Man– Love Th.prod /co-au. dir.act/
    in Amsterdam, Antwerp, Gent 
    –The Case of the Bata Boots– Love Th. prod. /au;dir;act/
    Antwerp Cultural Capital of Europe; Amsterdam; 1996
    Performing Garage NY, Budapest.
    –Alex Pilot– Merlin Theater, Budapest / au;dir.
    –Fly by Night– /au; dir; act./ Amsterdam, Rotterdam
    NY. Performing Garage
    –Arson–;–Saint Theresa the Carmelite– /co-au; dir./ in    Antwerp
    –Crazy Glue– /au; dir./ Katona J. Th. Budapest
• l997 
    –Hotel of the Lost Children– / au; dir/ in Gent, Belgium
    –Seizure– /co-au; dir./ Acting School, Budapest
    Peter Eotvos:–Radames– opera / dir./ Chamber Opera
    Varszinhaz, Budapest.
• 1998
    –Pandy Festival– on serial killers. –The killer– –The Detectivs–
    –The Victims–. –Bartok in Pandy–s Hause - Pandy in Bartok–s
    Castle–  four nighht openings in succession /au., dir./ Merlin   Th.
    –Nosferatu Org.– /au.,dir. -to be opened in1999. June./
    –Fly by Night– hungarian version. Szeged Festival,  Budapest
    Mucsarnok.
    –The Bottom of the Slope– /au.,dir./ Merlin Th.,Buda Stage
    –Goldi and Alex 2.– /co-au.- act. with Andor Lukats/
    Buda Stage. Budapest
    –The Helmetmakers Beautiful Wife– Hungarian version.
    Uj Szinhaz, Budapest. Bela Balazs: Blue Beard–s Castle /act. Blue Beard/
    M.Vorosmarthy: The Quest  /act. Suckbane/ in Bombay,
    New Delhi, Budapest.
• l999.
   –Nosferatu Org.–  /au. dir. act./ Trafo, Katona Jozsef Theater, Budapest.
   – Az aknaszedo feljegyzesei– /The Mine-sweeper–s Notes /au.dir. act./ Uj szinhaz. Budapest.
  
  TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
  
• 1978 NYU, ETW - mixed media in the theater
• l982  NYU, ETW - production class –Scuff on the Floor–
• l985  Paris, NYU, ETW
• 1995 DasArts, a post-graduate art institute in Amsterdam; teaching dramaturgy of– Power Money Fame Love Beauty–series
• 1996 H. Terlink Actors Academy in Antwerp, Belgium
• l997  Conservatory of Gent, Belgium
• Actors Academy in Budapest, Hungary /one week course/

LECTURES:

• Harvard University, Royal Academy of Arts in London,
• NYU Drama Dep., School of Visual Arts in Philadelphia

ACTING IN FILMS

• 1965-74    Small roles in Hungarian films ( dir. M.Jancso, J. Rozsa, P.Bacso, I.Szabo, etc.)
• 1974-75    An Imperial massage...Narrator (Najmanyi L.dir.) Don Giovani (co-au., act.:Exhibitionist hunter.
• 1977-85     Small roles in NY independent films.
• 1986          Fat Man - Little Boy...(Kistiakowsky - nuk.sci.-ist) USA
• 1989          L.Szilard (Am.doc.)...Szilard–s voice-over - narrator.
• 1992          Life of Marquis de Sade. ( act.: Marquis de Sade. Best   male
  actor- Hungarian FilmForum) Where Was He  Then. (dir.:A. Jeles)
• 1993.............Hungarian Film Critics Aw. Best Male actor.
• 1994-97    Appearances in Hung, and Am. prod ( dir G.Beremenyi,S.Seoth. P.Bacso. G. Hoffman.)
• 1998  –Simon Magi– /dir.: I Enyedi. - act.:Peter magician/
    –Sunshine– /dir.: I.Szabo. - Wild duck./

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