Ellis Stump: The People's Toast
Ellis Stump: The People's Toast
Ellis Stump’s The People’s Toast – the winning play of the 2019 Best Mini-Drama Student Contest – transforms Ferdinand Vanek, the main character in Vaclav Havel’s ‘Vanek Trilogy,’ into a female character. The play follows Fran Vaneka, a young American writer and political activist wandering through Prague of 2019, balancing her aspirations and everyday life practicalities.
Shipping included, shipped to continental US only. 9x6 inches, stitch binding, 40 pages incl. cover.
Published by the Vaclav Havel Library Foundation, New York, 2020. Copyright © 2019, Ellis Stump. Book design by Katerina Kyselica, KADS New York.
Each year, the Vaclav Havel Library Foundation organizes a contest for mini-drama inspired by one of Vaclav Havel’s plays, welcoming American and Czech undergraduate students of drama and performance studies to apply Havel’s integral values to contemporary society. More than 100 students have participated in the intercultural competition since its start in 2014.
The Best Mini-Drama Student Contest award includes a two-week residency at the Academy for Performing Arts, Theatre Faculty (DAMU), for an American winner, and a two-week residency at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University for a Czech student. In 2021, the Vaclav Havel Library Foundation will extend the program in collaboration with Barnard College, Columbia University, and the Janacek Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno, Czech Republic.