Spasoje Ž. Milovanović
Spasoje Ž. Milovanović was born in Kruševac in 1971. He graduated in dramaturgy from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade, where he also earned his M.A. in theatre study with the thesis Dramatic Works of Vojislav M. Jovanović Marambo. After completing doctoral studies at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts, he received a doctoral thesis titled Time at the Beginning of XX Century Serbian Drama, 1900–1914.
Milovanović authored the following plays: Nana, dramatization of the novel with the same name by Emil Zola (Madlenianum), Grey Forest Manor (Workshop West Playwright Theatre, Edmonton, Canada), Last Pages (Atelje 212), Nineteen Fifteen – The Tragedy of a Nation (Kruševac National Theatre /National Theatre in Niš), Dust and Ashes (National Theatre Užice/Pulse Theatre – Lazarevac), The Mark of Cain, dramatization of the novel with the same name by Vladimir Kecmanović and Dejan Stojiljković (Šabac Theatre), Where is the Man by the Name of Gil (Teatron magazine), Sofia Stavrić or Death, or the Art of Survival –a comedy from a contemporary life in twelve rounds, interrupted by a knockout in the twelfth, (Contemporary Serbian Drama edition – this play entered the wider choice of BBC drama program for non-English speaking region); The Naked Seed (Radio Belgrade drama program).
Plays for children: Sleeping Beauty (Bora Stanković Theatre Vranje), Aladdin, Semaformers, Puss in Boots, meta-utopian quotation; Fantastic Toy Store; Pinocchio (Kruševac Theatre), Long, Broad and Sharpsight; Sleeping Beauty (Užice National Theatre), Pinocchio; Santa Catches a Cold or Kandžalablezi Bu Blu (Puppet Theatre Niš), Life Story of King Kvazibas, Three Fat Germans, Modeling School, Santa Clause and a Monster; Santa Clause Loves children (Children’s Theatre Sock), Modeling School (National Theatre Pirot, Drama Group Edmonton), Who Do You Belong To, You Small Serbian Nation (Serbian-Canadian Cultural Society of Edmonton).
He has dramatized the following plays: Constantine, The Bizarre, The Lady of the Camellias, A Lullaby for Vuk Unknown (National Theatre in Belgrade), Miles Gloriosus, Around the World, Behind the Bars, Do You Speak Australian?, Purple Island, Mace (Kruševac Theatre), Here and There (Belgrade Drama Theatre), Thumbelina (National Theatre in Užice), Svetozar (Serbian National Theatre).
He has directed the following plays: B. Nušić – A Suspicious Person, A Member of the Parliament, Volume Two, Authority, Our Children; Brecht/Havel – The Threepenny Opera, G. Stefanovski– Wild Meat, G. Feydeau– A’hunting We Will Go, Lj. Simović– The Travelling Troupe Šopalović, P. Shaffer– Black Comedy, А. Popović – Ljubinko and Desanka, Market Day, Coffee White, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Little Red Riding Hood; B. Nedić – Cabaret… Cabaret!; Milan Marković–Lookit Here…, Ivan Lalić – Hero of the Nation, M. Ševarlić – Love Conquers, Miro Gavran: Ice Cream, All About Women; J. Genet– The Maids, S. Bogdanović– Stanojlo Among Women, S. Ž. Milovanović – Sofia Stavrić or Death, Who Do You Belong To, You Small Serbian Nation, Modelling School, Santa Catches a Cold or Kandžalablezi Bu Blu; М. Camoletti – Boeing-Boeing.
Email: spasojezmilovanovic@gmail.com
Website: http://www.narodnopozoristenis.rs/
City: Niš
Country: Serbia
Organization: National Theater in Niš