PAN KAPLAN MÁ TŘÍDU RÁD

Theatrical adaptation of a humorous book

Comic incidents of a teacher with students of a New York evening preparatory school for adults. Students coming from various corners of Europe are fleeing World War II and looking for their new home in America. However, the condition is an English test, which is a superhuman task for many of them. The zealous Mr. Kaplan tackles a foreign language with incredible verve, indomitable energy and a very idiosyncratic logic.

Here, unique verbal humor alternates with homesickness, touching situations intermingle with funny ones. All this is accompanied by a number of songs and dances from around the world.

Authors: Leo Rosten/Miroslav Hanuš
Director: Miroslav Hanuš
Translation: Pavel Eisner
Scene: Jaroslav Milfajt
Costumes: Linda Holubová
Choreography: Jana Hanušová
Musical arrangement: Milan Potoček
Musical staging: Milan Potoček, Radek Škeřík
Accompaniment: Radek Škeřík, Jiří Kožnar
Dramaturgy: Jana Uherová

Cast: Martin Mejzlík, Petr Dohnal, Zdeněk Rumpík, Alexandr Postler, Radek Žák, Tomáš Lněnička, Ladislav Špiner, Petr Borovec, Ludmila Mecerodová, Dagmar Novotná, Romana Chvalová, Martina Sikorová, Eliška Jechová, Jindra Janoušková
Band: Ondřej Veselý/Šárka Kuklová (accordion), Milan Boháč/Anežka Bezoušková (clarinet and saxophone), Radek Círman/Kryštof Sedilek (trumpet)

Duration of the performance: 150 minutes with an intermission
Premiere: 17/12/2022