Jewish Cultural Center

**THEATER STUDIO 9 PRESENTS THE TRAGICOMEDY OF THE ABSURD "WE REMAIN - PERCUSSIONS OF LOVE"**The idea, concept, text, and direction of the play are signed by the author's team.Authors team: Vedran Komerički, Karmen Sunčana Lovrić, Nataša Kopeč, Mladen Vujčić, and Marko CaporActors: Karmen Sunčana Lovrić as MANUELA, Marko Capor as ŽARKO, and Nataša Kopeč and Mladen Vujčić as OTHER CHARACTERSMusic authors: Sara Renar and Dimitrije SimovićCostume design: Ines Zrnc GregorinaPublic relations: Dalibor JakusPhotography: Petar VaratDesign: Nikola PaićVideo: Goran Debogović, Denis Radmanić'**A love story based on true events that you will find in state statistics.'**At first glance, sparks fly between Manuela and Žarko, the chemistry changes in their heads and hearts overnight, and they stay together for better or for worse. Fatal falling in love and the beginning of shared life, through constant affirmation of love and correct male-female positions, lead to unexpected, or perhaps very common, repercussions of a marital relationship.Reflecting on the position of women and men, gender stereotypes and prejudices, the causes and consequences of deep-rooted misogyny, and questioning one's own versus societal responsibility, as well as the sheer impossibility of finding adequate answers to all questions, push both characters and actors on stage into a complete absurdity. This complex, challenging theatrical exploration of family violence, especially its insidious coercive oppression, where one choice can have unimaginably disturbing consequences, reveals on the surface the edges of the collective impression towards which love, just like violence, is a zone of dangerous instability where blame is always on the weaker one...We start with love... but where do we stay?