[2020] · [Children's Theatre Center]

[Why Am I Here?]

[The world drowns children. This one refuses to sink.]

by [Srđan Janićijević with Mona Paskalova]

directed by Srđan Janićijević

This play is a philosophical exploration of empathy and global responsibility. Through a journey across landscapes of social injustice, environmental decay, and conflict, the protagonist MAR is forced to confront the suffering of others to find his own truth. It serves as a moral awakening, suggesting that we are not isolated islands but part of a fragile, interconnected world where the path to self-discovery requires acknowledging the "puzzle" of our shared humanity.

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[...instead of preaching, it drifts through a labyrinth of questions. What emerges is not naïve hope but something sharper: empathy as resistance, childhood not as innocence to be protected, but as a radical way of seeing. Born out of the COVID pandemic, this performance suggests that purity of perception might be the last honest rebellion.]