Jeton Neziraj is a playwright from Kosovo. He was the Artistic Director of the National Theatre of Kosovo and now he is the Director of Qendra Multimedia (www.qendra.org), a cultural production company based in Prishtina. He has written over 15 plays that have been staged and performed widely in Europe as well as in the USA. His plays and his writings have been translated and published in more than 10 languages. He is the author of many articles on cultural and political issues, published in local and international newspapers and journals, as well as being the author of various books, including a book on the Kosovar actor Faruk Begolli. He also writes screenplays for film and television. Neziraj is currently a board member of Dokufest (Prizren), Kosovo patron for the New Plays from Europe Festival in Wiesbaden and Kosovo coordinator of the EURODRAM network. In Switzerland, his play Yue Madeleine Yue was staged at Lucerner Theater, in October 2013.
Some of Jeton Nezirajs latest staged plays
2015 “o.REST.es IN PEACE” – National Theater of Montenegro
2015 “THE CARDIFF HOOLIGANS” – National Theatre of Wales, Cardiff
2014 “ONE FLEW OVE THE KOSOVO THEATER” – Turkish State Theater, Istanbul
2014 “A P ДEПARTAMENT” – Skampa Theater, Elbasan Albanaia & City Theater, Ferizaj, Kosovo
2014 “WAR IN TIMES OF LOVE” (La Guerre au Temps de l’Amour) – Gare au Théâtre & Termos, Paris, France
2014 “PEER GYNT FROM KOSOVO“ – Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Germany – TeaterDeVill, Stockholm, Sweden – Qendra Multimedia, Prishtina, Kosovo
2014 “YUE MADELEINE YUE” – Aatiyatro & BO SAHNE, Istanbul, Turke
2013 “THE DEMOLITION OF THE EIFFEL TOWER” – Qendra Multimedia, Prishtina, Kosovo
2013 “YUE MADELEINE YUE” – Luzerner Theater, Luzern, Switzerland
