PROFESSIONAL THEATRE WOMEN'S AWARD CEREMONY GILDER/COIGNEY Theatre award was presented to Patricia Ariza from Colombia by the LPTW's International committee and Co-Chair, Sophia Romma. On Wednesday October 29th, 2014, LA MAMA Theatre in association with The O'Neill Film and Theatrical Foundation and LPTW presented "Change-Making Theatre, a performance and panel event on the Theatre work […]

Polaris North Theatre Collective Presents "Carte Blanche" for "Chance Acts Series." This short play, written by Sophia Romma and directed by celebrated Irish stage director, John M. Farrell, presents a tale of a popular Broadway actress--her delirious fantasy world of escapism as her searching soul battles against the brutal reality of an aging body and […]

Garden of the Avant-Garde Film and Theatrical Foundation in Collaboration with the League of Professional Women in Theatre Present the Gilder/Coigney International Theatre Awards Panel with international award nominees for best theatrical productions (circa October, 2014).

How did I respond to The Past Is Still Ahead, written and directed by Sophia Romma, at the Midtown International Theatre Festival? Let me count the ways: I thought it was brave, moving, intense, smart, overdone, kinda laughable, and kinda wonderful. Mostly, I admired it. I admired the work and love that went into it. I admired […]

In "The Past Is Still Ahead" by Sophia Romma, one of Russia's most ill-fated and controversial cult poets of the twentieth century, Marina Tsvetaeva, revisits the tumultuously tragic and sexy events of her life--just before she succumbs to "suicide" at the hands of the Soviet Secret Police in 1941 while exiled in Siberia. The play […]

Poster for a sweet word of advice by Inna Bodner

"The Past is Still Ahead," an endearing, heart-wrenching tale of the life and poetry of Marina Tsvetaeva, one of Russia's most profound poets. In "The Past is Still Ahead" by Sophia Romma, one of Russia's most ill-fated and controversial cult poets of the twentieth century, Marina Tsvetaeva, revisits the tumultuously tragic and sexy events of […]

Interview with Sophia Romma, playwright and poet. Author of The Past is Still Ahead. At The Midtown International Theatre Festival