A Taste of Central European Theater

joint fundraising event together with Vaclav Havel Center (NY)

Featuring acts, food, and drink from Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia.

Including cabaret from the Cabaret in Captivity program, opera, and clowning from Furiozo (Piotr Sikora).

Come spend an evening with the artists and enjoy performances by:

• Katerina Vizina,

• Maria Dessena,

• Katherine Lerner Lee,

• Seth Gilman,

• Piotr Sikora, and

• Melinda McCarthy, Péter Horváth, and Jacquelyn Duran.

ABOUT: Rehearsal for Truth International Theater Festival, honoring Václav Havel, is a showcase of contemporary European theater organized each year in New York City. Conceived in 2017 as a shared endeavor of the Václav Havel Center (VHC, EIN 45-5373838) (https://havelcenter.org/) and Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association (BBLA) (https://www.bohemianbenevolent.org/), the festival honors the legacy of Czech playwright, dissident and political thinker Vaclav Havel. The 2026 festival is being produced in partnership with Untitled Theater Company No. 61.

ABOUT: AFHLE, Hungarian House, now celebrating its 60th year of operation, offers cultural programming and community activities that build the American Hungarian community and its local Yorkville neighborhood in NYC. As a non-governmental and non-denominational American Hungarian cultural center in NYC since 1966, the community center has served children, adults, and seniors and as an educational resource for those of Hungarian descent to learn and stay in touch with their customs, traditions and cultural heritage. As a bridge to our American community, many offered programs are in both English and Hungarian and include Hungarian music, history, literature, science, film, theater, language, youth leadership/scouting, dance, and seasonal heritage activities. For newly immigrating Hungarians arriving and getting accustomed to American society we serve as a springboard to integration while providing services that facilitate staying in touch and celebrating Hungarian and Hungarian-American ancestry. 

This is a joint non-profit fundraiser event for Vaclav Havel Center and AFHLE, Hungarian House. “AFHLE, Hungarian House is a 501(c)3, 509(a)2 non-profit public charity organization. The portion of your ticket that exceeds $30/person (FMV) is a donation that is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.”