Rescheduled for July 25th at 8 PM at the JU BKC KS Gallery

The Adventures and Misadventures of the Girl Nura – Sarajevo Stylistic Exercises

Twenty-five years ago, actress, director, playwright, and professor Hasija Borić wrote and performed the monodrama Mother Often Scolds Nura (Majka Nuru počesto izruži), based on the folk song of the same title that originated in Sarajevo. The production carried the fame of our city far and wide and was performed more than one hundred times in cities throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina, the region, Europe, and the United States, from Washington to Seattle. She has now written a new version, which in some ways continues the story of the girl Nura. Nura playfully explains to her mother why she does not wish to marry any of the suitors proposed to her. These suitors bear the surnames of young men from some of Sarajevo’s most distinguished families: Svrzo, Džino, Klino, Džano, Dalagija, Očaktan, Pinjo, Sabura, and many others. Nura finds fault with each of them and mocks their characteristics, a common motif in songs and dramas of other Slavic peoples dealing with the theme of courtship and marriage. In the end, she informs her mother that the chosen one of her heart is Mujo Mađarević.