{"id":8923,"date":"2026-11-10T22:17:31","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T20:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/podiya\/better-to-stay-dead\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T22:52:16","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T20:52:16","slug":"better-to-stay-dead","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/podiya\/better-to-stay-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Better to Stay Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Stage:<\/strong> Small Stage<\/p>\n<p>Karl Vetlinger<\/p>\n<p>The tragicomic absurdity of \u201cBetter Stay Dead\u201d tells the story of a soldier who spent years in captivity and, upon returning home, found himself unwanted by everyone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBetter Stay Dead\u201d is a complex play, as it conveys the absurdity of human life; the audience witnesses a \u201cmadhouse within a madhouse,\u201d where even the spectators are potential patients of the asylum. The dramatic concept, in which three actors transform into new characters every 5\u201310 minutes, requires considerable professional skill.<\/p>\n<p>Premiere on December 6, 2017<\/p>\n<h3>Production Team<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"zv-credits\">\n<li>Stage Director \u2013 Honored Artist of Ukraine M. Fischenko<\/li>\n<li>Set Design \u2013 V. Stepchuk, Honored Artist of Ukraine M. Fischenko<\/li>\n<li>Costumes \u2013 V. Stepchuk<\/li>\n<li>Choreographer \u2013 D. Snyozik<\/li>\n<li>Music \u2013 N. Petrun, Honored Artist of Ukraine M. Fischenko<\/li>\n<li>Assistant Director \u2013 R. Zhogin<\/li>\n<li>Assistant Director \u2013 Y. Chorna<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Characters and Performers<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"zv-credits\">\n<li>HANS KIEFER \u2014 art by R. Dzurynets, R. Zhogin<\/li>\n<li>EMMA FISHER\u2014nurse\u2014(KETHEN, GERTRUDE, PAULINA, SIGNORA UMBERTO, MOD, MOTORCYCLIST)\u2014performed by Zh. Baranovich, D. Gorshkova<\/li>\n<li>SCHTOL \u2013 psychiatrist (KRUMBAUER, GUSTAV SCHON, TRESSER, SALVATORE, BEN) \u2013 Honored Artist of Ukraine S. Barabash, cast: O. Mavrits<\/li>\n<li>NURSES \u2013 cast: M. Slovyanyn, D. Snyozik, K. Balog<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"zv-tickets\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uzhgorod.kontramarka.ua\/uk\/krase-zalisajsa-mertvim-94103.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tickets on the theater\u2019s website \u2197<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Photos from the performance<\/h3>\n<div class=\"zv-gallery\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dramteatr.uz.ua\/images\/vustavu\/krashe-zalishajsja-mertvum\/krashe-zalishajsja-mertvum-new1.jpg\" alt=\"Better to Stay Dead \u2014 Photo 1\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dramteatr.uz.ua\/images\/vustavu\/krashe-zalishajsja-mertvum\/krashe-zalishajsja-mertvum-new2.jpg\" alt=\"Better to Stay Dead \u2014 Photo 2\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dramteatr.uz.ua\/images\/vustavu\/krashe-zalishajsja-mertvum\/krashe-zalishajsja-mertvum-new3.jpg\" alt=\"Better to Stay Dead \u2014 Photo 3\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dramteatr.uz.ua\/images\/vustavu\/krashe-zalishajsja-mertvum\/krashe-zalishajsja-mertvum-new4.jpg\" alt=\"Better to Stay Dead \u2014 Photo 4\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"zv-source\">Poster and photo: \u00a9 Transcarpathian Academic Regional Ukrainian Music and Drama Theater named after the Sherehiy Brothers, published with the theater\u2019s permission. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dramteatr.uz.ua\/repertuar\/vistavi\/krashche-zalishajsya-mertvim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The performance\u2019s page on the theater\u2019s website<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tragicomic absurdity of \u201cBetter Stay Dead\u201d tells the story of a soldier who spent years in captivity, and when he returned home, he turned out to be, to everyone\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8886,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[3037],"class_list":["post-8923","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tribe_events_cat-theater","cat_theater"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/8923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/8923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8963,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/8923\/revisions\/8963"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8923"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=8923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}