The Debiuts’ Stage. The Fourth-year students of the Directing Department at the Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw and second-year stage design students of the University of the Arts Poznan tackle the literary image of the Balkans: the traditions, social structure and geopolitical condition, as well as the region's national and ethnic awareness. These short pieces are based on books by Maria Todorova, Ivan Čolovic, Robert Kaplan, Miljenko Jurgovic, Małgorzata Rejmer and Monika Sznajderman (all published by Wydawnictwo Czarne).