Zeljko Djukic taught acting at Belgrade's Drama Art School prior to his move to the US. Among his productions in the former Yugoslavia are Philoctetes, Woyzeck, Endgame, Don Juan Comes Back from the War, and The Taming of the Shrew.
In Washington D.C. Djukic directed Emigres, Radovan III, Leonce and Lena, Les précieuses ridicules, The Seagull, The Wedding/The Chalk Cross/The Beggar and Quartet. He earned his MA from the University of Maryland and has taught at various schools and universities in the greater Washington/Baltimore area. He now resides, teaches and directs in Chicago.
Workshops, seminars, lectures
- 1989-1990 Assistant Professor of Acting, Drama Art School (FDU), Belgrade
- 1993 Fall, University of Maryland Department of Theatre, College Park, "Movement and Imagination"
- 1996 Spring, University of Maryland Department of Theatre, College Park,"On Brecht"
- 1997 Spring, James Madison University School of Theatre and Dance, "Theatre in Eastern Europe, 1945-1989"
- 1997 Fall, James Madison University School of Theatre and Dance, "Movement and Imagination"
- 1998 Spring, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, "Movement and Imagination"
- 2001 Spring, Second City, Chicago, "Acting for Improvs"
- 2002 Spring, Second City, Chicago, "Movement Improvisation for Actors"
- 2002 Spring, University of Missouri-Columbia, "On Kantor and Meyerhold"
- 2002 Summer, TUTA, Chicago, "The Hour Workshop"
- 2002 Fall, TUTA, Chicago, "Alice Workshop, part I"
- 2003 Spring, TUTA, Chicago, "Alice Workshop, part II"
- 2003 Fall, TUTA, Chicago, "Movement and Imagination"
- 2004 Summer, James Madison University, London Summer Program, "Advanced Acting"
- 2008 Fall, University of Illinois, Chicago, "Advanced Acting: Pinter, Beckett, Brecht"
To contact Zeljko send an email to zeljko@tutato.com.