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Martin Boross
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Theater and film director, founder of STEREO AKT, a Budapest-based theater collective. MFA Candidate at Tisch School of the Arts.

Founder and artistic director of STEREO AKT, a progressive theater collective established in 2013. His work has been presented in over 40 cities in 13 countries in Europe and the United States.
He earned his diploma in 2013 at Budapest’s University of Theatre and Film Arts (SZFE). Since 2011, he has directed 21 original theater productions including on-stage, site-specific, opera, documentary, and participatory works.
His post-dramatic pieces are political and interdisciplinary, often experimenting with the unconventional positioning and participation of the audience. He is interested in using interaction as a dramaturgical technique for critical, creative, reflective audience experiences.
Martin started filmmaking in 2017. Since then, he has directed 2 short films and a documentary, recently premiering his debut feature film, Raw Material.
In 2016, he received the Junior Prima Prize, the most prestigious award for Hungarian artists under 30.
Currently an MFA candidate at NYU Tisch School of the Arts.

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Podcast

Making Co-leadership Into Allyship

10 February 2026

How do we actually share leadership and not use co-leadership as a metaphor or aspiration? In the final episode, Tara and Martin reflect on the Bridge Between Realities project and break down what they learned about collaboration, leadership, and power.

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Podcast

The Luxury or Necessity of Ensemble

3 February 2026

How can ensemble training influence theatre culture and grow capacity? In this episode, Tara Khozein and Martin Boross sit down with theatre director and Wilma Theatre co-artistic director Yury Urnov and director, performer, choreographer, and playwright Suli Holum after a HotHouse session with the ensemble.

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Podcast

Doing It For Us When We Do It In Community

27 January 2026

How do our own needs inform and drive our work with community? In this episode, Tara Khozein and Martin Boross sit down with theatre artist Jeremy Louise Eaton and journalist Graham “GG” Griffith at Chocolate Church Arts Center after Memory Bath, a multidisciplinary site-specific theatre piece on place memory.

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Podcast

Re-sensitizing to Place in Site-Specific Performance

20 January 2026

How can theatre artists enter a space as outsiders and create work there in a way that does not fall into our habits of colonialism and consumerism? In this episode, Tara and Martin sit down with Wanda Strukus and Matthew Glassman at Chocolate Church Arts Center in Bath, Maine.

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Podcast

Failing Bigger, Failing Faster in Devising

13 January 2026

What's the point of entering the rehearsal room without a plan? In this episode, Tara Khozein and Martin Boross are joined by Apollo Garcia Orellana and Sandy Timmerman to talk about approaches in devising, the importance of being lost, and why they prefer to work without a playwright in the room.

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Podcast

Just Comfortable Enough to Get Immersive

6 January 2026

What makes us want to immerse, and what makes us want to flee? Tara Khozein and Martin Boross sit down with Hope Orange and Diana Delgado at q-Staff theatre in Albuquerque right after their residency and public showing of Dwelling, an immersive theatre event on the theme of home.

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Series

Bridge Between Realities

In this mini-series, co-directors Tara Khozein (US/HU) and Martin Boross (HU/US) travel to New Mexico, Pennsylvania, and Maine, to lead devised multidisciplinary projects with local artists.

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