Actress Neda Danilović, who also runs the Children's Drama Studio at the Youth Theater, is a member of the "Novi Sad Theater Festival" Council. She spoke about all the good features of this festival between performances and conversations between young audience and the performance creators...
"Members of the festival council watched quite a few of the 70 or so plays and recommended their selection to the festival director who made the final decision, adding to our recommendation a few more plays that we thought were important for our audience to see. We have the opportunity to see both artistic and an age cross-section of topics and genres, and the full halls say that the audience really liked the idea of being able to meet and communicate with such variety of performers in just one week. As very significant, I would single out as many as four plays intended for teenagers, an apparently neglected target group, too old for fairy tales, and too immature for adult themes. Regular meetings of the young audience and artists enabled direct exchange, sometimes even discussions, about the topics dealt with by today's theater for children and young people. The crucial message of us adults through that communication is our undoubtful commitment to never give up on their interests. With this, I hope that everyone understands the determination of the Youth Theater to announce the quality of future performances that it owes to the audience for which it was founded. The variety of inter-artistic gatherings within the festival is a significant incentive for the further development of the festival and in terms of workshop research that would allow artists the benefit of acquiring new skills.”