The Digital Theatre Studies Laboratory is a space for research, archiving, and creation situated at the intersection of theatre studies and new digital technologies. We started from a concrete need: preserving and valorizing fragile documentary collections that often quietly tell the story of theatre on the territory of Romania, in its multiple cultural inflections.

We focus on digitizing and archiving valuable collections—photographs, correspondence, program booklets—and strive to restore their visibility through digital humanities tools: interactive visualizations, data networks, maps, timelines, and multimedia dissemination formats.

At the same time, the laboratory supports theatre research through a rigorous, data-driven approach that complements traditional interpretive and historical methods. We believe a deeper understanding of the theatrical phenomenon requires both analytical sensitivity and tools capable of relating documents, contexts, and broader networks.

Although our physical space is limited, we aim to become an open platform for online exhibitions, collaborative projects, and interdisciplinary initiatives. The laboratory is neither a museum nor a file server—it is a community in formation, dedicated to the recent past and the critical future of theatre in Romania.