A collection of dramatic texts is always an opportunity to summarize the author's creative journey. These days, such occasions have become more frequent, and not all of them are joyful. At the time of the publication of this collection, playwright Svetlana Petriychuk is under investigation in one of the most absurd trials of our time—the so-called 'new theater case.' Svetlana and director Zhenya Berkovich are accused of justifying terrorism for staging the play 'Finist the Bright Falcon.'

The play 'Tuaregs,' which gives the collection its title, is Svetlana Petriychuk's signature work. The play utilizes the technique of combining the incompatible. The lives of women who rebelled against the male state in the village of Otrub are intertwined with the legends and tales of the Tuareg tribe, who in ancient times came to the idea of ​​​​matriarchy.

About the author

Svetlana Petriychuk is a playwright, screenwriter, theater and film director, and teacher.

In 2018, she first took part in the Lyubimovka Young Playwrights Festival with the play 'Tuesday is a Short Day.' In subsequent years, she repeatedly became a winner and finalist of various competitions and festivals, including the Remarque International Competition, the First Reading Competition and Festival, the LARK International Laboratory (New York), and others.

In 2021, she was among the top three winners of the Culmination Competition with the play 'Tuaregs.' In 2022, she received the Golden Mask National Theatre Award for Best Playwright for her play 'Finist the Bright Falcon.'

On May 4, 2023, she and the play's director, Zhenya Berkovich, were detained by police for the same play in connection with a criminal case under Article 205.2 of the Russian Criminal Code, 'Public calls for terrorist activity, public justification of terrorism, or propaganda of terrorism.'