The 69th Dubrovnik Summer Festival will feature three premiere plays: Miroslav Krleža's "Michelangelo Buonarroti", a coproduction with the Ivan von Zajc Croatian National Theatre of Rijeka, directed by Sebastijan Horvat; a selection of prose by Ranko Marinković "Under the Balconies", directed by Dario Harjaček; and "Wedding Plays", a collaboration with the Zagreb Academy of Theatre Arts

Best Play in DRAMA category nominees include "Marin Držić – Victory over the Enemies" first performed at the 68th Dubrovnik Summer Festival on 20 August 2017. Best Play in OPERA Category nominees include Georg Friedrich Handel "Orlando", premiered at the Festival on 28 July 2017 at the Benedictine Monastery Cloister on the Island of Lokrum.

Correcting Rhythm (Ispravci ritma), a co-production of the BADco. Theatre Collective, the Croatian National Theatre of Zagreb and the Dubrovnik Summer Festival will be premiered at the Croatian National Theatre Sound Studio on Saturday, 18 November, with repeat performances on 23 November, 10 and 16 December 2017. Tickets are available online here. Play will also be performed at the 69th Dubrovnik Summer Festival.