The STOKA theatre company was founded in January 1991 as a result of a long-lasting effort taken by the stage director Blaho Uhlár (1951) and the designer Miloš Karásek (1960) in the field of amateur and professional theatre. They both deeply felt the impotence of current theatres in their struggle for the search and transplantation of a new theatre vision as well as their unwillingness to reject the established creative methods and apply new ones. Since 1992 the group has performed at its stage in Bratislava where twenty two productions were premiered and 1000 performances have been staged up to October 2005. The created projects, including playwriting, were mostly the result of teamwork of all the theatre group members. The theatre poetic touches upon all spheres of often delicate and intentionally subtly anticipated relationships and moments of human existence which can only be expressed emotionally without any words. As far as the organization is concerned, the theatre group has not been recognized officially within 0the context of Slovak theatre and the state cultural bureaucracy has been unable, in the four years of the theatre°s existence, to find a way of subsidizing this markedly non-commercial ensemble. Thus, they have been constantly deprived of their life guarantees and the ensemble members often do not even receive any financial support in several successive months. Despite these difficulties, critics labelled the production of "Eo Ipso" (1994) the event of the year.

Peter Batthyányi (1966) studied horse breeding and horsemanship. He has worked for Stoka (Sewer) since 1992.

Ľubomír Burgr (1964) studied the violin at the State Conservatoire in Košice. He has worked for the Stoka Theatre as an actor and composer since 1991.

Ingrid Hrubaničová (1965) studied at the University of P.J. Šafárik in Prešov. She has worked for the Stoka Theatre since 1991.

Jozef Chmel (1965) studied geodesy and cartography at the Slovak Technical University. He has been engaged in the Stoka Theatre as an actor since the company°s foundation.

Laco Kerata (1961) studied directing at the Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts in Bratislava. He has worked at the Stoka Theatre as an actor and stage director since its foundation.

Erika Lásková (1965) studied at the Secondary Technical School of Chemistry. She has been engaged in the Stoka Theatre as an actress since its foundation.

Lucia Piussi (1971) studied script writing at the Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts in Bratislava. She has worked for the Stoka Theatre since 1991.

Zuzana Piussi (1971) has worked for the Stoka Theatre as an actress and stage and costume designer since 1992.

Blaho Uhlár (1951) studied stage direction at the Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts in Bratislava in 1974. Until 1991 he worked as a stage director at state theatres. He was one of the co-founders of the Stoka Theatre in 1991 and has worked there as a stage director and organizer since then.

Veronika Turanová (1968) Studied the voice at the State Conservatoire in Bratislava. She has worked for the Stoka Theatre since 1991.

Vlado Zboroň (1960) studied at the Faculty of Theology. He has worked at the Stoka Theatre as an actor since 1991.