A study in the publication Tastes of Encounter which reflects the phenomenon of the international festival of theatre schools Setkání/Encounter and reveals diverse layers of its thirty-year existence. The chapter First Time in Brno, but Not the Least - Marián Amsler, SKUTR and Štěpán Pácl at the Setkání/Encounter Festival follows up four theatre directors who rank among the current distinct figures of Czech and Slovak theatre. The focus is on their graduate performances which were presented at the festival of the Theatre Faculty JAMU and provoked considerable attention and professional controversy.