THE NATIONAL THEATER FESTIVAL

22ND EDITION 26 October / 4 November 2012, Bucharest
FINAL SELECTION

Focus: Silviu Purcărete / A Stage Director’s World

• Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, Radu Stanca National Theater in Sibiu
• Gulliver’s Travels, stage exercisesby Jonathan Swift’s works, Radu Stanca National Theater in Sibiu
• As You Like It or The Night at the End of the Fair (Twelfth Night) by William Shakespeare, Marin Sorescu National Theater in Craiova
• Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini, Hungarian State Theater in Cluj
• A Tempest after William Shakespeare, Marin Sorescu National Theater in Craiova

2012 / “Yours, Caragiale”…

• Our Kind of Stuff, a show by Gigi Căciuleanu, Bucharest National Theater 
• Two Lottery Tickets by I.L. Caragiale, directed by: Alexandru Dabija, Bucharest National Theater 
• Injustice by I.L. Caragiale, directed by: Cristi Juncu, Toma Caragiu Theater in Ploieşti
• A Stormy Night by I.L. Caragiale, directed by: Mircea Cornişteanu, Marin Sorescu National Theater in Craiova     
• A Lost Letter by I.L. Caragiale, directed by: Mihai Mălaimare, Masca Theater, Bucharest

2012 / Strindberg, Forerunners, Successors

• Miss Julie by August Strindberg, directed by: Felix Alexa, Hungarian State Theater in Cluj 
• Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen, directed by: Andrei Şerban, Hungarian State Theater in Cluj
• Eve of Retirement by Thomas Bernhard, directed by: Christian Papke, Timişoara National Theater

Something for Everybody

• Carmina Burana by Carl Orff, directed by: Gigi Căciuleanu, Târgu-Mureş National Theater, Liviu Rebreanu company
• COUPLUtonium / The Furies & The Great War by Neil LaBute, directed by: Radu Alexandru Nica, German State Theater in Timişoara
• The Toth Family by István Örkény, stage direction by: Victor Ioan Frunză, Nicolae Bălcescu Cultural Center for UNESCO, Bucharest
• The Island, after Gellu Naum, concert-show by Ada Milea, Cluj-Napoca National Theater
• Angels in America by Tony Kushner, stage direction by: Victor Ioan Frunză, Metropolis Theater, Bucharest (Part I / Millennium Approaches; Part II / Perestroika)
• Lear by William Shakespeare, directed by: Andrei Şerban, Bulandra Theater, Bucharest
• The Misanthrope by Molière, directed by: Gábor Tompa, Vasile Alecsandri National Theater in Iaşi
• The Misunderstanding by Albert Camus, directed by: László Bocsárdi, German State Theater in Timişoara
• Lowlands byHerta Müller, directed by:Niky Wolcz, German State Theater in Timişoara
• The Last Day of Youth, after Tadeusz Konwicki, directed by: Yuri Kordonsky, Radu Stanca National Theater in Sibiu        
• Life Is a Dream by Calderón de la Barca, directed by: Mihai Măniuțiu,Timişoara National Theater
• A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, directed by: Radu Afrim, Vasile Alecsandri National Theater in Iaşi

Actors Downstage

•  2×2 after Murray Schisgal and Harold Pinter, with Amalia Ciolan, Marcello Cobzariu, Maia Morgenstern, Mircea Rusu, directed by: Vlad Stănescu, Bucharest National Theater
• Dinner with Friends by Donald Margulies, with Marius Cordoş, Cerasela Iosifescu, Nadiana Sălăgean, Vlad Zamfirescu, directed by: Claudiu Goga, production of ArCuB
• The Girl in the Rainbow,with Tania Popa, a show by Lia Bugnar, Bucharest National Theater
• The Human Voice by Jean Cocteau, with Oana Pellea, directed by: Sanda Manu, Metropolis Theater, Bucharest            

 Tomorrow’s Theater

• M House, a show by Luminița ŢÎcu, ColiseumArtsCenter, Chişinău
• Games in the Backyard by Edna Mazya, directed by: Bobi Pricop, Act Theater, Bucharest
• Family Stories by Biljana Srbljanovic, directed by: Vlad Cristache, Maria Filotti Theater in Brăila