THE NATIONAL THEATER FESTIVAL
23RD EDITION

25 October-3 November 2013, Bucharest

 FINAL SELECTION

FOCUS / THE ART OF THE ACTOR: Mariana Mihuţ 

• Marriage by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol, stage director: Yuri Kordonsky, Bulandra Theater, Bucharest

• Master Leonida Faces the Reactionaries by Ion Luca Caragiale, stage director: Silviu Purcărete,

Bucharest National Theater

• Bury Me Behind the Baseboard by Pavel Sanaev, stage director: Yuri Kordonsky, Bulandra Theater, Bucharest

• Lear(a) by William Shakespeare, stage director: Andrei Şerban, Bulandra Theater, Bucharest

CARAGIALE, THE INEVITABLE

• Leonida Gem Session, stage director: Gábor Tompa, Hungarian State Theater, Cluj

• Injustice, stage director: Radu Afrim, Bucharest National Theater

• A Lost Letter, stage director: Mircea Cornişteanu, Marin Sorescu National Theater, Craiova

STAGE LEGENDS

• The Trojan Women, after Euripides, stage director: Andrei Şerban, National Opera, Iaşi 

CREATORS AND THEATERS PERFORMING

• Adam and Eve after Liviu Rebreanu, stage director: Alexander Hausvater, National Theater, Timişoara

• The Miser by Molière, stage director: László Bocsárdi, Tamási Áron Theater, Sfântu Gheorghe

• Mine Dark by Csaba Székely, stage director: Aba Sebestyén, Yorick Studio and National Theater, Târgu-Mureş / Tompa Miklós Company

• Mr. Swedenborg Wants to Dream, scriptwriter and stage director: Mihai Măniuţiu, Vasile Alecsandri National Theater, Iaşi

• The Italian Straw Hat by Eugène Labiche, stage director: Silviu Purcărete, Vasile Alecsandri National Theater, Iaşi

• The Seagull by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, stage director: Yuri Kordonsky, German State Theater, Timişoara

• Pictures from the Insects’ Life by Karel and Josef Čapek, stage direction: Victor Ioan Frunză, Nicolae Bălcescu Cultural Center for UNESCO, Bucharest

• The School for Wives by Molière, stage director: Cristian Juncu, National Theater, Târgu-Mureş / Liviu Rebreanu Company

ACTORS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

• Gardenia by Elżbieta Chowaniec, stage director: Gábor M. Koltay, Csiky Gergely Hungarian State Theater, Timişoara

• Illusions by Ivan Vyrypaev, stage director: Cristian Juncu, Act Theater, Bucharest

• Diary of a Madman by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol, stage director: Felix Alexa, ArCuB

• The Soldier’s Tale by Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, music: Igor Stravinsky, conductor:

Tiberiu Soare, Odeon Theater, Bucharest

THEATER OF TOMORROW

• Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, stage director: Alexandru Mâzgăreanu, ReginaMariaTheater, Oradea

• Paparazzi or Chronicle of an Aborted Sunrise by Matei Vişniec, stage director: Ovidiu Caiţa, Nord Theater, Satu Mare 

• Solitarity, a show by Gianina Cărbunariu, Radu Stanca National Theater, Sibiu

• A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, stage directors: Andrei and Andreea Grosu, Unteatru, Bucharest

• The Ugly One by Marius von Mayenburg, stage director: Vlad Cristache, Comedy Theater, Bucharest

• Yentl by Leah Napolin and Isaac Bashevis Singer, stage director: Erwin Şimşensohn, Jewish State Theater, Bucharest