2017 edition

"[...] Oleanna" by David Mamet is a play in two characters that raises important issues in the evolution of contemporary society, such as political correctness and the poor definition of terms in communication. The characters who participate in the construction of the dramatic conflict of the text are Carol (Irina NAUM), a student, and her teacher John (Cristi NAUM). The action takes place in John's office. Carol confesses to the professor that, although she read his book, she did not understand the course at all, especially the thesis according to which university studies, as a mass phenomenon, would be a utopia.

"Pirandello's Cafe" starts from the dramatic script created by Anca Măniuțiu, substructured on two plays by the playwright Luigi Pirandello: Omul with the flower in his mouth and mountain giants, in the intertext of which disparate lines from Six characters in search of an author and Tonight they're improvising.

For me, "The Bear" is not only "a farce", as Chekhov himself called it.

In fact, this name must also be understood in the sense in which Chekhov wrote "comedy" under the title of one of his great plays, "The Seagull".

The subtle ironies of a genius.

Fiddler on the Roof is a timeless show, a classic musical that has been on Broadway since 1964, remaining one of the longest-running shows on Broadway (it is currently the 16th longest-running Broadway show in history, and the first musical to exceeded 3000 performances).

"HALF SONG” tells the story of Francesca from the age of 5 to 33, in nine paintings, each capturing an age, a universe, an incident among those that matter and can shape or break a destiny. A story about missing out, about what happens when you don't have the courage to follow your dreams and get tangled up in your own life, like a coat a few sizes too big. About how the unlived life ends up gnawing at you from the inside like a cancer.

"Dissatisfied with what is happening to his life, Edmond decides to start over. To the temptations of the street, he responds brutally, with the sharp edge of the blade, out of desperation, misunderstanding, fear. In his painful odyssey, he accumulates experiences and sensations, crossing brothels and nightclubs, where meetings with

 "You know why crows fly, why children are born, why there are stars in the sky... You must know what you live for, otherwise everything is absurd nonsense"... this is where Three Other Sisters begin... They cry, laugh, dance, love and... wait...Someone will come and there will be peace and light...When? Maybe tomorrow or another time..." Two hundred or three hundred years from now people will be happy" Really?

The play Arms and the Man was written by Bernard Shaw when he was 38 years old and was first performed in 1894 in London. Success was not long in coming even from the premiere, and the opinion of Shaw as one of the most intelligent dramatists in London was unanimous. Four years later it will be published in the collection called Pleasant Pieces. Although it was no longer performed in Romania, it remained one of the most popular and most frequently staged comedies in the world.

Through the project proposed by Bobi Pricop, Teatrul Tineretului invites you to experience theater in a surprising way. The novelty of the play "Un stejar" consists in the fact that one of the two actors who will play in the show accepts the challenge of being at the first meeting with the text during the performance, in front of the audience. The invited actor will go on stage, together with the actor of the Youth Theatre, Mircea Postelnicu, without knowing anything about the play and without having seen the performance beforehand.

"Play Strindberg" by Friedrich Durrenmatt turns August Strindberg's drama "Dance of Death" into a black comedy, in comic-absurd key, imagining marriage as a 12-round boxing match, a fight without rules and without winners, only losers… It is the story of a "failed" actress - Alice and Edgar - a "failed" captain, stranded on an island as a prison warden, who live out the story of a "failed" marriage in which they are sentenced to 25 years to live and fight fiercely.

Greg and Ginny are young, in love and about to get married. But Ginny is hiding some details about her life from Greg, which could blow up the peace of the future couple. This is also the moment when Philip and Sheila enter the story, an older couple, with unclear - still - and, precisely because of that, funny connections with the young characters. Entanglements of situation, language and intention are sprinkled throughout the play, heightening the tension and delight of the viewer. And at the end, some questions remain in our minds: is love sincere, how much are we willing to lie in a couple, how much is truth and how much is delusion in a love?

The LEAR episode is part of a larger cycle titled IN THE HEART OF THE NIGHT, a project based on Shakespearean plays. It is part of this cycle The HAMLET episode, a show also performed at the "Regina Maria" Theater in Oradea, in a similar space. A community project about the magical force of theater in a public space open and closed at the same time, about the certainties and uncertainties of the night... illuminated.