2018 edition

The jury of the "Dramatic creation competition dedicated to the short play" has chosen the winner of this edition!

As every year, within the Short Theater Festival, the "Dramatic creation competition dedicated to the short play" was organized, which aims to encourage original Romanian dramaturgy, especially short theater.

The organizers do not suggest a specific theme, leaving freedom of choice to the writers, the criterion of appreciation of the pieces being an aesthetic one. The only imposed element is the formal one, required by the rigors of the short theater.

This year, 15 texts were entered in the contest, which were read and analyzed by the jury made up of theater critics Claudiu Groza, Oana Borș and actor Eugen Țugulea. Following the evaluation of the texts, starting from premises related to the dramatic technique and the artistic value, three finalist texts were selected:

1. "With the drone", by Radu Popescu
2. "Zloata or the Future President of Romania", by Radu Popescu
3. "Passing through the walls, rehearsal diary", by Edith Negulici

The piece declared the winner, in full agreement of the jury members, is "Cu drone", written by Mr. Radu Popescu, "a fresh, youthful text, with a funny and unpredictable subject, domestic, extreme, contemporary, with a dose of suspense and a which provides him with a stage potential" (Claudiu Groza).

Congratulations to the finalists and especially to the winner!

Also, as part of the Oradea International Theater Festival, we invite you to the reading performances "SUB-SOUL", written and directed by Crista Bilciu (Saturday, September 29, from 15:00, at Sala Arcadia), which was the winner " The dramatic creation competition dedicated to the short play" of the 2017 edition and "HALLO, SWITZERLAND!", by Laurentiu Budău, directed by Alexandru Rusu (Sunday, September 30, from 5:00 p.m., at Sala Arcadia), which is among the finalist texts of the 2016 edition. Admission is free, based on reservation at the Theater Agency.

See you at the Oradea International Theater Festival!

1. Going through walls, rehearsal diary, by Edith Negulici (Bucharest)
2. The star in the making, by Roland Florin Voinescu (Constanța)
3. The conversation with pepper and smile, by Cristina Cozma (Timișoara?)
4. Pact, by Cristina Cozma (Timișoara?)
5. Magnetophilia, by Laurentiu Budău (Bacău)
6. Every life begins several times, by Ștefan Caraman (Tulcea?)
7. Drone, by Radu Popescu (Bucharest)
8. Six months of unexcused absences, by Oana Maria Tudoran (Timișoara)
9. Dress me in your fairest look, by Florina Dumitrescu (Bucharest)
10. Angels on a knife edge, by Dan Victor (Bucharest)
11. The Hidden Foot of a Lame World or Homines – the figures in the wax museum, by Ioana Toloargă (Bumbești-Jiu)
12. Safari Mode, by Selma Dragoș (Cluj-Napoca)
13. The measure of things, by Radu Popescu (Bucharest)
14. Zloata or the Future President of Romania, by Radu Popescu (Bucharest)
15. Scraps, by George Dometi (Oradea)