The Oradea Short Theater Festival has come to an end after a week of theatrical marathon in which we enjoyed extraordinary performances. The jury of this year's Short Theater Festival, made up of Mircea Morariu - theater critic - president of the jury, Ion Parhon - theater critic and Alexa Visarion - director and screenwriter - decided to award the following prizes:
Best Actress Award:
Nominations:
Ioana Cheregi, from Teatrul de Nord Satu Mare, for the role "A woman" from the show AUTOBAHN, by Neil LaBute
Ioana Iacob, from the German State Theater Timișoara, for the role of "Magda", from the show DE FAPT E FRUMOS, by Volker Schmidt
Ana Ciontea, from the National Theater "IL Caragiale" Bucharest, for the roles of "Saleswoman", "Elegant Woman", "Lady at the counter" from the show "A strange incident with a dog at midnight", based on a novel by Mark Haddon
Winner:
IOANA CHEREGI, from Teatrul de Nord Satu Mare, for the role "A woman" in the show AUTOBAHN, by Neil LaBute
Best Actor Award:
Nominations:
Ciprian Nicula, from the National Theater "IL Caragiale" Bucharest, for the role of "Christopher John Francis Boone" in the show "A strange incident with a dog at midnight", based on a novel by Mark Haddon
Răzvan Amitroaei, from the "Mihai Eminescu" Theater in Botoșani, for the role of "Jurgen" in the performance ANNIVERSARY, by Jeroen Van Den Berg
Áron Dimény, Hungarian State Theater Cluj-Napoca, for the role in the show THE BOOK OF THE OLD, based on the poem by Szilágyi Domokos
Winner:
CIPRIAN NICULA, from the National Theater "IL Caragiale" Bucharest, for the role of "Christopher John Francis Boone" in the show "A strange incident with a dog at midnight", based on a novel by Mark Haddon
Best Director Award:
Nominations:
Bobi Pricop – for directing the shows A STRANGE HAPPENED WITH A DOG AT MIDNIGHT, based on a novel by Mark Haddon, "IL Caragiale" National Theater, Bucharest and ILLUZII, by Ivan Vyrypaev, "Marin Sorescu" National Theater in Craiova
Erwin Șimșensohn – for the performance ANNIVERSARY, from the "Mihai Eminescu" Theater in Botoșani
Volker Schmidt – for the show DE FAPT E FRUMOS, German State Theater Timisoara
Winner:
BOBI PRICOP – for the direction of the shows A STRANGE HAPPENED WITH A DOG AT MIDNIGHT, based on a novel by Mark Haddon, "IL Caragiale" National Theater, Bucharest and ILLUZII, by Ivan Vyrypaev, "Marin Sorescu" National Theater in Craiova
The award for the best scenography:
Nominations:
Adrian Damian, for the show A STRANGE HAPPEN WITH A DOG AT MIDNIGHT, National Theater "IL Caragiale", Bucharest
Romulus Boicu, for the show WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS, Teatrul Excelsior, Bucharest
Carmencita Brojboiu, for the show THE BOOK OF THE OLD, Hungarian State Theatre, Cluj-Napoca
Winner:
CARMENCITA BROJBOIU, for the show THE BOOK OF THE OLD, Hungarian State Theatre, Cluj-Napoca
Best Show Award:
Nominations:
STRANGE HAPPENED WITH A DOG AT MIDNIGHT, National Theater "IL Caragiale" Bucharest
THE BOOK OF THE ELDERLY, Hungarian State Theater Cluj-Napoca
ANNIVERSARY, "Mihai Eminescu" Theater Botoșani
Winner:
A STRANGE INCIDENT WITH A DOG AT MIDNIGHT, National Theater "IL Caragiale", Bucharest
The special prize of the jury for creativity is awarded ex aequo to the performances:
IN THE HEART OF THE NIGHT – THE LEAR EPISODE, screenplay by Gavriil Pinte, with inserts by George Banu and Monique Borie, directed by Gavriil Pinte, Regina Maria Theater, Oradea
and
AGAMEMNON, by Rodrigo Garcia, directed by Andrei Măjeri, National Theater "Lucian Blaga" Cluj-Napoca
Congratulations to the winners and thank you to the Oradean audience for every evening of theater in this festival spent together. See you again at the performances of the Queen Maria Theater this season.
