The Oradea International Theater Festival reopens its doors this year for the 9th edition in June, more precisely from June 1 to 9, 2024, continuing the tradition started in 2013 in the format of a large and diverse festival, but also in 1976 through the Festival of Teatru Curt, currently included in FITO.
This year the festival will have three big sections: the competition section – the Short Theater Festival, the Off-competition section and the Outdoor section, which include valuable performances, invited both from important theaters in Romania and abroad.
The selection of shows that will participate in the COMPETITION section was made this edition by the Management of the Regina Maria Theater and includes the following shows:
SELECTION OF THE SHORT THEATER FESTIVAL 2024 – COMPETITION SECTION OF FITO
- Radu Stanca National Theater Sibiu - MAMĂ
by Marta Barceló, directed by Mariana Cămărășan - Theater "Toma Caragiu" Ploiesti - TOXIC
by Bruce Kane, directed by: Florin Piersic Jr. - Metropolis Theater Bucharest – WHO KILLED THE FATHER?
dramatization by Mihaela Michailov after the homonymous novel by Édouard Louis, directed by Andrei Măjeri - Northern Theater Satu Mare - LA VIE EN ROSE
a show by Gigi Căciuleanu - Cluj-Napoca State Hungarian Theater - ELEKTRA
stage adaptation by Ágnes Kali and Botond Nagy after Sophocles' tragedy, directed by Botond Nagy - Stela Popescu Theater Bucharest – HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH
by John Cameron Mitchell, directed by Răzvan Mazilu - National Theater "Mihai Eminescu" Timișoara - THE TRUTH
by Florian Zeller, directed by Radu Iacoban - German State Theater Timișoara - PEOPLE. FOR SALE
a show by Carmen Lidia Vidu - Piatra Neamț Youth Theater - DOLORES
by Edward Allan Baker, directed by: Ciprian V. Nechita - Bacovia Municipal Theatre, Bacău – A SUPER HAPPY STORY (ABOUT HOW IT IS TO BE VERY SAD)
by Jon Brittain, directed by: Horia Suru - Odeon Theatre, Bucharest – REPUBLIC OF MELANIA
by Irina Nechit, directed by: Gelu Colceag - One-woman show with Edith Alibec – TEA AND MILK
by Edith Alibec, director: Dana Paraschiv - TEATRELLI in co-production with the Cluj-Napoca National Theatre, the Regina Maria Oradea Theater and the "Mihai Eminescu" Botoșani Theater - CATEGORY B GODDESSES
by Alexandra Felseghi, based on an idea by Andrei Măjeri, directed by: Andrei Măjeri - Constanța State Theater - THE BELGRADE TRILOGY
by Biljana Srbljanović, directed by: Erwin Simșensohn - Baia Mare Municipal Theater - DELFINI
a rewrite by Adina Lazăr, after "The Loneliness of the Stones" by Flavius Lucăcel, directed by: Adina Lazăr - Classical Theater "Ioan Slavici" Arad - ONE (WO)MAN SHOW
a show with and by Zoltan Lovas - Romanian Playwrights Theatre, Bucharest - URMUZ WILL BE ITS NAME
a poetic biography based on the life and work of URMUZ by Gavriil Pinte, directed by: Gavriil Pinte - Theater "Maria Filotti" Brăila - FALSE MAID
by Marivaux, directed by Alexandru Mâzgăreanu - West Reșita Theater - LIFE IS A DREAM
by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, directed by Toma Enache - Art Theatre, Bucharest – AMERICAN BUFFALO
by David Mamet, directed by: Bogdan Budeș - Creation and Experiment Reactor, Cluj-Napoca - DUCK!
by Cleopatra Constantinescu, directed by: Dragoș Alexandru Mușoiu - Companhia Nova de Teatro, Brazil – A SCREAM IN THE DARK
a performance by Lenerson Polonini - Theater Werkstatt Hannover, Germany – FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE, ICARUS!
directed by: Ahmed Ezzat Elalfy - Csokonay Theater Debrecen, Hungary – NINCSTELENEK / OWNED
by Borbély Szilárd, director: Botos Bálint - Jokai Bekescsabai Theatre, Hungary – AZ ÖLTÖZTETŐT / CABINET
by Varsányi Anna, directed by: Krisztina Tarsoly - Teatr Polski Bydgoszcz, Poland – THE LAST DAYS OF ELENA AND NICOLAE CEAUțESCU
dramaturgy: Julia Holewińska, director: Wojciech Faruga
The shows that are part of the other sections will be announced soon on the website and Social Media channels.
