Comedy in two parts by Anca Bursan and Gheorghe Panco

Artistic director: Ariana Stoica
Scenography: Nagy Alexandru
Premiere date: November 24, 1968

The lyrical comedy "Nicnic" can be considered a current parable, authentic in its relationship with immediate reality. Although it takes place on a construction site, "Nicnic" is not a production piece, but an ethical one, populated by hypostases-characters: Dan - the petty official, formalist and a little obtuse, otherwise conscientious and hardworking; Sorin - the capable, likeable, humorous, frank engineer, the embodiment of youth; Mărău - the boss who masks his sensitivity through sarcasm; Liana - the woman desired by everyone, a capable and competent technician. When Nicnic bursts into their peaceful life, all values are overturned. Nicnic is the adolescent male who can sacrifice himself with the same candor for a sublime idea, as for a ridiculous one; he symbolizes the spirit of adventure, the inexhaustible capacity for dedication, fantasy, unbridled enthusiasm. As Şerban Cioculescu states, the entire play is built on the confrontation between the spirit of fronde and common sense, between enthusiasm and prudence, between generosity spent rashly and rational initiative. Nicnic sees poetry in a construction sketch and above all wants to make people smile and listen to the rain. Through him, the existences of the others, who had functioned separately until then, intertwine and once his role is finished, Nicnic disappears, leaving for another chimera.

Distribution:

Nicolae Udrea:  Radu Voicescu
Tudor Marau:  Mircea Olariu
Sorin Valsan:  Ben Dumitrescu
Dan Briaru:  Nicolae Barosan
Liana Stilea:  Ana Popa, Gina Nicolae

Technical director: Dalma Simionescu
Prompter: Sofica Spoiala
Musical illustration and sound design: Dorel Olea