Actress Date and place of birth: 10.05.1976

Studies: University of Theatre Arts Târgu Mureş, 1998

Delia Martin made her debut at the State Theatre of Oradea in the year she graduated from the Faculty of Theatre in Târgu Mureş. Cute, beautiful, with a pleasant voice, the actress managed to play, in a single season, two consistent roles, which she coped with brilliantly. In a happy tandem with Mariana Vasile (Donnişoara Cucu), she managed to create a sympathetic character in the role of Eleva Zamfirescu, emphasizing both the naivety and the nagging curiosity of the teenager. Unfortunately, the show ("The Nameless Star" by Mihail Sebastian) was mediocre, although the cast did not lack several leading actors of the theatre.

In Jean Genet's "The Maids" – also an average performance – Delia Martin painstakingly, but not with enough directorial guidance, constructed the difficult role of one of the two maid sisters: Solange. She played it with emotion and conviction, intelligently complementing the energetic performance of Paula Chirilă (her sister, Claire).

Actor

Date and place of birth: 20.11.1930, Craiova

No specialized studies

Jeanot, as his colleagues called him, was the concrete expression that the "institute" does not give you talent, perseverance, total dedication, or work power - a confirmation of the slander expressed by Dem Rădulescu Bibanu: "Students leave the institute as they entered: with talent, or without talent!" Coming from Craiova, with the return of director Radu Penciulescu, he installed himself at the head of all the casts, taking on the burden of most of the performances. Demanding of himself and his colleagues, he worked "hard", even at the most banal rehearsal, and in performances he "pulled" them after him, without allowing himself the slightest relaxation. In all the roles he was praised by the critics. "He was stunning in "The Man Who Brings Rain" (by R. Nash) - an impostor and a dreamer: Ion Marinescu. He brings hope and confidence... This actor is admirable...". In "Cyrano" (by Edmond Rostand), "a brilliant performer" - in an intelligent performance full of ideas and meanings, exemplary in its homogeneity" (directed by Valeriu Moisescu). 

Actor

Date and place of birth: 26.08.1955, Negreşti-Oaş

Studies: Institute of Theater and Cinematography "ILCaragiale" Bucharest, 1981, in the class of prof. Dem Rădulescu

Both before and after graduating from the institute, he played on the stage of the Baia Mare Theater, from where, in 1989, he came to Oradea. He played four good roles, fully proving his qualities as an actor of strength and depth, and left for the dream of all actors: the capital of the country. Ştefan Mareş quickly stood out for his immense energy, an overflowing sense of humor, a joy of playing, a developed playful spirit...

Set designer painter

Date and place of birth: 21.04.1929

Studies: "Nicolae Grigorescu" Institute of Fine Arts, Bucharest, 1958

Tatiana Manolescu Uleu came to Oradea, together with her husband, the actor Octavian Uleu, in 1961, and remained here until her retirement. She designed sets and costumes, and for a few performances only the costumes, for a relatively small number of performances, if we compare their number to the seasons, which means that, with some exceptions, she signed about two performances per season, i.e. the norm imposed by the position. It is important to note, however, that the theater always featured a reasonable number of set designers (Nagy Sándor, Eliza Popescu, Maria Haţeganu, Bíró I.Géza, Vioara Bara, in addition, there were no shortage of prestigious collaborators – Romulus Peneş, Tody Constantinescu, François Pamfil, Ştefan Hablinski, Paul Bortnovski, Vladimir Popov, Dan Jitianu, etc.). But, since not only the number of performances is important, but also the value of the works, we note an indisputable fact: the performances on which he collaborated with creative directors, with whom he met on the fragile terrain of stage metaphor, the results were remarkable.

Set designer painter

Date and place of birth: 16.04.1957, New York, USA

Studies: "Nicolae Grigorescu" Institute of Fine Arts, Bucharest, Painting department, 1981

An eminent student at the "Nicolae Grigorescu" Institute of Arts in Bucharest, she has been assisting since her early years on several films directed by valuable artists such as Dan Piţa ("Justice in Chains"), Tudor Mărăscu ("Singur de carte"), Alexa Visarion ("Năpasta"), Francisc Munteanu ("A Patch of Sky"), Malvina Urşianu ("The Extras"), Nicu Stan ("Storm in the Pacific").

She debuted – a little later – in the theater, designing the set design for the show "Tartuffe" by Molière, at the Casandra Studio. During this time, Maria Maliţa also painted, participating with her works in group exhibitions (1981-1982) and in municipal and republican exhibitions (between 1981-1983).

Actress

Date and place of birth: 13.03.1924, Birtin-Brad

Olimpia Mâinea came to the Oradea State Theatre together with her husband at the time, the actor Ion Mâinea, from the Dramatic Theatre in Baia-Mare. If Ion Mâinea was, from the very beginning of his career, destined for big roles, becoming, over time, a genuine star, a master, Olimpia Mâinea was an actress destined, especially, for secondary roles. Tall, blonde, buxom, extroverted, with impeccable diction and a very good memory, the actress lacked the capacity for interiorization, perhaps also because, being an intelligent woman, she refused to be confused with the characters she interpreted, maintaining, continuously imposing, between herself and them, a distance, often confused with coldness and indifference. Being "a beautiful animal" - as she herself admitted - she played several "beautiful" roles in her youth. In Brăila, where she played for several years, she was a colleague and friend of Vasilica Tastaman and Silviu Stănculescu. She played several important, long-lasting roles, but, unfortunately, she was not convincing, failing to pass an average level. Let's remember: Chiriţa and Veta ("A Stormy Night" by ILCaragiale), Luise ("Everything in the Garden" by Edward Albee), Gina ("The Dictator" by Al. Kiriţescu) Didina ("Confusing the World" by A.de Herz).

Actor

Date and place of birth: 23.09.1929, Bucharest

Studies: "ILCaragiale" Theater Institute, Bucharest, class of Prof. Marcel Anghelescu

With certainty, Ion Mâinea was, along with two or three colleagues, for many years, in fact until his regrettable final departure, what is called a star (even if not recognized as such), a master, an authentic artist in all the power of the word.

He joined the Oradea State Theatre in 1966, and remained there until his retirement, acting for many years and then, in his last years of life, being a collaborating director at the "Arcadia" Children and Youth Theatre in Oradea.

Actress

Date and place of birth: 04.02.1947, Bucharest

Studies: Institute of Theatrical and Cinematographic Art "ILCaragiale" Bucharest, 1966

She was assigned to Oradea, together with her husband, and was cast in the role of Daniela Buzura in the play "Simple coincidences" by Paul Everac. She declared herself dissatisfied with the casting and they returned to the capital (she collaborated and continues to collaborate with the Radiophonic Theater). She played for several more years in theaters in Brăila, Braşov and Botoşani. A sensitive reciter and connoisseur of good poetry, Marina, together with her husband Mihai, were partners in several poetry performances, and not only that, Mihai seriously flirting with theater directing.

(Presentation by Eugen Ţugulea)

Artistic director

Date and place of birth: 07.04.1971, Ungheni

Studies: National College of Arts in Soroca (Republic of Moldova), acting and directing departments. In 1992 he obtained a scholarship at the Bucharest Academy of Theatre and Film. In 1995 he played at the Small Theatre in Cătălina Buzoianu's play, "The Seagull" by A.P. Chekhov, being also the second director. He then signed important plays: "The Emigrants" by Slawomir Mrožek and "The Night Shelter" by Maxim Gorki. Graduate of the Bucharest Academy of Theatre and Film, Specialization: Theatre Directing, Class of Prof. Univ. Cristian Hadji-Culea.

1998-2001: Academic staff (assistant professor - researcher), Ecological University of Bucharest, Faculty of Arts, Department of Acting

2005-2008: PhD student, University of Theatre and Cinematography "ILCaragiale", Faculty of Theatre

Actor

Date and place of birth: 24.01.1977, Balti, Republic of Moldova

Studies: Moldovan Institute of Arts, Faculty of Acting, Theater and Film, 1997, class of prof. Victor Ciutac 

Igor Lungu came to Oradea in 1999, from the Republic of Moldova, together with several colleagues, young graduates of the Theater and Film School of the Republic of Moldova. The young actor attracted attention from the beginning with his liveliness, energy and immense and sincere joy of acting. Regardless of the roles (episode, small or main), Igor Lungu knew how to add to his characters, in addition to the data given by the authors or those that naturally arise from the director's vision, his own data, his own creative capacity. Which is why each of the characters he played has an original touch. His Apolodor (both on the stage of the Oradea State Theater and after his reprise on the stage of the Arcadia Oradea Theater) was a character full of life, humor and tenderness, which is why children loved him very much, becoming, for a while, their favorite character.

Actress

Date and place of birth: 12.06.1953, Bucharest

Studies: Institute of Theater and Cinematography "ILCaragiale" Bucharest, 1981, class of Prof. Petrică Vasilescu 

At the Institute she played several extremely demanding and demanding roles, at the same time; we only mention Ziţa in "A Lost Letter" by IL Caragiale, Ioana in "Saint Joan" by GB Shaw or Sonia in "Uncle Vanya" by AP Chekhov, or in Tompa Gábor's directing class: Mira ("Master Manole" by Lucian Blaga), Alla ("Tango" by Slawomir Mrožek), Winnie ("Oh, les beaux jours" by Samuel Beckett). She played a leading role in the film "The Bride on the Train" (script by DR Popescu, artistic direction: Lucian Bratu), a role for which she was praised by film critics.

Actress

Studies: Institute of Theatrical and Cinematographic Art "ILCaragiale" Bucharest, 1955

After a short trip to Galaţi, where she had been assigned, she passed through Oradea, hoping to obtain a place in a Bucharest theater, alongside her husband. In two seasons, she played eight roles, four of which were main ones, capitalizing on her artistic sensitivity in particular.

He returned to the capital, where…

(Presentation by Eugen Ţugulea)

Set designer painter

Date and place of birth: 31.01.1959, Bucharest

Studies: "Nicolae Grigorescu" Institute of Fine Arts, Bucharest, 1981, teachers: Vasile Roman, Traian Niţescu, Dan Jitianu

Marie Jeanne Lecca got a job at the State Theatre in Oradea after, while still a student of scenography, she designed the set for a successful show by the very young director Victor Ioan Frunză, the costumes for "Umbra" by Evgheni Şvarţ (Piatra Neamţ Youth Theatre), "Peer Gynt" (Iaşi Opera). In Bucharest, at the Small Theatre, she designed the set for an important show by Cătălina Buzoianu: "Ivona, Princess of Burgundy" by Witold Gombrowicz (with Leopoldina Bălănuţă, Mitică Popescu, Rodica Negrea, Florin Călinescu, etc.)

Set designer painter

Date and place of birth: 29.03.1973, Beiuş

Studies: "Ion Andreescu" Academy of Arts, Cluj-Napoca - Painting Department, 1997, prof. Andor Kőmíves, Nicolae Man

Camelia Köteles Panait came to the Oradea Theatre in 1999, and worked as a set designer for only two seasons. At first, she assisted set designer Vioara Bara on the show “Despre sexul femeii…” by Matei Vişniec, directed by Petru Vutcărău. Her drawings, very careful sketches and serious documentation have also entitled other directors to collaborate with her. If in the shows “Bună seara domnule Wilde” (by Oscar Wilde) or “Slugă la doi stăpăndi” (by Carlo Goldoni) the sets were thoroughly related to the subject, in full harmony with the director’s vision, in “Gaiţele” (by Al. Kiriţescu) it seems that she also accepted some ideas imposed by the director, in total disagreement with his ideas about the well-known comedy. An untimely, forced modernization seemed “an artificial graft”, lacking precisely the comic element. It has even been stated that the director imposed a Chekhovian over-theme on the comedy.

Actor

Date and place of birth: 24.04.1927, Chisinau

Coming together with his wife, actress Viorica Cernucan, he quickly became one of the most used actors, and not in just any role. Endowed with an imposing physique and a powerful voice, he created several characters that remained in the memory of the audience: Mircea Aldea in "Gaiţele" by Tudor Muşatescu, Pietro Gralla in "Act venețian" by Camil Petrescu or Alexandru Manea in "Visul unei nopți de ianră" by Tudor Muşatescu. After three seasons, he transferred to the National Theatre of Timişoara, where, for a period, he was also the director of the institution. In "Tartuffe" (by Molière) he opted – not without controversy – for a less hypocritical character, imposing himself through an aggressiveness that scandalized some. It was, however, an original approach… In "Act venețian" (by Camil Petrescu) however (both shows directed by Marietta Sadova), he was Pietro Gralla, a leading role of great scope and responsibility. "He had – writes a chronicler – a convincing monumentality and a thirst for the absolute". To Alexandru Manea ("A Midsummer Night's Dream" by Tudor Muşatescu), on the other hand, he gave sensitivity and poetry.

(Presentation by Eugen Ţugulea)

Artistic director

Date and place of birth: 08.01.1968, Bucharest

Studies: Bucharest Academy of Theatre and Film, 1997

From the very beginning of his artistic activity, the young Cristian Juncu has proven to be a total artist, making a special figure in the world of Romanian theater: he writes plays, translates, adapts and, of course, directs. Both his talent and his energy, the ability to approach a dramatic work from multiple angles, are to be appreciated. Unfortunately, in Oradea he probably did not find the right framework for his… multilateral development. In 2004 he began by translating and adapting the well-known text by Isaac B. Singer, "Netotu'", also directing, of course. The actor Marius Damian was well guided, he delivered the monologue deliciously.

Actor

Date and place of birth: 02.07.1944, Lugoj

Studies: Institute of Theater and Cinematography "ILCaragiale" Bucharest, 1974, class of prof. Moni Ghelerter, Zoe Anghel Stanca and George Carabin 

Assigned to Oradea, he had fifty-five appearances in the fifteen seasons, among which quite a few were difficult roles of great artistic responsibility. With a particular "what" in his stage appearances and in life, he was an interesting presence, like a splash of color in all his stage appearances. After the 1989 revolution, he transferred to the National Theatre in Timişoara, where he played until his retirement. In a show of "great visual accuracy" ("The Horse in the Senate" by Leonid Andreev), Laurian Jivan played with strength and great, immense dedication, and in "The Change of Face" by GM Zamfirescu, in a leading role (Brană), managing to give birth to a subtle character with infinite faces... He was a Venticello - a very suitable partner in tandem with a great actor: Nicolae Toma -, both having humor and a special mystery.

(Presentation by Eugen Ţugulea)

Actress

Date and place of birth: 04.07.1943, Oradea

Studies: Institute of Theatre and Cinematography "ILCaragiale" Bucharest, 1966

Debuting in cinema while still a student, she arrived in the theater a few years after graduating from college - in the meantime appearing in important roles in several films. On the Oradea stage, she demonstrated her talent in several leading roles: Ara in "The Ark of Good Hope" by I.D. Sârbu, Cleopatra in "Caesar and Cleopatra" by G.B. Shaw, Eliza in "Madame Sans-Gêne" by Victorien Sardou and Émile Moreau, or Zerbinette in "The Cunning of Scapin" by Molière. At the beginning of 1980, she left, together with her husband, Liviu Rozorea, for Germany. In the role of Jenny in "Everything in the Garden" (by Edward Albee), under the careful guidance of Marietta Sadova, Elisabeta Jar created a complex role – of the distinguished lady who prostitutes herself in a luxury brothel… She plays it with talent and a special sense of duplicity. By contrast, in Ara, on the other hand ("The Ark of Good Hope" by IDSîrbu), she is pure, angelic, gorgeous.

(Presentation by Eugen Ţugulea)