Actress

Date and place of birth: 03.05.1968, Constanta

Studies: "Luceafărul" Academy of Arts, Faculty of Theater, class of professors Florian Pittiş, Florin Zamfirescu.

Beautiful, slim, with a wasp waist and green eyes, Roxana Ivanciu attracted, since her arrival in the Oradea troupe, both the attention of the directors and the visible sympathy of the audience. Her attire and figure recommended her for both dramatic and comedic roles. She would soon prove that she had the ability to successfully cover all registers. Proof that, in the same season, she interpreted with the charm of youth, a little girl (Alice) in the show "Across Seven Seas and Seven... Fairy Tales" by Gheorghe Stana and the Fairy of the Lake, but also a successful composition (Baba Rada) in the show "Sânziana and Pepelea" by Vasile Alecsandri. She was not only "a splash of color", but also a surprising appearance in a character invented by the director, in the show "The Chairs" by Eugen Ionescu. About her role – a girl the actress's age – in the show "Hollywood Story" by Neil Simon, a columnist wrote that she was not only easygoing, but also warm, naive, childish enough, in a happy artistic couple with the maestro Ion Mâinea, who played the role of the Father and at the same time directed the show. Mircea Morariu saw in her "a promising actress".

Actress

Date and place of birth: 12.03.1972, Sânnicolaul Mare, Timiş County

Studies: "Luceafărul" Academy of Arts, Bucharest, 1995, class of Professor Constantin Dicu

A graduate of the Faculty of Theatre, Loredana came, through a competition, to the State Theatre of Oradea, in 1995. She is part of the category – not very often found in theatre – of actors who move easily, but also with the same nonchalance and joy of acting, with the same interest, from big, important roles, to small roles, or even to figuration. They do so with the conviction that any new stage appearance, no matter how tiny it may seem, certainly contributes, as a precious experience, to the stature of the future actor.

Actress

Date and place of birth: 11.11.1929, Gyula, Hungary

Studies: Cluj Theater Institute – three years, completed at the "ILCaragiale" Institute of Theater and Cinematography, Bucharest, 1959

She was selected from among the amateur actors who constituted the nucleus on which the Romanian section of the Oradea theater was structured, in 1955. In the nineteen seasons spent in Oradea, she played about seventy roles, both main and secondary, marked by seriousness and dedication, some even creations: (Lenea from "TALES FROM THE GOLDEN FOREST" by Valentin Avrigeanu" or Smeraldina from "Servant of Two Masters" by Carlo Goldoni and others), then she transferred to the Theater in Satu Mare, where she married the director Mihai Raicu, with whom she moved to the National Theater in Timişoara. Cheerful, optimistic, endowed with contagious energy and sensual beauty, Doina Ioja infused her characters with a lot of her own qualities. Which is why she was offered more comedic roles or, in any case, female warriors – like Rose, for example, in "The Recruiting Officer" by George Farquhar or the Wife in "The Disappearance of Galy Gay" by Bertolt Brecht.

(Presentation by Eugen Ţugulea)

Artistic director

Date and place of birth: 15.12.1950

Studies: Institute of Theatre and Cinematography "ILCaragiale" Bucharest, acting department (class of Prof. Radu Penciulescu) and directing (class of Prof. Octavian Cotescu), 1975

Actor and director, director of the Satu-Mare North Theatre and the Târgu Mureş National Theatre, Cristian Ioan directed the Oradea Theatre for a year, combining two management positions: an experiment, a premiere for Romanian theatre, which would perhaps have borne fruit if the authorities had provided him with a house to live in. The director staged both comedies and dramas in the theatres he directed, but also in others, as a guest. His performance of the difficult play “A Princely Celebration” by Theodor Mazilu was unanimously appreciated by the specialist press. With a keen sense of humour, he began to stage – well! – comedies, and was soon billed as a “comedy director”. As he himself admits, staging a comedy is much more difficult than a drama.

Actor

Date and place of birth: 11.01.1930, Bucharest

Studies: Faculty of Mathematics in Bucharest

He came to Oradea, brought from the National Theatre "ILCargiale" Bucharest by the director Radu Penciulescu, the actor - an intelligent and sociable guy - easily integrated into the collective where he stayed for seven seasons, playing thirty-five roles, including: Montserrat from the play of the same name by Emanuel Roblès, Ştefan Vardia from "Nota zero la purtare" by Virgil Stoenescu and Octavian Sava, or Tomovici from "Ziariştii" by Al.Mirodan. Then, he returned to the capital, becoming... a university professor of mathematics - his great passion. (Presentation by Eugen Ţugulea)

Actress

Seconded from the Timişoara Theater, she "caught" several important roles in Oradea (Ana in "Tache, Ianke and Cadâr" by VIPopa, Susanne in "The Marriage of Figaro" by Beaumarchais, Larisa in "The Tale of Irkutsk" by Alexei Arbuzov or Gabi in "The Last Hour" by Mihail Sebastian, after which she returned to Timişoara.

(Presentation by Eugen Ţugulea)

Actress

Date and place of birth: 22.09.1959, Târgu Mureş

Studies: "Szentgyörgyi István" Theatre Institute, Târgu Mureş, 1983

As a student, she successfully played several very important roles in the performances of the Târgu Mureş National Theatre: "Iphigenia in Aulis" by Euripides, "The Night Asylum" by Maxim Gorky, "Furniture and Pain" by Teodor Mazilu, "Richard III" by Shakespeare. She made her debut in 1983 at the Oradea State Theatre, in the role of Anneli in the play "Miraculous Career" by Tauno Yliruusi (premiere in the country). Beautiful, intelligent, expressive, full of life, with an immense appetite for play, the actress easily conquered the Oradea audience - which, unfortunately, she left, going to her hometown. There, in the play "Amalia respiră adnăc" by Alina Nelega, she stood out as a great actress.

(Presentation by Eugen Ţugulea)

Actress

Date and place of birth: 21.03.1917, Finland

No specialized studies

Coming, together with her husband, from the Bacău Theater – after having previously played in Galați or Pitești – she evolved a little in the two seasons she spent in Oradea.

(Presentation by Eugen Ţugulea)

Artistic director

Date and place of birth: 31.10.1971, Măguri Răcătău

Studies: University of Theatre and Cinematography "ILCaragiale" Bucharest, 1998, directing, in the class of Cătălina Buzoianu

The presence in Oradea of a young director like Alina Hiristea was a reason for joy and hope for the actors of the troupe, who were somewhat rejuvenated as well. We note that her repertoire choices went towards important authors and valuable plays: Goldoni ("The Servant of Two Masters"), IL Caragiale ("Conu Leonida"), Oscar Wilde ("Good evening, Mr. Wilde!"), Jean Paul Sartre ("Closed Doors"), Albert Camus ("The Misunderstanding"), Witold Gombrowicz ("Ivona, Princess of Burgundy"). Intelligent, with excellent theatrical readings, with good training in related artistic fields (music, visual arts), Alina Hiristea, starting from the text itself, put thorough knowledge at the base of her performances.  

Set designer painter

Date and place of birth: 06.03.1940, Ianova

Studies: "Nicolae Grigorescu" Institute of Fine Arts, Bucharest, prof. Mihai Tofan, Alexandru Brătăşanu, Paul Bortnovski

A stage painter and designer with excellent studies at the "Nicolae Grigorescu" Institute of Fine Arts in Bucharest, Maria Haţeganu (for a while, after marriage, she also signed Birea), began her professional activity at the State Theatre in Oradea right after graduation (1965), and remained there all her life, until her death, which unfortunately occurred when she could still have worked. She signed the sets and costumes for dozens and dozens of shows at the two sections of the theatre. In recent years, she has worked almost exclusively for the Hungarian section, to which she has devotedly attached herself. Her daughter, Florina Bellinda, also attended the Faculty of Fine Arts, and today she is employed by the Oradea Theatre, also with the Hungarian troupe. It is a kind of emotional relay, which the mother handed over to her daughter, with the idea of continuity.

Actor

Date and place of birth: 10.07.1938, Galati

Studies: Institute of Theatrical and Cinematographic Art "ILCaragiale" Bucharest, 1962

A graduate of IATC, his theater teachers were Irina Răchiţeanu, Radu Beligan and Ion Olteanu. Classmate with Arşinel. He played for a while on the stages of theaters in Turda, Cluj-Napoca, Baia-Mare, but most of his artistic life took place in Oradea, where he left us forever. We say this with great regret, because he was one of the most talented actors of all time in the troupe. "I like actors - he said - who have a solid intellectual structure, who collaborate with directors, actors with a razor-sharp mind. In whom, in addition to native talent, you can also see the talent of the mind". Intelligent, brilliant, with humor and excellent readings, an obvious talent for the stage, a strong, original personality, he could have become number one in any theater in Romania, if a sinful vice had not prevented him from being cast more confidently in leading roles.

Set designer painter

Date and place of birth: 28.01.1960, Simeria

Studies: "Ion Andreescu" Institute of Fine Arts, Cluj-Napoca, 1984, graphics department

Adriana Grand made her modest debut as a painter at the State Theatre of Oradea, as did her colleague, Lia Perjovschi. Both would become true personalities in the Romanian theatrical world. Although they were college graduates, they chose these positions for lack of anything better at the time. And, admittedly, they did not stay in these positions for long, being transferred to set designers. Adriana Grand was lucky enough to be noticed by director Victor Ioan Frunză, with whom she began an extremely beautiful collaboration that has lasted for over two decades. In the meantime, the two became husband and wife, a fact that contributed even more to cementing their professional relationship.

Actor, artistic director

Date and place of birth: 21.01.1932, Giurgiu

Studies: Institute of Theatrical and Cinematographic Art "ILCaragiale" Bucharest, 1955, class of prof. Al. Finți

He started as a fresh graduate, at the Galati Theater, and in 1957 he came to Oradea, together with director Valeriu Moisescu and the return of Radu Penciulescu, where he would remain until the summer of 1968. He played several important roles, or less, his heart and qualities urging him especially towards directing. After directing, together with Radu Penciulescu, the excellent show "The Ciocarlia" by Jean Anouilh, he dedicated himself to this discipline, signing the artistic direction of fifteen more premieres: "The Roosters" by Al. Kirițescu, "The Mad Lamb" by Aurel Baranga, "People and Shadows" by Ştefan Berciu, "View from the Bridge" by Arthur Miller, etc. 

Actress

Date and place of birth: 24.07.1931, Bucharest

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

Flirting more with film, she passed through the Oradea theater, as a passenger, leaving pale traces through the two roles: Ana in "Tache, Ianke and Cadâr" by VIPopa (in the rerun) and Flora in "The Captivities of Belisa" by Lope de Vega. Then she disappeared from the theatrical landscape.

(Presentation by Eugen Ţugulea)

Actor

Date and place of birth: 07.10.1953, Roșiori de Vede

Studies: University of Theatre Arts Târgu Mureş, 1980: acting department; 2003: theatre directing department

Young Dan Glasu came to the Oradea State Theater with a very good student CV, as a graduate of the Târgu Mureş Theater Institute, where he studied and performed several remarkable roles: Richard III, Trigorin, Pampon, Pristanda. Authentic talent, studious, intelligent, Dan Glasu has experienced a remarkable professional evolution, today being one of the "heavyweights" of the Târgu Mureș troupe, because he returned to his hometown, where he is now also an acting teacher. He debuted with enthusiasm in the role of a voter in "A Lost Letter" by IL Caragiale, proud that the director is Alexandru Colpacci and happy to take part in his first tour in Greece.

Artistic director

Date and place of birth: 14.05.1969, Cluj-Napoca

Studies: Babeş Bolyai University, Faculty of Theatre within the Faculty of Letters, directing department, 1997

The young director from Cluj, Radu Ghiţulescu, was employed at the State Theatre in Oradea for only one season, during which he directed two shows, both in tandem with the stage designer from the same generation, Cristian Rusu. In the show "Năpasta" by ILCaragiale, the attempt - declared - to "filter the Caragiale text through an expressionist perspective" bore only partial fruit. Mircea Morariu qualifies the production "as a possible formula for a show that proves Radu Ghiţulescu's qualities, which only maturity will truly certify. Neither the show "Doctor fără voie" by Molière seems to have met with the approval of critics, nor of the public, judging by the modest number of performances.

Actress

No specialized studies.

Appearing meteorically, she disappeared just as quickly, only after a year, leaving behind the memory of a pleasant appearance in the three roles she played, and the impression that she could have become a good actress. (Would she have?)

(Presentation by Eugen Ţugulea)

Actor

Date and place of birth: 21.09.1930, Ploiesti

Studies: Institute of Theater and Cinematography "ILCaragiale" Bucharest, 1955, class of Prof. Ion Talianu, People's Artist, assistant Mihai Raicu

He debuted in Oradea, as part of the "group of 12", with a... bold role: Brânzovenescu in "A Lost Letter" by IL Caragiale, then, in six seasons, playing no less than forty roles or appearances - justified by the artistic qualities of the available actor, especially in the comic register, but also in the dramatic or musical. For the role of Nică in "Our Heart" by Valeriu Luca, he received a Mention at the Decade of Original Drama, in 1956.