Free adaptation by Ana Ioniță
National premiere

„"At the end of this season, the puppeteers from Oradea offer us, with their last premiere, a new proof of their value, of the professional seriousness that characterizes them. This "Carpathian Tale", inspired by the folklore as rich and diverse as the spiritual universe of our people, gives, first of all, the opportunity for the director Francisca Simionescu to justify her return to the Oradea theater (where she had established herself a few years ago). Benefiting from excellent incidental music, arranged by Romeo Chelaru from Romanian Television, which, I can say, is the determining element of the show, the director has created a ballad atmosphere in which popular lyricism confronts profound drama, in which the action "flows" into a unified, tense and captivating whole. Another important element of the show is the scenography (sets and puppets) created by the hand and thinking, certainly, of Paul Fux, who, through the simplicity of the lines and elements, through The monumentality and expressiveness of some puppets elevates the craft to the rank of art, the stage action to the level of a "moment of history".

by Wilhelm Hauff
Adaptation: Tudora Petcuţ-Bondoc
National premiere

Artistic director: Francisca Simionescu
Scenography: Zizi Frențiu (Arad)
Musical illustration: Romeo Chelaru (Romanian Radio and Television)
Premiere date: 05/07/1972.

by Viorica Huber-Rogoz

"The show "Who Will Guard the Bells?!" by Viorica Huber-Rogoz shows children what friendship can do and, for this, relies on artistic means specific to puppet theater in a combination of wayang and bibabo dolls, elements of black-and-white theater and the use of quartz light. Hurricane-Smeul... will be defeated. Cheerful, colorful and skillfully using music, the optical game starts effectively. The basic idea was well understood by everyone between 6 and 11 years old." (Sachsises Tageblatt(Dresden, June 3, 1974)

by V.Alecsandri
Adaptation: Maria Cupcea

Artistic director: Eugen Ţugulea 
Scenography: Zoltán Kádár
Musical illustration: Eugen Ţugulea and Dorel Olea
Premiere date: 11.04.1971.

by Alexandrina Davidescu

Artistic direction and scenography: the ensemble of performers
Musical illustration: Ştefan Amariţei and Traian Buda
Premiere date: 02/14/1971.

by Ildikó Kovács
Translation: Mihai Crisan

„"Whoever watched the premiere show "The Adventures of Chiţ-Miţ" at the Puppet Theater on Sunday wholeheartedly enjoyed, along with the children, the wonderful adventures played with great skill by the theater's actors." (Crişana, December 23, 1970)

by Al.Mitru

„"The Oradea Puppet Theatre offered us the legend "Olt and Mureş" by Al. Mitru in a show of high artistic quality, poetic and tragic at the same time. Stylized with great refinement and discernment, following folkloric suggestions, the puppets, handled with elegance, with movements decanted hieratically, acquired symbolic values, they managed to convincingly suggest the aura of nobility required by the text. Particularly expressive in its simplicity was the image of Hăşmaş: an immense, one-dimensional puppet, built of thick white string, simultaneously suggesting the mind and body of an old man burdened by years and an ancient stone settlement, a creation that will remain anthological." (Valeria Ducea, Theater, (October 1970)

„"Alexandru Mitru's dramatization resulted in a show of exceptional accuracy, to the realization of which both the scenography and the direction contributed. I have not seen, for a long time, a puppet show that flows so clearly and naturally, without losing, even for a moment, the poetry of the text." (Viorel Horj, Crisana, (October 15, 1970)

by H.C.Andersen
Translation: Gheorghe Moldovan and Alexandru Popescu

Artistic direction: Petru Diaconu 
Scenography: Barnabas Szabó 
Musical illustration: Romeo Chelaru (Romanian Radio and Television)
Premiere date: 07.06.1970.

by Alexandru Popescu

Artistic direction: Petru Diaconu
Scenography: Barnabas Szabó 
Musical illustration: Romeo Chelaru (Romanian Radio and Television)
Premiere date: 18.01.1970.

by Alecu Popovici

Artistic direction: Petru Diaconu
Scenography: Paul Fux
Premiere date: 20.04.1969.

by Alecu Popovici

Artistic direction: Petru Diaconu
Scenography: Barnabas Szabó
Musical illustration: Magda Cozmuţa and György Kovács
Premiere date: 23.02.1969.

Heroic-popular comedy by Alexandru Popescu and Dimitrie Bălan, premiering in the country

„"The play by Alexandru Popescu and Dimitrie Bălan (both editors at the Oradea newspaper Crişana) is based on a noble intention, namely to serve the young spectators an inspiring history lesson, combining the charm of the popular myth with peasant humor [...], the main idea being that of love for the motherland, this love representing the motive of all the outlaw actions against the invasion. The outlaw, the forest and the country represent an indestructible unity and the authors use this fact to highlight the main thread of the play: the natural communion of the people with the land of the homeland.

The text is valuable, especially from an ideological point of view, the main idea being that of love for the mother who gave birth... The structure of the play, characterized by a rapid alternation of plans, requires a dynamic directorial vision, in which the predominant element is tension.

by GABürger
Adaptation: Alecu Popovici and Viniciu Gafiţa

Artistic direction: Petru Diaconu 
Scenography: Paul Fux
Musical illustration: Magda Cozmuţa
Premiere date: 27.07.1968.

by Alecu Popovici

Artistic direction: Petru Diaconu 
Scenography: Barnabas Szabó
Premiere date: 24.02.1968.

by Victor Eftimiu
National premiere

„In the life of a theater, the success of a premiere is determined by the very moment of the choice of repertoire. […] The virtues of Victor Eftimiu’s text, well interpreted by the acting team, allowed for the quick establishment of a warm contact with spectators of all ages. […]

«"Pui de om" is a debate, with the means of scenic art, on the meaning of authority in the state, withering, through a folk-esque fable, the imperial palace and the camarilla, torn from the country. The main hero, from the typological family of Făt-Frumos, is the trustee of a centuries-old popular experience, in which honesty, courage, justice, sincerity have earned their rightful place. Director Petru Diaconu, emphasized in the acting interpretation precisely the moments in which the ethical meaning of the lines gains relief, giving warmth to the transmission of a message that could have fallen into didacticism, thus realizing in an uplifting sense the educational content of the staging. […]

by Alexandru Popescu

Artistic direction: Petru Diaconu
Scenography: Barnabas Szabó
Musical illustration: Magda Cozmuţa
Premiere date: 05/14/1967.

by Viniciu Gafita and Alecu Popovici

„"Happy inspiration for the author who found here (in the aforementioned fairy tale) a rich material full of picturesqueness and content, an opportunity to manifest the wisdom of our people who have always known how to separate the wheat from the chaff, who have fought for the clean, honest element to prevail over hypocrisy, laziness or stupidity. Using simple language, with an unforced popular character, alternating verse — of the same folkloric inspiration — with prose, Alecu Popovici's play unfolds fluidly, respecting the narrative of the fairy tale with the same title, so familiar to us.

The management of the puppet theater was equally inspired when they chose the piece for the repertoire and when they gave the performance the character — required by the text — but emphasized with high-quality artistic means throughout its development. […]

by Iosef Pehr and Leo Spacil

Artistic direction: Szele Vera 
Scenography: Barnabas Szabó 
Music: Dankó Ioan
Premiere date: 05.06.1966.