Comedy in three acts by Aurel Storin

Artistic director: Ion Deloreanu
Scenography: Paul Fux
Premiere date: March 16, 1963

Oscillating between farce and lyrical comedy, "A Slice of the Moon" ironizes the misconceptions of some parents who believe that the only obligations they have towards their children consist of satisfying their material needs. Engineer Dumitru Popescu and his wife, Constanţa, offered their two daughters everything they wanted; they even wanted to give them the moon in the sky, but they armed them with nothing for life: neither ideals, nor a profession, nor a critical spirit.

The result? Monica, the eldest daughter, married by her mother's will to an eminent engineer, does not understand her husband, gets bored, cheats on him and then leaves him. And Nuca, the second daughter, would have had the same fate if...

A young man appears in the house who always assumes a different identity: the son of engineer Popescu, a painter, a journalist... No matter what position he is in, Popescu teaches everyone a lesson, changes something in the way of thinking of those he talks to and shakes the ideas deeply rooted in their consciousness. In particular, he convinces engineer Popescu that he did not actually give his daughters the moon from the sky, but - at best - a slice of the moon. In the end, after countless confusions and qui-pro-quos, it turns out that the young man is the steelworker Ionescu, who has planned a prank to prove to Nucă's parents - whom he loves and by whom he is loved - that not only an intellectual can make her happy.

The play is light, youthful, cheerful, with lively and pleasant lines, overflowing with humor and quality lyricism. In addition, beyond the farce aspects, the comedy emphasizes the importance of work, of creative activity understood both as a civic duty and as a fulfillment of life, as a human and personal achievement.

Distribution:

Pope:  Eugen Tugulea
Dumitru Popescu:  John the Baptist
Constanta, Dumitru's wife:  Maud Mary
Monica:  Genoveva Matici
Nut:  Ana Popa Lips
The electrician:  Ion Abrudan
Swimming coach:  Teodor Buzea, Liviu Martinus

Prompter: Elena Varlam Pintilescu
Sound: Dorel Olea