Comedy by Alexandru Kiriţescu

Artistic direction and soundtrack: Ion Ciubotaru
Assistant director: Ion Abrudan
Scenography: Camelia Köteles Panait
Set design assistant: Oana Cernea
Premiere date: November 9, 2000

The comedy "The Hawks" is part of the so-called "Bourgeois Trilogy" by Alexandru Kirițescu and depicts, throughout the three acts, the avatars of the Duduleanu clan, embodied by the three "hawks" (Aneta, Zoia and Lena), as well as the next generation. The very brief plot is outlined by the advances that Wanda Serafim makes to conquer Mircea, Margareta Aldea's husband. Miserly, rapacious, the three old women give the impression that they could live as long as the world. The death of Margareta, daughter and granddaughter who committed suicide with laudanum does not shake their appetite, nor the pleasure of gossiping endlessly, playing cards and tactically drinking coffee.
The focus of the work, however, lies in sketching the cruel face of the provincial world. The rhythm of the play is born outside any evolutionary line from the permanent tension of the dialogue, from the gratuitous display of malice, from the provocation, the abruptness and the irritation of the discussion partner. All the characters are (and label each other) "mad", "exalted" and "monsters" in an atmosphere of general ferocity, in which each wants the other's "life, body, breath, all the blood of the heart". As Ion Vartic (Analytical Dictionary of Romanian Literary Works) states, "deceiving through their realistic appearances, the characters, in their mechanical, played, simulated furies, in reality resemble Jarry's Ubuştî creatures". The comedy "Gaițele" thus becomes one of the most modern Romanian theatrical experiences.

Distribution:

Aneta Duduleanu:  Mariana Vasile
Wanda Seraphim:  Mariana Presecan
Margareta Aldea:  Elvira Platon Rîmbu
Colette Duduleanu:  Ileana Iurciuc
Miss:  Mona Erhan, Simona Nica
Lena:  Simona Constantinescu
Zoia Duduleanu:  Mariana Neagu
Zamfira:  Angela Tanko
Mircea Aldea:  Dorin Presecan
Georges Duduleanu:  Tiberiu Covaci
Ianache Duduleanu:  Ion Abrudan
The man with the axe:  Nicholas Thomas

Technical director: Florin Popescu
Prompter: Florence Szabo
Lights: Iosif Balogh, Sorin Precup, László Attila Oláh
Sound: Sorin Domide