by Dan Mihu
Absolute premiere
Artistic direction and scenography: Florin Antoniu
Premiere date: January 29, 1999

„"Written for a single character, the play is a monodrama that problematizes the lack of communication between the scorned intellectual and the consumer society. The protagonist has a contradictory "discussion" with a second absent character [his own voice, recorded on a tape recorder], who constantly tempts him to renounce the illusory world, to accept the barren everyday reality, "with people and their petty wars". It is a deaf struggle with the malformation of his self. The hero "sees" ideas ("Reality does not exist, it is only an illusion") and prefers to live in a constructed universe (arranges the chairs on stage, explains where the bathroom, the kitchen, etc. are), not in a given one. Attempts to change him fail. Although he does not always manage to find his way to the library (the equivalent of finding Ariadne's saving thread), the character does not take on any worldly contours ("I refuse reality!"), balancing on the edge of psychoanalysis. More than the fact that he cannot decide, his drama consists in waiting "with boredom, without desire and without regrets" for death. A hunted dog without a master. A master he does not want and cannot have, feeling comfortable in his condition. The end of the play gains tension: the protagonist takes out a gun and, when everyone expected him to end his life, he lights a cigarette with it. The light goes out, the curtain falls. Did the character commit suicide or not?" (Florin Șipoș, "Jurnal Bihorean", February 1, 1999).

Distribution:

The man:  Romeo Romitan

Technical director: Ofelia Fîrte
Prompter: Iuliana Chelu
Lights: Sorin Precup
Sound: Sorin Domide