by Mikhail Bulgakov

Translation, dramatization and artistic direction: Vitalii Lupaşcu
Scenography: Vioara Bara
Assistant director: Sebastian Lupu
Musical preparation: Zoltán Rezműves
Premiere date: October 24, 1997

Interested in experiments, Professor Preobrazhensky performs a testicular and pituitary transplant from a deceased criminal to the Maidan dog Sarik, who, hungry but gentle, seeks shelter in his house. As a result of the operation, the man Poligraf Poligrafovich Gogoloy is born, who turns out to be more greedy, more immoral and more dangerous than the animal from which he came. He finds a position in an institution specializing in the elimination of stray animals (especially cats) in a Moscow at the beginning of communism. Gogoloy is endowed with the most negative characteristics of both species from which he comes, proving that man, a superior and creative being, can at the same time be one of the most vile creatures, with the most cruel heart that has ever existed.

Distribution:

Professor Philip Philipovich Preobrazhensky:  Ion Abrudan 
Ivan Alexandrovich Bormental:  Alexander Cornea
Zina:  Mariana Presecan
Daria Petrovna:  Mariana Neagu
Svonder:  Nicholas Thomas
Vosnesenskaya:  Ileana Iurciuc
Pestruhina:  Andra Tudor Cornea
Mr. I:  John Coman
Mr. II:  Eugen Tugulea
Polygraph Poligrafovich Gogoloy:  Petre Panait
Duduia Pasha:  Mirela Nita
The photographer:  Sebastian Wolf
Reporters:  Ion Ruscut, Tiberiu Covaci
In other roles:  Sorin Precup, Gheorghe Iernea, Cristian Segărceanu, Nicu Segărceanu, Alexandru Luca, Florin Codila

Technical director: Eugenia Popa
Prompter: Iuliana Chelu
Lights: Iosif Balogh
Sound: Sorin Domide

AWARDS:
– Best Actor Award: Petre Panait, at the Short Theatre Week, 1997 edition