Comedy with songs, in two acts by Vasile Alecsandri

Artistic direction: Mihai Raicu
Scenography: Maria Haţeganu
Music: Alexandru Flechtenmacher
Musical arrangements: Florian Chelu and Iosif Trendler
Choreography: Ruxandra Petrareanu
Premiere date: March 10, 1989

„"Chirița in the Province" is perhaps the best-known component of the cycle dedicated to this character of great significance in Romanian literature. The play is built on two directions, Chirița following Grigori Bârzoi's obtaining the position of steward of the land and the marriage of his son Gulita with Luluța, an orphan in her care. Luluța, however, is in love with Leonaș who, through several disguises and ingenious stratagems, manages to marry the chosen one of his heart and take over the position of steward that Bârzoi abused.

In her small provincial town, Chirița poses as a promoter of new Western trends and manners: she receives letters only on a tray, rides horses and smokes because it is fashionable, dresses her husband "German", tries to style Ion the courtier. Next, she is determined to emigrate to Paris, which she imagines she will conquer with the title of baroness and with learned French "toute seulette" and practiced in extremely tasty conversations with "Monsieur Șarl", Gulita's tutor. The play ends with Bârzoi's forced "resignation", with Leonaș's engagement to Luluța and with Chirița's farewell party, who has obtained a passport for the "states of Europe" and starts from her perfect provincialism in the assault on the West.

Distribution:

Miss Chiriţa:  Anca Miere Chirilă
Grigori Bârzoi, her husband:  Marcel Segărceanu
Gulita, their child:  Emil Sauciuc
Luluţa, orphan:  Cristina Sarac
Safta, Birzoi's sister:  Mariana Vasile
Mr. Charles, French teacher:  Laurian Jivan, Ion Abrudan
Leonaş, young man from Iaşi:  Nicolae Barosan
Ion, boyar's son:  Tiberiu Covaci
Peasants, gendarmes, come to the table:  Sorina Laza, Iuliana Murea, Gheorghe Iernea, Alexandru Luca, Olimpiu Domide, Iosif Szilágyi

Technical director: Mărioara Goina
Prompter: Iuliana Murea
Lights: Iosif Balogh
Sound: Stelian Panea