Comedy in four acts by A.P. Chekhov
Translation: Elisabeta Pop
Screenplay adaptation: Elvira Platon Rîmbu

Artistic direction: Linas Marijus Zaikauskas
Scenography: Margarita Misyukova
Music illustration: Linas Marijus Zaikauskas
Assistant director and translation from Russian during rehearsals: Andrian Locovei
Premiere date: 20.02.2009

„"The Seagull", a text that has become a classic over time, focuses on two essential issues: the artistic one and that of unrequited love.

The young Konstantin Treplev seeks to define his artistic direction by writing innovative, experimental and abstract plays. He organizes a small performance of one of these plays, offering the main role to the beautiful Nina, whom he loves passionately. Unfortunately, his love is not reciprocated; in fact, none of the characters enjoys the reciprocity of feelings from their loved ones. Driven by ambition and in love with Trigorin, Treplev's mother's lover, Nina flees to the capital, with the thought of becoming an actress. Almost all the symbolic meanings of The Seagull are concentrated in her figure. Her repeated words, "I am a seagull", have become a key phrase of universal dramaturgy: they speak of freedom, of dreams, ideals and destruction, in a profound reflection on the uniqueness of life.

Distribution:

Irina Nikolaevna Arkadina, née Trepleva, artist:  Corina Cernea
Konstantin Gavrilovich Treplev, a young man, her son:  Richard Balint
Pyotr Nikolaevich Sorin, pensioner, Arkadina's brother:  Alexander Rusu
Nina Mikhailovna Zarechinaia, a young woman, the daughter of a wealthy landowner:  Denisa Vlad
Ilya Afanasyevich Shamraev, retired lieutenant, estate administrator:  Sebastian Wolf
Polina Andreevna, his wife:  Suzana Macovei
Masha, his daughter:  Ioana Dragos Gajdo
Boris Alexeevich Trigorin, writer:  Daniel Vulcu
Evgeny Sergeevich Dorn, doctor:  George Voinese
Semyon Semyonovich Medvedenko, teacher:  Sorin Ionescu
Jacob, laborer:  Pavel Sirghi
A chef:  Razvan Vicoveanu
A laborer:  Csaba Kovacs
The action takes place at Sorin's mansion. Two years pass between the third and fourth acts.

Technical director: Florica Cighir
Prompter: Florence Szabo
Lighting: Sandor Attila Nagy, Sorin Precup, Adrian Pintea