Comedy by Ion Lucian and Virgil Puicea

Artistic direction: Ion Lucian
Assistant director: Ion Abrudan
Scenography: Maria Haţeganu
Choreography: Florea Crişu
Premiere date: October 4, 1981

Intended for the young audience of the theater, the show «Snoave cu măşti» grouped a suite of comic scenes, between which were interspersed numerous moments of dances, songs and pantomime, all having as a starting point folkloric and popular elements. Inspired by the secular game with masks that has a considerable history in the Romanian space, the show had as its main character a hero with a fabulous popular biography – Păcală – known for his humor and agility, hidden under the appearance of naivety and simplicity. New exploits of Păcală were imagined, between which were interspersed scenes from the rituals of birth, wedding and funeral, as well as other atmospheric elements. The entire show was created and perceived as a game, in which the exchange of masks and identities is accepted as a natural thing and in which joy comes first.

Distribution:

Caution:  Emil Sauciuc
Ilenuta:  Catalina Barca, Ileana Iurciuc
Mother and A villager:  Alla Tautu
The Bear and A Villager:  Simona Constantinescu
The Lady and a Villager:  Anca Miere Chirilă
A villager:  Mariana Neagu
Ursitoare, A Villager and the Gypsy:  Cristina Schiopu
A villager:  Mariana Vasile
The Bear, A Villager and the Gypsy:  Aurora Leonte
The Rich Man, A Gendarme and the Suitor:  Marcel Segărceanu 
The leader of the band, a gendarme, the first captain and the servant:  Marcel Popa
Captain II, Logofatul, Zapciul:  Ion Abrudan
A gendarme, Death and a villager:  Nicolae Barosan
The Old Man, the Monk, the Captain III, the Innkeeper:  John Martin 
Captain IV, The Logofatul, A gendarme:  Tiberiu Covaci
Captain V, A gendarme and the Father:  Laurian Jivan
Children:  Anca and Lioara Bradu

Technical director: Elena Varlam
Prompter: Florence Szabo
Lighting: Vasile Blejan
Sound: Dorel Olea