Comedy in two parts by Leonard Gershe
Translation: Elisabeta Pop, Teodor Crişan, Otto Szombati Gille
National premiere

Artistic direction: Otto  Szombati Gille
Scenography: Gheorghe Iovian, Ştefan Weiss
Music: Florian Chelu
Premiere date: February 9, 1978

A tender, moving play, "Butterflies Are Free" was one of the most successful performances on Broadway, and also enjoyed a cinematic adaptation to match this success. Born blind, Don lived his entire life with his mother, almost tyrannical in her affection. In his early youth and in full expansion of the flower-power movement, Don decides to break away from his mother's tutelage, in search of freedom and his own identity. Soon, he knows a different meaning of love than the maternal one, through Jill, an actress at the beginning of her career and already gone through a divorce. A woman-child, irresponsible, playful, Jill fascinates Don with her exuberance, just as Don conquers Jill with his culture and lifestyle that makes him different from all her lovers up to that point. Beyond melodrama and sentimentality, the show captures situations that remain essentially the same despite the passage of time, with young adults being shaken by the same small dramas, equivocal situations and uncertainties.

Distribution:

Don Baker:  Nicolae Barosan
Jill Tanner:  Ileana Iurciuc
Mrs. Baker:  Alla Tautu
Ralph Austin:  Ion Abrudan, Mircea Constantinescu
They sang in the show:  Florian Chelu and Lidia Lazău

Technical director: Marioara Goina
Prompter: Florence Manea
Lighting: Vasile Blejan
Sound: Dorel Olea