The 2017-2018 season of the Regina Maria Theatre in Oradea is coming to an end. A theatrical year full of extraordinary events, in which we experienced strong and uplifting emotions together with our wonderful audience, to whom we would like to thank with all our hearts.

The show that will close the season at the venue is "Enigmatic Variations", by Eric Emmanuel Schmitt, directed by Elvira Rîmbu. However, the artistic journey of the Regina Maria Theatre does not stop here and before officially entering the short summer vacation, we confidently set off towards other horizons.

Registrations for the 24th edition of the Short Theatre Festival, the competition section of the Oradea International Theatre Festival (September 23 – 30) closed on June 15, 2018. We thank everyone for their proposals and eagerly await the official selection, which will be announced no later than July 15, 2018.

We look forward to seeing you again in the fall!

The Iosif Vulcan troupe of the Regina Maria Theatre participated in the 25th edition of the "Atelier" International Theatre Festival in Baia Mare, with the show "FAD (Nods and Plates)", and returned crowned with success.

The "ATELIER" International Theatre Festival is an exploratory theatrical event, which aims to create, through invited performances, an x-ray of the state and dynamics of direction, dramaturgy, scenography, choreography, stage music and the art of the 21st century actor. It is a competitive theatrical event, so that every year a jury selected from among prominent personalities of Romanian theatre awards the following prizes: The Prize for the Best Scenography, the "Gheorghe Dinu" Prize for Scenic Image, the Prize for the Best Performance in Unconventional Spaces, the Prize for the Best Actress, the Prize for the Best Actor, the Special Jury Prizes, the Prize for the Best Director and the Grand Prize for the Best Performance.

Today is the birthday of our colleague, actor Ciprian Ciuciu. On the occasion of his birthday, he gave us a short interview in which he revealed a few things about his destiny in theater and the passions that have guided his path so far.

Collaborator of the Regina Maria Theater since his first year of college, Ciprian Ciuciu has had the curiosity, openness and initiative to take on his passions since adolescence. From go-karting, numismatics and archaeology, to painting icons on glass, poetry and theater, Ciprian has "tested" every hobby. In the 11th grade he realized that acting could be more than a hobby, it could be a profession. After taking acting classes at the Children's Palace in Oradea, Ciprian enrolled in the Pygmalion courses and received confirmation from the teachers that he was on a possible path.  „"I always wanted to make a living doing something I loved. When I discovered that theater could be more than a passion, it seemed like the perfect recipe. Against many rational thoughts, I chose to become an actor. I knew I wouldn't get rich, but I knew I would be happy"”, Ciprian recalls. Just three weeks after starting his first year of college, he had his first casting, in the show The Merry Wives of Windsor, under the stage direction of Victor Ioan Frunză. A promising collaboration with the institution on whose stage he still plays today. "„It helped me that I collaborated with the theater during my student years, because the rehearsals were like a kind of classes for me, and the actors were my influential teachers"”, says Cypris.

 Today is the birthday of our colleague, actress Georgia Căprărin. On the occasion of her birthday, she gave us a short interview in which she revealed a few things about her destiny in theater and in Oradea.

Passionate about literature and grammar as a child and teenager, Olympiad and a constant presence in literary creation competitions, Georgia followed the intensive English profile of a theoretical high school in Cluj Napoca. That was until the 10th grade, when she realized that her destiny was different. "I decided to move to the Octavian Stoici High School of Dramatic Art quite suddenly. It is true that I grew up in a family of artists, so the artistic environment was not foreign to me, but I had not thought until then about approaching theater, other than as a spectator," Georgia remembers.

Today is the birthday of our colleague, Denisa Vlad!

On the eve of her birthday, Denisa confesses that of all the passions and hobbies she has had so far, theater has remained the strongest attraction. A passion that has turned into a profession. She was also attracted to motorcycling, but remained at the beginner stage, after the association she had joined closed. „"I only practiced motorcycling for about two years. I had joined a motorcycle club whose members were very special people. I traveled with them and felt safe, as a beginner, because I was flanked when I set off on the road"”, says the actress. „"Motorcycling gave me a feeling of freedom and, at the same time, a feeling of strength. In general, I feel attracted to activities through which we demonstrate that we, women, are somehow equal to men"”, Denisa explained.

The Regina Maria Theater announces the extension of the registration period for the Short Theater Festival until June 15th.

Also, following recommendations from several theaters in the country that expressed their desire to participate in the festival, but do not have shows in their season that fit within a maximum of 90 minutes without an intermission, the maximum duration of the show was increased to 120 minutes without a break. For more details, please see the regulations attached to this email.

The Iosif Vulcan troupe of the Regina Maria Theatre recently returned from the sixth edition of the New Theatre Festival in Arad, where it participated with the show "FAD (Noduri și plăci)", by Nicola Wilson, directed by Horia Suru.

As every year, the Oradea band enjoyed success and was rewarded with applause. Positive reactions were not long in appearing in the press, with the editor and coordinator of the Bookhub.ro website stating: 

Today is the birthday of our colleague Alin Stanciu

Passionate about rafting and paragliding, practicing kickboxing and freestyle wrestling as a teenager, Alin Stanciu now describes himself as a father, devoted husband, concerned with the success of his rapidly approaching wedding, and the search for a family car. It seems he did everything in his time. "What else do I like? Doing theater, finding out stories and initiating projects. I would also like to buy a bicycle. Socializing with friends. In my free time, I am a family man. And I am a man who tends to solve problems," says Alin.

The Regina Maria Theater returned from the "Deva Performing Arts" Festival, organized by the Deva Art Theater, where it participated with the show "Leonce and Lena", scripted by Mihai Măniuțiu and Ada Milea after Georg Büchner, under the artistic direction of Mihai Măniuțiu.

Let's not forget the actors...

It's been ten years since a great actor left us: ION MÂINEA.

He left with the regret of not having played, perhaps, a King Lear or a Macbeth, characters to whom he would have undoubtedly given a masterful stage presence, but, I suspect, also with great happiness, that of having had the luck (his luck has a name: director Alexandru Darie) to play Salieri in a landmark show of the Oradea Theatre: AMADEUS. Salieri, a fabulous character, for whom Ion Mâinea created an imposing, moving, hard-to-forget dramatic stature.

Two of the most recent performances by the Iosif Vulcan band, "FAD (Noduri şi placi)” and „The Art of Adultery”, along with the Regina Maria Theatre’s hit shows, „Scripcarul pe Acoperiş” and „Leonce şi Lena”, will delight audiences across the country in May and June.

Thus, the Iosif Vulcan Troupe honors the invitation to participate in no less than four festivals, two of which are international. In addition, the Oradea actors come to welcome the audience in Bistriţa and Zalău, where they will play on the road.

The Iosif Vulcan troupe of the Regina Maria Theatre recently returned from one of the most prestigious theater festivals in the country: the Craiova International Shakespeare Festival, which reached its 11th edition this year, where it participated with the show "In the Heart of the Night - Macbeth Episode", a script based on William Shakespeare by Gavriil Pinte, with inserts from George Banu and Monique Borie, directed by Gavriil Pinte.

Today is the birthday of our colleague Ioana Dragoș Gajdo.

Ioana Dragoș Gajdo knew she would become an actress since she was a little child. "I had no doubt about the acting profession. It was my dream since I can remember. I think I'm in one of those lives where I was given the chance to do what I love and make a living from it," the actress confesses. "Things somehow flowed naturally in my life. I took the train and went to Târgu Mureș. I was the first to enter college. And I caught the times when exams lasted three weeks, there were 30 of us in one place and college lasted four years," the actress recalls. After graduating, she obtained a scholarship abroad, at the Limoge Theater, where Silviu Purcărete was the director. Several seasons followed at the theater in Sfântu Gheorghe, her hometown, and then she moved to Oradea. "I had fallen in love with Oradea a long time ago, since my first visit to the Short Play Festival. The place had a special, radiant energy, and I congratulate myself from the bottom of my heart that I listened to my intuition. The guardian angels of my debut in the Oradea theater were Elvira Rîmbu and Victoria Balint. And the guardian angels of my later career were Daniel Vulcu and my stage partner, Richard Balint.

The Regina Maria Theatre is pleased to announce the fourth premiere of this year by the Iosif Vulcan Troupe: THE ART OF ADULTERY, by Pierre Chesnot, directed by Daniel Vulcu. The premiere will take place Sunday, April 22, from 7:00 PM, at the Great Hall of the Theatre, and the second performance, Monday, April 23, from the same time, also at the Great Hall.

The Regina Maria Theatre is pleased to announce the premiere of the show „"In the Heart of the Night – The Macbeth Episode"”, screenplay based on William Shakespeare by Gavriil Pinte, with inserts from George Banu and Monique Borie, directed by Gavriil Pinte, which concludes the trilogy „"In the Heart of the Night"”, after the "Hamlet Episode" and the "Lear Episode".