Even though some have already gone on vacation, the entire staff of the Regina Maria Theater is on the barricades! They are intensively rehearsing the projects that will appear in the fall, in the Short Theater Festival and in the new season.

Three premieres at the Great Hall

So, it is repeated for the show EQUUS (by Peter Shaffer), under the artistic direction of Szabo K. Istvan, the show that will open this year's 18th Edition of the FTS (on September 23). The cast includes the beloved actors: Richard Balint, Ciprian Ciuciu, Alina Vicoveanu, Suzana Macovei, Corina Cernea, Petre Ghimbăşan, Sebastian Lupu, Angela Tanko and the choir includes: Răzvan Vicoveanu, Pavel Sîrghi, Denisa Vlad, Mihaela Gherdan and Dania Ţinca (a new collaborator of the Iosif Vulcan Troupe). Ovidiu Iloc will be in charge of the musical illustration, the choreography is by Mălina Andrei. The sets will be made by Mira Janos Tamas (Hungary), and the costumes bear the signature of the Oradea artist Vioara Bara.

The Regina Maria Theater, in collaboration with the Bihor County Directorate for Culture and National Heritage, Familia Magazine, the Criș Land Museum, the Iosif Vulcan Museum and the Bihor County School Inspectorate, is pleased to invite you to the tribute ceremony of our great poet Mihai Eminescu, on Friday, June 15, 2012, from 6:30 p.m., at his statue in Independence Square, where wreaths and bouquets of flowers will be laid.

Then, from 7 pm, we invite you to a poetry and music show at the "Arcadia" Hall, where beloved actors of the Oradea theater as well as performers will delight you with a selected program (Adela Lazăr, Andrian Locovei, Ion Ruscuț, George Voinese, Eugen Țugulea and performers Alexandrina Chelu, Iuliana Chelu and Florian Chelu-Madeva). Soprano Florina Mariş Hinsu and baritone Florin Mariş Hinsu will perform songs based on lyrics by Mihai Eminescu.

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We are pleased to announce that the Regina Maria Theater returned victorious from the ATELIER International Theater Festival in Baia Mare: Richard Balint won the Special Jury Prize and Lorant Andras won the Best Choreographer Prize.

Fiddler on the Roof had three other nominations: for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Ioana Dragos Gajdo), for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Richard Balint) and for Best Set Design (Vioara Bara).

The Regina Maria Theatre had the great pleasure of opening the 20th edition of the International Theatre Festival "Atelier" in Baia Mare (which takes place from June 3 to 9) on Sunday, June 3. This is the seventh edition to be held in Baia Mare, the festival having also taken place in Sighișoara or Sfântu Gheorghe in previous years.

The ATELIER International Theatre Festival is an unconventional theatre event that aims to highlight the latest trends in contemporary dramaturgy, organised by the Baia Mare Municipal Theatre in collaboration with the League for Theatre. A competition is also held within the festival, with prizes, and our theatre has received prizes for each participation. In 2006, we participated with the show THE MERRY WIFE OF WINDSOR (by William Shakespeare, stage direction Victor-Ioan Frunză) and received the Best Direction Award (Victor-Ioan Frunză), the Best Supporting Actress Award: Ioana Dragoş Gajdo (with the role of Mrs Quickly) and the Best Music Award: Cari Tibor. In 2011, we participated with the show THIS CHILD (by Joel Pommerat, artistic direction Vlad Massaci), where we received the Best Supporting Actress Award – Corina Cernea.

In these last days of the season, the Regina Maria Theater is undertaking intense activity, about which you will learn more below.

1. Sibiu International Theatre Festival Performance Scholarship

A delegation from the Regina Maria Theatre is present these days at the Sibiu International Theatre Festival (May 25 – June 3) at the Sibiu Show Exchange. The Sibiu Show Exchange (May 31 – June 2) represents the only platform for presenting cultural acts in our country, bringing together artists and managers who present their show offerings, seek solutions for promoting cultural exchange and forge partnerships.

The artistic collective of the Regina Maria Theater in Oradea mourns the passing of the beloved director Szombati Gille Otto and stands with the bereaved family.

Many actors of our theater knew him personally, were schoolmates, stagemates and old friends. He will always remain in their memory as a great director and reliable friend.

May God rest him in peace!

Those who knew and respected him are expected to pay their last respects on Wednesday, May 30, at 12 noon, in the foyer of the Theater. The funeral will also take place on Wednesday, at 2 p.m., at the Steinberger Chapel.

He was born on January 29, 1930 in Oradea. He was employed for several years at the Hungarian Theatre in Timişoara, but spent most of his years in Oradea, having an intense and fruitful activity at the two sections of the State Theatre.

Between May 18 and 27, 2012, the Satu Mare North Theater organizes the 6th edition of the International Multicultural Festival WITHOUT BARRIERS.

This edition takes place 120 years after the inauguration of the theater building (which will soon enter into consolidation and restoration works) and will present performances in four locations: the Great Hall and the Studio Hall, the open-air stage located in front of the Firefighters' Tower and the one in the courtyard of the Art Museum. Theater and musical groups from Bucharest, Budapest, Oradea, Petroşani, Debrecen, Târgu Mureş, Szeged, Miercurea Ciuc, Sfântu Gheorghe, Reşiţa or Bacău will appear before the Satu Mare audience.

The Telluris Associati company presents: The endless column (The infinite column) by Mircea Eliade

A show in Italian, with Romanian subtitles
adapted and directed by Letteria Giuffrè Pagano with Tazio Torrini
translation by Horia Corneliu Cicortaș
scenes and audio Spazio TA
lights and video Marco Gheri
set and production assistant Annalisa Galli
dramaturgical collaboration Horia Corneliu Cicortaș
production: Telluris Associati – in collaboration with FIRI

The Regina Maria Theater begins to honor invitations made by various theaters in the country to present our shows.

So, starting tomorrow, May 9, the Iosif Vulcan troupe will undertake a 3-day tour to Lugoj and Reșița, with the shows ÎNDRĂGOSTIȚII DIN ANCONA and BALTAGUL (both shows directed by Andrei Mihalache).

On May 15th we will visit Zalău with the highly successful show, THE Fiddler on the Roof (artistic direction Korcsmaros Gyorgy).

Between May 18-19 we will participate in the Festival Without Barriers in Satu Mare – we will open the festival on May 18 with THE ROOF FISTER and on Saturday, May 19, we will participate with the show BILOXI BLUES (artistic direction Ovidiu Caița).

The Regina Maria Theatre announces that the shows "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (Monday, May 7), "The Fiddler on the Roof" (Tuesday, May 8), "Biloxi Blues" (Thursday, May 17) and "A Lost Letter" (Tuesday, May 29) are in their final performances! Thus, subscribers and those interested are warmly welcomed to the most beautiful shows of the 2011-2012 season. Tickets can be purchased both at the Theatre Agency (open Monday to Friday, between 12/18) or online, on the website www.biletmaster.ro. We look forward to seeing you!

The "Giant Eggs" campaign brings a new ultrasound machine to the Maternity Hospital

„"By giving from the heart, we create a better world." On this principle, the third edition of the Giant Eggs Campaign, held at Lotus Center by the Pro Valoare Foundation, was a real success! People with big hearts were once again with children, for a noble cause, the purchase of a high-performance ultrasound machine for the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of the Oradea County Emergency Clinical Hospital.

The cost of the device, which is to be equipped in the maternity ward, was estimated by manager Gheorghe Carp at 36,000 euros, VAT included. And although at first the goal seemed difficult to achieve, relatives and dear friends understood its necessity and donated amounts, each according to their means, so that their peers could lead a better life.

After the short holiday break, here we are in full creative fever: The Regina Maria Theater is preparing no less than four premieres that will take place starting in May. Thus, the Iosif Vulcan Troupe is repeating two shows: “End of the Game” by Samuel Beckett, directed by Emil Sauciuc (with a cast consisting of Petre Ghimbăşan, Şerban Borda, Tiberiu Covaci and Mirela Niţă-Lupu) and “Phantom Pains” by Vasilii Sigariov, directed by Bogdan Huşanu (with Alexandru Rusu, Pavel Sîrghi and Mihaela Gherdan).

At Arcadia Troupe we are preparing a surprise for young and old alike: an adaptation of Ion Creangă's fairy tale, "The Goat with Three Kids", directed by Daniel Vulcu. The surprise consists of a special appearance by the beloved Oradea magicians, Eduard and Bianca.

The members of the Crişana Professional Artistic Ensemble are not left behind either, so they are also preparing a premiere show: a "Concert In Memoriam Elisabeta Pavel", to pay due homage to this emblem of Bihor folk music.

After a stormy start to the year, with no less than six premieres, the artistic and technical staff of the Regina Maria Theatre is taking a well-deserved vacation. So, between April 11-18, we are resting and conserving our energy, because an end-of-season season is coming with many other special surprises for our spectators!

We wish you a happy holiday with your loved ones and we look forward to seeing you at the theater on April 20, when we will laugh together at the electoral farce "A Lost Letter" (by IL Caragiale, artistic direction Cristian Ioan).

The Regina Maria Theatre responded positively to the School Otherwise Program and tried to cover as wide an area as possible geographically through the planned performances. Thus, between April 2-6, 2012, we planned a total of 16 performances for students – six performances at the Arcadia Hall, five performances at the Great Hall, two performances at Şimleu Silvaniei, two performances at Marghita and one performance at Beiuş.

“Alternative School” offers a new experience to schools in Romania. Although many of them have experience with extracurricular projects, a week of activities carried out outside of class hours, with projects and events specific to each school cycle in which all the school's students are involved, is a great challenge and a novelty in the local landscape.

The Earth Hour movement is a global initiative that aims to draw attention to the problems represented by global warming and the danger of excessive consumption of resources. It consists not only of turning off the lights for one hour but refers to a real commitment to changing behavior and lifestyle in order to reduce the impact on the environment as much as possible. In the last edition, in 2011, over 135 countries, 6000 cities and about 1 billion 500 million people were involved in this campaign worldwide.

World Theatre Day – March 27, 2012

International Message

“I am honored by the invitation of the UNESCO International Theatre Institute to greet the 50th anniversary of the first World Theatre Day. I will address a few brief thoughts to all my colleagues and friends in the theatres.

I wish your work to be compelling and original. I wish it to be profound, to move, to provoke reflection, to be unique. May it help us meditate on what it means to be human, and may this meditation be blessed with soul, sincerity, innocence and grace. I wish you to overcome adversity, censorship, poverty and nihilism, which many of you will surely be forced to do. I wish you to be blessed with the talent and rigor necessary to teach us the human heartbeat in all its complexity, as well as the modesty and curiosity necessary to make this your life's work. May the best among you - for only those, only rarely and only for a short time, will succeed - be able to illustrate the elementary question: "What is life like?". Good luck!" (John Malkovich)

John Malkovich

The Regina Maria Theater is pleased to announce the new premiere that will take place on March 31st – "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", adapted by Dale Wasserman (based on the novel by Ken Kesey), under the artistic direction of Marius Oltean.

Published in 1962, the famous novel by American writer Ken Kesey enjoyed fantastic popularity around the world, forming the basis of the film awarded with 5 Oscars (1975, directed by Milos Forman, with Jack Nicholson) and the Broadway play, adapted by Dale Wasserman.

As every year, the Regina Maria Theater responds positively to the National Campaign launched by UNITER - "Artists for Artists", so this year, on the occasion of World Theatre Day, which will be celebrated on March 27, the show chosen to be performed on this special day is "Fiddler on the Roof" (adaptation from the story by Sholom Aleichem, artistic direction by Korcsmaros Gyorgy).

The National Campaign "Artists for Artists" is organized by UNITER, together with theaters in Bucharest and across the country, with the aim of raising funds for elderly artists with health problems.