Two weeks have passed like a dream since the opening bell of the Arcadia Children's Theatre Festival rang. Fascinated by the incredible world of fairy tales, children, parents, and grandparents filled the theater halls, with all the shows scheduled so far playing to a sold-out crowd.

 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.

The Crișana Professional Artistic Ensemble, within the Regina Maria Theatre, in partnership with Romanian Television and the Bihor County Council, presented two Extraordinary TEZAUR FOLKLORIC Concerts on March 28, 2018. These were held at the Great Hall of the Regina Maria Theatre with the promise that they would be broadcast on the national television TVR1 in four editions of the Tezaur Folkloric show, one of which was dedicated to the Centennial of the Great Union. 

The Crișana Professional Artistic Ensemble, within the Regina Maria Theatre, in partnership with Romanian Television and the Bihor County Council, presented two Extraordinary TEZAUR FOLKLORIC Concerts on March 28, 2018. These were held at the Great Hall of the Regina Maria Theatre with the promise that they would be broadcast on the national television TVR1 in four editions of the Tezaur Folkloric show, one of which was dedicated to the Centennial of the Great Union.

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 first week of the Arcadia Children's Theater Festival ended successfully and with lots of beautiful stories and happy children. We are preparing with fresh strength for the second week of reliving memories for the adults and learning new stories for the little ones.

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 Arcadia troupe of the Regina Maria Theatre is pleased to invite you during May 18 – June 10, 2018 at the 5th edition of the Arcadia Children's Theater Festival.

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".