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.

The Arcadia troupe of the Regina Maria Theatre has the great pleasure of participating in the International Animation Art Festival "EUROMARIONETE", which is taking place this period (May 17 - 27) at the Marionette Theatre in Arad.

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.

The Regina Maria Theater has the great pleasure of inviting you to a traditional show that will take place on Thursday, April 19, to commemorate April 20, 1919, which is a landmark day in the history of the city of Oradea. That was when the city on the Crișul Repede was liberated and it legally became part of Greater Romania, as established by the Romanian delegates at the Great National Assembly in Alba Iulia on December 1, 1918.

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.

The Arcadia troupe of the Regina Maria Theatre in Oradea will travel to Marghita (Bihor County) on Friday, March 29. The show "A Story with a Song" (adaptation of "Punguţa cu doi bani" by Ecaterina Mihăescu-Păun, under the artistic direction of Mihai Păun) will be performed from 10 am to 12 pm at the city's Culture House.

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.

The Regina Maria Theatre, in collaboration with the Rock Filarmonica Foundation, cordially invites you to a unique show of theatre, music, dance and poetry, on a chosen day: March 21, International Poetry Day. At the same time, this day also coincides with the birthday of the Oradea artist Florian Chelu Madeva, which we will celebrate with friends and collaborators. The book and CD “Luth, compagnon…” will also be launched on the same evening.

We are therefore waiting for you at a show with a Renaissance atmosphere of the 16th century, when the great poets were in full emancipation and art was at its peak. The favorite of art circles was the poetess Louise Labé, a renowned Renaissance artist. In the show “Luth, compagnon…”, artistic director Emil Sauciuc will recreate a symposium-cenacle type evening, trying to bring back the spirit of those times, a creation based on words, sound, light and color.