"Politics is like fashion! It evolves, it changes, it pretends. Fidelity in politics is nothing but an endless series of adulteries!" says the main character in …I am afraid. to justify his political career. Tudor Mușatescu wrote his play in 1933, a year after Titanic Waltz, but its heroes seem like modern-day people.

The children of Spirache Necșulescu, the petty official from Titanic Waltz, winning the election because he says, "Don't vote for me!", looks nothing like their father.

Miza, the eldest daughter, is "the wife of a general", the other daughter, Gena, is the wife of "a court president". And Decebal is... a politician. A demagogue, greasy, unscrupulous, he would do anything to become a deputy. He has done enough, as he serenely tells his father-in-law:

«NEARBY (decided to settle down "once and for all"): Didn't you make me a liberal when I was a conservative?
DECEBAL: Because the interests of the state required that my family be, at that moment, liberal.
LANGADA: But why did you make me a peasant when I was a wealthy man?
DECEBAL: Because, in this whole country, we couldn't be the only ones in opposition, when everyone was in power.
LANGADA: Yes… but you see that you changed parties and I made a fool of myself. That!… I can’t say a word anymore. Not at the café, not at the club… nowhere. My whole life as a conservative, everyone called me nothing but „Iorgule’s bitch”. Now – since you entered the family and confused me with the new political currents, – when people call me „rat”, sometimes „grill”, sometimes „technician” (…)»

The above lines sound familiar to today's viewer, as if nothing has changed in Romania in a hundred years. With a talent equal to his master Caragiale, Mușatescu makes …I am afraid. a satirical x-ray of political mores, with an amazing… foreboding talent.

Blackmail, a bit of erotic flirtation, just enough to spice up political life, a little fool's luck are the tasty ingredients of the play.
And in the end, because the socialist turned into a peasant again, but his patience didn't "give up", Decebal Necșulescu, undefeated, decides to create his own party.

What do you say? If you read last year's newspapers, don't you find the example clearly before your eyes?
…I am afraid. it's not just a period piece, with its old and good scent, but an astonishing parable of present-day Romania...

Distribution:
Decebal Necsulescu – Sorin Ionescu
Baby Damian – Serban Borda
Nina Damian – Denisa Vlad
Amelie – Anda Tamasanu
General Stamatescu's stake – Elvira Rîmbu
General Stamatescu – Petre Ghimbasan
Traian Necsulescu – Alin Stanciu
George Langada – Sebastian Wolf
Platon Stamatescu – George Dometi
A commissioner – Pavel Sirghi
Fans – Alexandru Rusu/ Eugen Neag
Piglet – Eugen Neag/ Alexandru Rusu
Mitzi – Mirela Nita Lupu
Anna – Adela Lazar
A guard – Andrian Locovei

Artistic direction: Claudiu Goga
Decor: Lia Dogaru
Costumes: Amalia Buie
Face designer: Minela Popa

Premiere date: March 31, 2019
Show duration: 2h 40 min (with 15-minute intermission)

Festivals:

• "Myths of the Fortress" Festival, Constanta – June 2019