Troupe

Artistic director of Company 28 & Cie des Ogres

After graduating his acting studies at UNATC - Bucharest and the Master of Directing and Dramaturgy in Paris, Eugen Jebeleanu dedicated his activity to directing theater, opera and, more recently, film. In 2010, together with the playwright Yann Verburgh, he founded “Company 28”, and later “Cie des Ogres” in 2017, collaborating in the recent years with the most important theaters in the country, including those in Sibiu. He also directed many shows performed on stages in France and Germany. In 2017, he directed the play Ogres, a project that was awarded by the Fédération d’Associations de Théâtre Populaire (FATP). For the show Itinerary. One day, the world will change directed in 2019 he received the award for best director at the UNITER Awards Gala. He collaborated with the Lyon Opera for the play I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky, by John Adams. In 2020, he made his debut as a film director with the feature film Poppy Field, awarded at the TIFF 2021 Festival for Best Director.

Professional experience

Film director

2019 – “Poppy field”, script by Ioana Moraru - production Icon Production, Award winner for Best Director at the Transylvania International Film Festival, Cluj-Napoca, 2021

Opera show director

2020 – “I was looking at the ceiling and then I saw the sky” by John Adams - Opéra de Lyon; Théâtre de la Croix-Rousse

Theater direction

2022 - “The Seagull” by A.P. Cehov, Bucharest National Theater

2022 – “Prove It (A Viral Story)” by Lucie Vérot – Gong Theatre, Sibiu

2021 – “Timlideur” by Grégoire Vauqois - Théâtre Ouvert, Paris, in collaboration with the Higher School of Theater within the National Theater of Bordeaux

2021 – “The Widow Boy” after “Tom à la ferme” by Michel Marc Bouchard - Teatrelli, Bucharest

2021 – Katzelmacher: if it weren't for love” by Rainer Werner Fassbinder - German State Theater, Timisoara

2020 – “Remission” by Yann Verburgh - Comédie de Caen-CDN de Normandie, Cie des Ogres

2019 – “Itineraries. One day the world will change” by Yann Verburgh - Cie des Ogres; Arcub, Bucharest; Maison de la Culture d’Amiens; Le Phénix, Valenciennes; Théâtre de Choisy-le-Roi; Le Gallia Théâtre, Saintes; La Comédie de Béthune; Best Director Award at the Uniter Awards Gala, 2020

2018 – “Roosevelt Square” by Dea Loher - Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Stuttgart; Wilhelma Theater, Stuttgart

2018 – “Feminine” by Elise Wilk – Tineretului Theatre, Piatra Neamţ

2018 – “View from the bridge” by Arthur Miller - “Radu Stanca” National Theatre, Sibiu

2018 – “Digital Natives” by Yann Verburgh - Cie des Ogres; La Comédie de Valence, France

2017 – “Orlando, or Impatience” by Olivier Py - reading show at the Sibiu International Theater Festival

2017 – “Paper Planes” by Elise Wilk - Théâtre Ouvert Cndc, Focus #4 Festival

2017 – “The He-goat” by Rainer Werner Fassbinder - Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Stuttgart; Schauspiel Stuttgart

2017 – “Ogres” by Yann Verburgh - Cie des Ogres; La Chartreuse Cnes de Villeneuve Lez Avignon; FATP - Fédération d’Associations de Théâtre Populaire; Théâtre Ouvert Cndc, Paris; L’Étincelle - Théâtre de la ville de Rouen

2016 – “Families” by Eugen Jebeleanu - “Radu Stanca” National Theatre, Sibiu; Faculty of Theater within ULBS, Sibiu; the play was published in the “Anthology of plays presented in the reading show section” within the Sibiu International Theater Festival, Paideia Publishing House.

2016 – “November 20” by Lars Norén - “Radu Stanca” National Theatre, Sibiu

2016 – “This second is perfect” by Simon Diard, work in progress show - “Actoral.16” Festival, Marsilia

2016 – “Because we'll have to love each other” by Yann Verburgh, theatrical performance - “Les hauts parleurs” Festival, organized by the Collective “A mots découverts” and Le Grand Parquet, Paris

2016 – “Life is not something easy” by Georgia Mavraganis, reading show - “Chantiers d'Europe” Festival, organized by Théâtre de la Ville Paris in collaboration with Théâtre Ouvert and the Z.T.O #2 Festival

2016 – “Genius Loci” by Aurelien Houver, reading show - Label Jeunes Textes en Liberté; Mains d’Oeuvres, Paris

2015 – “Alice” by Yann Verburgh, inspired by the work of Lewis Carroll – Gong Theatre, Sibiu

2015 – “She is a good guy” by Eugen Jebeleanu, after the script of the documentary "Rodica is a good guy" by Marian Ilea and Gheorghe Dinu - Company 28; ColectivA, Cluj; Temps d’Images Festival, Cluj

2015 – “Our heroes, such idiots” de Moreau, reading show with co-directed Amélie Vignals - Théâtre Ouvert, Paris

2014 – “Hotel” after Franz Xaver Kroetz - Company 28; Unteatru Theatre, Bucharest; ColectivA Cluj, Temps d’Images Festival, Cluj; Award for originality at the 2015 Independent Theater Marathon, Bucharest

2013 – “Retox (Romania is a Western xeroxed country)” by Eugen Jebeleanu - Company 28; Unteatru Theatre, Bucharest; Eurodram laureate text – Playwriting Winners, European Translation Network

2013 – “White (White Dress Code)” after Elizabeth Egloff - Company 28; Calpe Gallery, Timisoara

2013 – “Vise flower” by Svetlana Cârstean, installation-performance of sensory poetry - “Diana Patru” Theater, Bucharest

2013 – “Bodies” after Alexandra Badea, assistant director for Frederic Fisbach - Avignon Festival, Opéra Grand Avignon.

2012 – “DontCryBaby” by Catinca Drăgănescu and Eugen Jebeleanu - Company 28; Monday Theater at Green Hours, Bucharest; the play was translated into German and published by the Publishing House Theater der Zeit in the anthology “Machtspiele. Neue Theaterstücke aus Rumänien”

2012 – “Small Romanian Fictions” after Regis Jauffret - Company 28; MONDAY Theater at Green Hours, Bucharest

2012 – Coordinator of the project "A Monday at the Monday Theater", evening marathon of monologues - Monday Theater at Green Hours, Bucharest

2011 – “Canin Félin” - Company 28; Théâtre du Palais de Béhague, Romanian Cultural Institute, Paris within the project '“Creative residencies at the Romanian Cultural Institute, Paris”

2011 – “The day after tomorrow. The day before yesterday” by Gianina Cărbunariu, reading show - Nouvelle vague du théâtre roumain Festival from Paris, Théâtre du Palais de Béhague, Romanian Cultural Institute, Paris

2010 – “Sacha, Guillaume et Moi” by Eugen Jebeleanu, Yann Verburgh and Aure Rodenbour - Company 28, Théâtre du Palais de Béhague, Romanian Cultural Institute, Paris

Studies

Professional Master, Department of Directing and Dramaturgy, University of Paris X Nanterre La Défense, 2013 – 2015

Bachelor's degree in Performing Arts, Acting Department, National University of Theater and Cinematography, Bucharest, 2007 - 2010

PhD. within the theater and performing arts department, Constraint Theater (Itineraries of my directorial beginnings), Lucian Blaga University, Sibiu, 2021

Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu