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Reading performances at the Media Hall - Playwriting workshop with Mimi Branescu
03 June 2025
Tickets
Intrare liberă / Free entrance
The dramaturgy workshop coordinated by Mimi Branescu at the “I.L. Caragiale” National Theatre concludes with a series of readings to which we invite you between June 3 and June 7, 2025, at the Media Hall of the NTB. You will have the opportunity to meet 15 young authors making their debut. Admission is free subject to availability.
Schedule of the performances:
June 3rd
12:00 - Alexandra Stroe – “The play that was never written” (Rules don't apply to me)
14:00 – Laura Hora – “Right up to the end”
16:00 – Ana Maria Carablais – “The Law of Ohm”
June 4rd
12:00 – Maria Acsani - “So, how's work?”
14:00 – Ana Dumitrascu – “Nutcracker”
16:00 – George Rotaru –“The egg cracks at its head”
June 5th
12:00 – Claudia Soare – “With the jack on”
14:00 - Alexandra Sfirlogea –“What Am I Doing Here?”
16:00 – Valentina Moghină – “Daddy's not gonna come”
June 6th
12:00 - Gabriela Amarie – “As much as we can”
14:00 – Geo Vișan – “Not me!”
16:00 – Pamela Iobaji – “The courage to (not) have courage”
June 7th
12:00 – Francesca Fulop – “Core”
14:00 – Antonia Scutaru – “The Dowry.”
16:00 – Vlad Brumaru - “Collapse”
Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu
Premiere at the NTB: “Any Other Candidates?” – Caragiale as interpreted through Ada Milea’s musical and playful vision
24 June 2026
The “I.L. Caragiale” National Theater in Bucharest announces the premiere of the concert-performance Any Other Candidates? by Ada Milea, a project whose first performances will take place on June 24 and 25, 2026, at 9:30 p.m., in a spectacular setting: the Open-Air Amphitheater (Up on the TNB Rooftop).
This time, the genius of the great Caragiale meets Ada Milea’s playful inventiveness and the theatrical flair of the TNB actors. The result is an effervescent concert-performance—at once comical and cynical—about us, the people of today, viewed through Caragiale’s lens.
Any Other Candidates? is an intense musical story about love, interests, and blackmail, adapted into a fully sung version based on the famous play “A Lost Letter.” A haunting refrain, reinterpreted and brought to life on stage by the talented cast. The actors who bring Caragiale’s characters to life in a unique musical style, performing multiple or alternate roles, are: Petre Ancuța (Drunken Citizen), Emilian Mârnea (Drunken Citizen), Florin Călbăjos (Drunken Citizen), Mihai Munteniță / Silviu Biriș (Governor), Oana Laura Gabriela (Zoe Trahanache / Mrs. Cațavencu), Aylin Cadîr (Zoe Trahanache), Vitalie Bichir (Zaharia Trahanache), Tiberiu Enache (Ghiță), Alina Petrică (Mrs. Cațavencu), Natalia Călin (Mrs. Brânzovenescu / Mrs. Dandanache), Florentina Țilea (Mrs. Farfuridi), Emilia Popescu (Mrs. Dandanache).
Three drunken citizens take control of the stage, guiding the characters and the audience through all the events of the famous play, while playing instruments live. “Those three actors once captivated me with their performance in the show ActOrchestra, and ever since then, I’ve had an idea about them. That idea was just waiting for the right opportunity, the text, and the songs. For about 12 or 13 years,” explains Ada Milea, who directed the show and composed its music.
“Any Other Candidates?” (A concert-performance by Ada Milea, inspired by A Lost Letter)
Produced by: “Ion Sava” Center for Theater Research and Creation – NTB
Creative Team: Ada Milea (Concept, Adaptation, and Music), Ada Milea and Anca Hanu (Songs), Maria Constantin (Set Design), Florin Fieroiu (Choreography), Victor Pamfilov (Sound Design), Adrian Scarlat and Marian Dan Găină (Sound Design Assistants), Daniel Tiuntiuc (Lighting Design), Theodor Radu (Technical Direction), Florin Ghioca (Photography), Cristiana Gavrilă (Project Coordinator).
The official premiere will take place on June 24 and 25, 2026, at 9:30 p.m., at the Open-Air Amphitheater (on the roof of the NTB). Tickets can be purchased at the NTB Box Office, as well as online through specialized platforms. Don’t miss it!
Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu
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Selected projects under the 9G Program
02 March 2026
The winning projects selected for the 9G competition at NTB are:
1. Shoot. Get Treasure. Repeat by Mark Ravenhill – directed by Onea Medeea. Set design: Ada-Maria Zaharia. Cast: Maria Posiar, Giulia Nagy, Denisa Dumitru, Ilinca Ionescu, Larisa Oasenegre, Alexandra Catrina, Catalin Gheorghițoiu, Robert Herea, Vlad Jora, Vlad Alexandru-Anton
2. Bottles for recycling by Andrei Tache-Codreanu. Collective creation. Set design: Marius-Andrei Stanica. Cast: Vlad Ciubotaru, Beatrice Rubica, Andrei Cojanu, Radu Carp, Stochita Constantin, Liviu Chitu
3. Don't play with fire after August Strindberg – directed by Cristian Bota. Cu: Maruca Baiasu, Cezara Petredeanu, Alex Iezdimir, Cristian Bota.
Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu
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Pre-selection for the 9G project competition at NTB
26 February 2026
The projects and teams nominated to proceed to the second stage of selection for the 9G competition at NTB are:
1. Shoot. Get Treasure. Repeat by Mark Ravenhill – directed by Onea Medeea. Set design: Ada-Maria Zaharia. Cast: Maria Posiar, Giulia Nagy, Denisa Dumitru, Ilinca Ionescu, Larisa Oasenegre, Alexandra Catrina, Catalin Gheorghițoiu, Robert Herea, Vlad Jora, Vlad Alexandru-Anton
2. Bottles for recycling by Andrei Tache-Codreanu. Collective creation. Set design: Marius-Andrei Stanica. Cast: Vlad Ciubotaru, Beatrice Rubica, Andrei Cojanu, Radu Carp, Stochita Constantin, Liviu Chitu
3. Don't play with fire after August Strindberg – directed by Cristian Bota. Cu: Maruca Baiasu, Cezara Petredeanu, Alex Iezdimir, Cristian Bota.
Following specific discussions with the three artistic teams, which will take place in the coming days, the winning projects will be decided.
Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu
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