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Cerasela Iosifescu

About

Graduate of IATC, Bucharest, class of Professor Sanda Manu, class of 1991

Actress at the C Theatre. Nottara in Bucharest, since graduation

Debut role - Queen Mary from "The King Dies" by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Dominic Dembinski

Actress of the National Theatre "Marin Sorescu" Craiova since 2002

Roles at the National Theatre "Marin Sorescu" Craiova

Natalia Stepanovna, Elena Ivanovna Popova – Două povești de amor după A.P.Cehov, regia Mircea Cornișteanu

She - "Old Snows" by Dumitru Solomon, directed by Mircea Cornişteanu, season 2022 - 2023, premiere June 24, 2023

Frosine - "The miser" by Molière, directed by Felix Alexa, season 2022-2023, premiere 15, 16 Oct. 2022

She - "Men lie more, women better" by Mihai Ispirescu, directed by Mircea Cornișteanu, season 2021-2022, premiere 19.02.2022

Lora - "Obsessions" by Claudiu Sfirschi-Lăudat, directed by Yannis Paraskevopoulos, season 2019-2020, premiere September 15, 2019

Mrs. Givings - "The Elephant in the Room or The Vibrator Play" by Sarah Ruhl, directed by Dragoș Alexandru Muşoiu, season 2016-2017, premiere March 15, 2017

Arkadina - "The Seagull" by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, directed by Yannis Paraskevopoulos (Greece), season 2015-2016, premiere 5 December 2015

Jessie - "Good night, mother!" by Marsha Norman, directed by Mircea Cornişteanu, season 2014-2015

Jo/ Bee/Alex - "The Chinese" by Michael Frayn, directed by Mircea Cornișteanu. season 2012-2013, premiere 23 February 2013

Zoe - "A Lost Letter" by Ion Luca Caragiale, directed by Mircea Cornișteanu, 2012-2013 season, premiere 13 October 2012

Veta - "A Stormy Night" by Ion Luca Caragiale, directed by Mircea Cornişteanu, season 2011-2012, premiere November 15, 2011

Natalia Ivanovna - "Three Sisters" by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, directed by Andreas Pantzis (Cyprus), season 2009-2010, premiere March 23, 2010

Mariana (Angelo's Fiancee) - "Measure for Measure" by William Shakespeare, directed by Silviu Purcărete, season 2007-2008, premiere March 1, 2008

Medea - "Medea" by Euripides, directed by Yannis Paraskevopoulos (Greece), season 2005-2006, premiere April 15, 2006

Lady Capulet - "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, directed by Yiannis Paraskevopoulos (Greece), 2005-2006 season, premiere 17 September 2005

Olivia - "As You Like It or The Night of the Bargain Break" by William Shakespeare, directed by Silviu Purcărete, season 2003-2004, premiere 21 March 2004

Thérèse - "Thérèse Raquin" by Émile Zola, directed by Gisèle Sallin (Switzerland), season 2003-2004, premiere 14 February 2004

Catarina - ,,Taming of the Shrew" by William Shakespeare, directed by Mircea Cornișteanu (Craiova debut), 2002-2003 season, premiere 16 March 2003

Nathalie - ,,Vacation in Guadeloupe" by Pierre Sauvil and Eric Assous, directed by Mircea Cornișteanu, 2000-2001 season, premiere 4 February 2001 (replacing Petronela Zurba)

Primăvara lui Boticelli – „Floarea de cactus” de Pierre Braillet, regia Mircea Cornişteanu, stagiunea 1986-1987, premiera 12 februarie 1987

 

Honors and awards

December 2023– Prize for female interpretation, leading role for the role of Ea in the performance Snows of the past by Dumitru Solomon, director: Mircea Cornişteanu, National Theater "Marin Sorescu" Craiova, offered by the theater magazine "Rinocerul"

October 2005 – TVR International Award

December 2006 – I.D. Award Serbian for theatrical art of the magazine "Mosaic" (the role of Medea from the tragedy of the same name by Euripides)

June 2012 – Award for the best actress (the role of Veta in the show "A Stormy Night" - TNC) at FestCo Festival 2012

June 2012 – Award for the best actress at the Project Theater Festival 2012 – Câmpina

October 2012 – Prize for the best actress at the International Short Theater Festival – Oradea

November 2021 - The "Rhinocer" Award for female performance: Cerasela Iosifescu, for the role of Lora in the monodrama Obsesii by Claudiu Sfirschi-Lăudat, directed by: Yiannis Paraskevopoulos, National Theater "Marin Sorescu" Craiova, online show ‒ 11 June 2020 – The awards of the "Rinocerul" magazine and the "Ghepardul" publishing house

Purcărete Week