PROJECT COMPETITION for

TINERI REGIZORI și SCENOGRAFI

ediția a XII-a – Teatrul Național „Marin Sorescu” din Craiova

The "Marin Sorescu" National Theater in Craiova is launching the call for applications to the project competition for young directors and scenographers, the twelfth edition.

In this period disrupted by a war so close to our borders, "Marin Sorescu" National Theater in Craiova wants to support the Ukrainian dramaturgy, the Ukrainian and Romanian school of directing and scenography and to propose new names, concepts and artistic visions. 

The winning project will be produced at the "Ion D. Sîrbu" studio hall, during the 2023-2024 season.

Conditions of participation:

• The text of the project have to be based on the literary work(s) signed by contemporary authors from Ukraine (playwright, novelist, poet); the performance text of the project (for the application) can be either in Romanian or English (if there are no Romanian translations already available).
• Candidates who want to choose contemporary Ukrainian texts (already translated into Romanian or English), can request them via email at the address tineriregizoritineriscenografi@gmail.com tineriregizoritineriscenografi@gmail.com
• After the announcement of the results, the performance text of the winning project will be translated from Ukrainian to Romanian.
• The show can have a maximum cast of 8 actors; multiple characters are accepted if actors have multiple roles.
• Creative teams can be made up of Romanian directors and scenographers, but mixed creative teams are also welcome (Romanian director-Ukrainian scenographer/ Romanian scenographer-Ukrainian director).
• The project will be designed for the "Ion D. Sîrbu" Studio Hall (see the technical details by accessing our website http://tncms.ro/tehnic.php). http://tncms.ro/tehnic.php)
• The project budget is 65,000 lei gross (including set production costs and creative team fees – director, scenographer, composer, etc., copyright costs, translator rights costs).
• The director and scenographer have to be graduates of specialized higher education (university degree in directing/theatre scenography) and must not exceed the age of 35 years old.
• Resume and list of artistic creations of the director and scenographer will be attached to the project.
• The number of pages and the form of the project are up to the candidates

The deadline for submitting the projects is May 10, 2023

The projects will be sent to the e-mail address tineriregizoritineriscenografi@gmail.com tineriregizoritineriscenografi@gmail.com

The winning projects of previous editions were:

1. „Conu’ Leonida față cu reacțiunea” de I.L.Caragiale, regia Diana Dragoș, scenografia Adriana
Dinulescu
2. "Photoshop", text and direction Catinca Drăgănescu, scenography Sorana Țopa
„Profu’ de religie” by Mihaela Michailov, directed and scenography by Bobi Pricop
3. „Spargerea”, după nuvela „Jaf armat” de Răzvan Petrescu, regia Dragoș Alexandru Mușoiu, scenografia arh. Andreea Simona Negrilă
4. La cea de-a cincea ediţie, în mod excepțional, au fost declarate câştigătoare două proiecte: „Exploz iv” de Elise Willk, regia Andrei Măjeri, scenografia Alexandra Panaite şi „Sfârşit”, dramatizare de Oana Hodade după proza lui Florin Lăzărescu, regia Leta Popescu, scenografia Gloria Gagu
5. „Cealaltă țară”, după romanele Hertei Müller, „Omul este un mare fazan pe lume” și „Călătorie într-un picior”, scenariul dramatic Alexandru Istudor, scenografia Francesca-Antonia Cioancă
6. „Monstrul Nisipurilor” de Csaba Székely, regia Irina Crăiţă-Mândră, scenografia Cezarina Iulia
7. „White room” de Alexandra Badea, regia Florin Caracala, scenografia Ana Ienașcu
8. „Playground” de Raul Coldea, regia Raul Coldea, scenografia Alexandra Budianu
9. „Unde mi-e sufletul?”, regia Norbert Boda, scenografia Ana Ruxandra Manole
10. „Băgău”, regia Cristina Giurgea, scenografia Ioana Ungureanu