PREMIERE – A STORMY NIGHT

Palace of Culture Targu Mures

January 28, 2025, at 19:00

A masterpiece of Caragiale's genius, “A Stormy Night” is the ultimate sparkling, bittersweet, colorful, and savory radiography of the Romanian spirit, in all its forms, with its good and... not so good parts.

In the new directorial vision proposed by VLAD ZAMFIRESCU, we rediscover Caragiale's characters for today's world, with the scent and emotion of an old neighborhood, where the music of Jean Moscopol resonates, inviting us to enter, amidst the aroma of spices and steaming food, through scaffolds, repairs, and cats that plaintively meow their 'stormy' longing.

In this picturesque space, where the outer tumult gives way to an uncontrollable inner simmer, the kitchen becomes the much-tried heart of the intimate universe. Master Dumitrache, played by NICULAE URS, is like a (master)chef of the house and table, carefully and ambitiously preparing the food, yet allowing the fiery Ipingescu, in the strong interpretation of MIRCEA RUSU, to try his culinary-political talents, to the point of 'eating the holy Constitution.'

In the stage proposal of the formidable CARMEN TĂNASE, Veta is the keeper of cleanliness and order in this tale with a scent of elegance, style, and neighborhood betrayal, which the sly and charming Chiriac, played by VLAD ZAMFIRESCU, navigates with much charm. All this while Spiridon (GABRIEL VATAVU/ȘTEFAN RADU) welcomes all encounters with St. Nicholas with a (too wide) smile, easily taken down from the wall.

In an absolutely surprising role, MAIA MORGENSTERN is an explosive and insanely delightful Zița, while MARIUS MANOLE builds a Rică Venturiano rich in anxieties, threatening to shatter the honor of family, while negotiating, both ridiculously and sensitively, his role in the small homeland, but especially the one in the larger homeland.

“The people sit at the table” in this production where painting, plastering, building, eating, and debating take place, and everything mixes from ideas, emotions, ingredients, to relationships, giving flavor to a “Stormy Night” like never seen before.

A fast-paced and surprising show with explosive comedy that makes you ponder, with an exceptional cast – it is “A Stormy Night” about national and personal values, about finding humor in adversity, about patriots and family men, newly rich and journalists who fight but most of all about love, in its more or less... traditional forms.

The spectacular set design is by Imelda Manu-Jipa, the character-costumes belong to Maria Ștefănescu, and Mădălina Ciupitu is the assistant director.

Cast:
MAIA MORGENSTERN – Zița
MARIUS MANOLE – Rică Venturiano
CARMEN TĂNASE – Veta
VLAD ZAMFIRESCU – Chiriac
MIRCEA RUSU – Nae Ipingescu
NICULAE URS – Jupân Dumitrache Titircă
GABRIEL VATAVU – Spiridon

Director: VLAD ZAMFIRESCU
Scenography: IMELDA MANU-JIPA
Assistant Director: MĂDĂLINA CIUPITU

For more details regarding the event above, please contact the organizing company:  CORTINA AG SRL,  Tax Identification Number 36312399, BUCHAREST