The RCI Digital Stage Presents: “Lottery Tickets”
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About The Event
As part of a partnership with The National Theater of Bucharest (TNB), we are proud to present in our Digital Stage series one of the best productions of recent years, LOTTERY TICKETS, an adaptation of a famous short story by Romania’s iconic playwright, I.L. Caragiale. Directed by influential Alexandru Dabija, the humorous story of a ridiculous clerk hitting the jackpot at the lottery acquires dark, expressionistic notes, which keep the viewers at the edge of their seats. A cautionary tale for the modern times, about the evanescent nature of luck and the destructive power of self-illusions.
With a special message from director ALEXANDRU DABIJA.
The show will be available ONE TIME ONLY, as live streaming, on TNB's YouTube channel and shared on our Facebook page on June 27, at 8 p.m. New York & Toronto time / 5 p.m. Los Angeles & Vancouver time. (Please follow one of the links to watch.)
LOTTERY TICKETS
After I.L. Caragiale
In Romanian with English subtitles
Director: Alexandru Dabija
Decor: Helmuth Stürmer, Andrada Chiriac (assistant)
Costumes: Liliana Cenean, Irina Moscu (assistant)
Soundtrack: Alexandru Dabija
Assistant Director: Patricia Katona
Stage Movement: Florin Fieroiu
Premiere: 2012
Duration: 1 hour
The subtitled broadcast is made possible by a partnership between the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York and The National Theater of Bucharest.
CAST:
Gipsy women: Ana Ciontea, Corina Moise, Eliza Păuna
Mrs. Popescu: Valentina Zaharia
Mr. Lefter Popescu: Gavril Pătru
Storyteller: Marius Manole
Captain Pandele: Mădălin Mandin
Commissioner Turtureanu: Daniel Hara
Mr Georgescu - The boss: Mihai Munteniţă
Mitica, The Attendant: Eduard Mihai Cîrlan
Newsboy: Ionuț Toader
The Banker: Dragoş Dumitru
Police executioner: Marcel Bălănescu
About the play:
"Lottery Tickets is swirlingly staged by Alexandru Dabija, this master of contemporary direction, who is quartered in the essence of essences. Although joyful, the work is profoundly tragic. It's an urban Scourge." (Dinu Grigorescu)
"...a symphonical theatrical jewel about the whims of luck (a protruding theme in Caragiale’s writing), a theatrical symphony exemplarily directed, with a care for the pace of scenic exposure, rarely seen lately in Romanian theatre." (Mircea Morariu)
"Alexandru Dabija…created a show that produces a strong impression on the audience…Destiny, good luck, bad luck, misfortune, disaster... In Lottery Tickets, luck induces euphoria and the misfortune creates compassion on one hand and horror on the other." (Maria Sârbu)