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Joan and the Fire
by Matei Visniec
CAST:
JOAN OF ARC - Dorina Chiriac
THE STORYTELLER, THE MONK, HAINSELIN THE BUFFOON, THE DUKE OF BEDFORD, THE CARDINAL, THE RECTOR - Marius Manole
KING CHARLES VII, COUNT JEAN DE LUXEMBURG, ACTOR - Dragos Huluba
ROBBER, MASTER WILHELM FOUET, DEATH, PIERRE CAUCHON, GEOFFROY THÉRAGE, ACTOR - Serban Georgevici
MASTER CRAZY MATHURINE, A VIRGIN, HAUVIETTE, MARIANNE, SKELETON, JUDGE, HISTORIAN, ACTOR - Laura Cret
MASTER TRIBOULET IVONNE, MENGETE, ST. MARGARET, SKELETON, JUDGE, HISTORIAN, ACTOR - Mihaela Macelaru
VIRGIN MARY, MASTER ENGELBERT, A VIRGIN, SKELETON, JUDGE, HISTORIAN, ACTOR - Teodora Stanciu
MASTER IMATHURINE THE WISE, A VIRGIN, SKELETON, JUDGE, HISTORIAN, ACTOR - Domnita Ciolacov
YOLANDA DE ARAGON, MASTER COLOMBINA THE DUMB, SKELETON, JUDGE, UNICORN, ACTOR - Gloria Gaitan
MASTER GIGGLE CAESAREA, SKELETON, JUDGE, HISTORIAN - Irina Sarbu
ARCHANGEL MICHAEL, MASTER STOCKSTONE, THE MESSENGER, JUDGE, ACTOR - Lari Giorgescu
PUPPET AND MARIONETTE ACTRESS - Simina Constantin / Roxana Florea
Directed by: Catalina Buzoianu
Set design: Puiu Antemir
Costume design: Anca Raduta
Masks, puppets, marionettes: Liana Axinte
Stage mouvement: Malina Andrei
Original music: Mircea Florian
Light design: Puiu Antemir and Sorin Vintila
Play duration: 2h (without intermission)
Photo: Lucian Nastase
Visniec’s play is a typical theater-in-theater one, as in the midst of the company rehearsing a show about Joan of Arc emerges, out of the blue, Joan herself. Naturalness and simplicity are the keys of the young actress Dorina Chiriac’s performance, a most authentic embodiment of the Virgin of Orleans. The actress, who was nominated with this role for UNITER’s best actress award, has an excellent counterpoint on stage in the hyper-energetic Marius Manole as the stage director of the show in the show.
