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Acting
The Theatre Institute has announced the list of plays qualified for the finals of the 11th "Living Classics" Competition for Staging of Polish & European Literature Works. TRAP is among the finalists.
This year's competition attracted 61 submissions. Ten shows qualified for the finals of the "Living Classics" Competition, which were selected by the Artistic Commission, composed of: Maryla Zielińska (chairperson), Łukasz Drewniak, Wiktoria Formella, Monika Pilch, Michał Kuziak, Wanda Świątkowska, and Paweł Wodziński.
Selected plays will be presented during the 50th Opole Theatre Confrontations, which will take place in June at the Jan Kochanowski Theatre in Opole.
We are delighted that the diploma show of the Acting Faculty and Studyjny Theatre in Łódź is one of them!
Press information about the finalists: instytut-teatralny.pl/2026/02/06/oglaszamy-finalistow-xi-konkursu-klasyka-zywa
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THE TRAP is the diploma show of our acting students in the 2025/2026 theatre season.
Direction: Adam Orzechowski
Costumes, set-design, lighting: Magdalena Gajewska
Music: Marcin Nenko
Assistant director: Szymon Andrzejewski
CAST:
Szymon Andrzejewski - MASTER
Marcel Barra – SHOE-MAKER
Helena Grabicka – GRETA
Mikołaj Janas – MAX
Julia Jaroszewska - MOTHER
Bartłomiej Kotwica - OPPRESSOR / SELLER
Kamil Kowalski - FATHER
Jędrzej Matwijów - FRANZ
Dominik Nikitorowicz - OPPRESSOR / TEENAGER
Anna Pentz – LITTLE SOUL
Adrian Pietruszewski - BARBER
Maciej Piotrowski - KARL / BOY
Kinga Stachowiak – JÓZIA
Krzysztof Świłpa - OPPRESSOR / SELLER
Kamila Tytło - FELICE
Alicja Wieniawa-Narkiewicz - VALLI / SHOE-MAKER’S WIFE
Krystyna Zajkowska - OTTLA
Tadeusz Różewicz's "The Trap," written in 1979, is an attempt to reconcile the author with the spiritual and cultural heritage of the 20th century. The key to this reconciliation was the biography of Franz Kafka. We note how relevant this text remains despite the passage of time, and we wish to draw particular attention to disturbing, recurring patterns. "The Trap" is, above all, the story of a lost man, immersed in inevitable suffering, repeatedly falling into the traps set by himself—his body, history, and those closest to him. Franz sacrifices himself, his time, his life, and his health on the altar of literature. He sacrifices himself... But is the "sacrificial lamb" not actually a beast?
The show is co-financed from the budget of the Łódź Voivodeship Government.
photos: Anna Zegar
Selected plays will be presented during the 50th Opole Theatre Confrontations, which will take place in June at the Jan Kochanowski Theatre in Opole.
We are delighted that the diploma show of the Acting Faculty and Studyjny Theatre in Łódź is one of them!
Press information about the finalists: instytut-teatralny.pl/2026/02/06/oglaszamy-finalistow-xi-konkursu-klasyka-zywa
#klasykazywa
THE TRAP is the diploma show of our acting students in the 2025/2026 theatre season.
Direction: Adam Orzechowski
Costumes, set-design, lighting: Magdalena Gajewska
Music: Marcin Nenko
Assistant director: Szymon Andrzejewski
CAST:
Szymon Andrzejewski - MASTER
Marcel Barra – SHOE-MAKER
Helena Grabicka – GRETA
Mikołaj Janas – MAX
Julia Jaroszewska - MOTHER
Bartłomiej Kotwica - OPPRESSOR / SELLER
Kamil Kowalski - FATHER
Jędrzej Matwijów - FRANZ
Dominik Nikitorowicz - OPPRESSOR / TEENAGER
Anna Pentz – LITTLE SOUL
Adrian Pietruszewski - BARBER
Maciej Piotrowski - KARL / BOY
Kinga Stachowiak – JÓZIA
Krzysztof Świłpa - OPPRESSOR / SELLER
Kamila Tytło - FELICE
Alicja Wieniawa-Narkiewicz - VALLI / SHOE-MAKER’S WIFE
Krystyna Zajkowska - OTTLA
Tadeusz Różewicz's "The Trap," written in 1979, is an attempt to reconcile the author with the spiritual and cultural heritage of the 20th century. The key to this reconciliation was the biography of Franz Kafka. We note how relevant this text remains despite the passage of time, and we wish to draw particular attention to disturbing, recurring patterns. "The Trap" is, above all, the story of a lost man, immersed in inevitable suffering, repeatedly falling into the traps set by himself—his body, history, and those closest to him. Franz sacrifices himself, his time, his life, and his health on the altar of literature. He sacrifices himself... But is the "sacrificial lamb" not actually a beast?
The show is co-financed from the budget of the Łódź Voivodeship Government.
photos: Anna Zegar