SICILIANA

May 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM

A lyrical farce in three acts, with profound and touching humanity, the comedy Siciliana surprises with

a lot of humor the stratagem that our characters, chess pieces on the board of destiny, orchestrate.

Fifi and Bebe, fresh graduates - she from Medicine, he from Agronomy - believe that

the only chance to triumph over the distribution policy, which announces them a future in a rural environment,

would be to arrange a marriage of convenience just to deceive the eyes of the system, but not the hearts

of the true partners: Tiberiu and Muki. However, once the game begins, each move opens doors

to surprising worlds. Check! And mate! 

TOMA ENACHE:

"It is incredible how much humor the comedy SICILIANA, by Aurel Baranga, still has over 50 years after

the extraordinary success it had at its Bucharest premiere. Just as back then, people are still pieces on

the game board of life, of love, regardless of the political system that governs us. Baranga has

this science of the subtlety of words, meanings, and humor. In this bubbly comedy, I add

the joy of working with an extraordinary team of actors. I start with the "parents" Corina Dănilă and

Adrian Păduraru, two actors whom I love and appreciate, who bring in this show

their experience and talent, alongside the talented young actors I chose from over 250

participants in the casting (Vlad Vâlciu, Ana Vâlcu / Iulia Bibu, Georgiana Ionescu / Teodora Daiana

Păcurar, Dani Ionescu, Emanuel Varga). The comedy SICILIANA has the scent of nostalgia for the old

Bucharest, after which we all long who have been caught by the capital in its webs. Imagine how

it would be like, after finishing college, to have to go somewhere to the countryside, in a forgotten village

far from family, friends, and, most importantly, far from the charm of Bucharest.”