Spaime

Text: Alex Gorghe
With: David Drugaru, Anamaria Feraru, Silvana Mihai, Vlad Ionuț Popescu
Set design: Oana Micu
Movement direction: Mihai Mihalcea
Music: Nikita Dembinski
Graphic design and poster: Cătălin Rulea
Economic consultant: Vali Stan
Associate sociologist: Ioana Florea
Executive producer: Mihai Trăsnea
Assistant director and promotion: Robert Ioan
Director: David Schwartz

Biographies

Alex Gorghe is a playwright and screenwriter. He has written the scripts for the following theatre productions: Regnuri (2026, directed by Alex Ianăși), Supernormali (adapted from Supernormales by Esther Carrodeguas; 2026, directed by Mara Oprea), Ofofof (2025, directed by George Zamfir), Broscoiul (2025, directed by Carla Oncescu), Luceafăr. Sex (stage reading; 2025, directed by Gabi Sandu), Supernova (2025, directed by George Zamfir), Cartea de povești care era în timpul liber și astronaut (2025, directed by Mălina Andreescu), Odd Couture (2024, directed by Mara Oprea), Armageddon Rebranded (2024, directed by Iris Kovacs), Of of (stage reading; 2024, directed by Mara Oprea), Broscoiul (audio performance; 2024, directed by Robert Kocsis), Nepoți, Bunici și Asociații (2024, directed by Robert Kocsis), Auch (adapted from Tough by George Walker; 2024, directed by George Zamfir), Energie potențială (stage reading; 2023, directed by David Schwartz), Petunia (stage reading; 2023, directed by Kisz Kovacs), Memoriile unui LoLo (2023, directed by Mark-Christophe Demeter), Caro pubblico, noi abbiamo bisogno di parlare! (2023, self-directed), Câinele mamei mele (2023, directed by Luiza Mihăilescu), DN83 (2022, directed by Luiza Mihăilescu), Vânătoarea de struți (audio performance; 2022, directed by Andreea Lucaci), Părăsindu-ți mama (stage reading; 2020, directed by Radu Apostol), Mi-e rușine (2019, self-directed), and Băiatul cu șosete roz (2019, directed by Edda Coza / Andreea Ciocârlan).
He has written the screenplays for the films Lacună incomensurabilă (2026, directed by Maria Mitulescu), Margareta (2026, directed by Bogdan Alecsandru), Orgasm de Basm (2026, directed by Maria Mitulescu), Petunia (2024, directed by Maria Mitulescu), Film cu Banane (2018, self-directed), and Experiment nr. 1 (2017, self-directed).
He is also the author of the novel Fiul Cruzimii, published by Creator Publishing House in 2022.

David Schwartz (b. 1985) is a theatre director-dramaturg, theorist, cultural producer, and academic. He is a co-founder and coordinator of the Political Theatre Platform (since 2013), and between 2016 and 2019 he coordinated the artistic program at MACAZ – Coop Theatre in Bucharest. Since 2019, he has been a lecturer at the Faculty of Theatre at the “I. L. Caragiale” National University of Theatre and Film in Bucharest (UNATC). He holds a PhD in the history and theory of local political theatre from Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca. Since 2021, he has coordinated a transdisciplinary project focused on retranslating and promoting the work of Bertolt Brecht within the local cultural and theatrical context. He is currently working with Andra Tarara on a film about the 1920 bombing of the Romanian Senate. In his projects, he regularly collaborates with organizations and communities outside the artistic sphere, including nursing homes, senior citizens’ clubs, high schools, universities, trade unions, and professional associations.
Since 2006, he has collaborated with numerous state and independent institutions, including teatru-spălătorie in Chișinău, the National Theatre in Iași, Reactor in Cluj, the National Theatre in Bucharest, the Replika Centre for Educational Theatre, the State Jewish Theatre, Teatrul LUNI at Green Hours, the National Theatre in Craiova, the National Dance Centre Bucharest, and Teatrul Masca.
His performances, films, and theoretical works have been presented at festivals, events, and conferences in Austria, Canada, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Switzerland, France, Georgia, Germany, Israel, Italy, Kosovo, the Republic of Moldova, Poland, Romania, and Hungary.Spectacolul este o coproducție SAC/ și Platforma de Teatru Politic, în parteneriat cu Centrul Național al Dansului, Centrul de Teatru Educațional Replika și NON – Centru de Arte Performative. Face parte din proiectul AlgoRitm, cofinanțat de Administrația Fondului Cultural Național.

The performance is a co-production of SAC/ and the Political Theatre Platform, in partnership with the National Dance Centre Bucharest, Replika Centre for Educational Theatre, and NON – Centre for Performing Arts.
It is part of the AlgoRitm project, co-funded by the Administration of the National Cultural Fund.

Partners

Institutional Partners
Ministry of Culture, Aerowaves, Moving Balkans, European Union, Greek Embassy in Bucharest, Greek Union of Romania, Onassis Stegi, LINOTIP – Independent Choreographic Center, /SAC @ Berthelot & Malmaison, MNAC – National Museum of Contemporary Art of Romania, “I.L. Caragiale” National Theater, “Grigore Antipa” National Museum of Natural History, Petec Association, O2G Association, Teatre, Tangaj Collective Association, Cărturești, Cinema Union, Terapie Pentru Mișcare

Main Media Partners
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Media Partners
Zile si Nopti, Matca Magazine, Scena Magazine, Arta Magazine, Elle, TVR Cultural, Munteanu Recomandă, Agerpress, VisitBucharest, Radio Romania Cultural, Haute Culture, Liternet, The Institute, Ceașca de Cultură, Daily Magazine, Modernism, Zeppelin, Iscoada, B-Critic, România Pozitivă