Ivanov

Chekhov’s play tells the story of Nikolai Ivanov, a man burdened with debt and surrounded by people he does not understand. The absurd, the lack of sense, the existential embarrassment are the coordinates of this character. The list above is completed by an alternation of happiness and depression, generated by the world in which Ivanov lives ‒ a society eroded by gossip, gamblers, heavy drinkers and upstarts.

Claudiu Goga is a directing professor at the University of Theater and Cinematography "I.L. Caragiale", Bucharest. He was director of the "Sică Alexandrescu" Theater in Braşov, and the director of the Contemporary Dramaturgy Festival in Brașov. As an artistic director, he has produced dozens of performances at theaters of Bucharest, Braşov, Craiova, Galați, Timişoara, Târgu-Mureş, Arad, Iaşi, Bacău and Cluj Napoca, as well as radio and television plays. In 1999, he received the UNITER Award for debut – "Conu' Leonida faţă cu reacţiunea" by I.L. Caragiale, at "Sică Alexandrescu" Theatre, in Braşov. For the same production, he also received the Academy Award for Theater and Film, as well as the Best Director Award at the Theater Festival in Slobozia. Throughout his career, he has received several awards for directing at theater festivals in Bucharest, Brașov, Galați or Timișoara. In 2010, Claudiu Goga received the UNITER Award for Radio Drama, for directing the play "Dumnezeul de a doua zi" by Cornel Mimi Brănescu.