Polish Premiere: 15 December 2007
Author: Isaac Bashevis Singer
Title: Stories for Children
Original Title: Stories for Children
Translator: Andrzej Polkowski
Director:
Piotr Cieplak

Auditorium: Boguslawski Hall
Running time: 2 hours 20 min, one interval

Stories for Children

director: Piotr Cieplak
set design: Andrzej Witkowski
music: Paweł Czepułkowski, Michał Litwiniec
stage movement: Leszek Bzdyl

Awards and Nominations:

2007 – The ASSITEJ Award for Artistic Excellence to Piotr Cieplak for direction of Stories for Children (prize awarded by the International Association of Theatre for Children and Young People ASSITEJ Poland)
2008 – The Warsaw Felix award in "the best theatre director" category to Piotr Cieplak for direction of Stories for Children
2008 – "Cultural Guarantee" award in "theatre" category to Piotr Cieplak for direction of Stories for Children (prize awarded by TVP Kultura - culture channel of Polish TV)

Cast:

Kamilla Baar
Monika Dryl / Joanna Gryga (from March 21, 2009; guest actress)
Beata Fudalej
Anna Gryszkówna / Ewa Szawłowska (from November 15, 2009; guest actress)
Joanna Kwiatkowska-Zduń / Kinga Ilgner (from April 26, 2008)
Wiesława Niemyska
Aneta Todorczuk-Perchuć
Anna Ułas
Andrzej Blumenfeld
Bartłomiej Bobrowski
Jarosław Gajewski
Arkadiusz Janiczek
Robert Jarociński
Waldemar Kownacki
Jerzy Łapiński
Grzegorz Małecki
Karol Pocheć 
Marcin Przybylski
Modest Ruciński
Wojciech Solarz
Krzysztof Stelmaszyk
Krzysztof Wakuliński
Leszek Zduń / Przemysław Stippa (from February 6, 2010)

Children play the roles of Rachel, Moshe, Shlomo, Esther and Menashe.

Production team:

  • director's assistant: Piotr Wojewódzki
  • set designer's assistants: Jadwiga Michalska, Anita Trzaskowska
  • lighting technicians: Zbigniew Szulim, Krzysztof Trzaskowski, Korneliusz Wieczorek
  • sound technicians: Rafał Barański, Mariusz Maszewski
  • stage manager: Krzysztof Kuszczyk
  • prompter: Alina Wieczorkówna

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