Opening Night: 26 June 2004
Author: Janusz Głowacki
Title: Cinders
Original Title:
Kopciuch
Director:
Will Pomerantz

Auditorium: Small Theatre
Running time: 2 hours 30 min, one interval

Cinders

director: Will Pomerantz
set design: Paweł Dobrzycki
music: Olena Leonenko
associate director: Jan Skotnicki

Cast:

Inspector Henryk Talar
Principal Mirosław Konarowski
Deputy Principal Krzysztof Wakuliński
Cinderella Agnieszka Grochowska (guest actress) / Patrycja Soliman (understudy; guest actress)
Prince Monika Dryl
Fairy Godmother Zofia Szulakowska (guest actress)
Mouse Kaja Wesołek (guest actress) / Patrycja Soliman (guest actress; from June 29, 2006)
Stepmother Katarzyna Ankudowicz (guest actress) / Magdalena Karel (guest actress, from January 5, 2006)
Father Monika Pikuła (guest actress) / Izabela Kała (understudy; guest actress)
Wicked Stepsister I Anna Nykowska (guest actress) / Izabela Kała (guest actress, from June 3, 2005) / Marta Chodorowska (guest actress; from April 26, 2006)
Wicked Stepsister II Katia Paliwoda (guest actress)
Director Artur Żmijewski
Cameraman Jerzy Łapiński / Maciej Kozłowski (from May 18, 2005) / Paweł Tołwiński (from October 10, 2007)
Clapper Loader / Electrician Robert Jarociński / Przemysław Stippa (from October 15, 2005)
Sound Technician Robert T. Majewski / Modest Ruciński (from October 30, 2004) / Bartłomiej Bobrowski (from May 18, 2005)
Guardian I Magdalena Gnatowska (guest actress)
Guardian II Dorota Ignatjew (guest actress)

Production team:

  • director's assistants: Marta Ogrodzińska, Dorota Ignatjew
  • lighting technicians: Piotr Sadziński, Dariusz Wieczorek
    sound technician: Marcin Bociński
  • stage manager: Dorota Ignatjew

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