Opening Night: 29 May 1999
Author: Tadeusz Różewicz
Title: The Card Index
Original Title:
Kartoteka
Director:
Kazimierz Kutz

Auditorium: Boguslawski Hall
Running time: 1 hour 30 min

 

The Card Index

director: Kazimierz Kutz
set design: Jerzy Kalina
musical arrangement: Mirosław Jastrzębski

Cast:

Protagonist Zbigniew Zamachowski
Mother Teresa Budzisz-Krzyżanowska
Father Jan Englert
Old Men Choir:
Old Man I Andrzej Blumenfeld
Old Man II Józef Duriasz
Old Man III Zbigniew Bogdański (guest actor)
Secretary Joanna Kwiatkowska-Zduń / Kinga Ilgner (from May 1, 2001)
Olga Beata Ścibakówna
Uncle Michał Pawlicki / Waldemar Kownacki (from May 1, 2000)
Miner Czesław Lasota (guest actor)
Guest in the Flat Cap Sławomir Federowicz (as a guest actor till August 31, 1999)
Guest in the Hat Mirosław Konarowski
Gentleman with a Part Jerzy Łapiński / Jacek Jarosz (from April 19, 2002; guest actor)
Fat Man Maciej Kozłowski / Arkadiusz Janiczek (from March 28, 2000) / Jacek Mikołajczak (from June 16, 2001)
Waitress Katarzyna Taracińska
Lady I Wiesława Niemyska / Ewa Konstancja Bułhak (from January 5, 2000) / Sylwia Nowiczewska (from January 11, 2000)
Lady II Sławomira Łozińska / Ewa Konstancja Bułhak (understudy)
Fat Woman Ewa Ziętek (guest actor) / Wiesława Niemyska (from January 5, 2000)
Young Woman Magdalena Warzecha
Teacher Marek Barbasiewicz
Childhood Friend Leszek Zduń / Łukasz Lewandowski (understudy)
Peasant Wojciech Malajkat / Paweł Tołwiński (from February 10, 2000)
Young Man Artur Żmijewski / Radosław Elis (from March 28, 2000)
Journalist Emilian Kamiński / Arkadiusz Janiczek (from June 1, 2000)

Production team:

  • director's assistants: Mariusz Bieliński (TA), Monika Powalisz (TA)
  • set designer's assistants: Jadwiga Michalska, Anita Trzaskowska
  • lighting technician: Krzysztof Trzaskowski
  • sound techniciansRafał Barański, Mariusz Maszewski
  • stage manager: Krzysztof Kuszczyk
  • prompter: Alina Wieczorkówna

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