Polish Premiere: 9 October 2010
Author: Ödön von Horváth
Title: Casimir and Caroline
Original Title: Kasimir und Karoline
Translator: Jacek St. Buras
Director:
Gábor Zsámbéki

Auditorium: Boguslawski Hall

Casimir and Caroline

director: Gábor Zsámbéki
set design: Csörsz Khell
costume design: Barbara Hanicka
lighitng design: Jacqueline Sobiszewski
musical arrangement: Mirosław Jastrzębski

Cast:

Casimir Paweł Paprocki
Caroline Wiktoria Gorodeckaja
Rauch Henryk Talar
Speer Andrzej Blumenfeld
Schurzinger Oskar Hamerski
Frank Merkl Arkadiusz Janiczek
Erna of Frank Merkl Anna Grycewicz
Maria Joanna Kwiatkowka-Zduń
Elli Milena Suszyńska (guest actress)
Master of Ceremony Jerzy Łapiński
Juanita Magdalena Gnatowska (guest actress)
The Man with the Bulldog's Head Mateusz Jordan-Młodzianowski (guest actor)
The Fat Lady Elwira Szyszka (guest actress)
Waitress Aleksandra Prykowska (guest actress)
Paramedic Paweł Tołwiński 
Doctor Jacek Różański
Glutton Adam Molak (guest actor)

Aria Flying skylights by Paul Lincke performed by Wiktoria Gorodeckaja.

Production team:

  • director's assistants: Anna Turowiec, Andras Asztalos
  • set designer's assistant: Elwira Szyszka
  • costume designer's assistant: Anita Trzaskowska
  • lighting technicians: Krzysztof Stefan, Zbigniew Szulim
  • sound technicians: Rafał Barański, Mariusz Maszewski
  • stage manager: Krzysztof Kuszczyk
  • prompter: Jolanta Szydłowska

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