The night after a show celebrating the 50th anniversary of a theater, the actors stay in the theater building, waiting for the morning. In the hungover dust they hallucinate (or not?) the audience, the music, the ghosts of the past and the... indigenous Americans. “Once Upon a Time in Novi Sad” is a lot of dance and singing, but also looking at the mirror and seeing who we are and why we make theater.

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Author: Urbán András

Directed by: Urbán András

Text: Urbán András with the contribution of Lénárd Róbert and Oláh Tamás

Music by: Szerda Árpád

Choreography: Gergye Krisztián

Scenography: Marija Kalabić

Costumes: Senka Ranisavljević 

Assistants of the director: Lénárd Róbert and Puskás Zoltán

Cast: Banka Lívia, Gabriella Crnkovity, Szalai Elor Emina, Faragó Edit, Ferenc Ágota, Figura Terézia, Giricz Attila, Gombos Dániel, Kőrösi István, Krizsán Szilvia, László Judit, Magyar Attila, Mészáros Árpád, Német Attila, Ozsvár Róbert, Pongó Gábor, Sirmer Zoltán, Szalai Bence

Students of the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad: Marijo Sadiković, Bagi Natália, Lea Dedovity Tomity, Greguss Lilla, Gusztony Endre

And: Darko Kolbas and Bába Tibor

Sponsors: The Cultural Council of the City of Novi Sad, Hungarian National Fond

Trigger warning: smoke, dry-ice, heavy lights and stroboscope 

Running time: 2 h (no intermission)

Performed in Hungarian, with English and Romanian translation