Maria Kierzkowska
Academy of Dramatic Arts in Krakow, Campus Faculty (Puppetry) in Wroclaw. In Toruń since 1989.
She performs in:
Gabriela Zapolska “Four of Them” (Ich czworo)
dir .: Karina Piwowarska
premiere: 07.05.2011
“Concert of Wishes”
artistic assistance: Iwona Kempa, Jacek Bończyk
premiere: 07.10.2012
Béla Pintér “Queen of Cakes”
dir .: Ula Kijak
premiere: 06.04.2013
Astrid Lindgren “Pippi Longstocking”
dir. Adam Biernacki
premiere: 15.06.2013
Jarosław Jakubowski “Licheń story”
dir. Tomasz Hynek
premiere: 01.03.2014
Yasmina Reza, “God of Carnage”
dir. Bozena Suchocka
premiere: 10.05.2014
Wojciech Bogusławski, Stanisław Wyspiański, Witold Gombrowicz “Polish Face Expressions” (Polskie Miny)
dir. Mikołaj Grabowski
premiere: 20.12.2014
Marcin Wierzchowski “Kansas”
dir. Marcin Wierzchowski
premiere: 28.03.2014
Awards
- distinction for the role of Zośka in “The Supposed Miracle, or Cracovians and Highlanders” directed by: Andrzej Rozihin at the Twentieth Polish Theatre Confrontations “Polish Classics” in Opole (1995)
- grand prize for the female role, Agafya, in “Marriage” directed by: Marek Fiedor at the First Polish Festival of Comedies in Tarnów (1997)
- distinction for the role of Sonia in “Uncle Vanya” directed by: Andrzej Bubień at XL Kalisz Theatre Meetings in Kalisz (2000)
- Golden mask, the prize of the newspaper “Gazeta Pomorska” (2003)
- Golden mask in a reader poll of ” Gazeta Pomorska” for the most popular actress in the 2003/2004 season (2004)
- Award of the Nicholas Copernicus University for the role of Greta in “The Trap” directed by: Peter Gothár, taking into account the overall achievements in Toruń Theatre (2006)
- WILAM for the Most Popular Actress for the year 2006 (2007)
- award for the role of Mary Stuart in the performance “Mary Stuart” directed by: Grzegorz Wiśniewski at the Fourth Polish Competition for the Theatrical Staging of Historical Works of European Literature (2009)
Acting is for me … the opportunity to develop, passion, many difficult and beautiful moments
My favorite:
Book: “The Idiot” by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, “Chaika” by Anton Chekhov, “Correction” by Thomas Bernhard
Music: from classical music (W.A. Mozart, J.S. Bach, F. Chopin – Nocturne, L. van Beethoven, “Creole Mass” by A. Ramirez), through jazz (M. Davis) to the Buena Vista Social Club and Lhasa de Sela
Film: Scandinavian cinema (“Autumn Sonata” I. Bergman), “Nights of Cambria” F. Fellini, “The Piano” by J. Campion, “The Princess and the Warrior” T. Tykwer
Roles in Wilam Horzyca Theater
Aleksander Fredro “Random” (Pierwsza lepsza), “I am a killer” (Jestem zabójcą)
dir. Piotr Cieplak
Premiere: 2.12.1989
Zygmunt Krasiński / Tadeusz Konwicki “Polish Evening” (Wieczór polski)
dir. Krystyna Meissner
premiere: 18.02.1990
Federico Garcia Lorca “The House of Bernard Alba”
dir. Grzegorz Stanisławiak
premiere: 29.04.1990
Julian Tuwim “Soldier of the Queen of Madagascar” (Żołnierz królowej Madagaskaru)
dir. Piotr Cieplak
premiere: 21.09.1990
Moliere “The Bourgeois Gentleman”
dir. Yves Goulais
premiere: 26.02.1991
Tadeusz Różewicz “White Wedding”
dir. Jan Maciejowski
premiere: 7.12.1991
Jean Giraudoux “The Madwoman of Chaillot”
dir. John Błaszyński
premiere: 17.05.1992
“American blues” (Beth Henley, “I’m sad”)
dir. Krystyna Meissner
premiere: 20.09.1992
Igor Stravinsky “The Soldier’s Tale” (Historia żołnierza)
dir. Krystyna Meissner
premiere: 15.11.1992
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, “The Possessed”
dir. Jan Maciejowski
premiere: 02.05.1993
Wojciech Bogusławski “Supposed Miracle, or Cracovians and Highlanders” (Cud mniemany, czyli Krakowiacy i Górale)
dir. Andrzej Rozhin
premiere: 01.03.1994
Alfred de Musset “No Trifling with Love”
dir. Marek Fiedor
premiere: 08.05.1994
Carlo Goldoni “The Chioggia Scuffles”
dir. Wiesław Komasa
premiere: 19.03.1995
“American fairy tale for adults” (David Mamet “Frog Prince”)
dir. Krystyna Meissner
premiere: 16.09.1995
Bertold Brecht “Threepenny Opera”
dir. Marta Stebnicka
premiere: 18.12.1995
Stanislaw Wyspiański “The Curse”
dir. Tomasz Kowalski
premiere: 18.02.1996
Jan August Kisielewski “Caricatures”
dir. Iwona Kempa
premiere: 26.06.1996
Stanisław Wyspiański “The Wedding”
dir. Krystyna Meissner
premiere: 20.12.1996
Nikolai Gogol “Marriage”
dir. Marek Fiedor
premiere: 16.04.1997
Alessandro Fredro “Quick, what’s going on” (Gwałtu, co się dzieje!)
dir. Andrzej Bubień
premiere: 04.10.1997
Cezary Domagała / Tomasz Bajerski “Pinocchio, or musical story of the Good Upbringing” (Pinokio, czyli Muzyczna opowieść o Dobrym Wychowaniu)
dir. Cezary Domagała
premiere: 7.12.1997
Helmut Kajzar “Paternoster”
dir. Marek Fiedor
premiere: 07.11.1998
Marian Hemar “Beautiful Lucynda”
dir. W. Komasa
premiere: 27.03.1999
William Shakespeare “Richard III”
dir. Andrzej Bubień
premiere: 27.06.1999
Chekhov “Uncle Vanya”
dir. Andrzej Bubień
premiere: 20.11.1999
Jerzy Bielunas “In 80 days around the world after a hundred years”
dir. Jerzy Bielunas
premiere: 27.02.2000
Aleksander Fredro “Ladies and Husars”
dir. Andrzej Bubień
premiere: 25.11.2000
Witold Gombrowicz “Ivona, Princess of Burgundia”
dir. Andrzej Rozhin
premiere: 02.18.2001
Beauvais Ginette Garcin “Clan of widows”
dir. Ewa Marcinkówna
premiere: 06.05.2001
Jerzy Bielunas “I love Paris” (Kocham Paryż)
dir. Jerzy Bielunas
Premiere: 1.12.2001
Gabriela Zapolska “Morality of Mrs. Dulska”
dir. Andrzej Bubień
premiere: 24.03.2002
“Francis Villon at the railway station in the town K.”
dir. Marta Stebnicka
premiere: 9.11.2002
Peter Weiss “Marat / Sade”
dir. Andrzej Bubień
Premiere: 05.02.2003 Hamburg
15.02.2003 Toruń
Werner Schwab, “Die Präsidentinnen”
dir. Krzysztof Rau
premiere: 11.04.2003
Jan Brzechwa “Cinderella”
dir. Wieslaw Komasa
premiere: 12.09.2003
Anton Chekhov “The Cherry Orchard”
dir. Andrzej Bubień
premiere: 27.03.2004
Witold Gombrowicz “The Marriage”
dir. Elmo Nüganen
Premiere: 8.10.2004
Thomas Vinterberg, Mogens Rukov “Celebration”
dir. Norbert Rakowski
prem. 29.10.2005
Tadeusz Różewicz “The Trap”
dir. Peter Gothár
premiere: 07.01.2006
William Shakespeare “Midsummer Night’s Dream”
dir. Paweł Łysak
premiere: 25.03.2006
Euripides “Medea”
dir .: Marcin Wierzchowski
Premiere: 7.10. 2006
John Guy “Beggar’s Opera. Concert for 21 actors “
directed by the team
premiere: 31.12.2006.
Hanoch Levin “Suicase Packers”
dir .: Iwona Kempa
premiere: 31.03.2007
Friedrich Schiller “Mary Stuart”
dir. Grzegorz Wiśniewski
premiere: 02.02.2008
Howard Brenton “In Extremis. The story of Abelard and Heloise “
dir. Iwona Kempa
premiere: 10.05.2008
William Shakespeare “Hamlet”
dir .: Małgorzata Bogajewska
Premiere: 8.11.2008
Vladimir Sorokin, “Dostoevsky-trip”
dir. Vasily Sienin
premiere: 30.12.2008.
János Hay “I promise to love you and be faithful to you”
dir .: Iwona Kempa
premiere: 28.03.2009
Henrik Ibsen “The Wild Duck”
dir. Agnieszka Lipiec – Wróblewska
premiere: 5.12.2009
“Caritas. Two minutes of silence “
concept: Lies Pauwels
premiere: 27.03.2010
“The new Don Quixote,” based on texts by Aleksander Fredro
the idea of staging: Katarzyna Raduszyńska
artistic assistance: Iwona Kempa
premiere: 08.01.2011
Gabriela Zapolska “Four of Them” (Ich czworo)
dir. Karina Piwowarska
premiere: 07.05.2011
“Concert of Wishes”
artistic assistance: Iwona Kempa, Jacek Bończyk
premiere: 07.10.2012
Béla Pintér “Queen of Cakes”
dir .: Ula Kijak
premiere: 06.04.2013
Astrid Lindgren “Pippi Longstocking”
dir. Adam Biernacki
premiere: 15.06.2013
Roles outside Wilam Horzyca Theater
Singer Isaac Bashevis, “The Magician of Lublin” (Sztukmistrz z Lublina)
dir. Jan Szurmiej
Edmund Wierciński Wrocław Contemporary Theatre, Wroclaw
premiere: 12.12.1986
Pedro Calderon de la Barca “Magic of sin”
dir. Mirosław Kocur
Second Wrocław Studio, Wrocław
premiere: 01.30.1989
Martin Buber “Elijah”
dir. Mirosław Kocur
Second Studio Wroclaw, Wroclaw
premiere: 18.06.1988
Roles in Theatre TV, film and television
Films
“Fruits of Love” (Owoce miłości) dir. Marek Żydowicz (2001) – lover
Tv Series
“Defect” (Defekt), “Doctors” (Lekarze)