Kuta, Magdalena

A graduate of the acting faculty at the National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw, she worked initially at the Lubuski Theatre in Zielona Góra (1981–82), then at the Polski Theatre (1983–85) and Powszechny Theatre (1985–91) in Warsaw. Since 1991, she has been associated with Szwedzka 2/4, which morphed into the Rozmaitości Theatre (now TR Warszawa). Her most important roles at Szwedzka 2/4 included Marie in Georg Büchner’s Woyzeck (1993, dir. Wojciech Maryański), Wife in Gabriel García Lorca’s Blood Wedding (1990, dir. Krzysztof Kelm), Solange in Jean Genet’s The Maids (1991, dir. Krzysztof Kelm) and Lady in August Strindberg’s To Damascus (1994, dir. Marcin Jarnuszkiewicz). She also played in Marius von Mayenburg’s Fireface, directed by Paweł Łysak (1998) and in Ingmar Villqist’s Helver’s Night, directed by the playwright at the Kriket Theatre in Chorzów (2000). At the TR Warszawa, she has performed in plays directed by Grzegorz Jarzyna (The Tropical Craze, 1997; The Celebration, 2001; All’s Good Between Us, 2009; G.E.N., 2017), Piotr Cieplak (A Dog’s Will, 1997), Krzysztof Warlikowski (The Bacchae, 2001), Przemysław Wojcieszek (Two Poor Romanians Speaking Polish, 2006), Artur Ildefons Urbański (Faithless, 2010), Krystian Lupa (City of Dreams, 2012), Michał Borczuch (My Struggle, 2017), and Wojtek Blecharz (SOUNDWORK, 2016).