ROMAN MALAI, director, actor
Born in Chisinau. In 2017, he graduated from the Academy of Music, Theater, and Fine Arts of the Republic of Moldova with a degree in Theater and Film Acting (course of Silvia Berova, Maestru în artă al RM, and Vlad Ciobanu). In 2020, he graduated from Babeș-Bolyai University (Cluj-Napoca, Romania) with a degree in Theater Directing. While a student at the Academy of Music, Theater, and Fine Arts, he performed in productions at the Licurici Republican Puppet Theater and the A.P. Chekhov State Russian Drama Theater. He is currently an actor at the Satiricus National Theater and an actor and assistant director at the Chekhov State Russian Drama Theater.
Birthday: December 2nd
DIRECTOR’S WORKS AT THE CHEKHOV STATE DRAMA THEATRE
2025 – About how I.I. became up in people / Iacob Gribinenco
2025 – Turandot / based on a fiaba by Carlo Gozzi
ROLES IN THE REPERTOIRE
Chekhov – Machinery Chekhov / Matei Vișniec
ROLES OF PAST YEARS
Balzaminov – Oh, I wish I were married… / Alexander Ostrovsky
Old Man Simione – Manhood / Giulio Scarnacci and Renzo Tarabuzzi
Tushkevich – Web of Lies, The Karenins / based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy