Kuta, Tadeusz

Born in 1959, author, actor, director, graduate of the PWST in Wrocław. After graduating, he worked in state theaters in Jelenia Góra and Toruń. Together with his wife Jadwiga Kuta, he founded, built, and ran the private, intimate Teatr Nasz theater in Michałowice near Szklarska Poręba. Teatr Nasz is a phenomenon on a national scale, as a completely financially and artistically independent institution that operated continuously from 1991 to 2021. The theater has nearly 50 premieres and approximately 4,500 performances to its credit. Tadeusz Kuta served as director, actor, writer, screenwriter, director, set designer, and theater producer at his theater. He is the author of several original scripts for cabaret, musical, and journalistic performances, as well as many plays. Performances “Our Class,” “Time to Leave,” “I Like to Make You Laugh,” “Fire in the Notes,” , “Christmas Eve,” “Laundry,” “Lucky Ones,” “Geriatrix Show,” “Deja vu, or Elevator to Heaven,” “Sparrow's Dream,” and “The Special Case of Zenobiusz Pert” are plays by Tadeusz Kuta that could be seen on the stage of the theater in Michałowice in the last years of its activity. Some of the performances were staged in other theaters in Poland: the Lubuski Theater in Zielona Góra, the Mały Theater in Manufaktura in Łódź, the Bo Tak Theater in Rzeszów, and the TeTaTeT Theater in Kielce.

Theatre roles:
at the C. K. Norwid Theatre in Jelenia Góra:
“Indyk”, text by Marek Bartkowicz, music by Cezary Żak and Marek Bartkowicz – Cabaret Program of Students of the PWST in Wrocław, 1982
“Ulrich i Agata”, Robert Musil – Ulrich, diploma performance, 1984
“Zwierzęta Hrabiego Cagliostro”, Andrzej Bursa – Bartłomiej, 1983/1984
“Lekarz mimo woli”, Molière – Walery, 1983/1984
“Cyrkowe Przygody Mateusza Chudeusza”, Jerzy Bielunas – COCO the clown, 1984/1985
“Romans z wodewilu", Władysław Krzemiński – Felek, 1984
“Hamlet”, William Shakespeare – Bernardo, 1985
“Skarby i upiory”, Maciej Wojtyszko – Captain Chołodko's aide, 1985/1986
“Boso, ale w ostrogach”, Stanisław Grzesiuk – Staszek, 1986
“Kabaret”, Jan Pietrzak, music by Jan Pietrzak and Włodzimierz Korcz, 1986
“Kabaret Pod Pierzyną”, 1986
“O ślicznych kwiatkach i strasznym potworze”, Janusz Odrowąż – Mr. Mak, 1986/1987,

at the Wilam Horzyca Theater in Toruń:
“Operetta”, Witold Gombrowicz – Thief, 1988/89
“An Evening with Tuwim”, 1987–1990
“Romeo and Juliet”, William Shakespeare – Romeo, 1988/1989
“The Flea”, Yevgeny Zamyatin – Herod, 1989

at the Our Theater in Michałowice:
over a hundred roles in original productions by the Our Theater.

Awards and distinctions:
1989: 31st Festival of Northern Polish Theaters in Toruń – acting award for the role of Herod in “The Flea” by Yevgeny Zamyatin
1993: “Wytrych” – award from Jelenia Góra journalists “For artistic phenomenon, courage and activity” for Jadwiga and Tadeusz Kutów
1997: distinction with the badge of the Minister of Culture and Art of the Republic of Poland: “Distinguished Cultural Activist”
1999: “Silver Key” for Jadwiga and Tadeusz Kutów in the category “Theatrical Phenomenon” in 1998
1999: PrzeWAŁka National Review of Acting Cabaret Performances and National Cabaret Text Competition in Szczawno Zdrój – Distinction and Audience Award,
2002, 2005, 2007: Silver Key in the Nowiny Jeleniogórskie readers' poll for the most popular actor on the Jelenia Góra stage
2009: Awarded the title of honorary citizen of the town of Piechowice
2014: Distinction from the Jerzy Boniecki Polcul Foundation for Jadwiga and Tadeusz Kuta for their cultural activities
2016: Awarded the Bronze Medal for Merit to Culture Gloria Artis
2017: Deja vu, czyli windą do nieba (Deja vu, or Elevator to Heaven) – first prize at the 19th Review of Small Theater Forms Summer Stage organized by the House of Literature in Łódź

Tadeusz Kuta about himself:
I love: my wife, daughter, life, theater, dogs, cats, mountains, and cycling.
I don't love: rudeness, lies, violence, and flies that land on my food.
I tolerate: everything else.