Éder Enikő

Studies:

”Szentgyörgyi István” Academy of Theatre Arts, Târgu Mureș
Babeș–Bolyai University, pedagogical module, Cluj-Napoca

Year of graduation: 2002

Parts played at the Csiky Gergely Hungarian State Theatre:

• Cleaning lady – Keresztesi József - Cári Tibor: Dead Season, directed by: Kedves Emőke (2025)
• Helicanus, advisor to Pericles – W. Shakespeare: Pericles, Director: Philip Parr (2024)
• Mother of living girl – Ricz Ármin - Demeter Márk-Cristopher: boyz and girlz, Director: Ricz Ármin (2023)
• General – Kokan Mladenović: Birds, Director: Kokan Mladenović (2023)
• Ruth Wolff – Robert Icke: The doctor, Director: Andrei Șerban (2022)
• Gertrudis – Katona József - Szabó Borbála: Bánk, Director: Markó Róbert (2022)
• Alfa – Tasnádi-Sáhy Péter: Csaba Drops, Director: Tasnádi-Sáhy Péter (2022)
• Beauty – Peca Ștefan: The Parallel City – Iosefin, Director: Ana Mărgineanu (2021)
• Sarraghina, prostitute – Arthur Kopit, Maury Yeston: Nine, Adapted from the Italian original by Mario Fratti (2021)
• Character – Madách Imre: The Tragedy of Man, Director: Silviu Purcărete (2020)
• Genoni, doctor – Luigi Pirandello: Henry IV, Director: Victor Ioan Frunză (2019)
• Anna – Thomas Vinterberg - Mogens Rukov: The Commune, Director: Radu-Alexandru Nica (2018)
• Rabbit – Alan Alexander Milne: Winnie the Pooh, Director: Kedves Emőke (2018)
• Character – [SÓ MASZK GÓ ON], Written and directed by Szász Enikő (2018)
• Snow Queen – Based on Hans Christian Andersen: The Snow Queen, Director: Traian Savinescu (2018)
• Brenda – Patrick Ellsworth: Dancer in the Dark, Director: Kocsárdi Levente (2018)
• Enikő – EXIT, Director: Schilling Árpád (2017)
• Mrs. Bergmann – Frank Wedekind: Spring Awakening, Director: Csábi Anna (2017)
• Madelaine Béjart – Based on Molière: The Versailles Impromptu, or The Monkey House, Director: Sardar Tagirovsky (2017)
• Character – Shakespeare, Sonnet 66, Director: Kokan Mladenović (2017)
• Old Woman – Tuncer Cücenoğlu: Avalanche, Director: Kedves Emőke (2016)
• Character – Hungarian, Director: Urbán András (2016)
• Character – Radu Afrim: The Life and Death of the Spectator Told in Superficial and Innocent Stories, Director: Radu Afrim (2016)
• Singer – Shake Quartet: Pull It On!, Director: Molnos András Csaba (2015)
• Peggy – Gerome Ragni – James Rado – Galt MacDermot: Hair, Director: Puskás Zoltán (2015)
• Character – Co-production with the German State Theatre of Timișoara: Moliendo Café, Director: Silviu Purcărete (2014)
• Jeanne – Wajdi Mouawad: Incendies, Director: Radu-Alexandru Nica (2014)
• Character – Based on John Milton’s Paradise Lost: Heaven and Earth, Directors: Döbrei Dénes, Varga Heni (2014)
• Cindy, Penny, Linda – Based on Nick Hornby: Up the Deep, Director: Kedves Emőke (2014)
• Little Fairy – Pintér Béla - Darvas Benedek: Peasant Opera, Director: Szikszai Rémusz (2013)
• Woman – Oleg and Vladimir Presnyakov: Before the Flood, Director: Szabó Máté (2012)
• Anitra, Groom’s Mother, Shepherd Girl, Chorus – Henrik Ibsen: Peer Gynt, Choreographer-Director: Horváth Csaba (2012)
• Mother-in-Law – Vinnai András: Furniture, Director: Göttinger Pál (2012)
• Mrs. Rák, Mother of Bea and Zsanett, Relic Seller – Németh Ákos: Deviance, Director: Németh Ákos (2011)
• Marquise de Merteuil – Andres Mariano Ortega - Erős Ervin - Kiss Csaba - Gyarmati Kata: Dangerous Liaisons, Director: Puskás Zoltán (2011)
• Charlotta Ivanovna – A. P. Chekhov: The Cherry Orchard, Director: László Sándor (2010)
• Character – Jimmy Roberts - Joe DiPietro: I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, Director: Puskás Zoltán (2009)
• Bugár Mara, diva – Tasnádi István: Titanic Water Revue, Director: Galambos Péter (2008)
• Character – Crazy Celebration (2007)
• Character – Karinthy Frigyes Memorial Program: This Is How I Write..., Director: Szász Enikő (2007)
• Réka – Szörényi Levente - Bródy János: Stephen, the King, Director: Vas-Zoltán Iván (2007)
• Police Officer – Zalán Tibor: Gogol: The Inspector General or Gogol, The Auditor, Director: Szabó K. István (2007)
• Character – Hungarian Song Evening: Krecsányi Workshop - The Song Has a Heart, Director: Fall Ilona (2007)
• Wrage – Urs Widmer: Top Dogs, Director: Laurian Oniga (2007)
• Aunt – Nagy András: The Seducer's Diary, Director: Kövesdy István (2006)
• Stefania – Szirmai-Bakonyi-Gábor: Mister Magnate, Director: Király István (2006)
• Don Octavio – Christian Dietrich Grabbe: Don Juan & Faust, Director: Alexander Hausvater (2005)
• Character – Nóti Károly - Pankl Tibor: Blind Window, Director: Demeter András (2005)
• Hédi – Szép Ernő: Lilac Acacia, Director: Verebes István (2005)
• Vorza – Maxim Gorky-Csemer-Sicoe: The Gypsy Camp, Director: Beatrice Rancea (2004)
• Character – Molnár Ferenc: Café Molnár, Director: Demeter András (2004)
• Tyákó, The Lovesick Jackdaw One-Man Show – Tersánszky Józsi-Jenő: Jackdaw’s Love, Director: Demeter András (2004)
• The Night – J. B. Molière: Amphitryon, Director: Csáki Csilla (2003)

Collaborations with Other Theatres 

Figura Studio Theatre, Gheorgheni (2002–2003)
Csíki Játékszín Theatre, Miercurea Ciuc (2003)
Hungarian Television MTV (2008–2009)
Csiky Gergely Theatre, Kaposvár (2008–2009)
Jókai Theatre, Békéscsaba (2013–2014, 2016–2017, 2021, 2025– )
Clasic Theatre Ioan Slavici, Arad (2018, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2025– )
Pinceszínház Theatre, Szeged (2021– )
Aradi Kamaraszínház Theatre (2010– ) 

Roles at University

Juci – Szilágyi Kellér: 3:1 for Love, directed by Eszter Novák, 1999

Lady Capulet – William Shakespeare: Romeo(s) and Juliet(s), directed by Gábor Rusznyák, 2001

Miss Camilla – Szigligeti Ede: Liliomfi, directed by Attila Szabó, 2002

The Fiddler – Józsi Jenő Tersánszky, musical, directed/composed by József Hencz, 2002

Other Roles

Musical Activity

• Singer – Shake Kvartett (2006– )
• Music (co-author), lyrics, vocals – Theo Herghelegiu: Tündéri, directed by Ernő Tapasztó | Arad Chamber Theatre – Jókai Theatre Békéscsaba – MASZK Association, 2013
• Music (co-author), vocals – Aradi gyertyák égnek, gala performance, Arad, 2013
• Music (co-author) – Eric Bogosian / José Saramago: Sex, drugs, gods & rock ‘n’ roll, directed by Ernő Tapasztó | Arad Chamber Theatre – MASZK Association, Szeged – Bakelit Multi Art Center, Budapest, 2014
• Music (co-author), lyrics – Sonkamenüett (based on the novel Strategy for Two Hams by Raymond Cousse), directed by Ernő Tapasztó | Jókai Theatre Békéscsaba – Arad Chamber Theatre, 2016
• Music (co-author), vocals – Béla Markó recital, directed by József Balog | Müpa Budapest, 2016
• Music (co-author), vocals – E-Líra 100, poetry performance | Arad Chamber Theatre, 2019
• Music (co-author), lyrics – Jaroslav Hašek – György Spiró: Švejk, directed by Ernő Tapasztó | Jászai Mari Theatre, Tatabánya, 2019
• Repetiteur – Bolba–Szente–Galambos: Group Therapy (Csoportterápia), musical, directed by Ernő Tapasztó | Ioan Slavici Classical Theatre, Arad, 2020
• Repetiteur – The School and the Family (after Ion Luca Caragiale), directed by Cristian Ban | Ioan Slavici Classical Theatre, Arad, 2021
• Music editor, piano – Mihály Csokonai Vitéz: The Widow Karnyó and the Two Scapegraces, directed by Ernő Tapasztó | Szeged Pinceszínház Theatre – Arad Chamber Theatre, 2021
• Director, music editor, repetiteur – We Go Together – Best of Musicals | Ioan Slavici Classical Theatre, Arad, 2021/2023

Film

• Soprano – Fly (2007), directed by Andrei Dăscălescu, Victor Dragoș, Bucharest
• Ophelia – Geniu, alchimistul (2010), directed by Péter Soós, Budapest
• Darbúlia Anna – Tündérkert – Epoca ispitelor, directed by István Madarász, Duna TV, 2023

Other Activities

• Hungarian Television - Budapest (MTV), 2008–2009
• Singer in the Timișoara-based band Shake Kvartett

Awards and Distinctions

• József Attila Poetry Festival – finalist, Veszprém, Hungary, 2005
• MTV Budapest, A TÁRSULAT casting show – winner of the role of Sarolt, 2008
• Gold Record – Stephen, the King, role: Sarolt, directed by János Szikora, 2008
• Pro Cultura Timisiensis, 2008
• Simonyi Sparkling Wine Award, 2009
• Simonyi Award for Public Life, 2010
• Best Entertainment Performance – Jimmy Roberts – Joe DiPietro: I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, Hungarian Theatre Festival XXII, Kisvárda, 2010
• Best Actress in a Leading Role – Hungarian Drama Competition, Vojvodina, Novi Sad, 2010
• Best Female Performance Award for the role of the Marquise de Merteuil – Heiner Müller: Quartet, IX Colloquium of National Minority Theatres, Gheorgheni, 2011
• Special Jury Prize – Heiner Müller: Quartet, for visual aesthetics and essayistic style, Gheorgheni, 2011
• Kölcsey Award, Arad, 2012
• Excellence Award of the Municipality of Arad, 2012
• Best Actress in a Leading Role – Quartet, ATELIER XX International Theatre Festival, Baia Mare, 2012
• Excellence Award of the Municipality of Timișoara, 2015
• Best Stage Music – Éder Enikő & Borsos Pál, Theo Herghelegiu: Tündéri, ATELIER International Theatre Festival, Baia Mare, 2016
• Best Actress of the Season – Hungarian State Theatre “Csiky Gergely” Timișoara, 2017
• Special Jury Prize – Theo Herghelegiu: Tündéri, Hungarian Theatre Festival XXIX, Kisvárda, 2017
• Best Performance – Mihály Csokonai Vitéz: The Widow Karnyó and the Two Scapegraces, 12th National Meeting of Soltis Lajos Theatres, Celldömölk, Hungary, 2021
• Best Supporting Actress – role: Samu, Hungarian Theatre Festival 33, Kisvárda, 2021
• Best Female Performance – nomination – role: Samu, ATELIER 27 International Theatre Festival, Baia Mare, Romania, 2021
• Poór Lili Award