Kocsárdi Levente

Place and date of birth:

October 17 1974, Făgăraș

Studies: 

Bachelor's Degree in Acting – Department of Theatre Arts, Faculty of Letters, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Hungarian Section, 1997.

Master's Degree in Directing – Faculty of Theatre and Television, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, 2018.

Parts played at the Csiky Gergely Hungarian State Theatre: 

• Helge - Thomas Vinterberg & Mogens Rukov/Bo Hansen: Festen, director: Eugen Jebeleanu (2026)
• Popă - Örkény István: Tót Family, Director: Horváth Hunor (2025)
• King Danaos - Danaos, Director: Kristóf Szabó (2024)
• Gower - W. Shakespeare: Pericles, Director: Philip Parr (2024)
• Banka - Kokan Mladenović: Birds, Director: Kokan Mladenović (2023)
• Fermo Merisi, Pope - András Visky: Caravaggio, Director: Andrei Visky (2022)
• Actor - Peca Ștefan: A Parallel City – Factory City, Director: Ana Mărgineanu (2022)
• Kozma - Adrian Sitaru: The Man Who Could Only Say What He Read, Director: Adrian Sitaru (2021)
• ROVAR - Andrzej Saramonowicz: Testosterone (2020), Artistic Advisor: Emőke Kedves (2020)
• Actor - Imre Madách: The Tragedy of Man, Director: Silviu Purcărete (2020)
• Actor - SWAN LAKE REVISITED, Director: Kokan Mladenović (2019)
• Patrick Ellsworth: Dancer in the Dark (2018), Director: Levente Kocsárdi
• Ole - Thomas Vinterberg-Mogens Rukov: The Commune, Director: Radu-Alexandru Nica (2018)
• Actor - [SÓ MASZK GÓ ON], Written and Directed by: Enikő Szász (2018)
• Actor - Based on Molière: The Versailles Improv or the Monkey House, Director: Sardar Tagirovsky (2017)
• Actor - Shakespeare, Sonnet 66, Director: Kokan Mladenović (2017)
• Actor - Sándor Márai: Peace in Ithaca, Director: Boris Liješević (2016)
• Actor - Radu Afrim: The Life and Death of the Spectator Told in Shallow and Innocent Stories, Director: Radu Afrim (2016)
• Endgame (2016) - Director: Levente Kocsárdi
• Steve - Gerome Ragni – James Rado – Galt MacDermot: Hair, Director: Zoltán Puskás (2015)
• Boss - John Steinbeck: Of Mice and Men, Director: Sándor László (2015)
• Actor - Kokan Mladenović-Kornélia Góli: The Beggar's Opera, Director: Kokan Mladenović (2015)
• ROVAR – The Groom’s Friend, Microbiologist - Andrzej Saramonowicz: Testosterone, Artistic Coordinator: Emőke Kedves (2015)
• Actor - Co-production with the Timișoara State German Theatre: Moliendo Café, Director: Silviu Purcărete (2014)
• Doctor, Tour Guide, Photojournalist - Wajdi Mouawad: Forest Fire, Director: Radu-Alexandru Nica (2014)
• Actor - Based on John Milton's Paradise Lost: Heaven and Earth, Director: Dénes Döbrei, Heni Varga (2014)
• Gus - Dirty Work, Director: Eszter Gyulay (2013)
• Feri - Béla Pintér - Benedek Darvas: Peasant Opera, Director: Rémusz Szikszai (2013)
• 1st Man - Oleg and Vladimir Presnyakov: Before the Flood, Director: Máté Szabó (2012)
• Quail - András Vinnai: Furnitur, Director: Pál Göttinger (2012)
• Cardinal - Thomas Bernhard: Immanuel Kant, Director: Alexandru Colpacci (2011)
• Actor - Crazy Seasons, Director: The Company (2011)
• Fortinbras - Tom Stoppard: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Director: Victor Ioan Frunză (2009)
• Biomarket Buyers, Physiotherapy Patients - Zoltán Egressy: June, Director: Victor Ioan Frunză (2009)
• Actor - Amor omnia, Screenplay and Direction: Peter Pashov − Zheni Pashova (2009)
• Art Patronizing Population - István Tasnádi: Titanic Water Revue, Director: Péter Galambos (2008)
• Grey - Brothers Grimm: The Bremen Town Musicians, Director: The Company (2008)
• Tamas - Ödön von Horváth: The Village Without Men, Director: Viola Török (2008)
• Ignác - Ernő Szép: Pharmacy, Director: Éva Patkó m.v. (2007)
• Boy 2 - János Gyöngyharmat, Director: Éva Lábadi m.v. (2007)
• Actor - Frigyes Karinthy Memorial Program: This Is How I Write..., Director: Enikő Szász (2007)
• Astrik - Levente Szörényi - János Bródy: King Stephen, Director: Iván Vas-Zoltán (2007)
• iVAN kUZMICS sPEKIN, Postmaster - Tibor Zalán: Gogol: The Inspector or Gogol, The Inspector, Director: István Szabó K. (2007)
• Tschudi - Urs Widmer: Top Dogs, Director: Laurian Oniga (2007)
• Tulipán, Tailor - Gergely Csiky: The Free-loaders, Director: Viola Török (2006)
• Actor - Annamária Ferenczy's Podium Program: For Me, Life is the Theatre, Director: Péter Dukász (2006)
• Host - Radu Macrinici: Lolita Mama, Director: István Szabó K. (2006)
• Pixi - Szirmai-Bakonyi-Gábor: Miska the Magnate, Director: István Király (2006)
• Actor - Jenő Heltai: Gentleman’s Rights, Director: Péter Dukász (2005)
• Court Master - Georg Büchner: Land of Possibilities, Director: Emese Szilágyi (2005)
• Actor Leo - Ernő Szép: Lilac Acacia, Director: István Verebes (2005)
• Time - Paul Foster: Mirror Duet, Director: László Vadas (2005)
• Hussars - Lajos Parti Nagy: Ibusár, Director: István Kövesdy (2005)
• Kiss - Gábor Görgey: Where’s the Pistol, My Friend?, Director: László Vadas (2005)
• Young Gentleman - Jenő Heltai: The Gentlemen’s Menagerie, Director: Péter Dukász (2004)
• Sergeant - Maxim Gorky-Csemer-Sicoe: The Gypsy Camp, Director: Beatrice Rancea (2004)
• Actor - Ferenc Molnár: Café Molnár, Director: András Demeter (2004)
• Actor - Matei Vișniec: The History of Communism for the Insane, Director: Victor Ioan Frunză (2003)
• Naukrátész - J. B. Molière: Amphitryon, Director: Csilla Csáki (2003)
• Guildenstern - William Shakespeare: Hamlet, Director: Victor Ioan Frunză (2003)
• Gyuri - György Spiró: The Inn at the Great Pit or Liliomfi, Director: Attila Keresztes (2002)
• Baron - Louis Verneuil: I’m Angry With You, Director: Enikő Szász (2002)
• Actor - Joseph Stein - Jerry Bock - Sheldon Harnick: Fiddler on the Roof, Director: Iván Vas-Zoltán (2002)
• Actor - Jenő Rejtő: The Cracked Gong (One Succeeds, the Other Doesn’t), Director: András Demeter (2001)
• Actor - Jenő Rejtő: The Cracked Gong (A Cup of Tea), Director: András Demeter (2001)
• Actor - Győző Balogh: The Shrewish Ginny, Director: Attila Vizauer (2000)
• Espinoza - Radu Macrinici: The Gospel of Thomas, Director: Anca Maria Colteanu (2000)
• Roland - Gergely Csiky: The Irresistible, Director: József Ball (2000)
• Actor, Painter - Hello, Cabaret Again, Director: Ilona Fall (1999)
• Boy - Ken Ludwig: Othello Seeks, Director: Bernd von Bömches (1999)
• Löfner Clerk, Czech Soldier, Guard, Soldier Deserter, Volunteer - Jaroslav Hašek: The Good Soldier Švejk, Director: Árpád Árkosi (1999)
• Cowardly Lion - L. Frank Baum: The Wizard of Oz, Director: Tünde Tóth (1999)
• Leone Strozzi - Alfred de Musset: Lorenzaccio, Director: Victor Ioan Frunză (1998)
• Boy - Jean-Paul Sartre: No Exit, Director: Alexandra Gandi (1998)
• Wolf Fur - Péter Geszti - Pál Békés - László Dés: The Jungle Book, Director: Iván Vas-Zoltán (1997)
• Marmeladov - Fyodor Dostoevsky: Marmeladov, Director: Andrea Spolarics (1997)

Collaborations with other theatres:

• Actor, Ioan Slavici Classical Theatre, Arad, 2017–2019
• Actor, National Theatre Timișoara, 2001–2002
• Director, Arte-Factum Independent Theatre Company, 2008–present

Directing (selected works):

• Hamlet mortuus est, William Shakespeare: Hamlet, Arte-Factum Independent Theatre Company, 2025
• Recviem Înainte de Recviem, Mona Donici: Înainte de Recviem, Arte-Factum Independent Theatre Company, 2024
• Hamlet intro:spect, performative installation, William Shakespeare: Hamlet, Arte-Factum Independent Theatre Company, 2024
• #dosztoievskij b@r/reTurn, F. M. Dostoevsky: Crime and Punishment, Arte-Factum Independent Theatre Company, 2023
• Monoloagele solitudinii, Mona Donici: Monoloagele solitudinii, Arte-Factum Independent Theatre Company, 2023
• Eréndira&bună-sa/replayed, Gabriel García Márquez: The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother, Arte-Factum Independent Theatre Company, 2022
• Rutabaga Country. Zigzag Journeys, Carl Sandburg: Rootabaga Stories, Merlin Theatre for Children and Youth, 2021
• dosztoievskij b@r/reopening, F. M. Dostoevsky: Crime and Punishment, Arte-Factum Independent Theatre Company, 2021
• Dr. Faustus theater-concert, Thomas Mann: Doctor Faustus, Arte-Factum Independent Theatre Company, 2019
• dosztoievskij b@r, F. M. Dostoevsky: Crime and Punishment, Arte-Factum Independent Theatre Company, 2019
• Eréndira & bună-sa/remix, Gabriel García Márquez: The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother, Arte-Factum Independent Theatre Company, 2018
• Eréndira & bună-sa, Gabriel García Márquez: The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother, Arte-Factum Independent Theatre Company, 2017
• The Art of Farting – The Dalian Lecture of Count de Trompette, Salvador Dalí: Diary of a Genius, 2009
• Marmeladov, one-man show, F. M. Dostoevsky: Crime and Punishment, 2000

Acting with other companies (selected works):

• Hamlet, Hamlet Mortuus Est, Arte-Factum Independent Theatre Company (2025)
• Levente, Gala Libertății, Municipality of Timișoara & 4 Proof Film (2024)
• Cru, Ismene Dancing, F.A.C.E Visual Performing Arts, Cologne, Germany (2024)
• Semyon Zakharovich Marmeladov, #dosztoievskij b@r/reTurn, Arte-Factum Independent Theatre Company (2023)
• Music – Dr. Faustus theater-concert, Director: Kocsárdi Levente | Arte Factum Independent Company, 2022
• Actor, director, music editor - Based on Fyodor Dostoevsky: #dosztojevskij b@r/reopening, Director: Kocsárdi Levente | Arte Factum Independent Company, 2022
• Marmeladov, dosztoievskij b@r/reopening, Arte-Factum Independent Theatre Company (2021)
• Adrian Leverkühn / Mephistopheles / Serenus Zeitblom, Dr. Faustus theater-concert, Arte-Factum Independent Theatre Company (2019)
• Marmeladov, dosztoievskij b@r, Arte-Factum Independent Theatre Company (2019)
• Director, actor, composer - Based on Salvador Dalí: A durrantás művészete, avagy de la Trompette grófjának Dali-i konferenciája (The Art of the Bang, or Count de la Trompette’s Dalí Conference) - solo performance | Auăleu Theatre, (2010)
• Count de Trompette, The Art of Farting, independent production (2009)
• The Lieutenant - Based on Stefan Zweig: Amoc, dir. Alexander Hausvater | Arad Ioan Slavici Classical Theatre, 2008
• Decalog (The Ten Commandments) - Tap dance and pantomime performance, dir. Laurian Oniga | Arad Ioan Slavici Classical Theatre (2008)
• Mistletoe – performance by Fall Ilona and Levente Kocsárdi, touring Romania, Sweden, Germany, Austria and Hungary (2006–2007)
• Prince Philip - Based on Witold Gombrowicz: Ivonne, Duchess of Burgundy, dir. Anca Maria Colţeanu | Timișoara National Theatre, 2001
• Drugics - Based on Iván Mándy: Régi idők focija (Football of Old Times), dir. Telihay Péter | Szeged National Theatre, 1999

University Roles / University Theatre Productions

• N - Slawomir Mrozek: Mulatság (Celebration), 1997, dir. Salat Lehel
• Hypolite - Seneca: Phaedra, 1997, dir. Radu Afrim
• Chebutikin, Ivan Romanovich - Chekhov: Three Sisters, 1997, dir. Radu Afrim

Other Performances:

• Fagyöngy (Mistletoe) - Advent performance by Fall Ilona and Kocsárdi Levente | Sweden, Germany, Austria, Hungary, 2003
• Marmeladov (monodrama) - Based on Dostoevsky: Crime and Punishment | Sibiu - European Capital of Culture, August 2007
• Marmeladov (monodrama) - Based on Dostoevsky: Crime and Punishment | Pécs, Transylvanian Hungarian Festival, October 2007
• Marmeladov (monodrama) - Based on Dostoevsky: Crime and Punishment | Bucharest, ArtDeal Festival, November 2007
• Marmeladov (monodrama) - Based on Dostoevsky: Crime and Punishment | Bucharest, ArtDeal Festival, March 2023
• Perisztethairos - Based on Aristophanes: Madarak (Birds), dir. Vadas László | Oradea State Theatre, 2006

Other Activities:​

MUSICAL COMPOSITIONS:

• Café Molnár, based on plays by Ferenc Molnár, temesvári Csiky Gergely Állami Magyar Színház, 2004
• The Art of Farting, based on Diary of a Genius by Salvador Dalí, 2009
• Bird of Time (Időmadárijesztő), a concert performance of Hungarian poetry, 2009
• Dr. Faustus theater-concert, Arte-Factum Independent Theatre Company, 2019 

FILM:  

• Claudia, short film, directed by Adrian Sitaru
• Television recordings: Lorenzaccio, 1998 

THEATRE PEDAGOGY

• Arte-Factum Theatre Introspection Laboratory, 2017–present 
• Treplev’s Complete Performance, acting workshop within the framework of the European Theatre Lab project, Creative Europe, co-funded by Homemade Culture through the Theatre in Palm platform, 2024

Awards and distinctions:

• UNITER Award for Best Performance, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard, directed by Victor Ioan Frunză, 2009
• Best Performance Award, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard, directed by Victor Ioan Frunză, Interethnic Theatre Festival, Arad, 2010
• Special Award for Theatre Music, awarded by the Égtájak Association at the 18th Festival of Sung Poetry (Énekelt Versek XVIII), Senta, Serbia, 2013
• Pro Cultura Timiensis Award, Timiș County Council, 2013
• Excellence Award of the Municipality of Timișoara, 2015