The Lucky Ones
Happiness can be perverse – it comes when no one invites it, and sometimes it looks completely different than we expected. Tadeusz Kuta's Szczęściarze (The Lucky Ones) is a classic, intelligent situation comedy in which the everyday life of Bol and Niuńcia, an average couple from a housing estate, is turned upside down by a lottery win and a series of unexpected guests. Among those who drop in are an eccentric street artist, a priest with a sense of humor, a bishop with an ego, and a businessman with... imagination. Suddenly, the home that knew only routine begins to buzz with absurdity, comedy, and questions about what is really important in life.
This is theater full of humor, but not shallow laughter—rather, laughter that helps you look at yourself with distance. The dialogues are witty, the situations are taken from real life, and at the same time full of theatrical finesse. The comedy does not arise from jokes for the sake of jokes, but from a precise observation of human nature, the clash of appearances with reality, spirituality with consumption, routine with dreams.
The Lucky Ones is a text that has been tested and loved by audiences – performed hundreds of times at Teatr Nasz and several repertory theaters in Poland. It is a comedy that hits the mark without offending anyone. Light, but not trivial. Funny, but with a deeper meaning. Perfect for today's times – and for any evening when we just want to... have a good laugh and feel a little better.
Characteristics of the characters:
- Bolo, approx. 50 years old, a gray-haired clerk living according to a routine: work, home, vacation, work, home, vacation
- Niuńcia, approx. 50 years old (maybe younger), a naive idiot type, unemployed, likable
- Mr. Aniołek, the personification of a free spirit, earns a living by performing on the streets, full of charm and empathy. A character as if taken from the flower power era, a colorful pacifist. Age rather undefined, between 30 and 45
- Father Stefan, may be the son of Niuńcia and Bola's friends, and therefore around 30 years old. He may also be their school friend, and therefore of a similar age to Niuńcia and Bola. Good-natured, righteous, with a great sense of humor, open and honest
- Bishop, eager for praise, greedy for money, a 60-year-old with no sense of humor, but arousing sympathy rather than dislike
- President, aged 40-50, a typical businessman, making money from shady deals, unscrupulous, rather crude and primitive, but harmless
- Vice-president, aged 30-40, simple, not very bright, not to say primitive, at times funny, even a caricature of a representative of the contemporary business elite. A mirror image of the President. His presence allows the President to alleviate his complexes