JERZY TRELA
Actor, pedagogue. After graduating from PWST in Cracow, he got involved with the Stary Theatre, performing the role of Philip in “Król Mięsopust” (directed by B. Hussakowski, 1970). While cooperating with many theatres in Warsaw (National, Drama, Na Woli, Ateneum, Polonia) and in Cracow (STU, Ludowy, Juliusz Słowacki), he still remains faithful to the Stary Theatre scene and team. Jerzy Trela is an artist of a great talent and unlimited possibilities. Several dozen roles created in the Stary Theatre fit squarely within the scene’s postwar history. His acting personality has been shaped by creations such as Gustaw-Konrad in “Dziady” and Konrad in “Wyzwolenie.” He learned the craft of acting while working under Jerzy Jarocki’s supervision (“Szewcy,” “Wiśniowy sad,” “Rewizor,” “Życie jest snem,” “Ślub,” “Faust”), who spotted in his acting his characteristic traits: the perspective, the auto-irony, and the sense of the absurd. Jerzy Trela has also worked with Andrzej Wajda (“Tragiczna historia Hamleta księcia Danii,” “Zemsta,” “Wesele”), Jerzy Grzegorzewski (“Wesele,” “Tak zwana ludzkość w obłędzie,” “Dziady – XII improwizacji”), Krystian Lupa (“Powrót Odysa,” “Lunatycy”), Mikołaj Grabowski (“Irydion,” “Tango Gombrowicz,” “Wyzwolenie”), Kazimierz Kutz (“Damy i huzary,” “Pieszo”), Piotr Cieplak (“Król umiera, czyli ceremonie”). A laureate of many drama, film and television prizes, Jerzy Trela has been for many years a professor at PWST in Cracow. In 2010 he was awarded the Mistrz Mowy Polskiej title and in 2011 honoured with a Commander Cross with an Order of Polonia Restituta Star.
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