About us | UNITER

The UNITER Association – The Romanian Theatre Union is a professional, apolitical, non-governmental and non-profit organization, established through the free association of creators in the field of theatre.

UNITER is a system which has partnership relations with the institutionalised, state and private theatre system, representing theatre people from the entire country while consolidating and animating the movement supporting theatrical art. UNITER is committed to supporting and developing Romanian theatre, in valorising the national and universal cultural heritage, through the programs and projects of national and international interest that it conducts annually.

The principles of establishing this professional organization were freedom of expression, creation, association, the right to autonomy, a free voice in the national and international cultural concert, an uncomplicated openness towards world culture and, without a doubt, the defense of the interests of theatre people of different professions. Without having a deliberate union structure, UNITER also anticipated in its statute a well-configured social component.

UNITER was founded in 1990 (February) and has been active for 35 years. As a result of its sustained activity, UNITER obtained the status of a public utility institution by H.G.746 / 31 August 2000. The Romanian Theatre Union was founded and led for 31 years by the theatre man ION CARAMITRU. Currently, the president of UNITER is the artist Dragoș Buhagiar.

UNITER
• Promotes the professional, material and moral interests of its almost 2000 members.
• It is an active member of several national and international networks: ANUC, AICT, ITI, PEJA, IETM, Culture Action Europe.
• It is the collector and manager of theatrical stamp funds, in accordance with Law no. 35/1994.

VISION
UNITER supports and promotes the values of Romanian theatrical culture and is attentive to the needs of the community of which it is a part of, campaigning for the status and dignity of the artist.
Absolute freedom of creation, promotion of values, unrestricted exchange of opinions, initiative, laborious effort, discipline, efficiency and guild solidarity are also basic principles of UNITER’s existence and activity.