In a society in which corruption becomes a social norm, and how to curry favor with the higher-ranked is more important than education, it is a matter of survival to find a profitable position.

Egon Savin: The comedy Profitable Position takes place in a milieu of powerful civil servants and suddenly wealthy Moscow merchants. Of them Ostrovsky says – they are no longer uneducated as their fathers before them, on the contrary, they are well mannered, well groomed, they go to Paris to art shows, they drink champagne, read French newspapers and follow European fashion, but none of this as a result of true sophistication, but rather a means of mimicry. Under the attractive appearance there lurks the same egoism, cruelty and vanity as in their ancestors. They are energetic, resourceful, capable of making money, which is, in fact, another name for predatoriness. They are cynical, sometimes even honest, but with no compassion or kindness whatsoever. Their material wealth, made possible by the wild capitalism through corruption, creates in them the “power insanity”.

Directed by Egon Savin
Translation: Kiril Taranovski
Set designer: Miodrag Tabački
Costume designer: Lana Cvijnanović
Dramaturg: Miloš Krečković
Coreographer: Ista Stepanov
Music Selection: Egon Savin
Speech: Ljiljana Mrkić Popović
Lighting Designer: Svetislav Calić

Premiere at 8 PM Friday March 7th 2014 on Ljuba Tadić Stage of Yugoslav Drama Theatre

Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes, no interval

ON TOUR
- 59th Sterijino Pozorje, Novi Sad, Serbia, 26 May 2014
Srdjan Timarov – Best Acting Sterija’s Award
Lana Cvijanović – Best Costume Design Sterija’s Award

- 38th Dani satire Fadila Hadžića, Zagreb, Croatia, 13th June 2014
Jelisaveta Sablić – Best Acting Award

- Festival mediteranskog teatra “Purgatorije”, Tivat, Montenegro, 29th August 2014

- 19th Yugoslav Theatre Festival, Užice, Serbia, 11th November 2014
Egon Savin – Best Directing Ardalion Award
Lana Cvijanović – Best Costume Design Ardalion Award