Final selection:
“My Country” („Tara mea”) – Radu Macrinici
“Ubu and Milena” – Nina Tantar
“The Grenade” („Grenada”) – Olga Delia Mateescu
“The Japanese Drawing Room” („Salonul japonez”) – Alexandru D. Lungu
“Who Killed Marx?” („Cine l-a ucis pe Marx?”)– Horia Garbea
“My Grove with Eglantines” („Crangul meu cu macese rosii”) – Titel Constantinescu
“The Almond Merchant” („Vanzatorul de migdale”) – Oana Maria Cajal
“Children Draw Wrinkles on their Faces and Get Lost among the Adults” („Copiii isi picteaza riduri si se pierd printre adulti”) – Ana Ripka Rus
“Grimaces” („Grimase”) – Aurel Luca
Best Romanian Play of the Year 1997:
MY C(C)OUNTRY (T(T)ARA MEA) by Radu Macrinici
The Jury:
Alice Georgescu, Dan C. Mihailescu, Marian Popescu