The theater captivated me. I used to want to be like Pelé
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Karol Suszka was born on August 8, 1942, in Návsí near Jablunkov. He grew up with two older brothers. His father worked in the metallurgical industry and his mother was a housewife who took care of the household. As a child, Karol Suszka wanted to be a soccer player, but he began acting at the age of seventeen. At that time, he played one of the characters in Gogol‘s comedy The Inspector General. He studied acting at the State Higher Theater School in Warsaw between 1961 and 1965 and then continued his studies in theater directing at the Theater Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, which he completed in 1976. He spent his entire professional life at the Těšín Theater in Český Těšín, where he worked not only as an actor and director, but also as the artistic director of the Polish and Czech stages. However, he also worked on theater stages in Poland and was briefly associated with the Petr Bezruč Theater in Ostrava. In the 1990s, the Těšín Theatre produced the plays Snow White and Ferda the Ant, which this Silesian theatre still performs today. He was the director of this theater from 2000 to 2018. Karol Suszka has participated in a number of productions and still performs on stage today, while continuing to direct. He has received numerous awards for his life‘s work. In 2024, he lived in the Frýdek-Místek region.
