 Soon after, Acterian began contributing to "Vremea" magazine, where he wrote his first portrait pieces of modern theater directors and actors, and held a conference on Romanian theater (for a foundation sponsored by King Carol II).Between 1932 and 1934, Haig Acterian was scenic director for the Bucharest-based Ventura Theater.He was by then heavily influenced by the classical works of William Shakespeare and Aeschylus, but practical constraints prevented him from staging them.