 After his return to Bucharest, these works were exhibited in Bucharest
in the hall of the Sala Izvor, the main hall of the Bulandra Theatre.In 1961, Ştefănescu did set design and costumes for Mihail Beniuc's play "Întoarcerea" ("The Return").The UAP granted him his own studio in the Gheorghe Tattarescu Memorial Museum, and he had another solo exhibition at the Sala Izvor.