Friday and Saturday, October 12 –13, 2018, 8pm Zellerbach Hall Schaubühne Berlin
An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen | Version by Florian Borchmeyer Premieres: July 18, 2012 in Avignon and September 8, 2012 in Berlin
Cast/ Creative Team
Dr. Stockmann Christoph Gawenda Member of the City Council Konrad Singer Mrs. Stockmann Eva Meckbach Hovstad Renato Schuch Aslaksen David Ruland Billing Moritz Gottwald Morten Kiil omas Bading
Direction omas Ostermeier Stage Design Jan Pappelbaum Costume Design Nina Wetzel Music Malte Beckenbach, Daniel Freitag Dramaturgy Florian Borchmeyer Lighting Design Erich Schneider Wall Paintings Katharina Ziemke
An Enemy of the People will be performed without an intermission and will last approximately two hours and 30 minutes.
Cal Performances’ 2018 –19 season is sponsored by Wells Fargo.
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Synopsis which includes new forms of dance and musi - Dr. Stockmann discovers that the source of cal theater. e search for a contemporary and drinking and spa water is riddled with patho - experimental theater language that focuses on genic micro-organisms, caused by industrial storytelling and a precise understanding of waste. Stockmann wants to publish the find - texts—both classical and contemporary—is a ings in the newspaper and demands that the unifying element. e repertoire encompasses city council re-route the water pipes. Influential the great dramatic works of world literature citizens and local journalists promise their alongside contemporary plays from interna - support. tionally renowned writers. e more than 100 However, Stockmann’s brother Peter, the world and German premieres during the past councilor of the city, raises some serious con - 19 years have been a key component of the cerns: e economic prosperity of the spa Schaubühne’s work. town will be threatened and the citizens will e search for new dramatic forms has ben - have to bear the brunt of the high repair costs. efited from a lively international exchange that Suddenly the support for Stockmann from the has regularly brought the Schaubühne and its town’s policymakers begins to wane. ey ensemble into close contact with other theatri - spread seeds of doubt about his plans and try to cal traditions. Alongside directors from Berlin cover up the fact of the contaminated water. such as omas Ostermeier, Falk Richter, Marius But Stockmann insists on transparency and von Mayenburg , and Patrick Wengenroth, the intends to go public on the matter. In an all - Schaubühne frequently offers a platform to important speech, he hopes to win the town notable directors from abroad. Currently, pro - over to his way of thinking. He accepts that ductions by Romeo Castellucci, Katie Mitchell, this will cause a permanent ri between him - Rodrigo García, and Angélica Liddell are being self and his brother and that he also runs the shown at the theater. At the same time, the risk of being ostracized by the community. Schaubühne showcases its productions abroad For him the affair has long since ceased to be in more than 100 performances every year: about the polluted health spa; his target is so - whether at large international theater festivals ciety as a whole. like the Festival d’Avignon, the Salzburg Festi - Ibsen’s drama wavers on a fine line between val, the Athens and Epidaurus Festival, the honesty and fanaticism. What is the potential Festival Internacional de Buenos Aires (FIBA), for transparency in a commercialized society? the Istanbul Festival, and the Territorija Festival in Moscow; or through guest appearances at BIOgRApHIES theaters around the world, including major venues in New York, Paris, Amsterdam, Rome, Berlin’s Schaubühne theater was founded in Quebec, São Paulo, London, Moscow, Oslo, 1962. Since 1999 it has been led by artistic di - Ramallah, Melbourne, Ottawa, Taipei, Tel Aviv, rector omas Ostermeier. e foundation of Seoul, Rennes, Barcelona, Adelaide, Tokyo, his tenure was laid in the formation of a new Prague, Sydney, Montreal, and Beijing. ensemble of permanently employed actors, who Every spring since 2000, the Festival of essentially have been working together ever International New Drama (FIND) has given since, regularly extended by new appointments. internationally renowned theatermakers the e Schaubühne premieres a minimum of opportunity to show their work at the Schau - ten shows per season alongside a repertoire of bühne. e recent focus has been on artists more than 30 existing productions. Starting who write and direct their own work or sub - from the concept of an ensemble theater, the stantially develop existing dramatic material. actors, dramatic characters, and situations of a Since 2011 FIND has been complemented by play take center stage at the Schaubühne. the FIND plus workshop program, which is a One of the theater’s distinctive features is forum for acting, directing, and dramaturgy a stylistic variety in approaches to directing, students from several European countries.
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Christoph gawenda (Dr. Stockmann) has Spuren der Verirrten by Peter Handke (Claus been a member of the Schaubühne ensemble Peymann, 2007). From 2008 to 2015 he worked since 2010. He studied acting from 2001 to with the eater Freiburg, where he was in - 2005 at the Conservatory of Music and eater volved in productions including Die Orestie aer in Hannover. In 2004 he took part in work - Aeschylus (directed by Felicitas Brucker, 2009), shops at the State Arts Academy eatre in 1984 aer George Orwell (Tom Kühnel, 2009), St. Peters burg. Aer his studies, Gawenda was and An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen engaged as a member of the Staatsschauspiel (Christoph Frick, 2015). As a guest actor he was Stuttgart, where he worked with directors also involved in Ödipus , adapted from Sopho - including Frie derike Heller, Volker Lösch, cles (eater Freiburg, directed by Feli citas Michael al heimer, Hasko Weber, omas Brucker) and in Timon of Athens by William Danne mann, and Árpád Schilling in produc - Shakespeare (Schauspiel Hannover, directed by tions including Väter und Söhne (directed by Tom Kühnel) during the 2015 –16 season. Friederike Heller, 2006), Intrigue and Love At the Schaubühne: An Enemy of the People (Claudia Bauer, 2009) and e Cherry Orchard by Henrik Ibsen (directed by omas Oster - (Michael alheimer, 2010). meier, 2012), Professor Bernhardi by Arthur Gawenda’s numerous film productions in - Schnitzler (Ostermeier, 2016), and LENIN by clude Wer wenn nicht wir (directed by Andreas Milo Rau & Ensemble (Milo Rau, 2017). Veiel, 2010), Stalingrad (Fedor Bondarchuk, 2012), Meeres Stille (Juliane Fezer, 2013), and Eva Meckbach (Mrs. Stockmann) was born in Auf einmal (Asli Özge, 2014). He also worked 1981 in Seeheim-Jugenheim/Hessen, and has on the audio book production Die hohle Nadel been a member of the Schaubühne ensemble oder der Schatz der Könige Frankreichs (directed since 2006. From 2003 to 2006 she studied act - by Stefan Hilsbecher, 2008). In 2007 he received ing at the University of the Arts in Berlin. She the Kunstförderpreis of the city of Neuss. has also worked on audio books and in radio At the Schaubühne: An Enemy of the People productions. In 2012 she appeared in the movie by Henrik Ibsen (directed by omas Oster - Home for the Weekend (directed by Hans- meier, 2012), Richard III by William Shakes - Christian Schmid). e same year, she received peare (Ostermeier, 2015), Beware of Pity by the award for best actress at the international Stefan Zweig (Simon McBurney, 2015), Pro - theater festival in Szczecin (Poland) for her per - fessor Bernhardi by Arthur Schnitzler (Oster - formance in the role of Erika Roth in Martyr by meier, 2016), History of Violence, based on the Marius von Mayenburg. book by Édouard Louis (Ostermeier, 2018). At the Schaubühne: Demons by Lars Norén (directed by omas Ostermeier, 2010), An Konrad Singer (Member of the City Council) Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen (Oster - was born in Leipzig in 1978, and has been meier, 2012), Tartuffe by Molière (Michael a member of the Schaubühne ensemble since alheimer, 2015), Richard III by William the 2016 –17 season. He studied acting at the Shakespeare (Ostermeier, 2015), Beware of Pity Folk wang University of the Arts in Bochum. by Stefan Zweig (Simon McBurney, 2015), In 2005 Singer appeared as a guest in A Mid - Pro fessor Bernhardi by Arthur Schnitzler sum mer Night’s Dream (directed by omas (Oster meier, 2016), and Bang by Marius von Danne mann) at the Schauspielhaus Bochum. Mayenburg (Marius von Mayenburg, world Singer started to work as an actor at the Berliner premiere 2017). Ensemble while finishing his acting studies. ere he acted in plays including Antigone des Renato Schuch (Hovstad) was born in 1980 Sophokles by Bertolt Brecht (directed by George in São Paulo, and has been a member of Tabori, 2006), Wallenstein by Friedrich Schiller the Schaubühne ensemble since 2015. He stud - (Peter Stein, 2007), e reeepenny Opera ied acting at the Conservatory of Music and by Bertolt Brecht (Robert Wilson, 2007), and ea ter in Hamburg. Schuch has had guest
20B PLAYBILL ABOUT THE ARTISTS engagements at the alia eater and the 2014), Professor Bernhardi by Arthur Schnitzler Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg, where he (Ostermeier, 2016), and Richard III by William worked with, among others, Jette Steckel, Shakespeare (Ostermeier, 2015). Andreas Kriegen burg, and Daniel Wahl. From 2009 to 2013 he was a member of the ensemble Moritz gottwald (Billing) was born in 1988 in at the Schauspiel Cologne, where he appeared Halle, and has been a member of the Schau - in Iphigenia by Euripides (directed by Karin bühne ensemble since the 2011 –12 season. He Henkel, 2011), e Waves aer Virginia Woolf studied acting at the Ernst Busch Academy of (Katie Mitchell, 2011), Night Train aer Frie - Dramatic Arts Berlin. Gottwald first worked derike Mayröcker (Mitchell, 2012, invited to at the Neues eater in Halle in An der Saale the eatertreffen Berlin 2013), and e Last hell gestrandet. Ein Heimatstück (directed by Ones by Maxim Gorky (Sebastian Nübling, Melanie Peter and Yves Hinrichs, 2007) and 2013). In 2008 he received the Rolf Mares Prize Exit (Yves Hinrichs, invited to the youth theater for his performance in e Dreamers (Daniel festival in Krefeld, 2008). Engagements at the Wahl). Several film and television productions Deutsches eater Berlin include hamlet ist include e Black Brothers (directed by Xavier tot. keine schwerkra by Ewald Palmetshofer Koller, 2014). (directed by Alexander Riemenschneider, At the Schaubühne: An Enemy of the People 2010) and Parasites by Marius von Mayenburg by Henrik Ibsen (directed by omas Oster - (Philipp Baumgarten, 2011). meier, 2012), Bella Figura by Yasmina Reza At the Schaubühne: us Spoke Zarathustra, (Ostermeier, 2015) , ≈ [Approximately Equal] an Übermensch-Revue for All and None by by Jonas Hassen Khemiri (Mina Salehpour, Patrick Wengenroth aer Friedrich Nietzsche 2016), Shadow (Eurydice Speaks) by Elfriede (directed by Patrick Wengenroth, 2012), An Jelinek (Katie Mitchell, 2016), Dead Dog at Dry Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen (omas Cleaners: e Strong by Angélica Liddell (Angé - Ostermeier, 2012), e Little Foxes by Lillian lica Liddell, 2017), Returning to Reims aer Hellman (Ostermeier, 2014), e Marriage of Didier Eribon (Ostermeier, 2017), and History Maria Braun by Rainer Werner Fassbinder of Violence, based on the book by Édouard (Ostermeier, 2014), Richard III by William Louis (Ostermeier, 2018). Shakespeare (Ostermeier, 2015), Beware of Pity by Stefan Zweig (Simon McBurney, 2015), David Ruland (Aslaksen) was born in 1979, Professor Bernhardi by Arthur Schnitzler (Oster - and has been a member of the Schaubühne meier , 2016), and Shakespeare’s Last Play by ensemble since 2003. He studied acting at the Dead Centre, based on e Tempest by William Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts Berlin. Shakespeare (Bush Moukarzel, Ben Kidd, 2018). Ruland appeared at the Kammerspiele at the Deutsches eater Berlin in, among other omas Bading (Morten Kiil) was born in works, Frank Wedekind’s Spring Awakening (di - 1959 in Quedlinburg, and has been a member rected by Ulrich Matthes, 2003). His television of the Schaubühne ensemble since 1999. He appearances include Tatort—Reise ins Nichts studied acting at the Hans Otto eater School (Hartmut Griesmayr, 2002) and Tatort—Veras in Leipzig. Engagements at the Neues eater Waffen (Hans-Christoph Blumenberg, 2003). Halle and the Deutsches eater Berlin include Among his numer ous collaborations with Kriemhilds Rache by Friedrich Hebbel (directed director Leander Haußmann are Dinosaurier by omas Langhoff, 1994), A Midsummer (2009) and Shark Alarm at Müggel Lake (2013). Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare (Jürgen At the Schaubühne: Hamlet (Polonius and Gosch, 1997), and Monsieur Chasse by Georges Osric) by William Shakes peare (directed by Feydeau (omas Langhoff, 1998). He directed omas Ostermeier, 2008), An Enemy of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream the People by Henrik Ibsen (Ostermeier, 2012), (2003), Hamlet (2005), and Romeo and Juliet e Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman (Ostermeier, (2008) at Burghofspiele Eltville.
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Bading’s film work includes Die Unberühr - 1998 and 1999 Ostermeier directed Disco Pigs bare (directed by Oskar Roehler, 1999), Drei by Enda Walsh and Fire Face by Marius von (Tom Tykwer, 2010), Barbara (Christian Pet- Mayenburg at the Schauspielhaus Hamburg. zold, 2011), and Rosas Kinder—Rosas Bettwurst His final production at the Baracke was Suzuki (Robert alheim, 2012). II by Alexej Schipenko. Appearances in television productions in - Since September 1999 Ostermeier has been clude Drei in einem Bett by Wilhelm Engelhardt resident director and member of the artistic (2012), Der Fall B. by Kilian Riedhof (2014), direction staff of the Schaubühne. He has also and Weissensee (2010, 2011, 2014) by Friede - directed several productions at the Münchner mann Fromm, for which he won the 2014 Kammerspiele: Der starke Stamm by Marieluise German Actors Award in the Best Ensemble Fleißer (2002), Vor Sonnenaufgang by Gerhart category. Hauptmann (2005), e Marriage of Maria At the Schaubühne: An Enemy of the People Braun by Rainer Werner Fassbinder (2007, in - by Henrik Ibsen (directed by omas Oster - vited to the eatertreffen 2008) and Susn by meier, 2012), e Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman Herbert Achternbusch (2009). At the Edin - (Ostermeier, 2014), e Marriage of Maria burgh Festival: e Girl on the Sofa by Jon Fosse Braun by Rainer Werner Fassbinder (Oster - (2002, awarded the Herald Angel Award). At meier, 2014), Richard III by William Shakes - the Burgtheater in Vienna: e Master Builder peare (Ostermeier, 2015), Beware of Pity by by Henrik Ibsen, 2004. In November 2004 Stefan Zweig (Simon McBurney, 2015), Pro - Oster meier was appointed associate artist for fessor Bernhardi by Arthur Schnitzler (Oster - the Festival d'Avignon by the festival’s new artis - meier, 2016), and Shakespeare's Last Play by tic director, Vincent Baudriller; he has staged Dead Centre, based on e Tempest by William productions at the festival almost every year Shakespeare (Bush Moukarzel, Ben Kidd, 2018). since then. Invitations to eatertreffen Berlin include omas Ostermeier (director ) was born in Knives in Hens (1997), Shopping and Fucking 1968 in Soltau. From 1992 to 1996 he studied (1998), Nora/A Doll’s House (2003), Hedda directing at the Ernst Busch Academy of Gab ler (2006), e Marriage of Maria Braun Dramatic Arts Berlin. In 1990 –91 he worked as (2008), and Returning to Reims (2018). an actor in Einar Schleef's Faust Project at the Ostermeier’s production of Nora/A Doll’s Conservatory of the Arts in Berlin. In 1993 –94 House (2003) was awarded the Nestroy Prize as he was assistant director and an actor with well as the Politika Prize during the theater fes - Manfred Karge in Weimar and at the Berliner tival in Belgrade BITEF. In 2006 Hedda Gabler Ensemble. In 1995 Ostermeier directed Die received the audience award of the eater Unbekannte by Alexander Blok in accordance Society of Berlin; e Little Foxes was awarded with Meyerhold's system of biomechanics. In the same prize in 2015. Ostermeier’s produc - 1996 he directed Recherche Faust/Artaud at the tions of John Gabriel Borkman and Hamlet have bat -Studiotheater Berlin. From 1996 to 1999 won several international prizes as best pro - Ostermeier was artistic director of the Baracke ductions in the 2008 –09 season: John Gabriel at the Deutsches eater, Berlin. Productions Borkman received the Grand Prix de la Critique there included Fat Men in Skirts by Nicky Silver of France and Hamlet the Barcelona Critics (1996), Knives in Hens by David Harrower Prize. Oster meier's production e Cut re - (1997, winner of the Friedrich-Lu-Prize), ceived the critic's prize at the international Brecht's Mann ist Mann (1997), Suzuki by theater festival KONTAKT in Torun (Poland) Alexej Schipenko (1997), Shopping and Fucking in 2010. For Measure for Measure he received by Mark Ravenhill (1998), Below the Belt by the Friedrich-Lu-Prize for the Best eater Richard Dresser (1998), and e Blue Bird Performance in Berlin (2011). Hamlet won by Maurice Maeterlinck (1999). In 1998 the the critic's prize in Chile as Best International Baracke was nominated eater of the Year. In Production (2011), the honor award at the 18th
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Istanbul eater Festival (2012), and a Best George F. Walker (2003), Angel of Death by Director award at the FADJR International Karst Woudstra (2003), Lulu by Frank Wede - eater Festival in Teheran (2016). For his con - kind (2004), Eldorado by Marius von Mayen- tributions to the European theater, Ostermeier burg (2004, world premiere), Blasted by Sarah was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Kane (2005), Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen University of Kent (2016). (2005, invited to the eatertreffen in Berlin Ostermeier was appointed Officier des Arts 2006), Mourning Becomes Electra by Eugene et des Lettres by the French ministry of culture O’Neill (2006), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, in 2009, and Commandeur in 2015. From 2010 freely adapted from William Shakespeare (with to 2017, he was the German president of the Constanza Macras, 2006), Love is just a pos - German –French Council of Culture. In 2016 he sibility by Christoph Nußbaumeder (2006), received SACD's Prix Européen for his work for Product by Mark Ravenhill (2006), Cat on a the European copyright, the protection of intel - Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams (2007), lectual property, and appropriate commissions Room Service by John Murray and Allen Boretz for artists. In 2011 Ostermeier received the (2007), e City and e Cut by Martin Crimp Golden Lion of the Venice Biennale. and Mark Ravenhill (2008, world premiere), His most recent productions at the Schau- Hamlet by William Shakespeare (2008), e bühne include An Enemy of the People by Marriage of Maria Braun by Rainer Werner Henrik Ibsen (2012), e Little Foxes by Lillian Fass binder (2009, a takeover from the Mün ch - Hellman (2014), Richard III by William Shakes- ner Kammerspiele), John Gabriel Borkman by peare (2015), Bella Figura by Yasmina Reza Henrik Ibsen (2009), Demons by Lars Norén (2015), Professor Bernhardi by Arthur Schnitz - (2010), Othello by William Shakespeare (2010), ler (2016), Returning to Reims based on the book Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare by Didier Eribon (2017), and History of Violence, (2011), Death in Venice/Kindertotenlieder by based on the book by Édouard Louis (2018). omas Mann/Gustav Mahler (2012), An Ostermeier’s productions tour worldwide to Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen (2012), e theaters in Adelaide, Athens, Avignon, Barce- Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman (2014), Richard lona, Belgrade, Bordeaux, Brussels, Bue nos III by William Shakespeare (2015), Bella Figura Aires, Bucharest, Caracas, Chennai, Co pen - by Yasmina Reza (2015), Professor Bernhardi hagen, Delhi, Dublin, Hong Kong, Kolkata, by Arth ur Schnitzler (2016), Returning to Reims Krakow, Lisbon, Ljubljana, London, Madrid, based on Retour a Reims by Didier Eribon Marseille, Melbourne, Moscow, Naples, New (2017, invited to the eatertreffen in Berlin York, Novi Sad, Omsk, Oslo, Ottawa, Paris, 2018), and History of Violence, based the book Prague, Quebec, Rennes, Reims, Santiago de by Édouard Louis (2016). Chile, Sarajevo, Seoul, Sydney, Taipei, Tampere, Tel Aviv, Tokyo, Venice, Vienna, and Zagreb. Jan pappelbaum (stage design ) was born in 1966 At the Schaubühne: Personenkreis 3.1 by Lars in Dresden, and has been stage designer and Norén (2000), Crave by Sarah Kane (2000), head of design at the Schaubühne since 2000. Parasites by Marius von Mayenburg (2000, He trained in volleyball at the competition level world premiere), e Name by Jon Fosse and as a bricklayer. Pappelbaum studied archi - (2000), is is a Chair by Caryl Churchill tecture at the Bauhaus University of Weimar, (2001), Danton’s Death by Georg Büchner where he worked on his first student theater (2001), Supermarket by Biljana Srbljanović productions. From 1993 he was assistant to the (2001, world premiere), Better Days by Richard set designer Dieter Klass on his Urfaust-Kubus Dresser (2002), Nora /A Doll’s House by Hen - production at the Weimar art festival under the rik Ibsen (2002, invited to the eatertreffen artistic directorship of Man fred Karge. in Berlin 2003), Request Programme by Franz Within this framework, Pappelbaum worked Xaver Kroetz (2003), Woyzeck by Georg Büchner with students of Berlin’s directing schools, (2003), Suburban Motel 6: Risk Everything by including Tom Kühnel, Andrea Moses, omas
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Ostermeier, and Robert Schuster. In 1995 he 2006), A Midsummer Night’s Dream , freely worked as a set designer in Berlin, Bremen, adapted from William Shakespeare (directed Dresden, Potsdam, and Weimar. and choreographed by omas Ostermeier and In 1998 Pappelbaum worked regularly with Constanza Macras, 2006), State of Emergency Robert Schuster and Tom Kühnel as a set de - by Falk Richter (Richter, 2007), Cat on a Hot Tin signer at Schauspiel Frankfurt and in 1999 he Roof by Tennessee Williams (Ostermeier, 2007), became the head of design at TAT in Frankfurt Room Service by John Murray and Allen Boretz am Main. He has worked continuously with (Ostermeier, 2007), e City and e Cut by omas Ostermeier, first at the Baracke at the Martin Crimp and Mark Ravenhill (Oster - Deutsches eater in Berlin, which he rebuilt as meier, 2008), Hamlet by William Shakespeare an experimental stage in 1997, and since 2000 (Ostermeier, 2008), John Gabriel Borkman at the Schaubühne. ere he has worked chiefly by Henrik Ibsen (Ostermeier, 2009), e as a stage designer on Ostermeier’s productions Americas—War of the Worlds by Patrick but also with Falk Richter, Patrick Wengenroth, Wengen roth (directed by Patrick Wengenroth, Constanza Macras, and Tom Kühnel. He has 2010), Othello by William Sheakespeare (Oster - been involved in projects in Halle, Vienna, and meier, 2010), Measure for Measure by William Amsterdam, and has held architecture exhibi - Shakespeare (Ostermeier, 2011), An Enemy of tions in Frankfurt am Main and Dresden, as well the People by Henrik Ibsen (Ostermeier, 2012), as workshops and individual exhibitions of his Death in Venice/Kindertotenlieder by omas set designs in Oslo (2009) and Krakow (2011). Mann/Gustav Mahler (Ostermeier, 2013), e In 2006 eater der Zeit published A Whole for Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman (Ostermeier, the Parts: Jan Pappelbaum – Stages . 2014), Richard III by William Shakespeare At the Schaubühne (selection): Personenkreis (Ostermeier, 2015), Bella Figura by Yasmina 3.1 by Lars Norén (directed by omas Oster - Reza (Ostermeier, 2015), and Professor Bern - meier, 2000), e Contingent by Soeren Voima hardi by Arthur Schnitzler (Ostermeier, 2016). (directed by Tom Kühnel and Robert Schuster, 2000), Danton’s Death by Georg Büchner Nina Wetzel (costume design ) studied stage and (Ostermeier, 2001), Supermarket by Biljana costume design in Paris. Since 1996 she has Srbljanovi ´c (Ostermeier, 2001), Arabian Night worked at the following theaters: Schauspiel - by Roland Schimmelpfennig (directed by Tom haus Hamburg, Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxem - Kühnel, 2001), Better Days by Richard Dresser burg-Platz, Schauspielhaus Zürich, Schauspiel (Ostermeier, 2002), Nora /A Doll’s House by Hannover, Münchner Kammerspiele, Burg - Henrik Ibsen (Ostermeier, 2002), Request Pro - theater in Vienna, eater Basel, Schaubühne gramme by Franz Xaver Kroetz (Ostermeier, am Lehniner Platz. Wetzel has worked with 2003), Woyzeck by Georg Büchner (Ostermeier, Christoph Schlingensief, Alexander Kluge, 2003), Angel of Death by Karst Woudstra Schorsch Kamerun, Elias Perrig, Christina (Oster meier, 2003), e System 1/Electronic City Paulhofer, Tom Kühnel, Lars Ole Walburg, by Falk Richter (Kühnel, 2004), e System Stefan Pucher, Jan-Christoph Gockel, omas 2/Under Ice by Falk Richter (directed by Falk Ostermeier, and Marius von Mayenburg. Richter, 2004), e System 3/Amok Fewer At the Schaubühne: Macbeth by William Emergencies by Falk Richter (Richter, 2004), e Shakespeare (directed by Christina Paulhofer, System 4/Hotel Palestine by Falk Richter (Rich - 2002), Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen (directed ter, 2004), Lulu by Frank Wedekind (Oster - by omas Ostermeier, 2005), Hamlet by meier, 2004), Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen William Shakespeare (Ostermeier, 2008), John (Ostermeier, 2005), Stupidity by Raffael Spregel - Gabriel Borkman by Henrik Ibsen (Ostermeier, burd (Kühnel, 2005), Blasted by Sarah Kane 2008), e Pigeons by David Gieselmann (di - (Ostermeier, 2005), Eldorado by Marius von rected by Marius von Mayenburg, 2009), e Mayenburg (Ostermeier, 2005), Mourning Be- Marriage of Maria Braun by Rainer Werner comes Electra by Eugene O’Neill (Ostermeier, Fassbinder (Ostermeier, 2009), Demons by Lars
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Norén (Ostermeier, 2010), Othello by William Richter and Anouk van Dijk (directed by Falk Shakespeare (Ostermeier, 2010), Perplexed by Richter and Anouk van Dijk, 2009), Saved by Marius von Mayenburg (von Mayenburg, 2010), Edward Bond (Andrews, 2010), PROTECT ME , Martyr by von Mayenburg (von Mayen burg, a project by Falk Richter and Anouk van Dijk 2012), Hotel Bogota (directed by Jan-Christoph (directed and choreographed by Falk Richter Gockel), An Enemy of the People by Henrik and Anouk van Dijk, 2010), Martyr by Marius Ibsen (Ostermeier, 2012), Much Ado about von Mayenburg (von Mayenburg, 2012), An Nothing by William Shakespeare (von Mayen - Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen (Oster - burg, 2013), 2666 by Roberto Bolaño (directed meier, 2012), Baal by Bertolt Brecht (directed by Alex Rigola, 2014), Plastic by Marius von by Nicolas Mockridge, 2013), For the Discon - Mayenburg (von Mayenburg, 2015), Professor nected Child by Falk Richter (Richter, 2013), Bernhardi by Arthur Schnitzler (Ostermeier, e Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman (Ostermeier, 2016), Bang by Marius von Mayenburg (von 2014), NEVER FOREVER by Falk Richter Mayenburg, 2017), Returning to Reims aer (Rich ter, 2014), Bella Figura by Yasmina Reza Didier Eribon (Ostermeier, 2017), and History (Ostermeier, 2015), FEAR by Falk Richter of Violence, based on the book by Édouard (Rich ter, 2015), and Professor Bernhardi by Louis (Ostermeier, 2018). Arthur Schnitzler (Ostermeier, 2016).
Malte Beckenbach (music ) was born in Berlin Daniel Freitag (music ) was born in 1986, and and educated in Paris, Bonn, and Berlin. In studied music, media, and art history in Mar - 1999 he worked with Falk Richter for the first burg from 2006 to 2009. During the 2008 –09 time on God is a DJ at the Staatstheater Mainz; season he contributed to several productions he also composed music for Nothing Hurts by at the Hessisches Landestheater Mar burg as Richter and Anouk van Dijk at Kampnagel in composer, musician (guitar and piano), and Hamburg (invited to the eatertreffen Berlin music director. He is currently attending the 2000). Beckenbach has enjoyed a continuous Humboldt-Universität Berlin, where he is ma - collaboration with Falk Richter at the Deutsches joring in popular music research. Freitag also eater in Göttingen, the Deutsches Schau - works as a sound designer for film and video spiel haus in Hamburg, the Schauspielhaus productions. Zürich, the Nationaltheatret in Oslo, the Burg - At the Schaubühne: e Misanthrope by theater in Vienna, the Festival d’Avignon, and Molière (directed by Ivo van Hove, 2010), the Schaubühne Berlin. He has also composed Edward II by Christopher Marlowe (van Hove, film music for Lars Becker. 2011), An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen At the Schaubühne: Peace by Falk Richter (directed by omas Ostermeier, 2012). (directed by Falk Richter, 2000), e System 1/ Electronic City by Falk Richter (directed by Florian Borchmeyer (dramaturgy ) was born in Tom Kühnel, 2004), e System 3/Amok Fewer 1974 in Wasserburg am Inn. He has been a dra - Emergencies by Falk Richter with texts by maturg with the Schaubühne Berlin since the Martin Crimp (Richter, 2004), Hedda Gabler by 2011 –12 season, and head of dramaturgy since Henrik Ibsen (directed by omas Ostermeier, 2013. Borchmeyer studied literature in Berlin, 2005), Bombed by Sarah Kane (Ostermeier, Havana, and Paris, earning his doctorate in 2005), ree Sisters by Anton Chekhov (Richter, 2006 with his graduate thesis about the history 2006), e Ugly One by Marius von Mayenburg of the discovery of America. In 2006 he was (directed by Benedict Andrews, 2007), Drunk awarded the Bayerische Filmpreis for the doc - Enough To Say I Love You by Caryl Churchill umentary film Habana—Arte nuevo de hacer (Andrews, 2007), e Dog, the Night and the ruinas . Borchmeyer is a filmmaker and works Knife by Marius von Mayenburg (Andrews, as a literature critic for the Frankfurter Allge - 2008), e Pigeons by David Gieselmann (von meine Zeitung . He also curates the international Mayenburg, 2009), TRUST , a project by Falk program at Filmfest Munich.
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At the Schaubühne: e Return of Ulysses a Manic-Depressive Teenager in the Summer by Claudio Monteverdi (directed by David of 1969 by Frank Witzel (directed by Armin Marton, 2011), Eugene Onegin aer Alexander Petras, 2016), Professor Bernhardi by Arthur Pushkin (directed by Alvis Hermanis, 2011), Schnitzler (Ostermeier, 2016), e Imaginary e Well-Tempered Clavier aer Johann Invalid by Molière (alheimer, 2017), Return - Sebastian Bach and László Krasznahorkai ing to Reims based on the book by Didier Eri - (Marton, 2012), Summerfolk by Maxim Gorky bon (Ostermeier, 2017), LENIN by Milo Rau & (Hermanis, 2012), An Enemy of the People by Ensemble (directed by Milo Rau, 2017), NULL Henrik Ibsen (directed by omas Ostermeier, by Herbert Fritsch (directed by Herbert Fritsch, 2012), Romeo and Juliet by William Shakes - 2018), Shakespeare’s Last Play by Dead Centre, peare (directed by Lars Eidinger, 2013), For the based on e Tempest by William Shakespeare Disconnected Child by Falk Richter (directed (directed by Bush Moukarzel, Ben Kidd, 2018). by Richter, 2013), e Little Foxes by Lillian Hell man (Ostermeier, 2014), 2666 by Roberto Bolaño (directed by Alex Rigola, 2014), Kasimir For further information: and Karoline by Odon van Horvath (directed www.schaubuehne.de by Jan Philipp Gloger, 2014), Richard III www.facebook.com/schaubuehneBerlin by William Shakespeare (Ostermeier, 2015), www.twitter.com/schaubuehne Oedi pus the tyrant aer Sophocles/Friedrich www.instagram.com/schaubuehne Nietzsche (directed by Romeo Castellucci, berlin www.youtube.com/schaubuehne 2015), Bella Figura by Yasmina Reza (Oster - meier, 2015), Compassion by Milo Rau (di - Schaubühne am Lehniner platz rected by Milo Rau, 2015), Professor Bernhardi Kurfürstendamm 153 by Arthur Schnitzler (Ostermeier, 2016), Dead D-10709 Berlin Dog at Dry Cleaners: the Strong by Angélica www.schaubuehne.de Liddell (directed by Angélica Liddell, 2017), Returning to Reims aer Didier Eribon (Oster - general Management meier, 2017), LENIN by Milo Rau & Ensemble Dr. Friedrich Barner, director (directed by Milo Rau, world premiere 2017), Tobias Veit, director and History of Violence, based on the book by Elisabeth Tobisch, assistant Édouard Louis (Ostermeier, 2018). Virag Markus, secretarial office
Erich Schneider (lighting design ) is the lighting Artistic Direction designer and director of the lighting depart - omas Ostermeier, artistic director ment at Schaubühne Berlin. Dietmar Böck, personal assistant to At the Schaubühne (latest): An Enemy of the Mr. Ostermeier People by Henrik Ibsen (directed by omas Ostermeier, 2012), Leonce and Lena by Georg Stefan Nagel, executive producer Büchner (directed by Patrick Wengenroth, Oliver Chrzanowski, tour producer 2014), Richard III by William Shakespeare (Ostermeier, 2015), Bella Figura by Yasmina Technical Direction Reza (Ostermeier, 2015), e Lower Depths Holger Ackermann, technical director by Maxim Gorky (directed by Michael al - Lothar Klein, technical director of productions heimer, 2015), Westberlin by Rainald Grebe (di - Jens Schmidt, technical tour manager rected by Rainald Grebe, 2015), Beware of Pity Bianca Brömme, secretarial office by Stefan Zweig (directed by Simon McBurney, 2015), Borgen, aer the television series written Charlotte Jaquet, public relations and by Adam Price (directed by Nicolas Stemann, publications 2016), e Invention of the Red Army Faction by Johanna Lühr, press relations
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