2011 Season
Comic Potential
by Alan Ayckbourn
Jacie is different. Jacie has potential - comic potential. But what good will it do her, an android in love with a hapless screenwriter on the verge of getting dismantled for the very quality that makers her so special?
Cast
Ann-Marie Keane - Jacie Tripplethree
Martin Zettersten - Adam Trainsmith
Jeff Silence - Chandler "Chance" Tate
Stefanie Grynaeus - Carla Pepperbloom
Laura Wüsten - Prim Spring
Alix Christen - Trudy Floote
Jonas Hock - Lester Trainsmith / Technician
Flannery Ryan - Mother / Farmer's Wife / Dancer 1 / Saleswoman / Prostitute / Police Officer 1
Jan Enss - Doctor / Farmer / Desk Clerk / Waiter / Turkey
Sina Dresp - Daughter / Marvin Cedilla / Woman / Dancer 2 / Police Officer 2
Directed by Amir Eid
Hot Sho(r)ts
Short Play Festival
Twenty three original and adapted plays written and performed by students of the Anglistischen Seminar.
The plays were performed as a part of the jubilee festival celebrating the 625th anniversary of the university.
All twenty-three plays were performed on the 25th June, 2011 with subsequent performances throughout the following week. The plays were split into four groups ranging from comedies to dramas to fantasies.
Group 1
Not Amused - Comedy/Farce
Characters and Cast:
The Muse - Denis Schröder
Author: Monika Hartenauer
Director: Tina Hüther
Actually Quite Normal - Tragicomedy
Cast:
Dan - Martin Zettersten
Sue - Carina Pfau
Dr. Flick - Ivana Banovic
Director and Author: Anne Fichtelmann
Rope-A-Dope – Drama
Cast:
Alix Christen
Michael Heger
Jonas Hock
Director: Oliver Thomas
Author: Nicolas Bachofner
Realities - "A sort of funny" tragedy
Cast:
She 1 - Barbara Krzoska
He 1 - Max Diehm
She 2 - Caroline Gaunt
He 2 - Johannes Suess
Author and Director: Nadja Seitz
A Friend - Drama
Cast:
Mark - Thomas Kirchner
Sarah - Sarah Ulrich
Anne - Katrin Pfändler
Ralph - Jan Enss
Author and Director: Petra Schwab
A Horse and Two Goats - A Postcolonial Short Story
Cast:
The American - Ann-Marie Keane
Muni - Sarah Belusa
Director: Simone Falk
Author: Original short story written by R.K. Narayan (Copyright (c) 1965 by R. K. Narayan); first published in The New Yorker. It has been adapted for the stage by Elise Kranepuhl with the approval of the Estate of R. K. Narayan.
Adapted by: Elise Kranenpuhl
Group 2
There’s Someone in the Habit of Hitting Me on the Head with an Umbrella - Satire
Cast:
Lea Herfs
Saskia Lindemann
Director: Annemieke Drummen
Author: Fernando Sorrentino (original title: "There’s a man in the habit of hitting me on the head with an umbrella", 1972)
Adapted for the stage by: Lea Herfs
Happily Ever After - Drama
Cast:
Ashley - Carina Pfau
Phillip - Jörg Wiedmaier
Author and Director:Katrin Güthlein
(Not) Allowed-to-Know - Tragic comedy
Cast:
Bile Hood - Amir Eid
Allan Lesny –Alexander Bluhm
Paula Hood-McPool - Steffanie Grynaeus
Mrs Acsalaw - Caroline Caunt
Sweeny - Christian Soeder
Woman one - Anne Fichtelmann
Woman two - Katrin Güthlein
Author and Director: Sylvia Mieskes
Ménage à trois - Drama
Cast:
Sarah - Katharina Soherr
Martina - Stefanie Duemig
Olivia - Nicole Menge
Author: Elke Zenker
Director :Andre-Claude Clapson with the participation of Jeff Silence
Family affairs - Drama
Cast:
Mother - Katharina Soherr
Sarah - Stefanie Duemig
Diana - Sara Dawood
Selina - Nicole Menge
Author: Sara Dawood
Director: Andre-Claude Clapson with the participation of Jeff Silence
Rendevous - Comedy
Cast:
Jean-Pierre - Amir Eid
Flora - Simone Falk
Susan - Sarah Belusa
Waiter - Amir Mohsenpour
Director: Almuth Schäfer
Author: Katharina Happes
Group 3
Wake up! - Comedy
Cast:
Gregor Hollender
Cila Brosius
Thomas Kirchner
Max Diehm
Author and Director: Michael Stötter
Frankenstein Lives! - A dramatic discussion about science
Cast:
Prof. F. Victorious, a modern scientist - Mike Shiels
Mary, a middle-aged writer - Kirsten Hertel
Director: Johannes Süss
Author: Kirsten Hertel
--no longer available--
Cast:
Jonas Hock
Nadja Seitz
Nadja Bechtold
Author and Director: Antonija Cavcic
The Editor - Comedy
Cast:
Mr White - Jeff Silence
Mrs Schwartz - Liridone Nikqi
Frau Heger - Caroline Gaunt
Ms Stone - Almuth Schäfer
Author: Amanda Emanuel Smith
Director: Antoine Verleih
The Therapeutic Hour -Drama
Cast:
Ken - Jonas Hock
Jane - Nadja Seitz
Author: Steven Bloom
Director: Antoine Verleih
Group 4
The Delivery - Virtual satire
Cast:
Mr. Moore – Gabriel Nonnenmacher
Robin – Gregor Hollender
Amazon Deliverer – Lisa Bertz
Pizza Deliverer – Antoni Rucinski
Author and Director: Antonija Cavcic
Subconscious Awareness - Drama
Cast:
Jason Smith - Martin Zettersten
Black Guy - Ingo Reinhard
Therapist - Stephanie Grynaeus
Student 1 - Gaugau Zhang
Student 2 - Elena Gultschenko
Student 3 - Johanna Roller
Author and Director: Duygu Yilmaz
Deliverance - Satire/black comedy
Cast:
Immigrants - Wilfried Domainko, William Ledbetter, Shubei Wang, Lisa Bertz, Antoni Rucinski
Officers 1,2,3 – Sarah Ulrich, Alix Christen, Alice Williams
Death – Jörg Wiedmaier
Author and Director: Antonija Cavcic
Michael, Out of Shape - Satire
Cast:
Unity - Marina Machauer
Michael - Michael Heger
Director and Author: Jörg Wiedmaier
Crime without Victim - Victim without Crime - A drama of conflicting legal and moral interests
Cast:
Police Sergeant - Johannes Süss
Police Officer - Jakob Möritz
Driver - Désirée Link
Guy - Martin Zettersten
Director: Sarah Belusa
Author: Dominique Ehrler
Aloona - Fantasy
Cast:
Liz - Ellena Heinz
Abo - Jan Enss
Mehoona - Anne Fichtelmann
Vivi - Lisa Maria Voigt
Director and Author: Lea Herfs
Closer
by Patrick Marber
This play is one of the most accurate and precise analyses of the modern world, of relationships and mostly of people, who cannot see their luck, who fail to pay attention to each other. Maybe it’s the modern times that create the illusion that everyone deserves everything one desires. That’s why the people, in this case portrayed by the characters, are unable to be happy with what they’ve got. Even the title contains the illusion of being close to the allegedly beloved, and as a consequence the characters fail to really getting to know each other.
Cast
Philipp Eisinger - Dan
Alexandra Oks - Alice
Vanessa Bomert - Anna
Matthias Haldimann - Larry
Directed by Dmitrij Laaber
Two Girls and a Guy
by James Toback
(Based on his screenplay)
Blake is your average guy: a struggling actor convinced of his own talent and irresistible charm, living in New York City in a posh loft he inherited. When not auditioning, he splits his time and energies between two lovely ladies: the cool and sophisticated Carla, and the hot-blooded Lou. It's the perfect ménage à trois, with only the slight hitch that neither Carla nor Lou ever knew about the "other woman." But that's about to change...
Cast
Felix Rieckmann - Blake
Ute Großkopff - Lou
Annemieke Drummen - Carla
Directed by Simone Falk and Matt Fentem