Asking Strangers the Meaning of Life

BY WILLIAM MISSOURI DOWNS

May & June 2026

Theater im Romanischen Keller

How to deal with this utterly imperfect world? Sometimes a stranger offers inspiring answers to life’s biggest questions. Shopping for underwear, bungee jumping from a church, or meeting Franz Kafka – let’s dance through our absurd existence.

Directed by Annemieke Drummen
Produced by Annemieke Drummen and Valentina Pushkareva
ASKING STRANGERS THE MEANING OF LIFE is produced by special arrangement with TRW Plays.
Poster for a comedy play titled "Asking Strangers the Meaning of Life" by William Missouri Downs. The poster features images of actors in comedic poses, with blue bubble backgrounds, event dates, location at the Romanischen Keller in Heidelberg, ticket prices, and a QR code for tickets.
  • A woman with long brown hair smiling playfully with her eyebrows raised and looking at a man. The man has shoulder-length brown hair, glasses, and a beard, and is looking at the woman with a slightly skeptical or unimpressed expression. The woman is wearing a white t-shirt with a colorful floral design, and the man is wearing a light blue, striped, button-down shirt. Both are standing against a plain, light-colored wall.
  • A young woman holding a book titled 'PRIDE and PREJUDICE', standing next to a man with curly hair holding glasses, both smiling and looking at each other against a plain wall.
  • Two young women having a serious conversation. One is holding a clipboard and wearing an orange shirt, the other wearing a blue shirt with torn sleeves, making a point with her hand.
  • Three people, a woman in a burgundy dress in front, and two men behind her, one with glasses and a gray shirt, and the other with glasses, a mustache, and suspenders, all against a white background.