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On November 16, we will follow in the footsteps of Therese Giehse: Therese Giehse, the extraordinary, the headstrong, the independent, the quick-witted, the curious, the native Munich resident, the Jew, the mother, the lesbian, the old maid, the anti-fascist, the teacher, the apprentice, the spirit of the house, the center of the Kammerspiele. Therese Giehse is associated with a significant part of German theater history—and at least as significant a part of imagined femininity. As an actress, she spent her entire life on the theater stage. Those who remember her, who met her, worked with her, saw her on stage, describe her as a role model. She herself never wanted to be stylized as such. She would probably have made sure that every pedestal erected in her image remained empty. How can we remember without codifying?

Five actors attempt to encounter a colleague who died fifty years ago. Two FLINTA individuals rummage through archives and find Therese Giehse’s afterlife in photographs, recordings, newspaper articles, notebooks, boxes, and suitcases. A narrator tells the story. How many lives does a person live? What stories does Giehse’s afterlife tell today? What breaks and gaps does it reveal? Using artistic audio description, director Anne Sophie Kapsner weaves materials from Therese Giehse’s estate into an audio piece that does not claim to be complete and does not aim to be a monumental history. The result is a playful speculation that circles around stations in Giehse’s life as an audio walk.

We will meet at 3 p.m. in the foyer of the Schauspielhaus. After an introduction by director Anne Sophie Kapsner and dramaturge Felicitas Friedrich, we will embark on the sound walk together and end up at Conviva, where we can discuss our experiences over coffee and cake. Please bring weatherproof clothing and your smartphone—with headphones, if possible.

If you have already taken the audio walk on your own, we cordially invite you to join us for coffee and cake at Conviva at 4:30 p.m. Here, too, we ask that you register at: dramaturgie.mk@kammerspiele.de

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