Lange Nacht der neuen Dramatik 2021

Since May 2021, six playwrights have taken part in a two-month writers’ residency at the Münchner Kammerspiele, the first of its kind. At the end of the residency, on 26 June, their plays were presented in staged readings and the Munich Prize for German-Language Drama was awarded.

The nominees:

Raphaela Bardutzky

Fischer Fritz

When practising a tongue twister, humour and failure are often closely intertwined. Raphaela Bardutzky’s “Fischer Fritz” also plays on this subtle interplay. The text explores language and speechlessness, the relationship between home, tradition and the foreign, and the dynamics between the Bavarian fisherman Fritz, his son Franz and his Polish carer Piotra. As Fri, Fra and P., they struggle to find their own voices.
In four scenes, Emre Akal and the ensemble interpret the text as performative and musical material.

With: Sebastian Brandes, Stefan Merki, Leoni Schulz
Director: Emre Akal
Stage & Costumes: Ji Hyung Nam
Dramaturgy: Olivia Ebert

Hannah Bründl

DRAINED

Drama becomes landscape: by a river, perhaps in Washington State, three narrative strands converge: 1988, the 2010s and an undefined future. The economic and political realities of their respective eras have carved themselves deep into the natural world and its inhabitants. Battered by the economic climate, all that remains is a hazy memory of a place that was once THE PLACE TO BE. The river that promised economic security has long since dried up, whilst in the future a river-seeker sets out in search of its origins. In an electric car on a journey of self-discovery, the unearthing of disappointed hopes begins.

With: Zeynep Bozbay, Johanna Eiworth, Walter Hess, Paul Wellenhof
Director: Elias Emmert
Stage design: Leonard Mandl
Costumes: Florian Buder
Music: Giovanni Berg
Dramaturgy: Carlotta Huys

Liat Fassberg

In the Name of

Niños Robados, Orphan Trains, forced adoptions, Home Children, פרשת ילדי תימן החטופים ואחרים, Gerichte segregatie en gedwongen ontvoeringen, Stolen Generations… It has many names. It happened in different countries, under different circumstances. ‘In the Name of’ is an artistic exploration of the systematic removal of children from their families in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Taking a research-based approach that facilitates diverse relationships between form and content, ‘In the Name of’ invites us to engage with questions of historiography, social power structures, collective memory and representation.

With: Andre Benndorff, Wiebke Puls, Marie Dziomber
Director: Anne Kapsner
Stage design: Ji Hyung Nam
Costumes: Florian Buder
Dramaturgy: Mehdi Moradpour

Sokola // Spreter

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT

An institute of urban sociology: at Prof. Aljoscha Werchovensk’s department, research is conducted at the intersection of public space and intimacy. Lennart is looking for a test subject for an explosive experiment: Marcel is to live as a dog and perceive the city with his tongue. The line between the thirst for knowledge and desire quickly becomes blurred, and the question arises as to who is actually observing whom in this experiment. The writing duo Sokola // Spreter tells a love triangle story that is as humorous as it is profound.

With: Vincent Redetzki, Edmund Telgenkämper, Martin Weigel
Director: Jan Bosse
Stage design: Leonard Mandl
Costumes: Mirjam Pleines
Music: Arno Kraehahn
Dramaturgy: Tobias Schuster

Maxi Zahn

Your Silence

Amidst casual socialising in the nightlife scene, drug use and meaningless sex, the protagonist drifts through his daily life. From his perspective, we follow three encounters in which the protagonist questions himself and his feelings for the other person with a cold, almost sociological gaze. When he meets a man with an unusual job at a party, questions about the value of intimacy and the quantifiability of emotion come to a head. Maxi Zahn tells a story of friendship and desire in a laconically polished language.

With: Christian Löber
Director: Jan Bosse
Stage design: Leonard Mandl
Costumes: Mirjam Pleines
Music: Arno Kraehahn
Dramaturgy: Tobias Schuster

Overall Coordination Long Night of New Drama:

Dramaturgy: Tobias Schuster
Artistic Production Management: Martina Taube
Technical Production Management: Ji Hyung Nam, Leonard Mandl
Production Assistants: Noémi Berkowitz, Julia Edelmann

Live Editing: Maurizio Guolo, Dirk Windloff
Camera: Lion Bischof, Rina Zimmering, Zoe Kucknat, Florian Limmer
Lighting: Maximilian Krausmüller, Falko Rosin, Nik Boden, Dominik Büchl, Markus Bührend
Sound: Paolo Mariangeli, Ulrich Treutwein, Anthony Huges, Marian Rasch
Stage Manager: Josef Hofmann
Stage manager: Julia Edelmann
Make-up: Paula Bitaroczky, Marisa Schleimer
Costumes: Pavla Engelhardtova, Fabiola Maria Schiavulli
Props: Anette Schultheiss, Sabine Schutzbach

All the playwrights applied with a completed text and a synopsis for a new writing project, which they will develop during their residency at the Münchner Kammerspiele. Since Barbara Mundel took over as artistic director, the Kammerspiele has been forging closer links with contemporary playwrights, including the nominees for the “Munich Prize for German-Language Drama”: In addition to the extensive residency period, they will collaborate with the prize winner over a two-year period and stage the premieres of both plays. This sponsorship award, designed to foster long-term commitment and continuity, represents one of the most comprehensive collaboration programmes between playwrights and theatres in the German-speaking world.

The Munich Promotion Prize for German-Language Drama, worth a total of 15,000 euros, is awarded jointly by the Department of Culture of the City of Munich, Drei Masken Verlag and the Münchner Kammerspiele. The prize money is donated by the Edith and Werner Rieder Foundation.