
What do playwrights elsewhere write about?
During a trip across the United States in September 2018, I had the opportunity to get to know New Dramatists, a New York institution for playwrights. The artistic director Emily Morse devoted her time to me quite generously to tell me about the building and its history as well as about the structure of her […]
Just like last year, the European network for drama in translation EURODRAM will have a guest appearance at the Congregatino of young playwrights 4+1 (Treffen junger Autor*innen 4+1) at Schauspiel Leipzig. The festival will run from 11 through 13 April 2018, introducing young playwrights from the teaching institutes.
The German language Committe of the international network Eurodram will present their 2017 selection of particularly recommendable theatre plays. In staged readings directed by Sandra Schüddekopf and Aurélie Youlia, we will show plays by Alexander Manuiloff, Ivor Martinić, and Simona Semenič and will talk
For the Autorentheatertage 2017, the annual in-house festival at Deutsches Theater Berlin, three plays by these playwrights were selected: Afsane Ehsandar, Yade Yasemin Önder and Sivan Ben Yishai. Next Sunday, the “Früh-Stücke Extra” will be presented at Deutschen Theater,
VTHEA demands kill fees
In an open letter to the theatres, the German playwrights association VTheA e. V., founded in October at the Grips-Theater in Berlin, demands kill fees for all shows that were cancelled this year due to the restrictions to control the coronavirus. The restrictions imposed to control the coronavirus lead to loss of income for theatre […]