These 38 productions were considered and discussed by the jury.
Edward II. Die Liebe bin ich (Edward II. The Love am I)
By Ewald Palmetshofer based on Christopher Marlowe
Directed by Nora Schlocker
Theater Basel / Schauspielhaus Wien / Wiener Festwochen
Väter und Söhne (Fathers and Sons) [selected]
By Brian Friel based on Ivan Turgenev
Directed by Daniela Löffner
Deutsches Theater
In unserem Namen (In Our Name)
Using Aeschylus’ “The Suppliants”, Elfriede Jelinek’s “The Supplicants”, the 42nd meeting of the Committee on Internal Affairs of the German Bundestag as well as original contributions of the actors
Directed by Sebastian Nübling
Maxim Gorki Theater
Musa Dagh – Tage des Widerstands (Musa Dagh – Days of Resistance)
Based on “Die vierzig Tage des Musa Dagh”
By Franz Werfel
Directed by Hans-Werner Kroesinger
Maxim Gorki Theater
The Situation [selected]
By Yael Ronen & Ensemble
Directed by Yael Ronen
Maxim Gorki Theater
Und dann kam Mirna (And then Came Mirna)
By Sibylle Berg
Directed by Sebastian Nübling
Maxim Gorki Theater
Nachtasyl (The Lower Depths)
By Maxim Gorky
Directed by Michael Thalheimer
Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz
der die mann [selected]
Based on texts by Konrad Bayer
Directed by Herbert Fritsch
Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz
Die Brüder Karamasow (The Brothers Karamazov)
Based on Fyodor M. Dostoyevsky
Directed by Frank Castorf
Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg Platz / Wiener Festwochen
Judith
By Friedrich Hebbel
Directed by Frank Castorf
Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz
Keiner findet sich schön (Nobody Finds Himself Pretty)
By René Pollesch
Directed by René Pollesch
Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz
Service / No service
By René Pollesch
Directed by René Pollesch
Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz
Leas Hochzeit (Lea’s Wedding)
By Judith Herzberg
Directed by Eric de Vroedt
Schauspielhaus Bochum
3.31.93 Ein Großstadtreigen (3.31.93 A City Roundel)
By Lars Norén
Directed by Moritz Sostmann
Schauspiel Köln
Accattone
Based on Pier Paolo Pasolini / Johann Sebastian Bach
Directed by Johan Simons
Conductors Philippe Herreweghe / Christoph Siebert
Zeche Lohberg Dinslaken – Ruhrtriennale / NTGent
Graf Öderland / Wir sind das Volk (Count Öderland / We Are the People)
By Max Frisch with texts by people from Dresden
Directed by Volker Lösch
Staatsschauspiel Dresden
Die stille Kraft (The Hidden Force)
By Louis Couperus
Directed by Ivo van Hove
Zollverein Essen – Ruhrtriennale / Toneelgroep Amsterdam
Penthesilea
By Heinrich von Kleist
Directed by Michael Thalheimer
Schauspiel Frankfurt
Effi Briest – allerdings mit anderem Text und auch anderer Melodie [selected]
(Effi Briest – albeit with a different text and a different melody)
By Clemens Sienknecht and Barbara Bürk
Based on Theodor Fontane
Directed by Clemens Sienknecht and Barbara Bürk
Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg
Reisende auf einem Bein (Travellers on One Leg)
By Herta Müller
Directed by Katie Mitchell
Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg
Schiff der Träume (And the Ship Sails On) [selected]
A European requiem based on Federico Fellini
Based on Federico Fellini
Directed by Karin Beier
Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg
Söhne & Söhne (Sons & Sons)
By SIGNA (Signa and Arthur Köstler)
Directed by Signa Köstler
Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg
Ehemalige staatl. Gewerbeschule für Bauhandwerker
Kasimir und Karoline – Glauben Lieben Hoffen (Kasimir and Karoline – Believing Loving Hoping)
By Ödön von Horváth
Directed by Jette Steckel
Thalia Theater
Liebe. Trilogie meiner Familie 1 (Love. Trilogy of my Family 1)
Based on Émile Zola
Directed by Luk Perceval
Thalia Theater / Ruhrtriennale
Der Auftrag. (The Mission)
Memory of a Revolution by Heiner Müller
Directed by Tom Kühnel and Jürgen Kuttner
Schauspiel Hannover / Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen
Stolpersteine Staatstheater [selected]
(Tripping Stones State Theatre)
By Hans-Werner Kroesinger
Directed by Hans-Werner Kroesinger
Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe
Tyrannis [selected]
By Ersan Mondtag
Directed by Ersan Mondtag
Staatstheater Kassel
Die Schutzflehenden / Die Schutzbefohlenen
(The Suppliants / The Supplicants)
By Aeschylus / Elfriede Jelinek
Directed by Enrico Lübbe
Schauspiel Leipzig
Caspar Western Friedrich
By Philippe Quesne
Directed by Philippe Quesne
Münchner Kammerspiele
Mittelreich (Middle Rich) [selected]
Based on Josef Bierbichler
Directed by Anna-Sophie Mahler
Münchner Kammerspiele
Buch (5 ingredientes de la vida)
By Fritz Kater
Directed by Armin Petras
Schauspiel Stuttgart / Münchner Kammerspiele
Unterm Rad (Beneath the Wheel)
Based on Hermann Hesse
Directed by Frank Abt
Schauspiel Stuttgart
Die Schutzbefohlenen (The Supplicants)
By Elfriede Jelinek
Directed by Michael Thalheimer
Burgtheater
Diese Geschichte von Ihnen (This Story of Yours)
By John Hopkins
Directed by Andrea Breth
Burgtheater im Akademietheater
John Gabriel Borkman [selected]
Based Henrik Ibsen by Simon Stone
Directed by Simon Stone
Burgtheater im Akademietheater / Wiener Festwochen / Theater Basel
Vassa Zheleznova
By Maxim Gorky
Directed by Andreas Kriegenburg
Burgtheater
Lost and Found
By Yael Ronen und Ensemble
Directed by Yael Ronen
Volkstheater
Ein Volksfeind (An Enemy of the People) [selected]
By Henrik Ibsen
An adaptation by Dietmar Dath
Directed by Stefan Pucher
Schauspielhaus Zürich