Production

Maschallah

Play development by and with young people from Weimar and the surrounding area

Junges DNT
Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar and Staatskapelle

Two young women in old-fashioned costumes are each reading a book. One woman is in the foreground of the picture and out of focus. The second woman is further in the background and is clearly recognisable.

DNT Weimar, Maschallah, with texts by Mascha Kaléko. ©Candy Welz

The play development combines Mascha Kaléko’s poetry with the players’ biographical research into their own families’ experiences of migration and war. The examination of Kaléko’s language and life story results in a polyphonic theatre evening about war, homelessness and dealing with upheaval - poetic, political and with a strong reference to the present. A poetic evening about the justified claim to a fulfilled life in freedom and peace.

Available from 6.6.2025 as video on demand in the media library.

There are indications of sensitive and/or health-relevant content.

Jury comment

Only available in German.

By and with

Emil Fischer, Lou-Amelie Groth, Runa Martha Hoffmann, Ronja Klein, Thalia Lauer, Jan Port, Arne Reißenweber

Angelika Andrzejewski – Direction
Silja Reimer – Stage Design and Costumes
Jannik Strohm – Music
Beate Seidel – Dramaturgy
Annika Bosch – Musical Rehearsal
Maya Gomez – Movement Training
Antonia Donat, Tobias Ludwig – Video
Thomas Geiler – Light Design
Emilie Losfeld, Jan Port – Assistant Director and Evening Theatre Management
Thomas Fischer – Sound
Charlotte Hildesheim, Leonie Martins, Kornelia Bloßfeld – Make-Up
Susanne Hillmann – Inspection