60 ensembles from 13 federal states have submitted their productions for the 46th Theatertreffen der Jugend 2025. The applicants have developed their productions at a wide variety of school types, or in cooperation between schools and theatres, in youth clubs at municipal and state theatres, as independent groups, at youth cultural institutions or at community theatres.
We would like to thank all the ensembles and young theatre makers who submitted their exciting productions this year. The jury looked at the submitted works with great interest and pleasure.
After extensive viewing and discussion, the expert jury has now made its interim selection of 18 productions from 11 federal states:
Auf die Fresse
ACADEMY Bühnenkunstschule und Produktionslabor
Berlin
academy-buehnenkunstschule.de
Ausradiert
Theatrical research in the footsteps of those affected by Nazi eugenics crimes in Thuringia
Cooperation between stellwerk junges theatre, Lernort Weimar e.V., the Friedrich Schiller University Jena and the Kunstfest Weimar as part of the “beredtes Schweigen” project
Weimar, Thuringia
stellwerk-weimar.de
Concord Floral
By Jordan Tannahill
Theater-AG of the Gymnasium der Oscar-Paret-Schule in Freiberg am Neckar
Baden-Württemberg
ops-freiberg.de/platz-zur-entfaltung/arbeitsgemeinschaften/theater
dazwischen
Piccolo Theater Jugendklub
Cottbus, Brandenburg
piccolo-cottbus.de
Die besten Jahre deines Lebens
Jugendclub “DIE AKTIONIST*INNEN” of the Maxim Gorki Theater
Berlin
gorki.de
Die Leiden der junge Werte
Based on “Die Leiden des jungen Werther” by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
SchauSpielRaum
Junges SchauSpielHaus Hamburg
Hamburg
junges.schauspielhaus.de
Flügelschläge
A project of the series Schule.Spiel.Theater
Cooperation between the Haarentor Vocational School, the Training Centre for Technology and Design and the Oldenburg State Theatre
Oldenburg, Lower Saxony
staatstheater.de/programm/projekte/schulespieltheater
Global Player
Theater des Bellevue di Monaco
Munich, Bavaria
bellevuedimonaco.de
Heißes Wasser für alle
Based on “Girlsnightout” by Gesine Dankwart
Theaterjugendlcub “Sorry, eh!”
Leipzig, Saxony
schauspiel-leipzig.de/theaterpaedagogik/die-clubs
Jason & Die Astronauten
Theaterkollektiv B14, Berufliches Gymnasium des Berufsschulzentrums für Elektrotechnik
Dresden, Saxony
bszet.de
Luzi* Lebt
Young Pathos Kollektiv
Munich, Bavaria
pathos.theater/young.php
Maschallah
Play development by and with young people from Weimar and the surrounding area
Junges DNT Weimar
Deutsches Nationaltheater
Weimar, Thuringia
nationaltheater-weimar.de
My Body is a Cage
Based on “Faust 1” by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Leistungszentrum Schwarzer Kasten
Albert-Einstein-Schule
Groß-Bieberau, Hesse
aesthetX.de
Nur die Freiheit?
Based on “Die Räuber” by Friedrich Schiller
Theatergruppe am Goethe-Gymnasium – TaGGS
Goethe-Gymnasium
Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
goethegymnasium-schwerin.de/fachbereiche/theater/
ohne Worte
Theatergruppe “Alle für alle”
Carl-Orff-Gymnasium
Unterschleißheim, Bavaria
theater.carl-orff-gym.de
Project Fear
Jugendclub Jtw Spandau
Jugendtheaterwerkstatt
Berlin
jtw-spandau.de
SCHLAG ZEILEN
Performance created as part of the “UNART” festival and in co-operation with the Staatsschauspiel Dresden
Dresden, Saxony
staatsschauspiel-dresden.de/spielplan/a-z/unart-20232024/
Sehnsucht ist…
Flammensemble
JugendKULTURcafé Franzmann
Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia
Congratulations to the groups on the shortlist!
The jurors will now go on viewing trips to experience the works live. They will then decide on the winners of the Theatertreffen der Jugend 2025, which will be announced at the end of March.