THEATER  PRODUCTIONS

The Colorado College German Theater program began in 1962 with Dürrenmatt's Der Besuch der alten Dame. 

In 1967, Professor Horst Richardson  began his long tenure as director of the annual plays which continue to be very popular with both the College and the community.  Since 1993, when the beautiful and intimate Max Kade Foreign Language Theater was built, Professor Richardson has alternated with Professor Heinz Geppert in directing the 
German plays.  Organization for the yearly play usually begins in January, with rehearsals beginning in earnest during February or March. Opening night is generally toward the middle of April. 

 
 
 
The plays selected for performance are most often classics of the German stage or new interpretations or compilations of material from famous German playwrights. In recent years, the department has put on an evening of Berlin-style cabaret (Kabarett Berlin), a musical revue of German popular classics from the thirties and forties (Kann denn Liebe Sünde sein?), Max Frisch's Biedermann und die Brandstifter (Biedermann and the Arsonists, or The Firebugs), and an evening of scenes from the works of Bertolt Brecht (Eine kleine Brecht Revue) to commemorate the 100th anniversary of his birth. 

Following is a list of plays performed since 1992 in the Max Kade Theater. (For a complete list of plays, please contact Professor Horst Richardson).

YEAR PLAY DIRECTOR
1992 Fractured Fairy Tales: Richardson
A Modern Version of the Brothers Grimm
 
1993 Die Physiker Richardson
1994 Cabaret Berlin Geppert/Koc
1995 Der Prozess Richardson
1996 Kann denn Liebe Sünde sein? Geppert
1997 Biedermann und die Brandstifter Richardson
1998 Eine kleine Brecht- Revue Geppert
1999 Woyzeck Richardson
2000 Top Dogs (Contemp. Swiss play) Geppert
2001 Der gute Mensch von Sezuan Richardson
2002 Geschichten aus dem Wiener Wald Geppert
2003 Girls' Night Out (Contemp.German play) Geppert
2004          Von Hamburg nach München Geppert
2005          Mit Erich Kästner im "Carlton" Geppert
2006          Szenen aus Faust Geppert
2007          Ein Soldat kommt nach Hause.  Szenen aus Minna von Barnhelm und Draussen vor der Tür Geppert
     
     
If you have any questions about German theater at the 
Colorado College, please click here to email Professor Horst Richardson or Heinz Geppert.


Pictures from the 1999 production of Georg Büchner's Woyzeck

Pictures from the 1997 production of Max Frisch's Biedermann und die Brandstifter

Pictures from earlier German theater productions at CC!


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