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7:00 PM
Kevin Rittberger
Reading and Discussion | Reading by the playwright and director Kevin Rittberger
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Goethe-Institut Chicago, Chicago, IL
- Language Deutsch mit englischer Übersetzung und Englisch
- Price Free Admission, Registration required
Kevin Rittberger reads excerpts from his plays "Kassandra/ Prometheus. Recht auf Welt","The Männy. Eine Menschtierverknotung" and "Wir sind nach dem Sturm".
The reading will be in German with English supertitles followed by an audience discussion in English.
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Born in 1977 in Stuttgart, Kevin Rittberger is an author, director and curator. He lives in Berlin.
He studied contemporary German literature, journalism and communication sciences at Freie Universität Berlin.
His productions have been premiered and staged at Schauspielhaus Vienna, Düsseldorf Schauspielhaus, Residenztheater Munich, Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg, Deutsches Theater Berlin, Schauspiel Frankfurt, Schauspiel Hannover and Gorki Theatre Berlin.
In 2009 and 2014 he received scholarships from the German Literature Fund; in 2010 he was awarded the Akademie der Darstellenden Künste’s prize for best director for his production of Dietmar Dath’s novel “Die Abschaffung der Arten” – premiered at Deutsches Theater Berlin – and “Nachrichten aus der ideologischen Antike” after Alexander Kluge – premiered at Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg. His drama “Kassandra oder Die Welt als Ende der Vorstellung” as well as „IKI. radikalmensch“ were nominated for the Mülheim Dramatikpreis 2011 and 2020. In 2012 he received the Jürgen Bansemer & Ute Nyssen Playwright Prize.
With the support of the Goethe-Institut, he travelled to Chile for research purposes in 2013, and directed the world premiere of his play “Mulian rescues Mother Earth” at the Taipei Arts Festival in Taiwan in 2014.
In 2021, together with the French playwright Penda Diouf Rittberger wrote the play „Blackout White Noise“, invited to the „Autorentheatertage“ at Deutsches Theater Berlin.
Since 2015, he has published articles e.g. for Berliner Zeitung as well as works of theory and lectured at the August Everding Theaterakademie in Munich, the Hochschule der Künste in Zurich (ZHDK) and the Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch.
In cooperation with the German Department of Northwestern University and the Germanic Language Department of UIC.
The reading will be in German with English supertitles followed by an audience discussion in English.
Please Register
Born in 1977 in Stuttgart, Kevin Rittberger is an author, director and curator. He lives in Berlin.
He studied contemporary German literature, journalism and communication sciences at Freie Universität Berlin.
His productions have been premiered and staged at Schauspielhaus Vienna, Düsseldorf Schauspielhaus, Residenztheater Munich, Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg, Deutsches Theater Berlin, Schauspiel Frankfurt, Schauspiel Hannover and Gorki Theatre Berlin.
In 2009 and 2014 he received scholarships from the German Literature Fund; in 2010 he was awarded the Akademie der Darstellenden Künste’s prize for best director for his production of Dietmar Dath’s novel “Die Abschaffung der Arten” – premiered at Deutsches Theater Berlin – and “Nachrichten aus der ideologischen Antike” after Alexander Kluge – premiered at Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg. His drama “Kassandra oder Die Welt als Ende der Vorstellung” as well as „IKI. radikalmensch“ were nominated for the Mülheim Dramatikpreis 2011 and 2020. In 2012 he received the Jürgen Bansemer & Ute Nyssen Playwright Prize.
With the support of the Goethe-Institut, he travelled to Chile for research purposes in 2013, and directed the world premiere of his play “Mulian rescues Mother Earth” at the Taipei Arts Festival in Taiwan in 2014.
In 2021, together with the French playwright Penda Diouf Rittberger wrote the play „Blackout White Noise“, invited to the „Autorentheatertage“ at Deutsches Theater Berlin.
Since 2015, he has published articles e.g. for Berliner Zeitung as well as works of theory and lectured at the August Everding Theaterakademie in Munich, the Hochschule der Künste in Zurich (ZHDK) and the Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch.
In cooperation with the German Department of Northwestern University and the Germanic Language Department of UIC.
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Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 N Michigan Ave
Suite 420
Chicago, IL 60601
USA
150 N Michigan Ave
Suite 420
Chicago, IL 60601
USA