Theatre plays

Many of my plays have already had their debut performance:

Director Ira Schuer, actor Lucas Herrmann and me during rehearsals)

2006 was the debut performance of my play „Mole“ in the Lutherchurch Hamburg, directed by Ira Schuer.

(Matthias Winter)

(Juri Pargätzi, Anna Kiesow and Clara Wolff)

In 2010 my play “Flying high“ for the Young VHS had its debut performance in the Sprechwerk, it was directed by Alina Gregor and Nicole Kleiner.
Also in 2010 my play „In another life, I would have been an actress“had its debut performance at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg directed by Gunter Mieruch during the backstage-festival.

( Marielu Strehlow and Lea Zierott, a picture by Hergen Schimpf)

(Monika Reinboth and Werner Justen, a picture by Hergen Schmipf)

2011 was the debut performance of my play „Lovegames – traffic reduced zones“ in the Lichthof Theater, directed by Sabine Middel.

In 2011 there was also the debut performance of my radio ballet „Climate change“ for the Young VHS.

2017 I’m working on a concept for a play about famous Hamburg HAPAG shipowner Albert Ballin. History expert Hans Dejk from Den Haag has commissioned me and our potential partners Deutsche Schauspielhaus and Ballinstadt Museum are in to plan a show for the 100th aniversary of Ballins suicide in 2018 .

My plays have also been publicly presented in readings and played in parts on numerous occasions:

Since 2005 I had many readings of my plays in the Malersaal.
In 2007 two of my plays were read during the Begegnungsstätte Text und Theater at the theatre festival 150 % made in Hamburg.
2008 I had a reading of a play at the Frankfurter Autorenforum, where I was invited.
In 2008 some of my plays were read at the Wutzrock-Festival.

In 2009 there was a reading of my monologue „Fucking birds“ at the festival 150 % made in Hamburg. In that year, the text was also chosen for the anthology ZwischenZeiten. Die Anthologie zu den Ersten Berner Bücherwochen (publisher: Geest-Verlag) . In 2010 I had readings of this monologue at the Kunst gegen Bares and at Shortluck.
In 2012 I had a reading of the monologue at the Spiel the game of Budenplatz festival and at the FrIKK festival in Berlin.
In 2013 „Vögel“ was again presented at the Spiel the game of Budenplatz and also at the Theaterslam in the Sprechwerk.

Esther Kaufmann