Nestroy Prize for HfMT directing graduate

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Rieke SüßkowRieke Süßkow, a directing graduate of the HfMT Theater Academy, was awarded Austria's most prestigious theater prize in November. She won in the category "Best Young Female Director" with her world premiere production of "Oxytocin Baby" by Anna Neata, which was developed for the Schauspielhaus Wien and shown at the Odeon Theater.

Rieke Süßkow sees the award as a success for the entire team and calls for better rehearsal conditions. Before her, graduates Matthias Spaan (2020) and Moritz Beichl (2019) also received the "Young Talent" Nestroy Award.

In addition, "Adern" by Lisa Wentz was awarded in the "Best Play" category. David Bösch directed it at the Akademietheater Wien. In 2020, Lisa Wentz took part as a student in the festival "DRAMA! - Reflexionsraum für junge Theatermacher:innen", which the Theaterakademie organizes in cooperation with the Scenic Writing course at the UdK Berlin.

Vita
Rieke Süßkow, born in Berlin in 1990, first studied theater, film and media studies in Vienna, then directing at the Theaterakademie in Hamburg from 2014 to 2019. Her world premiere of Kevin Rittberger's "IKI.radikalmensch" at Theater Osnabrück was invited to the Mülheimer Theatertage and the "Radikal Jung" festival at Munich's Volkstheater in 2020. Süßkow is co-founder of the theater collective "Hallimasch-Komplex".