Research 2026

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The “Recherchen” academic project, which has been part of the Theater Directing program since 2022, will take place for the first time this year as part of the HfMT’s summer festival. Since January, the participating students have been conducting independent research on their own topics, free from any content-related or aesthetic constraints, and developing productions and performances based on their materials. At the heart of the project is a laboratory-style approach that moves between experimentation and conceptualization, rehearsals and research, observation and action.

Featuring works by: Hannah Arnim, Jakob Immervoll, Crescencia Lucia
Jiménez, Vakhtangi Pirtskhalava, Dante Nicolai Rafalski, Leni von der
Waydbrink

Directors: Laura Jakschas, Cornelius Puschke

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Eternity Maternity Forever
Longevity starts at birth. Begin your circle.

By: Hannah Nuñez Arnim and Emi Fend
Dramaturgical supervision: Mona Schäfer
With: Pia Kehl, Vadim Lindhof, Fia, Zlata Kadnikova, Krümmel Buehler, Karla Simon, Annika Henrike Kühn.

Room 11: 4:00 PM, 6:00 PM

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LUIGI’S GOT TALENT
Young, male, and a failure. That’s how most assassins can be described. A sad youth. Bad luck in both career and love. Very few are older than 35. A loner or a recluse, poorly integrated into their own social circle. And now they want to take revenge on fate for their botched lives, putting all their eggs in one basket. For once, the whole world is supposed to look at them… modern Herostratus… but is it that simple?
A reflection on the question of whether assassinations can be politically effective.
A performance by and with Jakob Immervoll

Multifunctional Studio: 4:00 PM, 8:00 PM

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Weapons Safety (Instruction)

The highest possible level of safety when handling firearms is achieved through proper training in safety regulations and the expert application of the rules of conduct set forth therein. However, improper handling of the weapon can always result in injury, death, or property damage. The instructions of the qualified staff must be strictly followed.

Content note:
Workshop
Presentation and use of prop weapons
Admission 18+

by: crescencia jiménez
dramaturgy: paris cassandra scholtz

Room 13: 5:00 PM, 8:00 PM

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SEEING MOUNTAINS AND DYING
10 Mistakes When Hiking (and How to Avoid Them):

• Wearing the wrong footwear
• Hiking without being in shape
• Not downloading offline maps
• Starting out too fast
• Not bringing cash
• Taking too many breaks
• Being left behind by your partner to die
• Starting too late
• Underestimating snowfields
• Forgetting to pack a survival blanket

Luckily, there are two of you. Luckily, you can rely on each other.
Or can you? What happens when a “harmless” hiking trip suddenly turns into a test of patience, a test of trust, a life-and-death struggle?

CAST: Fedra Valori, Charly Schmidt
DIRECTOR: Dante Nicolai Rafalski
DRAMATURGY: Mona Schäfer
OUTSIDE EYE: Pantelis Tiliakos
SET DESIGN: bee Hartmann
COSTUMES: Lisa Rilka, Runa Marx

Multifunctional Studio: 5:00 PM, 7:00 PM

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TILL DEATH DO US PART
(raubwuschNAMUSI*)

*NAMUSI: The Georgian term Namusi can be literally translated as “conscience”; in social usage, it is closely associated with virginity, moral reputation, and female honor.

a hole and the rain fell in torrents in torrents in the mud I drowned up to my neck up to my neck up to my neck up to I don’t know anymore anymore how I how I worked my way out but was the return the return it was it was worth it

By: Wahhogan
Featuring: Amanda May

Garden: 5:00 PM, 7:00 PM

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A coincidence

It was one of those days, and then it wasn’t one of those days. Something happened; there was no “before,” no foreseeable or calculable reason—it just happened. And suddenly the world is a little strange, a little out of whack.

By: Leni von der Waydbrink
With: Miriam Brodschelm
Dramaturgy: Violetta Zwick

Multifunction Studio: 6:00 PM, 9:00 PM

Eintritt frei