DRAMA! 26

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Launched in 2020 as a kick-off event at the temporary location on Hebebrandstrasse—right in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis—DRAMA! has steadily evolved and become a significant academic project involving three universities, now in its seventh year.

DRAMA! is a teaching and learning format that brings together students of playwriting at the UdK Berlin, students of dramaturgy and directing at the HfMT, and acting students at the HfMT Hamburg and the HMTM Hannover in an intensive research collaboration.

Over the course of two semesters, approximately 40 young theater professionals explore theatrical forms of expression and performance through preparatory seminars on new drama, dramaturgical and stage-based work, and playwriting. Five teams then develop staged productions that are performed on the Kleine Bühne at the Wiesendamm campus. In this way, DRAMA! creates a unique opportunity for participants to get to know one another through their work before entering the professional world. The focus is not on highlighting individual disciplines, but rather on ensemble work, exchange, and collaboration.

Over the years, working relationships have developed that have proven to be very enduring. Directors, playwrights, and actors continue to collaborate long after they’ve graduated.

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Oscar Luiz Bonn
Krankenhausstück
Staging: Crescencia Lucia Jimenez
Dramaturgy: Lili Wind

Paula Regine Erb
“Endstation Krabbe”
Staging: Hannah Nagel
Dramaturgy: Luis Löwenstein

Johanna Sausen
Graupelschauer
Stage Design: Vakhtangi Pirtskhalava
Dramaturgy: Kasper Bisgaard Laursen

Malte Schwoch
The Emu War
Stage Design: Leni von der Waydbrink
Dramaturgy: Violetta Zwick

Franca Zajac
Moles
Stage Design: Dante Rafalski
Dramaturgy: Yael Ostermeier

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Eintritt frei

More information about the pieces and how to register will be posted here shortly.

This project is made possible only thanks to grants and support from the Hamburg Cultural Foundation and the Mara and Holger Cassens Foundation, as well as the productive collaboration with the University of Music, Drama, and Media in Hanover and the Berlin University of the Arts.

Event Schedule
October 15, 2026
October 16, 2026