Käthe Kollwitz
Show Length: 15 minutes
Number of Performers: 3
Indoor or Outdoor (after dusk)
Show synopsis:
The life and work of German Expressionist printmaker and sculptor Käthe Kollwitz is brought to light with shadow projections and toy theatre. Focusing on her depiction of working class life in early 20th Century Berlin, her anti-war work, and her resistance to the Nazis, Stranger Theatre draws on letters, diaries, traditional German folksong, and images from Kollwitz's art to celebrate the struggles of a remarkable figure.
Stranger Theatre first developed this piece for the The Third Annual Cooking Fire Theatre Festival (June 2006). Käthe Kollwitz was also performed in Chapel Hill, North Carolina as part of the RadiCackaLacky Puppet Convergence. (August,2006)
Directed by:
Kate Cayley
Performed by:
Sarah Cormier
Sandy Gribbin
Lea Ambros
Designed and built by:
Lea Ambros, Kate Cayley, Sarah Cormier and Sandy Gribbin (with additional assistance from Jenny Cook)
If you are interested in booking Käthe Kollwitz for your local venue please contact Stranger Theatre at strangertheatre@gmail.com.
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