At both performances of the 7th Grade Theater Workshop 2017 on June 1 and 2, the audience was thrilled by fantastic plays, wonderful visuals, and exceptionally enthusiastic students. The concept of having students work with teachers and actors to develop a play over the course of a school year has once again resulted in remarkable performances.
The 7a took their audience on an exciting journey through time with some very special characters.
The Play I Wrote Myself “The Forgotten Bus” transported the audience back to the year 1492,
in which Christopher (or was it Christina?) Columbus discovered America. The teenagers, who had heard stories about a time-traveling bus from their grandparents time and again, now set out on an adventurous journey of their own. In the process, they changed the future and had to be guided back on the right path by their grandparents. The theater class in 7a was characterized by a great enthusiasm for acting and the joy of developing their unique characters. Directors: Mr. Ullwer and Mr. Pietsch
The 7b transported the audience to a very unusual mental institution, where by the end the viewers no longer knew who was truly crazy and who was sane. The plot, based on Dürrenmatt’s tragicomedy “The Physicists” In a comedy, he initially depicted the bizarre world of a psychiatric ward, which, as the story unfolded, led to an ending that left some viewers with a lump in their throats: Two mysterious deaths of two nurses in a mental institution, committed by two physicists who believe themselves to be Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein. Detective Inspector Richard Voss and his alter ego are faced with a mystery. He investigates the cause of the murders at the “Les Cerisiers” asylum, surrounded by the insane, the bizarre, and overwhelmed staff—led by the asylum’s director, Mathilde von Zahnd. When a third murder—that of a nurse—is added to the mix, the inspector and his alter ego are clearly in over their heads. What is really behind the murders, and who is truly crazy in the end?
Game Masters: Ms. Lauginiger and Mr. Köckritz
The Class 7c After first exploring and experimenting with various theatrical techniques in the theater workshop, she wanted to stage a crime comedy, so they wove theft, revenge, a crime of passion, drug trafficking, and a manhunt into a whimsical story titled ” … and you’re out!”
The title is a recurring phrase spoken by a character who appears in many scenes, thereby tying the collage of scenes together thematically. She is a little girl, sensitively portrayed by Carla, who is separated from her hysterical mother (Rieka) by her mother’s drunken lover (Mara) on the train platform. Actor Stefan Martel, unmistakably played by Alex, briefly takes the girl under his wing with his talking dog (Gianna), but passes her off at the first opportunity to the unemployed TV host Jessy (Anna). Although Jessy strikes a more empathetic tone when dealing with the girl, she, too, seizes the opportunity—while handing the drug-addicted psychologist Anthony (Paul Anton) his “stuff”—to get rid of the girl in the psychologist’s basement apartment…
Game Masters: Ms. Vielhaben and Mr. Sempf
