Anna, Mascha und Julia

In the organizer's words:

Wild montage, familiar characters, new show!

"If you plant a pistol in the first act, then a shot must be fired in the third act", Anton Chekhov once advised a fellow writer. In fact, one of the characters in Chekhov's plays often kills himself or tries to shoot someone else - always the male characters. And although Anton Chekhov's texts are populated by many different characters with individual depth, the women are usually in the spotlight alongside the men named Ivanov, Trigorin or Vanya. In the Otto Falckenberg School's annual production, they are given more attention: Nina, Anna, Mascha, Sonja - their individual longings, fears and limitations are placed in a new tense relationship on stage.

The siblings Masha Chekhova and Anton Chekhov take the audience on a journey through Chekhov's work. Illuminating human life down to the most mundane details, Anton Chekhov examines the individual with his dreams and weaknesses, the failure in his own biography.

Shortly before graduating in drama, the students of the 3rd drama class at the Otto Falckenberg School put themselves in relation to the characters: What does it mean to be too weak to live the life you dream of? What about dependencies, how do you manage to get going? Will I have lived the right life?

Lizzy Timmers is a performer and director and was artistic co-director at Theaterhaus Jena until 2024. Through her way of working, she manages to bring out the individual interests and abilities of the performers and combine them into a humorous and infectious scenic journey.