Direction:
Barbara Wachendorff
Set and costume design:
Christoph Rasche
Music:
Georg Beyerlin
Pedagogical guidance:
Frank Merkel
With:
Clemens Baron
Monika Baumkauf
Georg Beyerlin
Gabi Bleeker
Karin Bleeker
Torsten Helker
Wolfgang Korsmeier
Uta Siegert
Armin Nufer
Wolfgang Treusch
Willy Smith
Andreas Torke
LEONCE AND LENABüchnerTheater Thalhaus, Wiesbaden
PREMIERE
05. April 2003
Theater Thalhaus, Wiesbaden
PREMIEREGeorg Büchner’s ironic and buoyant play, realized here by a group of mentally disabled actors, tells the story of two young people who escape from their gilded cages. Their respective flights provide them with their first experience of elemental life: Thirst and hunger, the dictates of nature, physical exhaustion, pure fear for their lives – until they finally meet and share the experience of love.
For mentally handicapped people this is a story that relates to their lives. Well cared for in special kindergartens and schools, in living situations and workplaces tailored to their needs, they live in a kind of parallel world.