Donna Van Handle - Mount Holyoke College

Donna Van Handle - Mount Holyoke College

Department of German Studies
33rd ANNUAL GERMAN THEATRE
FESTIVAL & COMPETITION
co-sponsored by the Goethe Institute Boston, Consulate General of the Federal Republic of
Germany in Boston, Department of German Studies at Mount Holyoke College
Schedule of Performances:
The competition will begin promptly and proceed according to the following schedule:
9:15
Introduction & Welcome
Donna Van Handle & Mark Lauer
Department of German Studies
9:30
The Hartsbrook School
(Hadley, MA)
Momo
(Michael Ende's novel adapted by Karin Winter)
10:10
Brattleboro Union High School
(Brattleboro, VT)
Jenseits der Stille
(adaptation of Caroline Link's film screenplay)
10:30
The Governor’s Academy
(Byfield, MA)
The Newlywed Game
(original adaptation of the television game show)
10:50
Wellesley Middle School
(Wellesley, MA)
Gabi und Klaus
(original play written by the students)
11:10
Wellesley High School
(Wellesley, MA)
Die Leiden des jungen Werthers
(adaptation of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's novel)
11:30
Meadowbrook Waldorf School
(West Kingston, RI)
Der Schweinehirt
(Heide Atkins' adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's work)
12:00 INTERMISSION and LUNCH BREAK…………..
1:30
Mount Holyoke College
(South Hadley, MA)
Trümmerfrauen (not in competition)
(original play written by Allison Lane '12)
1:50
Newburyport High School
(Newburyport, MA)
Familien-Duell
(original play based on the game show Family Feud)
2:10
Falmouth Academy
(Falmouth, MA)
Dufte
(based on a short film by Ingo Rasper)
2:30
German International School Boston
(Boston, MA)
Ein Sommernachtstraum
(Two scenes from the play by William Shakespeare)
2:50
North Kingstown High School
(North Kingstown, RI)
König Artur auf der Suche nach dem Heiligen Gral
(adaptation of selected scenes from the Monty Python film
written by the students)
3:10
Waldorf School of Garden City
(Garden City, NY)
Die Hochzeit
(inspired and loosely based on Bertolt Brecht's Die
Kleinbürgerhochzeit)
3:30
Connecticut College
(New London, CT)
Was ist Deutsch?
(Frei nach dem Roman Macho Mann von Moritz Netenjakob)
3:50
Middlebury College
(Middlebury, VT)
Der grüne Kakadu
(Final three scenes of the play by Arthur Schnitzler)
4:10
State University of New York at Oswego
(Oswego, NY)
Biedermann und die Brandstifter
(Scenes 5 and 6 from the play by Max Frisch)
AWARDS CEREMONY (Donna Van Handle)
As always, this is a tight schedule with only 5 minutes allowed for setting up and striking sets. We
must insist that each group adhere to the schedule very closely. Thank you for your cooperation.