Two young actors and an old play: What does it do to them? And what do they do to the play, which is full of twists and mysteries? Life plans, time travel, humanity’s utopia, and the eternal drive for knowledge — Goethe spent 60 years writing it. He declared the second part unperformable and sealed the manuscript. On the occasion of its premiere in 1829, the Weimar poet expressed his skepticism: “Do with my Faust whatever you like.” With the depth of the text in mind, cheerfulness and imagination are one way to approach the work.