The life of the rich is like a long Sunday: this is Büchner’s critical view of society and at the same time a reflection of our times. “What people don’t do out of boredom! They study out of boredom, they fall in love, marry and reproduce out of boredom and finally die out of boredom and all with the most important faces. All these heroes, these saints, these sinners are basically refined idlers” (Leonce) Recognition is our theme. Leonce and Lena as people of our time, with a longing for love and the fulfillment of ideals. If the narcissist didn’t stand in the way, the world would be so beautiful and literature would have one less tragic story.

I played Leonce in this production by Regine Heintze. The play premiered at stellwerk.

The play was awarded the German Amatheurtheaterpreis Amarena in the drama category.