Presented by Soulpepper Theatre
Co-produced with Necessary Angel Theatre Company
Supported by Goethe-Institut Toronto
Fascism doesn’t kick down the door. It waits for an invite, then makes itself at home. During the longest night of the year, a charming guest arrives at the home of a polite intellectual family, who aren’t quite as happy as they seem. The inescapable presence of the past reverberates through this razor-sharp comedy about the seduction of extremism.
Roland Schimmelpfennig, born 1967, is one of the most performed contemporary playwrights in Germany. He worked as a journalist in Istanbul and was engaged at the Munich Kammerspiele after studying directing at the Otto Falckenberg School. Since 1996 Roland Schimmelpfennig has been working as a freelance author. His plays are performed with great success in over 40 countries worldwide from Vienna’s Burgtheater to Tokyo's National Theatre. In 2016, his first novel "On a cold, clear January morning at the beginning of the 21st century" was published and which was shortlisted for the Leipzig Book Fair Prize. Up to now he has written three dozen stage and radio plays.
Roland Schimmelpfennig has been in Toronto as a guest of the Goethe-Institut many times. In 2010 the Goethe-Institut Toronto co-commissioned Schimmelpfennig's contribution to "The Africa Trilogy".
Soulpepper produced his "Indomeneus" under the direction of Alan Dilworth in 2018, which was nominated for five Dora Awards.
Directed by Alan Dilworth
Translated by David Tushingham
Cast
Cyrus Lane, Albert
Diego Matamoros, Rudolf
Nancy Palk, Corinna
Gregory Prest, Konrad
Bahareh Yaraghi, Bettina
Part of the Goethe-Institut's focus on shaping the past.
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