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by Volker Ludwig & Detlef Michel
Inge grew up in a social democratic house. In 1933, the 10-year-old's mother revealed that she was "Jewish". Inge only slowly understands what this will mean for her.
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Szene aus Ab heute heißt du Sara
Szene aus Ab heute heißt du Sara
Szene aus Ab heute heißt du Sara
Szene aus Ab heute heißt du Sara
Szene aus Ab heute heißt du Sara
Szene aus Ab heute heißt du Sara
Szene aus Ab heute heißt du Sara
“From today on, your name is Sara,” a police officer said to 16-year-old Inge in 1938 and stamped a J on her ID – J for Jew. From now on everything changes in the life of the self-confident Berliner. Inge and her mother remain in Berlin - like all Jews, exposed to ostracism and persecution by the Nazis. Otto Weidt, the owner of a workshop for the blind, hires Inge in his office, despite all the laws. But after the deportations began in 1941, Inge and her mother were forced to go into hiding.
The piece, based on the autobiographical book “I wore the yellow star” by Inge Deutschkron, uses 33 pictures, songs and music scenes to tell the story of the fear of the persecuted, of the people who helped Inge and her mother and became “silent heroes” for them. about a lost childhood and, last but not least, about the fighting courage of a young girl who doesn't give up.
Those who want to learn even more about the background to the story can visit the Otto Weidt Workshop for the Blind.
(Program in German)
Additional information
Educational Services
https://www.grips-theater.de/de/theaterpaedagogik/klassen-und-gruppen
Accessibility
Premiere at the Grips Theatre
On 8 March, the GRIPS is offering a performance with audio description for the first time. There will also be a tactile tour at 5pm, 50 minutes before the performance.
Participating artists
Uwe Jens Jensen (Regie)
Hansgeorg Koch (Musik)
Mathias Fischer-Dieskau (Bühne)
Jan A. Schroeder (Bühne Rekonstruktion)
Yoshio Yabara (Kostüme)
Neva Howard (Choreographie)
Michaela Hanser (Regie Neubesetzung)
Matthias Witting (Musikalische Leitung)
Jennifer Breitrück (Inge Deutschkron)
Regine Seidler (Ella Deutschkron, Inges Mutter)
Christian Giese (Martin Deutschkron, Eschhaus, Basch, u.a.)
Hanna Petkoff (Lisa Holländer, Frau Hohenstein)
Ariane Fischer (Klara, Ali, Grete Sommer, Beamtin, u.a.)
Julia Blankenburg (Lotte, Lily Blumentahl, Käte Schwarz. u.a.)
Dietrich Lehmann (1. Polizeibeamter, Otto Weidt, u.a.)
Jens Mondalski (2.Hitlerjunge, 1. Gestapo-Mann, Russki, Hefter. u.a.)
Robert Neumann (1. Hitlerjunge, 2. Polizeibeamter, Kurt, Hans Freudenthal, u.a.)
Jörg Westphal (2. Gestapo-Mann, Max Blumenthal, Blinder, Kremp, Walter Rieck, u.a.)
Michaela Hanser (Frau Gumz, Frau Garn, Frau Lehmann u.a.)
René Schubert (Fotograf, Dr. Hoffmann, Wachtmeister Lemke, Kriminalobersekretär Prüfer, Dr. Ostrowski, u.a.)
Matthias Witting (Keyboards)
David »Skip« Reinhart (Trompete, Keyboards)
Martin Fonfara (Percussion, Keyboards)
Robert Neumann (Soundprogrammierung)
Tobias Diekmann (Dramaturgie)
Oana Cîrpanu (Theaterpädagogik)
