New German Plays for Challenging Times

Birgit Schreyer Duarte, PhD, is a Dramaturg, Stage Director and Translator, born in Germany. She studied Dramaturgy in Munich and Drama, Theatre & Performance Studies in Toronto. There, she works in new play development and facilitates cultural exchange between Germany and Canada. She has worked in season planning at Canadian Stage and has directed classical and new plays in Toronto, Stratford/Ontario, and in Austria. She has translated over 25 plays from German to English.

• From Noise to Silence, or: of Goddesses and PoetsPreface by Jutta Brendemühl, Goethe-Institut (Toronto/Canada)New German Plays for Challenging Times: Re-Staging Trauma, Migration and Digital Dilemma Introduction by Birgit Schreyer Duarte, General Editor (Toronto/Canada and Munich/Germany)Scream against the Machine with living Experiences: Goddesses: A Bastard Tragedy by Ewe Benbenek Introduction by Antje Budde (Toronto)Goddesses: A Bastard Tragedy (Tragödienbastard)By Ewe Benbenek (Vienna/Austria)Translated by Birgit Schreyer DuarteBright Adolescence: Tschick by Wolfgang Herrndorf and Robert KoallIntroduction by Detlev Baur (Cologne/Germany)TschickBy Wolfgang Herrndorf and Robert Koall (Düsseldorf/Germany)Translated by Birgit Schreyer DuarteHi-Res Snapshots of a Culture in Crisis: Noise by Maria Milisavljevic Introduction by David Jansen (Toronto/Canada)Noise By Maria Milisavljevic (Berlin/Germany)Translated by the AuthorIntroduction by Miranda Calderon (Toronto/Canada) Prowl By Ivana Sokola (Berlin/Germany)Translated by Birgit Schreyer Duarte Big Analogue Brother? Big Digital Brother! I, Your big analogue Brother, his f*cking Cat and You by Felicia ZellerIntroduction by Yizhou Zhang (Toronto/Canada)I, Your big analogue Brother, his f*cking Cat and You (Ich, dein großer analoger Bruder, sein verfickter Kater und du) By Felicia Zeller (Berlin/Germany)Translated by Birgit Schreyer Duarte Wounds Are Forever (Self-portrait as the National Poet) by Sivan Ben Yishai: A Reflection on History through the lens of Sivan Ben Yishai’s playIntroduction by Tobias Herzberg (Vienna/Austria)Wounds Are Forever (Self-portrait as the National Poet) By Sivan Ben Yishai (Berlin/Germany)Notes on Contributors