5 morgen
5 mornings

An original play written by Fritz Kater
Directed by Armin Petras

The story takes place in a time when everything swims and blurs.
Five people, five mornings. The city is in state of alert. Is it because of an explosion? Or a radioactive contamination? A dangerous virus? The society’s “burn-out”? Nobody knows. It seems that no foreign enemy can be held responsible. In this exceptional situation, five people develop their own survival strategy.
Paul, consultant in information technology, locks himself in his house with all the means he finds. He even refuses his wife to come in, lest he should get infected. Following the disaster, the life and marriage of August and Julia, who are on the verge of getting a divorce, seem to be accelerating, particularly with the arrival of student Missy, which will act as a catalyst. In order to survive, they all try whatever they can, their attempts being more or less brave, ridiculous, absurd, sad and inappropriate. Ever since the beginning, even before the disaster, their lives were already lost, meaningless and useless. These events provide meaning to the life of some protagonists, even though this is only temporary. When dying, some will even try to get a new start.

Fritz Kater is one of the most important contemporary German playwrights. He received the Mülheimer Dramatiker Prize in 2003 for his play zeit zu lieben zeit zu sterben. That same year, as well as in 2004, he was voted “Author or the Year” in a critics’ survey by Theater Heute. In 2008, Fritz Kater was awarded the Else-Lasker-Schüler-Dramatiker-Prize for his oeuvre. He was furthermore invited to the Berliner Theatertreffen, the Heidelberger Stückemarkt, and multiple times to the Mülheimer Theatertage.

An original play written by Fritz Kater
Directed by Armin Petras
With Andreas Leupold (Paul), Holger Stockhaus (August), Anja Schneider (Loretta), Hanna Plaß (Missy), Manja Kuhl (Julia)

Stage setting Natascha von Steiger
Costume Patricia Talacko
Video Rebecca Riedel
Music Thomas Kürstner, Sebastian Vogel
Choreography Berit Jentzsch
Dramaturgy Carmen Wolfram