“The Suicide” is Nikolai R. Erdmann’s second play and a satirical comedy that addresses the social ills of late 1920s Russia. Shortly after its completion, the play was banned by the Soviet censors and was not permitted to be performed in public. Erdmann was arrested in the early 1930s and exiled for several years before returning to work as a writer for state-run theatre and film productions. He was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1951 for his screenwriting. “The Suicide” did not have its world premiere until 1969 in Gothenburg. Erdmann died a year later in Moscow.
Content warning: Please note that the play “The Suicide” deals with the following themes: suicide and suicidal thoughts.
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Directed by: Dominik Stepien, Daria Kariakina, Kamea Seelandt, Lotta Nayeri, Leonard Püschel
- Production: Robin Wischner, Jan Theodor Ostendorf, Louisa Uhl, Mairi Stauch, Philipp Kubisch
- Costumes: Robin Wischner, Louisa Uhl, Ylva Dietrich, Cara Enders
- Set design: Ylva Dietrich
- Music: Dominik Stepien, Leonard Püschel, Nicolas Schmidt
- Make-up/Hair: Claire Woggon, Kamea Seelandt, Louisa Uhl, Nora Uhl, Gesa Schmitz
- Awareness: Lotte Gutberlet, Willy Irngartinger, Viviane Krüger, Maria Scheel
Cast:
- Semjon
- Robin Wischner (Acts 1 & 2)
- Nico Schmidt (Act 3),
- Jan Theodor Ostendorf (Acts 4 & 5)
- Maria – Ylva Dietrich
- Serafima – Johanna Meyer
- Aristarch & Benedikt – Simon Koster & Maria Scheel
- Alexander – Philipp Kubisch
- Margarita – Claire Woggon
- Yegorushka – Willy Irngartinger
- Viktor – Mairi Stauch
- Cleopatra – Viviane Krüger
- Father Elpidius – Marie Westphal
- Pugachev – Dominik Stepien
- Raissa – Louisa Uhl
- Deaf Boy – Romeo Reichenstein
- Oleg – Gesa Schmitz
- Sinka – Lotta Nayeri
- Stepan – Cara Enders
- Madame Sophie – Kamea Seelandt
- Grunya – Janset
- Chorus – Leonel Toruño
- Introduction – Daria Kariakina
The outdoor area is accessible. Please contact us in advance (kultur@stw.berlin) so that we can open the accessible rear entrance and lift.
