Alexander May (director, 1970)
Alexander May (born December 16, 1970 in Trier ) is a German theater director and director for drama , music theater and audio books .
Life
Alexander May first completed an apprenticeship as a stone sculptor and stone mason and worked in this profession for several years. He worked as a stone restorer in the antique collection of the Pergamon Museum in Berlin .
In 1999 he founded the independent theater group “Fragment”, with which he realized numerous productions in Berlin. In parallel, he worked as an assistant director with Claus Peymann , Thomas Langhoff and Christoph Schlingensief, among others .
From 2001 to 2005 he was assistant director at the Bavarian State Theater in Munich , where he worked with Barbara Frey and Jan Bosse , among others . In 2005 he staged Genua 01 by Fausto Paravidino in the Munich stables . Alexander May has been working as a freelance director since 2005.
He has staged at the Bavarian State Theater , Schauspiel Essen , Theater Trier , Theater Augsburg , State Theater Nuremberg , Theater Osnabrück , Schauburg Munich , Chamber Opera Munich and at the Salzburg Festival .
In 2011 he staged the generation drama Eine Familie by the American playwright Tracy Letts at the Trier Theater . His production was nominated in 2012 as the audience favorite for the “Theater Mask”, the culture award of the “Society of Friends of Trier Theater”. In the 2014/15 season he realized Aeschylus ' family tragedy Die Orestie at the Trier Theater .
From the 2015/16 season he worked as artistic director and stage manager at the Pforzheim Theater.
In the transition season 2017/18 he took over the duties of chief dramaturge and director as a member of the theater management of the Trier theater .
From 2018 to 2020 he worked as deputy director , chief dramaturge and director at the Rheinisches Landestheater Neuss .
Alexander May has been staging the annual arena show of the Kaltenberg knight tournament with over 200 participants since 2017 . The event takes place in the Kaltenberger Arena in front of over 10,000 spectators.
Productions
2019
- All the beautiful by Duncan Macmillan, drama // Rheinisches Landestheater Neuss
- The fight of the brothers by Thomas Limpinsel // Kaltenberg knight tournament
2018
- The black prince by Thomas Limpinsel // Kaltenberg knight tournament
- Brigitte Bordeaux by Sergey Gössner , drama world premiere
- San Paolo by Sidney Corbett based on a libretto by Ralf Waldschmidt // Theater Osnabrück, opera, world premiere
- Don Carlos , play by Friedrich Schiller // Theater Trier
2017
- The last knight, tournament show by Michael Peinkofer // Kaltenberger Ritterturnier
- Shylock !, musical by Stephan Kanyar and Brigitte Fassbaender // Theater Pforzheim
- Ewig Jung, song drama by Erik Gedeon // Theater Pforzheim
2016
- Man with a grand piano, musical for one person and a grand piano by Arpad Bondy // Theater Pforzheim
- The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart // Theater Osnabrück
- Hamlet , play by William Shakespeare // Theater Pforzheim
- Hansel and Gretel , opera by Engelbert Humberdinck // Theater Pforzheim
2015
- The Coronation of Poppea , opera by Claudio Monteverdi // Theater Pforzheim
- Tschick & pictures of your great love , two plays by Wolfgang Herrndorf // Theater Pforzheim
- Nabucco , opera by Giuseppe Verdi // Theater Pforzheim
- Germanicus, opera by Georg Philipp Telemann // Theater Osnabrück
- Alexandra or the dream of flying // Pasinger Fabrik Munich
- The Oresty , play by Aeschylus // Theater Trier
2014
- The Schimmelreiter after Theodor Storm // Theater Osnabrück
- Comedian Harmonists, musical by Franz Wittenbrink and Gottfried Greiffenhagen // Theater Osnabrück
2013
- Falstaff, opera by Antonio Salieri, Chamber Opera Munich // Schloss Nymphenburg Munich
- The big booklet, opera, world premiere by Sidney Corbett // Theater Osnabrück
2012
- We were (la vie de marchendise), Wiliam Pellier (German by Frank Weigand and Leyla-Claire Rabih) // Theater Osnabrück
- Tschick , play version by Robert Koall // Theater Osnabrück
- Faust, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe // Drama Manufactory Nördlingen
2011
- Death of a bitch, theater project based on Euripides // Theater Osnabrück
- A family, play by Tracy Letts // Theater Trier
2010
- Osama the hero, drama by Dennis Kelly // drama food
- But I'm still alive, a theater project // Landestheater Memmingen
- The robbers , play by Friedrich Schiller // Schauburg Munich
- The dwarfs by Markus Heitz // Theater tent, Munich Castle
- The next innocence by Kristo Šagor // Landestheater Schwaben
2009
- Il re pastore , opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart // Theater Augsburg
- Saved, play by Edward Bond // Schauburg Munich
- Speer, play by Esther Vilar // Congress Hall Nuremberg
2008
- The robbers, play based on Friedrich Schiller // Theater Trier
- Poets guest, scenic reading series of the Salzburg Festival
- A bit of calm before the storm by Theresia Walser // Kongresshalle Nürnberg
- Winter drama by Jon Fosse // Landesbühne Schwaben / Memmingen
- The fat years are over for Hans Weingartner // Kongresshalle Nürnberg
2007
- Request concert from Franz Xaver Kroetz // Hoffmannkeller
- Miss Julie by August Strindberg // Comedy Augsburg
- To die for by Ditte Schupp // white BOX
2006
- Bungee jumping or the story of the golden fish, psychological thriller fairy tale crime thriller by Jaanätte // Landesbühne Schwaben / Memmingen
- Three sisters take the bus to Anton Chekhov // Munich
- The boot and his socks, clown-like play by Herbert Achternbusch // Landesbühne Schwaben / Memmingen
2005
- Josefine Mutzenbacher , Staged Reading // Munich
- Genoa 01 after Fausto Paravidino | German by Georg Holzer // Bavarian State Theater
2003
- Somewhere in the world, songs and texts from exile // Theater in the House of Art
- Racing pig Rudi Rüssel , based on the children's book by Uwe Timm // Bayerische Staatsschauspiel
2001
- Lem On Space, Scenic Reading Series // Pavilion on Weinbergsweg in the Volkspark, Berlin
- The curve from Tankred Dorst // Tacheles, Berlin
1998
- Spaceship Superprice, Freie Theatertage Berlin
1997
- Outside the door of Wolfgang Borchert // Berlin
1996
- OUT: AWAY: GO! by Rik Belenk // Theater ship la mar
Radio play / audio book (director)
2020
- Hard years by Mario Vargas Llosa , audio book directing
2019
- The Broken Jug by Heinrich von Kleist , radio play in the Drama Baby series by Reclam / Sony
- Hamlet by William Shakespeare , radio play in the Drama Baby series by Reclam / Sony
- Maria Stuart by Friedrich Schiller , radio play in the Drama Baby series by Reclam / Sony
2018
- Nathan the Wise by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing , radio play in the Drama Baby series by Reclam / Sony
- Wilhelm Tell by Friedrich Schiller , radio play in the Drama Baby series by Reclam / Sony
- Faust - The first part of the tragedy by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , radio play in the Drama Baby series by Reclam / Sony
2017
- The man who dared to dream by Graeme Simsion , audio book, Argon Verlag
2015
- Dear Mr. M von Herman Koch , audio book, Argon Verlag
2013
- The iron summer by Angelika Felenda, audio book, Der Hörverlag
2010
- A discrete hero by Mario Vargas Llosa , audio book, Der Hörverlag
- Die Zwerge - live: The fantasy epic with Johannes Steck and Corvus Corax by Markus Heitz , audio book, Osterwold Audio
Prizes and awards
Prices
- The production "The Fat Years Are Over" at the State Theater in Nuremberg received the "Best Production 2008/09" award
Nominations
- Nominated for the Trier theater mask for the best artistic performance of 2011 at the Trier Theater.
- Honoring the production of Tracey Letts "A Family"
Web links
- Alexander May - Internet presence
- Alexander May - Vita; Osnabrück Theater
- Alexander May - Vita at Nachtkritik.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Alexander May ( Memento from August 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Vita. Official website of Theater Pforzheim . Retrieved August 13, 2016.
- ↑ a b c d e Theater Pforzheim becomes an "offshoot" of Trier Vita. In: Trierischer Volksfreund from July 29, 2014. Retrieved on August 13, 2016.
- ↑ The Oresty - Alexander May makes a sad diagnosis in Trier with Aeschylus' family tragedy of our present ; Performance review from February 21, 2015 at Nachtkritik.de. Retrieved August 13, 2016
personal data | |
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SURNAME | May, Alexander |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German director for musical theater, drama and audio books |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 16, 1970 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | trier |