Andreas Sauter

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Andreas Sauter (born August 19, 1974 in Zurich ) is a Swiss playwright and director.

Andreas Sauter studied scenic writing at the Berlin University of the Arts , with David Spencer and Oliver Bukowski , among others , and works as an author and director for theater, radio drama and film. Since 1998 there has been a co-authorship with Bernhard Studlar .

Together with Katharina Schlender and Rolf Kemnitzer , Andreas Sauter founded the initiative “We care means you care - 10 wishes for a future author's theater” initiative in 2007, which triggers a broad discussion about the role of the author in theater throughout the German-speaking region.

In addition to writing and staging, Andreas Sauter leads writing workshops and piece developments. Among other things at the Deutsches Theater Berlin , at the Westfälische Kammerspiele Paderborn, at the Consol Theater Gelsenkirchen, and on the course "Scenic Writing" at the UdK Berlin .

Since summer 2015 Andreas Sauter has been co-director of the “Drama Processor” at the Theater an der Winkelwiese in Zurich .

Pieces

  • A. is someone else , with Bernhard Studlar, 2000 (premiere: Städtische Bühnen Chemnitz, 2001)
  • All about Mary Long , trash libretto with Bernhard Studlar and Gilbert Handler, 2000 (premiere: Donaufestival / Theater Rampe, 2003)
  • Liza - On the last evening bare-bones , comedy, 2001 (WP: Theater Nürnberg, 2002)
  • Fiege - A piece without lust , with Bernhard Studlar, 2001 (WP: Theater Bielefeld, 2003)
  • Inconspicuous change , with Bernhard Studlar, 2002 (premiere: Theater Neumarkt, Zurich, 2002)
  • The Excitement of the Swallow , with Bernhard Studlar, 2003 (free for the premiere)
  • The second in between , monologue, 2004 (premiere: Stadttheater Osnabrück, 2005)
  • Rote Kometen , Christmas comedy with Bernhard Studlar, 2005 (WP: Stadttheater Bern, 2005)
  • The red sheep or the princess who couldn't laugh , children's play with Bernhard Studlar, 2007 (premiere: Landestheater Neuss, 2008)
  • The man in the tower or the secret of time , 2007 (WP: Stadttheater Giessen, 2008)
  • Everything in order , with Bernhard Studlar, 2008 (WP: Theater Rampe, Stuttgart, 2010)
  • Herzblut , 2008 (free for the premiere)
  • Money - bring it on , with Bernhard Studlar, 2009 (premiere: Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, 2009)
  • Das weisse Zimmer , 2011 (WP: Huajuyuan Theater Qingdao, China and Westfälische Kammerspiele Paderborn, 2011)
  • On the other hand , 2012
  • The world behind it or sometimes it's like I'm behind glass , Monolog 2015
  • Parat or Nienedmeh isch nüd , text for the author's theater production “Das Schweigen der Schweiz” at the Theater St. Gallen, 2016 (WP: Theater St. Gallen, 2016)

The pieces are translated into different languages. Including in French, Romansh, Russian, Polish, Czech.

Radio plays

  • A. is someone else , with Bernhard Studlar, 2004; Swiss Radio DRS 1, director: Reto Ott (first broadcast: November 2004)
  • The second in between , 2006; Swiss Radio DRS 1, director: Reto Ott (first broadcast: November 2006)
  • Liza , 2007; Swiss Radio DRS 1, director: Margret Nonhoff (first broadcast: March 2007)
  • Harzbluet , 2008; Swiss Radio DRS 1, director: Reto Ott (first broadcast: May 2008)
  • The miraculous journey of Roman Horn , with Bernhard Studlar, 2012; Swiss Radio and Television SRF 1, director: Reto Ott (first broadcast: April 2012)
  • Grandfather and the Wolves , radio play adaptation of Per Olav Enquist's children's book of the same name for Swiss radio and television SRF 1, 2013
  • Läubli's dream , short radio play, Swiss radio and television SRF 1, 2013
  • Don't call me Ishmael! , Radio play based on the novel of the same name by Michael Gerard Bauer, SWR 2, 2015
  • Ismael and the Manatee Appearance , radio play based on the novel of the same name by Michael Gerard Bauer, SWR 2, 2015
  • Ismael - Ready is everything , radio play based on the novel of the same name by Michael Gerard Bauer, SWR 2, 2015
  • Operation Data Saugus Rex , radio play game with Bernhard Studlar; Swiss radio and television SRF 1, 2015/2016

Piece developments

  • I look for myself more often than you , Albert-Einstein-Gymnasium Berlin-Neukölln as part of “TAtSch”; Theater authors meet schools, 2012
  • The stars are on the other side , Jugendtheaterclub Westfälische Kammerspiele Paderborn, 2013
  • Blood and Coconut Milk , Consol Theater Gelsenkirchen youth theater club as part of “Dialogues”; Scenic writing with young people, 2013
  • Flying Cookies or Fear is not a hare , Kanaltheater Eberswalde, 2015
  • As if I were running into an infinitely wide sky , Jugendkunstschule Neuruppin, 2015
  • And then…? , Bürgerbühne Neuruppin, 2016

Films & scripts

  • Jamaica Flowers , screenplay with Bernhard Studlar, 2003
  • Mittendrin , documentary with Cornelia Sturm and Robert Ralston 2006 (gute filme GmbH)

Prizes and awards

  • Prize for short prose, Holocene Zurich, 1997
  • Prize for a radical comedy Staatstheater Kassel, 2000 (with Bernhard Studlar)
  • Kleist Prize for Young Dramatists , 2000 (with Bernhard Studlar)
  • Award for film exhibition "Crap Nair", Locarno 2002 (with Robert Ralston )
  • A. is another , (with Bernhard Studlar) Radio Play Prize of the Radio Basel Foundation 2004
  • Finalist of the 1st St. Gallen Author Days with "The Second In Between"
  • Finalist of the 2nd St. Gallen Author Days with "To Europe" (with Bernhard Studlar)
  • “Golden Lion” for the production “Das weisse Zimmer”; largest Chinese spoken theater award, 2012
  • “The Silence of Switzerland”; invited to the Swiss Theatertreffen 2017

Andreas Sauter has received several work and work grants in recent years.

Director

  • Night shift , play development and staging at the Zurich Acting Academy with Daniel Jesch, 1997
  • Zimmer in Paradies and Veronika or the Tragedy of a Virgin , by Sauter & Studlar; Live radio plays at the Hope & Glory Festival in Zurich with Bernhard Studlar and Gilbert Handler, 1999
  • All about Mary Long , from Handler, Sauter & Studlar; Live radio play at the Hope & Glory Festival in Zurich with Bernhard Studlar and Gilbert Handler, 2000
  • Fiege - A piece without lust , by Sauter & Studlar; Workshop production with Bernhard Studlar, Theater Neumarkt, Zurich and Kampnagel Hamburg , Young Dog Festival, 2001
  • At the same time , by Yevgeny Grishkovets; Production with Bernhard Studlar, Staatstheater Stuttgart , 2003 (guest performance at the Chekhov Festival in Moscow, May 2003)
  • Lucy on the Ice , by Laura Sintija Cerniauskaite; Play set up at the Stückemarkt at the Berlin Theatertreffen with Bernhard Studlar, 2004
  • Mittendrin , documentary film; Concept and direction with Cornelia Sturm and Robert Ralston, 2006
  • The second in between by Andreas Sauter; Production with Cornelia Sturm, Sophiensaele Berlin and Theater an der Winkelwiese Zurich, 2006
  • A murderous groom by Doris Jäckle, radio play, Swiss radio and television SRF 1, 2014
  • Fall of a second by Bernhard Studlar, short radio play, Swiss radio and television SRF 1 , 2015
  • A tiny mistake by Doris Jäckle, radio play, Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen SRF 1, 2015
  • There may be an incident by Chris Thorpe, radio play, Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen SRF 2 , 2016

Article / sec. literature

  • Piece-Werk 3, New German-language Dramatics, Eds. Christel Weiler and Harald Müller, Theater der Zeit, Berlin, 2001 ISBN 3-934344-06-2
  • Piece-Werk 4, German-Swiss drama, eds. Veronika Sellier and Harald Müller, Theater der Zeit, Berlin, 2005 ISBN 3-934344-55-0
  • Piece-Werk 5, German-language drama, eds. Barbara Engelhardt and Andrea Zagorski, Theater der Zeit, Berlin, 2008 ISBN 978-3-940737-07-6
  • Andreas Sauter: Dialog 27, Lugano Paradiso or As beautiful as this year, the lilac has not bloomed for a long time. Switzerland in the Cold War - An Approach. Theater der Zeit, Berlin, 2018 ISBN 978-3-95749-151-0

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personal data
SURNAME Sauter, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss playwright and director
DATE OF BIRTH 19th August 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich