Birgit Stöger

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Birgit Stöger (born August 5, 1975 in Graz ) is an Austrian actress .

Life

Birgit Stöger studied acting at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz , during her training she had her first engagements at the Schauspielhaus Graz .

Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus

From 1999 to 2004 she was engaged under the direction of Anna Badora at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus , where she played the role of Julie in the world premiere of the two-person play norway.today by Igor Bauersima and in other world premieres of Bauersima in Launischer Sommer , Tattoo , 69 was seen. In Jürgen Gosch's productions, she was involved in, among others, Der Name , Hamlet and Sommergäste .

In 2004 she moved to the Theater am Neumarkt Zurich , in the context of the Festival Steirischer Herbst she was seen in a co-production of the Theater am Neumarkt Zurich in junk space by Kathrin Röggla in the role of Frau Schneider in 2004 . From 2005 to 2010 she worked as a freelance actress at the Schauspielhaus Zurich , the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg and the Berlin Sophiensælen .

Schauspielhaus Graz

In 2010 she brought Anna Badora to the Schauspielhaus Graz , where she was permanently engaged until 2015. There she worked for example in the 2011/12 season at the world premiere of That's me, based on the novel by Thomas Glavinic in a production by Christine Eder . In the 2012/13 season she was seen in the world premiere of Hakoah Vienna by Yael Ronen . In October 2012 she premiered her first solo evening An Unmarried Woman based on the film of the same name by Jean-Luc Godard , directed by Ed Hauswirth ( Theater im Bahnhof ). In the 2013/14 season she was involved in the world premiere of No Man's Land by Yael Ronen.

Volkstheater Vienna

At the beginning of the 2015/16 season, Stöger moved together with artistic director Anna Badora from Graz to the Vienna Volkstheater , where she has been part of the ensemble ever since. In the Volkstheater she was seen in the Austrian premiere of your version of the play by Yasmina Reza or in the world premiere of Lost and Found (2015) and the sequel Gutmenschen (2018) by Yael Ronen. In January 2019 she embodied the role of Lydia in the world premiere of a dramatization of the novel Watschenmann by Karin Peschka .

Awards and nominations

  • 2001: Prize for the performing arts of the city of Düsseldorf, together with Christoph Luser
  • 2014: Nomination for the Nestroy Theater Prize 2014 for Best Actress for her portrayal of Azra in No Man's Land by Yael Ronen
  • 2016: Nestroy Theater Prize 2016 - nomination for the audience award
  • 2016: Dorothea Neff Prize - nomination for the best acting performance of the 2015/16 season ( Hakoah Vienna, Lost and Found, your version of the game, Brooklyn memoir )
  • 2017: Nestroy Theater Prize 2017 - Award in the Best Supporting Role category for her portrayal of Arsinoé in Der Menschenfeind and Erna in Kasimir and Karoline at the Vienna Volkstheater
  • 2017: Dorothea Neff Prize - nomination for the best acting performance of the 2016/17 season ( Kasimir and Karoline, Rechnitz (Der Würgeengel), Niemandsland, Der Menschenfeind, Lost and Found )
  • 2020: Dorothea Neff Prize - nomination for the best acting performance of the 2019/20 season

radio play

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Peas and parent visits - a perfect day with Birgit Stöger . Article dated November 4, 2014, accessed October 23, 2016.
  2. ^ Berliner Zeitung: Igor Bauersimas norway.today in Düsseldorf . Article dated November 18, 2000, accessed October 23, 2016.
  3. a b Kulturportal Steiermark: dramaturgy of the challenge . September 2012 article, accessed October 23, 2016.
  4. Steirischer Herbst 2004: junk space by Kathrin Röggla, coproduction with Theater am Neumarkt, Zurich ( Memento from October 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved October 23, 2016.
  5. orf.at - "An Unmarried Woman" as a theater solo . Article dated October 21, 2012, accessed October 23, 2016.
  6. Birgit Stöger | Schauspielhaus Graz . Retrieved October 23, 2016.
  7. orf.at - Badora takes parts of the Graz ensemble with her . Article dated February 18, 2015, accessed October 23, 2016.
  8. ^ Wiener Zeitung: Sleepless in Vienna . Article dated December 21, 2015, accessed October 23, 2016.
  9. derStandard.at - Perfidious Interview: Reza's "Your Version of the Game" . Article dated October 5, 2015, accessed October 23, 2016.
  10. Berenice Hebenstreit brings “Watschenmann” novel onto the stage . Article from January 17, 2019, accessed on January 18, 2019.
  11. Volx / Margareten: “Watschenmann” novel as a Viennese passion play . Article dated February 1, 2019, accessed February 1, 2019.
  12. Promotion Prize for Performing Arts - State Capital Düsseldorf . Retrieved October 23, 2016.
  13. Nestroy Prize 2014: Best Actress Birgit Stöger . Retrieved October 23, 2016.
  14. ^ Nestroy Audience Award: Günter Franzmeier, Nikolaus Habjan, Stefanie Reinsperger and Birgit Stöger nominated . OTS bulletin of October 14, 2016, accessed on October 23, 2016.
  15. a b c Volkstheater: Dorothea Neff Prize . Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  16. derStandard.at: Nestroy Awards: Meyerhoff and Jonasson best actors . Article dated November 13, 2017, accessed November 13, 2017.