Franziska Steiof

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Ulrike Franziska Steiof (born October 24, 1962 in Offenbach ; † January 23, 2014 in Kiel ) was a German theater director and author who was particularly active in the field of children's and youth theater .

Life

Ulrike Franziska Steiof first studied law and education, later she completed a degree in theater education with Peter Jochimsen . After receiving her diploma, she began her theater career in 1989 as Norbert Aust's assistant director at the Theater im Werftpark in Kiel. In the 1993/94 season she staged the play Sturmhöhe or The Nights of the Bronté Sisters as a second independent directorial work , which was also shown at festivals in Berlin, Vienna and Zurich. This was followed by directorial work at the Schauspiel Hannover , Schauspielhaus Kiel, Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus , Theater im Zentrum Wien and Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg .

From 2000 Steiof regularly directed at the Berlin Grips Theater . Her greatest successes included youth plays such as the musical Baden gehn and the Rosa Luxemburg biography Rosa , which she wrote together with Volker Ludwig , as well as Nelly Goodbye and So lonely , which were awarded the Ikarus Theater Prize in 2006 and 2011 respectively. Steiof's productions of Norway.today and Baden go at the Grips-Theater were each nominated for the Friedrich-Luft-Prize .

In 2001 Steiof staged her play Noah and the Great Rain at the Theater im Werftpark , which has since been performed in numerous other children's theaters.

Together with former actors from the Werftpark Theater, she founded the DeichArt theater group, which operates in Kiel's independent scene, in 2003 . One of the group's most famous works is the musical piece Schwitzende Männer im Schuhladen .

Steiof's play Undine, the little mermaid , which premiered in 2010 at the Junge Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf, was nominated for the German Children's Theater Prize and the Mülheim Children's Play Prize in the same year .

Most recently, Steiof staged Die Regentrude based on the fairy tale of the same name by Theodor Storm at the Werftpark Theater in November 2013 .

In addition to her work as a theater director and author, Steiof also worked as a personnel and management trainer for companies.

On January 23, 2014, Steiof committed suicide. The ongoing rehearsals of their new play Worms at the Junge Schauspielhaus Hamburg, whose premiere was planned for February 22nd, were then canceled.

Franziska Steiof was buried on February 7, 2014 in Kiel.

Written plays (selection)

  • Three
  • butterfly
  • Boiling point 1140. Marie Curie - One life
  • Käthchen , based on Heinrich von Kleist , premiered on January 24, 1998 in the MoKS at the Bremen Theater
  • Noah and the great rain , world premiere on September 2, 2001 at the Theater im Werftpark in Kiel
  • with Volker Ludwig : Baden go , premiere on June 2, 2003 at the Grips-Theater
  • Artus , 2004, Young Theater Düsseldorf
  • From the Beginning of the World , world premiere on March 15, 2005 at the Junge Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf
  • The Snow Queen , after Hans Christian Andersen , 2006
  • Men sweating in a shoe shop , 2006, DeichArt Kiel
  • Michael Kohlhaas , after Heinrich von Kleist
  • Looking for Maria Stuart , after Friedrich Schiller , 2008, DeichArt Kiel
  • The Schimmelreiter , after Theodor Storm
  • with Volker Ludwig: Rosa , world premiere on November 7, 2008 at the Grips-Theater
  • Undine, the little mermaid , based on Hans Christian Andersen, premiered on February 9, 2010 at the Junge Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf
  • Scenes of Lust , 2010, DeichArt Kiel
  • Beautiful living , 2011, Grips-Theater

Audio

literature

Volker Ludwig: The broken promise. On the death of the Grips author and director Franziska Steiof. In: Theater heute , volume 55, issue 3, 2014, ISSN  0040-5507 , p. 71.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from January 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.theater-kiel.de
  2. ↑ On the death of the theater director Franziska Steiof. Kiel was her home port in: Kieler Nachrichten
  3. ↑ a b Franziska Steiof at the Kiel Theater ( memento of the original from January 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.theater-kiel.de
  4. ↑ Director Franziska Steiof died in: Der Standard
  5. ^ A b Franziska Steiof, profile at the Goethe Institute
  6. ↑ Ulrike Franziska Steiof. Obituary from February 1, 2014 in: Kieler Nachrichten
personal data
SURNAME Steiof, Franziska
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Steiof, Ulrike Franziska (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theater director and author
DATE OF BIRTH October 24, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Offenbach
DATE OF DEATH 23rd January 2014
Place of death Kiel