Sonja Beißwenger

Sonja Beißwenger (born October 6, 1980 in Heilbronn ) is a German actress and radio broadcaster.

Life

During her school days, she gained her first stage experience at the Heilbronn Theater . She also played in various off-theater productions. After first studying ethnology, journalism and philosophy in Leipzig , she completed an acting training at the Hanover University of Music and Theater from 2001 to 2004 . From the 2004/05 season until 2008 she was a permanent member of the ensemble at the Schauspielhaus Hannover , where she appeared again as a guest in the 2015/2016 season. After the birth of twin daughters, she was on parental leave until summer 2009. From the 2009/2010 season to 2015 she was part of the ensemble of the Dresden State Theater . Since 2015 she has been working as a freelancer with engagements at the Salzburg Festival and at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus . In addition, she teaches as a lecturer at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media in the field of drama and is on the road in a variety of ways as a radio speaker.

In 2013 she was awarded the Erich Ponto Prize .

Her brother is the Germanist Michael Beißwenger .

Roles at the Salzburg Festival

• 2015: Polly Peachum in the experimental version Eine Salzburger Dreigroschenoper ; Directed by Julian Crouch and Sven-Eric Bechtolf
• 2014: various roles in Horvath's Don Juan comes from the war ; Director: Andreas Kriegenburg

Roles at the Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf

• 2019: Marla Singer in Fightclub based on the novel by Chuck Palhaniuk; Director: Roger Vontobel
• 2019: Margaretha in Shakespeare's Henry VI. and Margartetha di Napoli in a revision by Tom Lanoye; Director: David Bösch
• 2018: Kitty in consensus by Nina Raine; Director: Lore Stefanek
• 2017: Jenny in Brecht's The Threepenny Opera ; Director: Andreas Kriegenburg
• 2016: Sophie in Welcome from Lutz Hübner; Director: Sönke Wortmann

Roles at the Schauspielhaus Hannover

• 2015: Miss Doctor Mathilde von Zahnd (Production: Die Physiker ; Direction: Florian Fiedler )
• 2007: Mephisto (Production: Faust ; Direction: Sebastian Baumgarten )
• 2007: Adolescent (Production: Pornography ; Director: Sebastian Nübling )
• 2007: Wendla (Production: Spring Awakening!; Director: Nuran David Calis )
• 2006: Countess Orsina (Production: Emilia Galotti ; Director: Wilfried Minks )
• 2006: Desdemona (Production: Othello ; Director: Lars-Ole Walburg )
• 2006: Leyla (Production: Nachtblind ; Director: Caroline Farke )
• 2006: Johanna Dark (Production: Die heilige Johanna der Schlachthöfe ; Director: Meret Matter )
• 2005: Hedwig (Production: Die Wildente ; Direction: Barbara Bürk )
• 2005: Recha (Production: Nathan der Weise ; Direction: Christoph Frick )
• 2005: Narrator / Barbara Pilgrim u. a. (Production: Schlachthof 5 ; Director: Nicolas Stemann )
• 2005: Christine (Production: Zur Schöne Aussicht ; Director: Peter Kastenmüller )
• 2004: Mieze (Production: Berlin Alexanderplatz ; Director: Jarg Pataki )
• 2004: Katharina Neuwirth (production: Hotel Paraiso ; director: Barbara Bürk, world premiere)
• 2004: Fina / Kuhmagd Lidu (production: Mr. Puntila and his servant Matti ; director: Christoph Frick )
• 2004: Margot / Raoul / Engel (Production: The Maiden of Orléans ; Director: Peter Kastenmüller )
• 2003: Nellie Brunkhorst (Production: Nellie Goodbye ; Director: Henner Kallmeyer )

Roles at the Dresden State Theater

• The persecution and murder of Jean Paul Marat portrayed by the actors from the Charenton hospice under the guidance of Mr de Sade
• Margaret ( The Cat on the Hot Tin Roof )
• Wendla ( spring awakening! )
• Elisabeth von Valois, wife of Philip the Second ( Don Carlos )
• Evelyn (Adam and Evelyn)
• Polly (The Threepenny Opera)
• Rachel, daughter of Isaac ( The Jewess of Toledo )
• Philidel, an air spirit ( King Arthur )
• Lenina Crowne ( Brave New World )
• Olivia, a countess ( what you want )
• Karl, an idiot ( Woyzeck )

Awards / nominations

• 2007: Prize of the Society of Friends of the Hanover Theater for the best young actress in 2007
• 2013: Erich Ponto Prize

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Profile Beißwengers on the children's radio show Betthupferl of the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation
2. ↑ Valeria Heintges: Now everything is at the beginning . In: Saxon newspaper . June 8, 2009.
3. ↑ Beißwenger returns to Hanover in: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung 7 December 2015
4. ↑ Sonja Beißwenger receives the Ponto Prize . In: Free Press . June 13, 2013 ( online [accessed June 13, 2013]).

Web links

• Portrait at acting agency
• Short biography on the website of the Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf
• Short biography on the pages of the Schauspielhaus Hannover ( Memento from May 31, 2008 in the Internet Archive )