Stefan Otteni

Stefan Otteni (* 1966 near Karlsruhe ) is a German theater director and actor .

Life

Otteni was born in a village near Karlsruhe and after finishing school worked in theaters in London , including with Pierre Audi at the Almeida Theater . He then studied directing and acting at the Folkwang University , where he showed his first directorial work.

From 1991 to 1995 he worked as a director, actor and director at the Theater an der Ruhr in Mülheim an der Ruhr . In Cologne he founded the “Sommertheater” ensemble for the production of independent works.

Since 1996 Otteni has worked as a freelance director at established city and state theaters, including the State Theater Nuremberg , State Theater Karlsruhe , the German Theater Berlin , the Volksbühne Berlin , the Maxim-Gorki-Theater in Berlin , the Theater Bonn , the Hanover Theater , the Deutsche Schauspielhaus in Hamburg , the Prinzregententheater in Munich , the Stadttheater Bern , the Staatstheater Nürnberg and a few others. He also works on freelance projects in drama and music theater . From 1999 to 2002 he directed the Kammerspiele of the Deutsches Theater Berlin alongside Martin Baucks .

As an actor, Stefan Otteni is involved in the independent group “Theater Operation”.

Work (selection)

• 2007: You should by Navid Kermani
• 2007: The rehearsal (The good Simon Korach) by Lukas Bärfuss , Stadttheater Bern (production)
• 2007: visit to the father of Roland Schimmelpfennig , Nuremberg State Theater (staging)
• 2008: The Misanthrope by Jean Baptiste Molière , Stadttheater Bern (production)
• 2009: Maria Stuart by Friedrich Schiller , Staatstheater Nürnberg (production)
• 2010: What you want by William Shakespeare , Staatstheater Nürnberg (production)
• 2011: Young Dog group by Klaus Händl , Staatstheater Nürnberg (director)
• 2011: Still Sturm by Peter Handke , Staatstheater Nürnberg (director)
• 2013: As in Heaven by Kay Pollak , Hans Otto Theater , Potsdam (director)
• 2013: Antigone von Sophokles , Theater Münster (production)
• 2013: Müdigkeitsgesellschaft / attempt on fatigue by Byung-Chul Han / Peter Handke, Staatstheater Karlsruhe (world premiere; director)
• 2014: Maienschlager by Katharina Gericke , Staatstheater Karlsruhe (director)
• 2014: Judas Maccabäus (by Georg Friedrich Händel ) / And The Trains Kept Coming ... (by Lior Navok ), Staatstheater Nürnberg (production)
• 2014: Eine Schneise (DE) by Klaus Händl, Staatstheater Nürnberg (staging)
• 2014: The Prophet (Le prophète) by Giacomo Meyerbeer , Staatstheater Braunschweig (production)
• 2014: The extravagant lover (La Place Royale) by Pierre Corneille , Theater Münster (production; German-language premiere)
• 2015: The children of Musa Dagh (DE) based on Franz Werfel, Staatstheater Karlsruhe.
• 2016: The German soul, music / theater various authors and composers, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra / Theater Bamberg (director)
• 2016: Töt'Erst sein Weib, music / theater based on Ludwig van Beethoven's "Leonore", Nuremberg State Opera (director)
• 2016: The reunification of the two Koreas, Joel Pommerat, Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam (director)
• 2017: CA IRA - Wir Schaffen Das, Joel Pommerat, Theater Münster (director)
• 2017: The Iraqi Conference of Birds, based on Attar, Deir Maryam el-Adhra Monastery, Sulaymaniah, Iraq (Director)

Awards and honors

• 2007: Prize for the "best ensemble performance" by Der Wolf ist tot after the Brothers Grimm at the 25th Bavarian Theater Days in Fürth (director; production by the Otto Falckenberg School , Munich)
• 2009: Award for the “best overall artistic achievement” at the 27th Bavarian Theater Days in Coburg for Maria Stuart
• 2010: Youth Jury Prize at the 28th Bavarian Theater Days in Regensburg in the "Best Staging" category for "The Contracts of the Merchant"
• 2011: Invitation to the Heidelberger Stückemarkt with the Young Dog group
• 2014: NachSpielPrize at the Heidelberger Stückemarkt for Eine Schneise (DE)

Web links

• Stefan Otteni in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Stefan Otteni ( Memento of the original from July 14, 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. , City Theater Bern, 2008.
2. ^ Stefan Otteni , Staatstheater Karlsruhe, accessed on June 7, 2014.
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Stefan Otteni ( Memento of the original from July 14, 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. , Hans Otto Theater, Potsdam, accessed on June 7, 2014.
4. ↑ The squirrel as a poodle , Die Welt , August 27, 1999.
5. ↑ Stefan Otteni , Theater Operation, 2014.
6. ↑ ^{a b c} Stefan Ottini , Staatstheater Karlsruhe, accessed on June 7, 2014.
7. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Stefan Ottnei ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , State Theater Nuremberg, accessed on June 7, 2014.
8. ↑ ^{a b} Stefan Otteni , Theater Münster, 2014.
9. ↑ Stefan Otteni , Staatstheater Braunschweig, accessed on June 7, 2014.