Federal theater award

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The Federal Theater Prize was launched in 2015 as an “encouragement prize” by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media, Minister of State Monika Grütters, together with the Center for the Federal Republic of Germany of the International Theater Institute , and was awarded for the first time in December 2015. It should particularly honor the achievements of the small and medium-sized theaters as well as the venues of the independent scene, especially beyond the metropolises .

Origin, intention and target group

In 2015, the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Minister of State Monika Grütters, together with the Center for the Federal Republic of Germany of the International Theater Institute, launched the prize and awarded it for the first time in December 2015. As an encouragement award , it is intended to “honor and strengthen the theaters in their role as places of aesthetic engagement with social issues”. According to Monika Grütters, the selection of the award winners reflects "the unique artistic diversity of the theater landscape in Germany." offer permanent game operations with changing artistic productions. It aims to support projects that “make the role of theaters as places for dealing with social issues, as a reflection of society, tangible”.

jury

The jury is appointed by the Minister of State for Culture. In 2015, it consisted of five theater professionals from different parts of the Federal Republic: Barbara Behrendt ( Theater heute , Die Deutsche Bühne , taz ), Barbara Mundel ( Director of the Freiburg Theater ), Anne Peter ( Editor-in-chief Nachtkritik.de ), Detlef Brandenburg (Editor-in-Chief Die Deutsche Bühne ) and Holger Bergmann (Artistic Director of the Favoriten 2016 Theater Festival ) The jury for 2019 consisted of three theater journalists and three theater directors: Jörg Albrecht (Artistic Director Center for Literature Burg Hülshoff), Dorte Lena Eilers (Editor Theater der Zeit), Sophie Diesselhorst (Editor Nachtkritik.de), Bettina Jahnke (director of the Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam), Ulrike Kolter (editor of the German stage) and Matthias Schulze-Kraft (artistic director of the Lichthof Theater Hamburg).

Prices

There will be three main prizes of up to 150,000 euros, and further exemplary achievements can be rewarded with prizes of up to 80,000 euros each. With the prize money totaling 900,000 euros, the federal government would like to motivate these venues to “continue successful examples of cultural work that has an impact on urban society”. Since the amount of the prizes for the individual stages is based on the other public funding of the prize winners, the winners receive different amounts of money.

The winners will be announced in December and the prizes will be awarded at the end of January.

Federal Theater Prize 2015

The basis for the award of the Federal Theater Prize 2015 was the program for the 2014/2015 season. There were 187 applications, from which 12 award winners were selected:

Federal Theater Prize 2017

The award ceremony took place on July 6, 2017 in the Theater der Altmark (TdA) in Stendal. The basis for the award of the Federal Theater Prize 2017 was the program for the 2015/2016 season. 131 applications were received, from which 8 award winners were selected:

Federal Theater Prize 2019

The award ceremony took place on May 27, 2019 in the Gera Theater , which was one of the winners in 2017. The basis for the award of the Federal Theater Prize 2019 was the program for the 2017/18 season. With this third award, it was no longer necessary to prove an exact number of productions / performances, but rather a coherent overall program. 119 applications were received, from which eleven award winners were selected:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Appendix to the press release Theater Prize - State Minister for Culture Monika Grütters honors stages. Award of the federal theater prize. , www.bundesregierung.de, August 26, 2015, accessed on December 23, 2015.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h Theater Prize ( Memento of the original from December 25, 2015 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. , www.iti-germany.de, December 21, 2015, accessed on December 23, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.iti-germany.de
  3. ^ Jury named for the Federal Theater Prize. Quoted committee: three women, two men. , www.nachtkritik.de, October 1, 2015, accessed on December 23, 2015.
  4. ↑ a b The jury for the Federal Theater Prize has been determined. , www.theaterderzeit.de, accessed on December 23, 2015.
  5. ↑ a b Federal Theater Prize 2019: Eleven award winners , nachtkritik.de, published and accessed April 24, 2019