Theater meeting of the youth

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The Theatertreffen der Jugend is a nationwide youth theater competition for young theater groups consisting of young people aged 11 to 21. It has been held annually since 1980. In addition to the Meeting of Young Authors and the Meeting of Young Music Scene, the competition is organized by the Berliner Festspiele on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research . The Federal President is the patron of the Theatertreffen der Jugend .

Course of the competition

Both in-house productions and text adaptations and realizations are eligible for application. A jury of theater experts (Antigone Akgün, Elisabeth Blonzen, Ilias Botseas, Bassam Ghazi, Carmen Grünwald-Waack, Canip Güngogdu, Anne-Kathrin Holz, Sebastian Mauksch, Rieke Oberländer, Lea Taake and Julia Wissert ) initially selects 20 theater groups from the submissions a shortlist. These theater productions will be viewed on site by the jury. A performance talk will take place after the theater performance. The jury will select eight winners from the shortlist.
The tendering phase for the competition starts in October each year and is announced on the Berliner Festspiele website. The selection process will be completed by the end of March of the following year.

Prices

The price for the selected theater groups is participation in the eight-day Theatertreffen der Jugend in Berlin. The focus of the meeting is on the public performances of the selected theater productions. In addition, the Theatertreffen der Jugend offers an extensive supporting program consisting of workshops and talks between young people and professionals from the theater and media sectors. Each of the theater groups that were shortlisted but did not belong to the prize-winning groups may send up to two delegates to the meeting who are allowed to take part in the festival program.

Forum

The forum of the Theatertreffen der Jugend bundles all offers aimed at directors, teachers and students.
The forum consists of the parts PRAXIS with the tried and tested specialist forums and workshops, DIALOG with the performance talks and FOKUS with an annually changing focus.

Invitations

The following are the invited productions from previous Theatertreffen der Jugend:

Former participants

Today successful former participants include Sandra Hüller , Florian Lukas and Julia Richter .

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