Werner Strenger

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Werner Strenger (born July 9, 1969 in Graz ) is an Austrian actor and university professor for drama at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz .

Life

Werner Strenger spent his childhood and youth in Graz and attended the Academic Gymnasium , where he graduated in 1987. From 1988 to 1992 he studied drama at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz. His artistic activity took him to Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland. He initially worked as a university lecturer at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen and has been a professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz since 2013. Werner Strenger is married and has three children.

theatre

Werner Strenger was engaged at the Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck from 1992 to 1997 . From 1997 to 2004 an engagement at the Deutsches Theater in Göttingen followed . He then worked at the Schlosstheater Moers from 2004 to 2007, at the Schauspiel Essen from 2007 to 2010 and at the Schauspielhaus Bochum from 2010 to 2013 . During this time he also played as a guest at the Toneelgroep Amsterdam and at the Veenfabriek Leiden in the Netherlands. From 2013 he appeared as a freelance actor at the Veenfabriek Leiden, the Schlosstheater Moers, Schauspielhaus Bochum, Schauspielhaus Graz , the Davos Festival / Ernst-Ludwig-Kirchner-Museum Davos and the Volksbühne Berlin . At the Schlosstheater Moers, Werner Strenger was significantly involved in artistic research on topics of social diversity. Werner Stern worked with the directors and directors David Boesch , Nuran David Calis , Peter Carp , Ulrich Greb , Volker Hesse , Paul Koek , Sebastian Nübling , Bernadette Sonnenbichler , Lily Sykes , Katharina Thalbach , Kay Voges , Roger Vontobel and Anselm Weber together .

University

At the same time as his engagements at the Schauspiel Essen and the Schauspielhaus Bochum, Werner Strenger was a lecturer at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen from 2008 to 2013. Since 2013 he has been Professor of Drama at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz. He is primarily concerned with the phenomenon of performative action as a fundamental material in the art of acting. He is a member of the University's Center for Gender Research.

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The well-known acting roles that Werner Strenger played include:

  • Agamemnon, in The Oresty of Aeschylus (Essen 2008/09)
  • Ahab, in Moby Dick after Herman Melville (Leiden and Bochum 2012/13)
  • Burleigh, in Maria Stuart by Friedrich Schiller (Göttingen 2000/01)
  • Guiche, in Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand (Bochum 2010/11)
  • Hamlet , in Hamlet by William Shakespeare (Moers 2004/05)
  • Hamm, in the final by Samuel Beckett (Innsbruck 1996/97)
  • Innstetten, in Effi Briest after Theodor Fontane (Essen 2008/09 and Bochum 2010/11)
  • Kulygin, in Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov (Göttingen 1999/2000 and Bochum 2011/12)
  • Pastor Manders, in Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts (Moers 2005/06)
  • Mitch, in last stop Sehnsucht by Tenessee Williams (Göttingen 1997/98 and Essen 2007/08)
  • Nathan, in Nathan the Wise by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (Graz 2017/18)
  • Orestes, in Elektra by Hugo von Hofmannsthal (Göttingen 2000/01)
  • Orgone, in Tartuffe by Moliere (Essen 2007/08)
  • Othello , in Othello by William Shakespeare (Moers 2013/14)
  • Ruprecht, in The Broken Jug by Heinrich von Kleist (Göttingen 1998/99)
  • Saturnin, in Anatomy Titus Fall of Rome by Heiner Müller (Göttingen 2002/03 and Essen 2007/08)
  • Peter Stockmann, in An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen (Göttingen 2002/03)
  • Graf Wetter vom Strahl, in Das Käthchen von Heilbronn by Heinrich von Kleist (Innsbruck 1995/96)
  • Tartuffe , in Tartuffe by Moliere (Innsbruck 1994/95)
  • Woyzeck , in Woyzeck by Georg Büchner (Göttingen 1997/98 and Moers 2006/07)
  • Zangler, he wants to make himself a joke by Johann Nestroy (Graz 2018/19)

Werner Strenger also worked on several artistic research projects on social issues.

Prizes and awards

  • Appreciation award from the Federal Ministry for Science and Research 1992
  • Sponsorship award from the Friends of the Tiroler Landestheater 1994/95
  • multiple nominations for the best performance in North Rhine-Westphalia

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Website of the Schauspielhaus Bochum ( memento of the original from July 1, 2018 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. . Retrieved June 29, 2018. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schauspielhausbochum.de
  2. ↑ a b website of the Schauspielhaus Graz . Retrieved June 29, 2018.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g Website of the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz . Retrieved June 29, 2018.
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g Website of the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz. Resumes. Retrieved July 1, 2018.
  5. ^ Werner Strenger - People - Volksbühne Berlin. Retrieved December 10, 2019 .
  6. ^ [1] Website of the Theaterkrant. Retrieved July 1, 2018.
  7. ↑ [2] Website Der Standard. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  8. ↑ [3] website of the Schauspielhaus Graz. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
  9. ^ [4] Website of the Moers Castle Theater. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  10. ^ [5] Website of the Moers Castle Theater. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  11. ^ [6] Website of the city of Moers. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  12. ^ [7] Website of the Friends of the Tiroler Landestheater. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Strictly, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian theater actor and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH July 9, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz