Introduction

Scott is an average guy: He teaches literature at a trade school, is married with two children and always tries to do the right thing. But what exactly is the "right" thing? Is it to always be authentic? To always follow conventions? If everyone is in charge of their own happiness – there is really only one thing you really need: confidence. But what if you still don’t seem to have what it takes? Trying to find out who he really is in a society that blindly follows the American Dream, even though everyone suspects that it is a lie, Scott keeps reaching his own limits and those of others. Sarah is an ode to life on the edge of the abyss, the story of a marriage that is ending and the attempt to find common ground in a world of individuals. 

Press

“A remarkable, exhilarating, utterly marvellous evening at the theatre.” (rbbKultur)

“Schulze switches so effortlessly and seamlessly between an air of superiority, tender fatherliness, choleric fury and drunken stupor that it is a joy to watch and perfectly captures the biting wit of this play.” (Berliner Morgenpost)

“This evening is well worth it.” (Tagesspiegel)

“Marc Oliver Schulze gives a fantastic performance.” (Tagesspiegel

Creative Team

By: Scott Mcclanahan

With：Marc Oliver Schulze

Direction/Stage Design: Oliver Reese

Collabaration Stage Design：

Katja Pech

Costume Design：

Elina Schnizler

Music：

Jörg Gollasch

Lighting Design：

Steffen Heinke

Dramaturgy：

Johannes Nölting

BOILERPLATE BERLINER ENSEMBLE

Berliner Ensemble is one of the most renowned and long-standing theatres in Germany. Named after Bertolt Brecht’s and Helene Weigels world-famous company, Berliner Ensemble has written theatre history. Throughout its more than 125-year history, the theatre on Schiffbauerdamm has always addressed issues of current social relevance, and from the 2017/18 season, the beginning of Oliver Reese’s tenure as Artistic Director, Berliner Ensemble once again places a stronger focus on contemporary texts and topics. In the tradition of its former Artistic Directors, Bertolt Brecht and Heiner Müller, and under its current director Oliver Reese, Berliner Ensemble directs its attention on theatre that reflects upon our present times - not only in its productions but also in numerous discourse formats that provide space to address and reflect on politically relevant issues. 

BIOGRAPHIES

Marc Oliver Schulze studied at the Otto Falckenberg School in Munich. After his first engagement in 2000 at the Münchner Kammerspiele, he went on to the Residenztheater Munich and the Schauspielhaus Bochum, until Oliver Reese brought him to Frankfurt in 2009. He has worked with Dieter Dorn, Thomas Langhoff, Jan Bosse, Michael Thalheimer, Andreas Kriegenburg, Stefan Pucher and Falk Richter, among others. From 2013 on he worked freelance and in addition to theater, he also worked for television and as a voiceover artist. At BE he has already appeared as a guest in "Medea" and "The Reunification of the Two Koreas". Since the 2019/20 season Marc Oliver Schulze has been part of the Berliner Ensemble.

Oliver Reese

Oliver Reese, born in 1964 in Schloss Neuhaus near Paderborn, studied Modern German Literature, Theatre Studies and Comparative Literature in Munich. He began his career as an assistant director at major theatres including Münchner Kammerspiele and Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, becoming a dramaturg at Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel in 1989. In 1991, he was appointed head dramaturg at Theater Ulm, and from 1994 to 2001 held the same position at Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin. He later became head dramaturg and deputy artistic director at Deutsches Theater Berlin under Bernd Wilms, working with renowned directors such as Hans Neuenfels, Robert Wilson and Michael Thalheimer. In 2008, the theatre was named Theatre of the Year. Reese served as interim artistic director in 2008/09. From 2009 to 2017, he was artistic director of Schauspiel Frankfurt, achieving record audiences. Since the 2017/18 season, he has been artistic director of Berliner Ensemble.