
Steppenwolf (Der Steppenwolf)
by Thomas Melle based on Hermann Hesse
Hermann Hesse’s timeless classic Steppenwolf has influenced and inspired entire generations. As the novel describes, Harry Haller feels that he lives ‘sometimes as a wolf, sometimes as a person’, furnished with the ability to observe himself in each state. But this duality that the Steppenwolf claims is soon undermined in the ‘treatise’: Harry consists ‘not only of two beings, but of hundreds, of thousands. His life shifts between innumerable opposing poles.’ Following the great Hesse craze of the 1960s and 1970s, Thomas Melle would now like to rediscover the author once again. Melle believes that our society is currently facing a turning point after a long phase marked by prosperity. Verbal and physical interactions are becoming more confrontational, and envy and anger are escalating. Harry Haller’s story takes place in a similar period of transition. Depression, cultural pessimism and the longing for intensity and excess pervade the discourses and lifestyles between which the middle ground is crushed. And so Harry Haller seems to be the example of an entire generation.
After Antigone and Ode, this is the third production that Lilja Rupprecht is working on at the Deutsches Theater together with players from the DT ensemble and the Berlin RambaZamba Theatre.
Note: The play explicitly describes violent acts that can be stressful or retraumatising.
After Antigone and Ode, this is the third production that Lilja Rupprecht is working on at the Deutsches Theater together with players from the DT ensemble and the Berlin RambaZamba Theatre.
Note: The play explicitly describes violent acts that can be stressful or retraumatising.
Director Lilja Rupprecht
Stage and costumes Christina Schmitt
Music Philipp Rohmer
Video Moritz Grewenig
Light Cornelia Gloth
Live Camera Dorian Sorg
Sound Marcel Braun, Björn Mauder
Dramaturgy Juliane Koepp
Premiere
7 May 2022
Deutsches Theater
Duration: 2 hours 25 minutes, no intermission
7 May 2022
Deutsches Theater
Duration: 2 hours 25 minutes, no intermission
Elias ArensHarry Haller

Juliana GötzeHarry Haller / Maria

Manuel HarderHarry Haller

Helmut MooshammerHarry Haller / Man

Natali SeeligHarry Haller / Maria / Woman

Jonas SippelHarry Haller / Pablo

Katrin WichmannHarry Haller / Hermine

Philipp RohmerLive music

Harry Haller
Harry Haller / Maria
Harry Haller
Harry Haller / Man
Harry Haller / Maria / Woman
Harry Haller / Pablo
Harry Haller / Hermine
Live music
What's on
PREMIERE
Artistic Direction: Sofie Hüsler, Kristina Stang
Afterwards: Follow-up discussion with Henny & Ponger author Nils Mohl. Moderation: Annette Wostrak from LesArt.
Aftershow party at the Bar
Aftershow party at the Bar
Box
19.00
Follow-up discussion with Henny & Ponger author Nils Mohl. Moderatior: Annette Wostrak from "LesArt"
sold out
perh. remaining tickets at evening box office
perh. remaining tickets at evening box office
PERFORMANCE CHANGED
Director: Hanna Rudolph
Due to an illness in the ensemble, we are sorry to cancel tonight's performance of Liebe, einfach außerirdisch by René Pollesch (director: René Pollesch). Instead, we will show Tagebuch eines Wahnsinnigen (Diary of a Madman) by Nikolai Gogol (director: Hanna Rudolph). Already purchased tickets for Liebe, einfach außerirdischcan now be rebooked or returned at the box office within 14 days.
DT Bühne.
20:00 - 21.15