Woyzeck
By Georg Büchner
Translation by Nicholas Rudall
September 2008
The German Society Library
An early expressionist masterpiece gets an intimate staging.
In 2008, EgoPo launched their Season of Expressionism with a vivid and chilling take on the boldly expressionistic early nineteenth century masterpiece, Woyzeck by Georg Büchner. A young soldier endures a violent world of madness and rage, ultimately committing the unthinkable. Director Brenna Geffers staged this carnivalesque nightmare in the stunning, old-world library of the German Society.
Creative Team
Brenna Geffers … Director
John V. Bellomo … Fight Choreographer
Dan Soule … Set Designer
Brian Strachan … Costume Designer
John Musarra … Lighting Designer
Matt Sharp … Sound Designer
Josh Wallace … Props Designer
Cast
Alex Gould … Andres
Andrew Gorell … Doctor
Dan Hodge … Woyzeck
Doug Greene … Showman
David Blatt … Drum Major
David Sweeny … Village Idiot
Megan Snell (Hoke) … Marie
Rob Neddoff … Captain
Sarah Schol … Margreth/Kathe
About Georg Büchner
Karl Georg Büchner (17 October 1813 – 19 February 1837) was a German dramatist and writer of poetry and prose, considered part of the Young Germany movement.
He was also a revolutionary and the brother of physician and philosopher Ludwig Büchner. His literary achievements, though limited by his death at age 23, are generally held in great esteem in Germany. Despite his brief career, his plays profoundly influenced naturalism, expressionism, and later developments in European theater.
At the age of 21, Büchner, with others, wrote a pamphlet entitled The Hessian Courier that has been called the most revolutionary manifesto of the nineteenth century before The Communist Manifesto.