University Players

University Players English Language Theatre at Hamburg University

03/04/2025

✨ EURYDICE ✨
By Sarah Ruhl
🎭 Directed by Henny Fleischmann & Charlie Bierend
🏆Awarded Best Stage Presentation at FEATS 2024

💍 The wedding day of the too-young and too-in-love Eurydice and Orpheus ends unexpectedly: Unable to resist the promise of a letter written by her deceased father, Eurydice finds herself at a stranger’s apartment. On her escape, she trips, falls, and dies.

💧 In the underworld, where all words are lost but stones can speak, Eurydice is left with no memories of her husband and reunites with her father. When Orpheus’s beautiful music makes even the stones weep, the two are given the chance to return to the world of the living – and Eurydice is left with a choice to make. A tale of love, loss, and letters. ✉️

🏛️ EURYDICE reimagines the classic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice not through Orpheus’s infamous pilgrimage to retrieve his bride but through the eyes of its heroine. The production departs from the myth aplenty to create an associative visual poem full of light-hearted humor and emotional intensity. With contemporary characters, surprising plot twists, and inappropriately seductive side characters, this play is a fresh look at a timeless love story. 🪱

📅 SHOW DATES
📌10 / 11 / 12 April 2025
Shows start at 8 PM

10 April, 6:30 PM: Introduction with Dr. Michel Büch
11 April: Post-show discussion

📍 Hamburger Sprechwerk
Klaus-Groth-Straße 23, 20535 Hamburg

🎟️ Tickets: https://www.yesticket.org/events/de/university-players/

Originally co-produced with Amerikazentrum
Trailer by Charlie Bierend

COPENHAGEN by Michael Frayn, directed by Marlon Hoffmann⚛️ 1941. Nazi-occupied Denmark. German physicist Werner Heisenbe...
03/04/2025

COPENHAGEN by Michael Frayn, directed by Marlon Hoffmann

⚛️ 1941. Nazi-occupied Denmark. German physicist Werner Heisenberg visits his former mentor Niels Bohr. Was it personal? Patriotic? Both? Did politics get in the way of physics—or physics in the way of politics?

✨ We’re looking for 5 actors + a piano player 🎹 who can perform Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major (and other classical pieces) live on stage! If you play piano and act, this might be your perfect role!

🎭 Auditions are open to performers of all genders, ethnicities, abilities, and ages! Actors will be given scenes to work with. We suggest that pianists prepare the third movement of the sonata above, but you’re welcome to bring another classical piece if you feel more comfortable with it. Looking forward to seeing you there!

✨ Backstage team needed! Costumes/makeup, production assistance , PR/social media are especially sought after, but we’re also looking for stage & props, lighting & sound, photography, graphic design, or magazine layout! No experience? No problem!

Earn credit points, gain hands-on theater experience, & boost your CV! Drop by auditions or reach out beforehand!

📅 All dates
OPEN AUDITIONS
Phil A 11006, Von-Melle-Park 6
Thu, April 3, 6-9 pm
Mon, April 7, 6-9 pm
Tue, April 8, 6-9 pm
Wed, April 9, 6-9 pm

INVITE ONLY
Audimax, Von-Melle-Park 4
Callbacks: Sat, April 12, 12 noon-6 pm
Readthrough: Sun, April 13, 3-6 pm

19/01/2025

University Players present:

🎭 SPECTERS: TRIFLES & THE AMERICAN DREAM 👻 💭
By Susan Glaspell and Edward Albee

Gender, power, and the dark side of the American Dream: Experience the domestic horrors and social critiques of Trifles and The American Dream in this riveting double bill of U.S. American theater masterpieces.

📅 PERFORMANCE DATES
Premiere: Monday, Jan 20, 2025
Additional shows: Jan 22–26, 29–31, and Feb 1, 2025
All shows start at 7:30 PM (Audimax, Von-Melle-Park 4)

🎟️ TICKETS (12 / 6 € ONLINE)
https://www.yesticket.org/events/de/university-players/

✨ SPECIAL EVENTS
Jan 20, 6 pm | POLITICS OF THE ABSURD: Panel Talk on Occasion of the U.S. Presidential Inauguration
Jan 22, 6 pm | Introduction with the Directing Teams
Jan 29 | Post-Show Discussion with the Creative Teams

Trailer by Charlie Bierend (director), Jana Bauer (editing), and Christoph Hellmich (music)

🎭SPECTERS ARE COMING! 👁️Gender, power, and the dark side of the American Dream: Experience the domestic horrors and soci...
03/12/2024

🎭SPECTERS ARE COMING! 👁️

Gender, power, and the dark side of the American Dream: Experience the domestic horrors and social critiques of TRIFLES by Susan Glaspell and THE AMERICAN DREAM by Edward Albee in this riveting double bill of U.S. American theater masterpieces.

🎟️ Tickets available now!
Tickets are now available at: https://www.yesticket.org/events/de/university-players/

💥 Early Bird Offer!
Enjoy 25% off all tickets with the code SPECTERSINABOX when purchasing tickets online. Offer valid until December 15th—don’t miss out! 🤭❤️

📅 Performance Dates
Premiere: Monday, Jan 20, 2025
Additional shows: Jan, 22-26 / 29-31 and Feb, 1, 2025
Shows start at 7.30 pm (Audimax, Von-Melle-Park 4)

✨ Special Events
Introduction with the directing teams:
Jan 22, 2025, 6-6.45 pm (Audimax, Audi 2, same building)

Post-show discussion with the creative teams:
Jan 29, 2025, after the show

Graphic design (c) Agil Timothy
Photography (c) Irina Starkova

THE INHERITANCE GAME is coming to an end. Don’t miss these last opportunities to watch this fantastic play with its wond...
08/07/2024

THE INHERITANCE GAME is coming to an end. Don’t miss these last opportunities to watch this fantastic play with its wonderful ensemble.

Remaining Show Dates: 8 / 10+11 / 13 July 2024
Shows start at 7.30 pm at the Audimax, Von-Melle-Park 4, 20146 Hamburg

Tickets: https://www.yesticket.org/events/de/university-players/

THE INHERITANCE GAME
In the aftermath of the 1929 Stock Market crash, the enigmatic Harold Seymour, renowned owner of a prosperous games company, has left behind a tantalizing inheritance. Seven of his acquaintances are invited to a night of mysteries and puzzles, where solving them is the key to his riches that will save them from squalor. However, only one among them will emerge victorious. Delve into a realm where wealth, passion, and power collide. Who will prevail when the levee breaks and strategic alliances blur love, lust, and betrayal?

THE INHERITANCE GAME is a genre combination of gamified escape-rooms along the lines of “The Devil’s Plan” or “Glass Onion.” The play hits upon economic issues: the characters are all a higher social class – yet differentiated by the kind origin of their wealth – but have lost everything in the crash. The meticulously researched historical fiction explores bisexual life of the time and draws transatlantic connections between the poetry of EB White and “Die Freundin,” a popular le***an magazine of the Weimar-era. THE INHERITANCE GAME takes place in a world teetering on the brink of change; step into the past and uncover the uncanny parallels between the tumultuous times of one century ago and our own.

12/06/2024

We are excited to introduce our summer production, THE INHERITANCE GAME.

In the aftermath of the 1929 Stock Market crash, the enigmatic Harold Seymour, renowned owner of a prosperous games company, has left behind a tantalizing inheritance. Seven of his acquaintances are invited to a night of mysteries and puzzles, where solving them is the key to his riches that will save them from squalor. However, only one among them will emerge victorious. Delve into a realm where wealth, passion, and power collide. Who will prevail when the levee breaks and strategic alliances blur love, lust, and betrayal?

THE INHERITANCE GAME is a genre combination of gamified escape-rooms along the lines of “The Devil’s Plan” or “Glass Onion.” The play hits upon economic issues: the characters are all a higher social class – yet differentiated by the kind origin of their wealth – but have lost everything in the crash. The meticulously researched historical fiction explores bisexual life of the time and draws transatlantic connections between the poetry of EB White and “Die Freundin,” a popular le***an magazine of the Weimar-era. THE INHERITANCE GAME takes place in a world teetering on the brink of change; step into the past and uncover the uncanny parallels between the tumultuous times of one century ago and our own.

THE INHERITANCE GAME premieres on 28 June, with more shows on 29 June, 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13 July. Enter TWENTYOFFTODAY, all caps, no spaces, for 20% off your purchase. We look forward to seeing you there.

This weekend, we got something extra special coming your way! Join us on friday, the 7th of June, for our classic "As Yo...
05/06/2024

This weekend, we got something extra special coming your way!

Join us on friday, the 7th of June, for our classic "As You Want It" double feature with two improvised movies just for you!

On the 8th of June, we are thrilled to welcome two different Improv Groups to the stage for our first half of the night: .theater 's "Hansestadt Humbug" (in German!) as well as the UPs own new group "Shiny Things" will regal you with some hilarious short form improv before we improvise one more movie for you in the second half.

Come, laugh, and forget your worries for two entertaining nights of made up silly things without a script.

All of this is happening !

Get your tickets now while they're still available (and cheaper than at the box office) at www.universityplayers.de or at www.diemotte.de ! MOTTE

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There are certainly interesting people at this show! Last chance to watch EURYDICE by Sarah Ruhl at the Hamburger Sprech...
22/05/2024

There are certainly interesting people at this show! Last chance to watch EURYDICE by Sarah Ruhl at the Hamburger Sprechwerk on 23 / 24 June, 8 pm.

Tickets: https://www.yesticket.org/events/de/university-players/

Coproduction with the Amerikazentrum Hamburg e. V.

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