Lulu Obermayer mit Rachel Troy: Rachel und ich – Sophiensæle | Independent Theater in Berlin
Lulu Obermayer mit Rachel Troy:
Rachel und ich
Rachel und ich
10€/15€/20€/25€
Berlin premiere
Rachel und ich is a performance about a twenty-year transatlantic friendship, memory and the aftermath of the Holocaust for the so-called third generation.
Theater maker Lulu Obermayer and therapist and performer Rachel Troy met in 2005 at the Professional Performing Arts School in New York, where they studied acting and developed a close friendship. Obermayer grew up in Munich and has German ancestors, while Troy’s Romanian-Hungarian-Jewish grandparents and Auschwitz survivors emigrated to the USA in 1947.
In their first artistic collaboration, Rachel Troy and Lulu Obermayer combine Lee Strasberg’s method acting, therapeutic techniques, parlor games and storytelling to address the aftermath of historical trauma and intergenerational narratives. The performance explores the interstices of consciousness, time and language that shape the understanding of history and personal and cultural identity. Through rituals and symbolic elements, Troy and Obermayer enact their relationship and reflect on the possibilities and limits of compassion, memory and the aftermath of history. They use the theater for a lively practice of remembrance culture – as a place where personal and political dimensions meet and an intense confrontation with the past and present can be experienced.
The information on accessibility is still in progress and will be updated as soon as possible. If any questions remain unanswered until then, please feel free to contact the communication department at barrierefreiheit@sophiensaele.com or 030 27 89 00 35. Please note that details may change by the day of the event. Therefore, if you find out after you have purchased your ticket that the performance is no longer accessible to you, you can contact us for a ticket return at ticketing@sophiensaele.com or 030 27 89 00 45 until 5 business days after the event (Monday through Friday between 10am and 6pm).
Early boarding
If, for artistic reasons, the door to the auditorium does not open until very shortly before the performance begins, there is the option of early boarding.
Tickets
- Reservations can be made via the ticket telephone at 030 283 52 66, Monday to Friday from 4pm-6pm
- Via the online ticket shop
- At the box office
You can also find more information about accessibility at the house here.
Concept, artistic direction: Lulu Obermayer
Text, Performance: Lulu Obermayer, Rachel Troy
Lighting design, technical direction: Michele Piazzi
Sound, video editing: Oliver Harlan
Camera: Borys Dubiański, Andi Szelyes
Media partners: Missy Magazine, Siegessäule, taz.
Lulu Obermayer is an internationally active artist whose practice moves between opera, theater, performance art and dance. She uses the European canon as a point of friction to transform the hidden potential of dominant narratives and reveal perspectives that have been rendered invisible. She studied acting in New York, contemporary performance practice in Glasgow, dramaturgy in Leipzig and dance in Berlin. Her performances have been staged at the rodeo Festival (Munich), Freischwimmen-Festival (Stuttgart), Theater Neumarkt (Zurich), Steirischer Herbst (Graz), O Festival (Rotterdam), Buzzcut Festival (Glasgow), deSingel (Antwerp) and Sophiensæle, among others.
Rachel Troy, actress, comedian and psychotherapist in Los Angeles, studied at the Lee Strasberg Institute and with The Groundlings. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Theater and a Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling. Her solo BABY won Best World Premiere and Top of The Fringe at the Hollywood Fringe Festival 2024.