Linz09 Recommends: A Drama by Franzobel in Upper Austria’s Hausruckviertel Region
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11,800 viewers attended performances of the play “Z!PF or The Dark Side of the Moon” during the summer of 2007. Due to tremendous popular demand, this theatrical spectacle will be produced again this year.
Austrian author Franzobel used accounts by contemporary eyewitnesses to history as the basis for “Z!PF,” a confrontation with the fates of the victims of Nazi atrocities and the ambivalent attitudes of the local populace to what went on then. He condensed this material into an intensely dramatic script, which Theater Hausruck turned into an emotionally powerful and thought-provoking theatrical experience. It will run in an alfresco amphitheater-like setting on the grounds of an abandoned coal breaker plant near Wolfsegg from July 17 to August 10.As in 2007, several prominent actors will be joining the ensemble: Martin Semmelrogge, Julia Cencig, Alexander Strobele and Franz Froschauer will share the stage with other professionals and a large cast of highly dedicated amateurs.
This summer’s production will feature more performances, more seating (including reserved seats) and a reduced-price Family Sunday on July 20.
In the wake of this theatrical triumph, Franzobel will be enriching the Upper Austrian cultural scene in 2009 as well. For instance, in the Linz09 project “Linz vs. Vilnius,” he’ll engage in a tongue-in-cheek test of literary strength with Linz’s Lithuanian co-capital of culture.
