Orth was awarded a Nestroy Prize for best actress in 2015 for her role as the old woman in the world premiere of Ewald Palmetshofer’s “The Unmarried” at the Akademietheater. The 27-year-old Tyrolean Lisa Wentz receives the author’s prize for her play “Adern”, which premiered at the Akademietheater.
The Wiener Bühnenverein announced this and 39 nominations in eleven other categories on Wednesday. “Adern” is not only awarded as the best play, both leading actors (Sarah Viktoria Frick and Markus Hering) are also nominated in their respective categories.
“humanistää!” and “Karoline and Kasimir”
There were also three nominations for the production “humanistää!” at the Vienna Volkstheater, which had already won awards in the critics’ survey by “Theater heute”. It has not only been nominated for best performance in the German-speaking world, but also for direction (Claudia Bauer) and in the category best actor (Samouil Stoyanov).
“Karoline und Kasimir – Noli me tangere” at the Volkstheater (Kelly Copper / Pavol Liška for Best Director, Julia Franz Richter for Best Actress and Elias Eilinghoff for Best Supporting Role) has been nominated three times. With Constanze Passin (Best Actress, “Out of Nowhere”, Werk X) and Clara Liepsch (supporting role, “SHTF”, Schauspielhaus Wien), there are also surprises in the actor categories away from the big stages.
After two years once more in front of an audience
For the first time, the gala will take place in the Art for Art decoration workshops in the Arsenal. Nadja Bernhard and Peter Fässlacher will guide you through the evening. Gerald Fleischhacker is responsible for the book, directed by André Turnheim. Musicians of the Orchestra of the United Stages Vienna play under the direction of Herbert Pichler. “After two challenging seasons, the Nestroy Prizes can finally be awarded in front of an audience once more,” said the President of the Stage Association, Franz Patay, in a broadcast.
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For Ulli Stepan, chairman of the jury, nominations “to no fewer than 17 different theater institutions in Austria” show that the domestic theater landscape is “both multifaceted and multifaceted”. “After almost a thousand performance visits that the jury completed last season, the discussion was tougher than ever.” The nominations came regarding in a five-hour final session: “We surprise, we confirm, we encourage, we support, we look with ours decisions regarding the future.”
Ten nominees for the ORF III Audience Award
There are five actors to choose from for the ORF III Audience Award this year: Gerti Drassl, Julia Edtmeier, Florentina Holzinger, Dörte Lyssewski, Birgit Minichmayr, Andreas Beck, Herbert Föttinger, Stefan Jürgens, Raphael von Bargen and Sebastian Wendelin.