All I Crave

In the organizer's words:

All I Crave

a play by KLeineR_ex

"Twenty-eight years old I am now... All is well after all, all comes from God - but I believe: if I were married and could spend all day in my home, - I'd feel better about it. (Pause) I would love my husband."
Olga ("Three Sisters", Anton Chekhov)

The media phenomenon of tradwives (traditional wives) reflects the passivity and obliviousness to the world in Anton Chekhov's play Three Sisters (1901). These influencers are rich, privileged, usually very young women who provide insights into their lives as happy mothers and partners on social networks. On the internet, they celebrate weddings and baby showers on a grand scale, bake bread and clean textiles, while society is undergoing a huge shift to the right. The high number of clicks on the tradwives is an indication that conservatism is in vogue in times of crisis. It is the unambiguousness of these images of peaceful, carefree domesticity that appeals to us so much.

In All I Crave, the five-member ensemble as "momfluencers" and "stay-at-home-girlfriends" try to come close to an ideal of femininity. Their task is to make each of their activities look easy. After all, they all agree that love should not look like work. Their initially seemingly balanced lifestyle drifts off, first appearing strained, then grotesque and creepy. The reassuring unambiguity turns out to be a threat.

Performance: Mareike Dobberthien, Laura Kersten, Zixuan Ni (Nima), Charlotte Tienken & Lilly Zellmann | Director: Johanna Rex & Theresa Kleiner | Text: Theresa Kleiner | Production Management: Jasmin Lein | Stage & Costume: Josefine Freitag | Music: Niklas Jacobs | Idea: Laura Kersten

KLeineR_ex is a theater collective consisting of Johanna Rex (she/her), Theresa Kleiner (all pronouns) and Jasmin Lein (she/her). All I Crave is the collective's second play after CRYPTO BOIS - Die Leiden der jungen W.s, in which they take a queer-feminist look at gendered role models and promises of success in pop culture and canonized literature.

Price information:

Admission: 15 € | 12 € | 8 € Solidarity pricing system: You choose a price category according to your ability (advance booking may vary).