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Comedy by Nora Abdel-Maksoud

A new inheritance reform ensures that up to 400 billion euros are awarded by lottery every year. The place of implementation: the employment agency. In this dramatic social experiment, four characters get into a bitter dispute. Silke, a dispossessed start-up founder, joins forces with Maude, a long-time recipient of citizen's benefits and an expert on the agency, to form a blackmailing duo. Together they threaten to blow up the over-correct Gabor, an official employee, his beloved SUV if he doesn't ensure justice. And then there is Armin, the cynic, who has given up all professional and social ideals after years as a civil servant. He also gets caught between the two fronts.

There is a lot of talk about inheritance at the moment. For example, the circumstances involved: arguments with siblings, trouble with inherited property, uncertainty about tax issues. Problems that some people would like to have. The fact is: In Germany, up to 400 billion euros are given away and inherited every year. At the same time, one in five children in this country grows up in poverty. The Hartz IV standard rate for education? A meagre €1.12 per month. Just €4.48 per day is set aside for food. This is explained by the principles of meritocracy. But what is the achievement of someone who was simply born into a wealthy family? The playwright and director Nora Abdel-Maksoud puts it in a nutshell: she calls it the "ovarian lottery".

In her biting and clever social satire, she humorously poses the crucial questions: Does one's own financial security count more than social solidarity? Is redistribution from outside really fair? Where is the dividing line between the middle class and high earners? Can the benefit system