MANHATTAN PROJECT

It is one of the most closely guarded secrets of the 20th century: a group of fugitive Hungarian scientists dare to do the unthinkable in New York and change the world forever. Their goal: to build the first atomic bomb. But the invention that could bring about the end of the Second World War also has the potential to wipe out humanity. Thanks to the contribution of the powerful financier Alexander Sachs, the Lithuanian Jew who was able to weave an impressive fundraising network from Wall Street, the scientific director Robert Oppenheimer was the linchpin of the Manhattan Project. The fear that Germany could use nuclear fission to build bombs is great. The clock is ticking...

Following the great international success of the Lehman trilogy (2016/17 at the WBT), Stefano Massini has once again written a major theater fresco, just as complex and multi-layered. The world premiere took place on November 7, 2024 at the Burgtheater Vienna. This will be the German premiere of the Massini opus at the WBT.

Production_stage_video | Björn Gabriel
Videoart_Sounddesign | Jan van Putten

Costumes | Anna Marienfeld
Dramaturgy | Laura Ritter, Tanja Weidner
Cast | Florian Bender, Katharina Hannappel, Niclas Kunder, Ivana Langmajer, Tara Oestreich