Sagdoch­malLuca

SagdochmalLuca - staged reading about nonbinarity, speculation and (non-)gender-conforming behavior - by Lena Gorelik - as part of "Fokus: Queer Art" - on 11 May 2025 at 3 pm - Schauspielhaus, Unterhaus

Who hurt Luis in the changing room after PE class? Was it Luca? Or was Luca just helping? There is wild speculation in Luis and Luca's class about what exactly happened and how badly Luis was injured. The discussions in the class reveal that the perception of a person is often shaped by the gender stereotypes with which a person is associated. Luca's non-binary nature is also repeatedly brought up in the discussions. In the end, it is up to the audience to draw their own conclusions from what is said and how they judge the events.

Lena Gorelik was nominated for the German Children's Theater Prize in 2024 for "SagdochmalLuca" and was awarded the Retzhofer Dramapreis in the "For Young Audiences" category in 2023. The staged reading presents the text for the first time on a German theater stage and takes a special look at the prejudices and assumptions about non-binary people in mainstream society.