Sonntag
"Sonntag" brings to life the complexity of our relationship with sundays and how each interaction holds the power to change literally everything.
About me
Marleen Johow studied set design and costume at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. She designs and builds spaces for film, theatre, shootings and exhibitions. Her work has been shown at the Münchner Kammerspiele, Junges Schauspielhaus Hamburg, Staatstheater Kassel, Theater Osnabrück, Theater Münster and bat-Studiotheater, among others.
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Am Königsweg/Endsieg
Direction Alina Fluck Stage and costumes Marleen Johow Music and video Oskar Smollny Dramaturgy Katharina Rösch The cast Mansur Ajang, Christopher Heisler, Silvia Weiskopf Photos Fatih Kurçeren
"Have you already voted? We have, thank you very much. Tomorrow it will be someone else's turn, but it will take a while until tomorrow." When Donald Trump was elected 45th President of the USA in 2016, Elfriede Jelinek began writing the theatre text "Am Königsweg". It features a series of tragicomic characters: a corrupt king who has made a fortune from property, golf courses and casinos. A blind seer whose eyes bleed in the face of his rise. And many other blind people who are outraged in disbelief while the king creates new conditions. A lot has changed in the world since this text was published. Right-wing ideas have reached the centre of society, even in Germany.
Wunder
Premiere 1. February 2025 Marleen Johow was nominated by "Theater heute" in the category "Best Newcomer in Stage & Costumes" of the year 24/25" for her set design for the production "Wunder" at Osnabrück Theatre.
Direction Alina Fluck Stage and costume Marleen Johow Music Alexander Zwick Dramaturgy Kundry Reif The cast Lua Mariell Barros Heckmanns, Rebekka Biener, Sascha Maria Icks, Oliver Meskendahl Photos Jane Jachens, Marleen Johow
The body is a miracle. The body is a wound. Enis Maci takes the voices of the dervish Hatixhe, Saint Elisabeth of Thuringia, beauty influencers and porn star Cora Wosnitza, as well as many other women, and wanders with them from rituals to routines, from fasting to control, from amazement to hypocrisy, from empowerment to instrumentalisation. Loving, haunting and always oscillating between inadequate and very close, WUNDER becomes a tale of the body, of giving and taking, of doubting and believing, of meaning and of that which perhaps need not have any meaning at all. Or: "because WE can only be wonderful if it is fundamentally vulnerable and yet it must not allow itself to be wounded if it wants to work."
Heartland
Calle Fuhr // CORRECTIV A studio production in cooperation with CORRECTIV Premiere: 21.11.2024
Direction and text Calle Fuhr Stage and costume Marleen Johow The cast Pia Dembinski, Juliane Ebner, Carl Geißler, Richard Globert, Alexandra Juschkewitsch, Emil Lug, Jonathan Walz Photos Merle Trautwein
It's 2019, Fridays for Future fills the streets, "the climate" fills the news. Young journalist Theresa is at a family party in the west of Germany. There she is confronted not only with her mother's alcoholism, but also with the sometimes outrageous conspiracies of her extended family. Back in her editorial office in Berlin, Theresa and her colleagues set off in search of the sources of the climate conspirators in Germany. They soon come across organised climate denialist institutes - right in the heart of Germany. In order to gain a better understanding of how climate deniers network, what drives them and what their plans are, the editorial team goes undercover at a conference. And what they find out there will only be the beginning of a major research trip. Based on research by CORRECTIV, HEARTLAND immerses the audience in the heart of organised climate denial. Seven 3rd year drama students slip into a variety of roles - from investigative journalist to conspiratorial aunt to powerful boss of the American fossil fuel lobby.
Progress
| Project | Premiere | Theater | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Am Königsweg/Endsieg | 20.09.2025 | Theater Essen | Alina Fluck |
| Dat Wasser vun Kölle es jot | 07.02.2026 | Schauspiel Köln | Calle Fuhr |
| Frau Yamamoto ist noch da | 13.02.2026 | Theater Osnabrück | Alina Fluck |
| Das siebte Kreuz | 22.05.2026 | Staatstheater Mainz | Alina Fluck |