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THREE GERMANS DRIVE INTO ANYTOWN, USA, LOOKING FOR THEIR PIECE OF THE AMERICAN DREAM. THEY’VE COME ALL THE WAY FROM BERLIN TO RENT A BUILDING AND START UP A BUSINESS. THERE ARE JUST A FEW PROBLEMS: ONE’S STARVING, ONE’S MISSING, ONE’S GOTTEN INVOLVED IN CERTAIN PRACTICES AND THEY’RE ALL BROKE. BUT THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS THEIR WOULD-BE AMERICAN LANDLORD, IKE, WHO JUST DOESN’T GET THEIR BUSINESS PLAN: “WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS THIS: I COME IN HERE, IN TO YOUR STORE, AND WHAT HAPPENS THEN: WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO SELL ME? WHAT CAN I BUY HERE?” MICHA: “NOTHING - ”
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BY
ROLAND SCHIMMELPFENNIG
TRANSLATED BY
DANIEL BRUNET
PUBLISHED BY
S. FISCHER VERLAG
FRANKFURT/MAINWORLD PREMIERE
OCT. 09, 2007
PERFORMANCE SPACE 122
NYC, NEW YORK, USA
OCT. 09, 2007
PERFORMANCE SPACE 122
NYC, NEW YORK, USA
FEATURING
KATI LISA-MARIE JANKE
DIRECTOR
VIDEO ARTCLAUDIA ROHRMOSER
COSTUMES
SOUND DESIGN
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
DRAMATURGY
CASTING GERMANY
CASTING USA
KATI LISA-MARIE JANKE
ROB NILS NELLESSEN
IKE ROLAND SANDS
MICHA NICOLAI TEGELER
LIZ MYXOLYDIA TYLER
DIRECTOR
RONALD MARX
VIDEO ART
CLAUDIA ROHRMOSER
HERR SCHOBEL
COSTUMES
MALVE LIPPMANN
SOUND DESIGN
MARTIN ROHRMOSER
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
DANIEL BRUNET
DRAMATURGY
BIRGIT LENGERS
CASTING GERMANY
BUENKER CASTING
CASTING USA
JACK DOULIN/JENN HALTMAN
