Heizhaus Uferstudios/Theater untem Dach , Berlin
Premiere 29.10.2026
SAN PAOLO
The Martyrdom of Pasolini
What if a fascist suddenly became an anti-fascist? Would we believe him?
The Italian writer and director Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922–1975) believed that Saint Paul is here, today, among us, and that his conversion – from a persecutor of faith to a preacher of faith – is still taking place. He was working on a screenplay in which the Acts of the Apostles begins during the Nazi era and extends into his own time in postwar Europe.
However, he was never able to finish his screenplay. He was murdered under circumstances that remain unclear. But can we seriously believe that he wasn’t murdered by fascists? And what if Pasolini’s murderers were to return to power today?
The ensemble – led by director David Stöhr and dramaturge Dirk Brauner – explores, through a blend of drama, dance, video, and sound art, what a Pauline conversion might look like today, in the face of a resurgent fascism.
With Javeh Asefdjah, Jared McNeill, Jules* Elting, Tiziano Portas
Director: David Stöhr
Dramaturgy: Dirk Brauner
Set/Costume Design: Marie-Luce Theis
Video: Sébastien Dupouey
Music/Sound Design: Lasse Winkler
Choreography: Evelin Facchini
Assitant Director: Jay Mayhem, Albi Alfieri
SAN PAOLO is a production by Dirk Brauner & David Stöhr, funded by Hauptstadtkulturfonds coproduced by Theater unterm Dach, in cooperation with PSD Collective/Uferstudios GmbH, with kind support by Silvia Kohlberger & Stefan Detzel
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Stadttheater Ingolstadt
premiere 19th of december .2026
by Arthur Miller
Translated into German by Volker Schlöndorff and Florian Hopf
Foto Sarah Sassen
For over 30 years, Willy Loman has travelled the towns and villages around New York as a travelling salesman, but he is now no longer up to the demands of the job. The junior manager at his firm rejects Loman’s request to be transferred to another department. He advises him to take some time off, which is tantamount to dismissal. All his dreams of a peaceful old age in modest comfort have been shattered. This is inconceivable to Loman, who has always considered himself a particularly capable sales representative. Nor can his two sons offer him any support. They have never achieved the material success that their father instilled in them. Worried about his family, Willy Loman sees suicide as his only way out. Through this act, his family would receive an insurance payout of 20,000 dollars and could live without financial worries.
The American playwright Arthur Miller wrote this two-act tragedy in 1949; in the same year, it won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and a Tony Award for Best Play. He tells the protagonist’s story as a kaleidoscope of his memories, dreams and encounters. It has been adapted for the cinema ten times. In 1999, the New York theatre critic John Lahr said that, with 11 million copies sold, it is “probably the most successful modern play ever published”.
Director: David Stöhr
Set and Costume Design: Sarah Sassen
Music: Lasse Winkler
Dramaturgy: Kolja Buhlmann