THE APPLE TREE
Role:
Staging
Producer:
Stadttheater Bremerhaven
Venue:
Stadttheater Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven – 16 March 2024
More information on https://stadttheaterbremerhaven.de/the-apple-tree/
Material:
The Apple Tree, a musical by Jerry Bock (1928-2010) and Sheldon Harnick (1924-2023).
Translated to German by Hartmut H. Forche for the world première of the piece performed in German at Stadttheater Bremerhaven.
Cast & team:
Musical direction: Davide Perniceni
Staging: Rennik-Jan Neggers
Costume and set-design: Alexander McCargar
Choreography: Nele Neugebauer
Chorusmaster: Mario El Fakih Hernández
Light design: Daniel Lang
Dramaturgy: Torben Selk
Operndirektor: Markus Tatzig
Assistant-director: Annika Flindt
Performers:
Victoria Kunze – Eva / Passionella
Andrew Irwin – Adam / George Brown
Marcin Hutek – Schlange / Sanjar
Ulrich Burdack – Stimme von Gott / König Aerik / Erzähler
Boshana Milkov – Prinzessin Barbra
Patrick Ruyters – Balladensänger
Sydney Gabbard – Nadjira
Katharina Diegritz – Liebe gute Fee
Opernchor, Philharmonisches Orchester and Statisterie des Stadttheaters Bremerhaven
pictures by Heiko Sandelmann and Jörn von Hassel (im Auftrag von Nordevents)
THE APPLE TREE
Interview by Nordsee Zeitung with Rennik-Jan Neggers and team on The Apple Tree
[13/3/24]
“Rennik-Jan Neggers invests in nuanced characters, does not shun moments of silence, entertains with the small details and polishes the dialogues at the surface until a sharp irony appears.”
“The production overall told the stories convincingly […] altogether an enjoyable and entertaining evening resulting from the discovery of a little gem.“
“It is staged in a loving and at times also in a humoristic way. The piece won’t let itself be pigeonholed, but rather it deliberately dissolves the borders with spoken theatre and operetta during the evening.”