Aileen

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n the 1990s, Aileen Wuornos shot seven men in their cars in Florida. After her arrest, Aileen was often staged and instrumentalized by the media. As a murdering sex worker, as a man-hating lesbian, as a monster. But who was Aileen behind these external attributions?

The production addresses this question in the form of on-stage research. The research is based on various documents from Aileen's twelve years in prison. In prison, Aileen looks back on her life, which was marked by violence, which she experienced as a perpetrator and as a victim. Due to the isolation of solitary confinement, Aileen's memories and statements became increasingly contradictory. What happens to the principle of believing survivors when survivors stop believing themselves?

With:
Yve Achttausend, Anfisa Lazebna, Anna Menzel, Leander Ries

Direction and music:
Lori Brückner

Version and texts:
Lori Brückner, Leena Schnack

Stage:
Ana Okshina, Henriette Weber

Costumes:
Janina Turek

Dramaturgy:
Lena Plumpe

Assistance:
Leni von der Waydbrink

Eintritt: 18,00 EUR
Ermäßigt: 9,00 EUR

Tickets are available on the website of the German Theatre

With thanks to the lecturers Evi Bauer, Daniela Löffner, Sybille Meier, Dorothea Ratzel, Cora Sachs.

Bachelor's degree 2025 Directing Acting and Master Dramaturgy of the Theaterakademie Hamburg, Hochschule für Music and Drama, in cooperation with the stage design class of the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Hamburg (HfBK), the Department of Costume Design of the Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg (HAW) and the Schauspielhaus Hamburg