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VON A. R. Gurney REGIE Michael Darmanin MIT Gregor Eistert, Ciara Fitzpatrick, Kelly Hardman, Gerhild Heissel, Mona Lobendanz, Lily Michailidis and Johannes Rankl EMPFOHLEN AB 15 Jahren
SPIELDAUER ca. 90 min PAUSE nach ca. 60 min 

Charlie Higgins, a young teenager, is going to experience the summer of his life. It is 1945, at Lake Erie, New York. His father is at war, his mother can't cope and his elder sister is a pain. Then there is Bonny, the pretty girl from next door and Ted, his friend and rival. Above all there is Anna Trumbull, a half Indian old woman who is going to teach him a thing or two. A.R. Gurney's play is witty, touching and an insightful look at white America at the end of World War 2.

Lake Erie, Buffalo, New York. Summer 1945. Charlie, a young teenager, is supposed to be studying Latin for his resit exam in October but it is summer and there is Bonny, the girl from next door and Ted, his Canadian friend to fool around with. Charlie's father is off to fight the war. His mother, Grace, is trying to fill her husband's shoes and failing miserably and Elsie, his older sister, is just a pain in the backside. No one seems to be able to give the young rebel some sense of direction until Charlie's need to make some pocket money. This brings him face to face with Anna Trumbull, also known as the Pig Woman. An eccentric and an outcast, Anna has some lessons to teach Charlie. Lessons which Grace rejected a long time ago....

The English Drama Group Salzburg is the logical offspring of the English Drama Group University of Salzburg. Having finished their studies at the university, many members still had close ties to the Drama Group and wanted to continue to participate in our productions. On the other hand, new members have come on board giving new impetus to the project. This combination of old and new members gives each production a unique individual quality, which our audiences have come to appreciate.

Under the coordination and direction of Ilse Lackenbauer, the group has presented various productions over the last 15 years, all of which were well received by the public. Some projects went on tour, like our Shakespearian highlight of 1999 "The Winter’s Tale", which travelled as far as Weimar and Passau in Germany. Other productions and co-productions such as Chamber Music (2002), The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole (2005) and After Juliet (2007) won prizes. After so many successful years, Ilse Lackenbauer decided it was time to take a graceful bow and handed over the group to Michael Darmanin, her assistant and mainstay of the group for over 12 years.