Columbia Stages to Present Woyzeck by Georg Büchner

Columbia Stages will present Gideon Lester's translation of Woyzeck by Georg Büchner, directed by Markie Splint.

Woyzeck, Büchner's ambitious play, was left fragmented and unfinished when the playwright died at age 24. In this modern classic a poor man tries to make sense out of an irrational world. The scenes are cinematic, the topic is raw, the language funny, the world absurd. Is it possible to live a virtuous life when man's moral compass is bent?

Marike Splint was born and raised in the Netherlands. She holds a B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Amsterdam. Projects at Columbia include: No Drama Here Tonight, The Cherry Orchard, A Streetcar. Recently she assisted Robert Woodruff on Britannicus (American Repertory Theatre) and Aus Greidanus on The Good Woman of Sezuan (Toneelgroep de Appel, The Hague).

Performance Schedule

Wednesday, March 28 at 8PM
Thursday, March 29 at 8PM
Friday, March 30 at 8PM
Saturday, March 31 at 8PM
Sunday, April 1 at 2PM

Columbia Stages is the producing arm of the Oscar Hammerstein II Center for Theatre Studies of Columbia University's School of the Arts. Columbia Stages presents a season of graduate actor and director productions as well as an annual festival of new plays by emerging playwrights. The theatre division offers M.F.A. degrees in acting, directing, playwriting, dramaturgy/script development, stage management, and theatre management and producing. The goal of the division is to provide each student with the foundation for a career in professional theatre as well as the tools to embrace an ever-changing theatrical landscape and shape the future of the theatre.

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