It started somewhere in Heidelberg, in a small kitchen… Well, actually it started a few metres down the corridor at Rin’s desk… Well, actually it started at a funeral, but that’s private. It began with a script written by our brilliant writer and director Rin Fischer (yes, that adjective is mandatory). At the beginning, there was a Google Docs Link quietly traded between friends. Then, there were more and more comments in said document. Then, there was the idea of putting the play on stage, which brings us back to said kitchen.
On the 10th of July 2025, we all crowded into the small kitchen, a total of fifteen people in a total of fifteen square metres, some of which were sadly also occupied by such useless things as a stove. Still, the first read through was a success: The play came to life.
Even a few new jokes were found and we all agreed to like cake.
In October, we finally started rehearsals, with all of us knowing our text always, of course.
And we were very serious at all times and would never do such things as make up funny word plays on Rin’s name, such as rincredible, or rindiculous, or rinnoyed, or rinmazing, or rincredolous. I could go on…
I will: Rinsane, or Rindecisive, or Rinportant come to mind. Rintresting and Rintelligent are especially important.
The creation of our poster was a process in itself. First, we held a vote on all the different options (the pink ones are the winners) and then Rin started experimenting.
You might have already noticed that none of those options ended up being our poster. This is because once we saw what those ideas looked like in print (see left), we weren’t quite sold on the idea. So, it was scrapped and, instead, we agreed on a different design.
The brilliant Rin created a linoleum print for the central design and then experimented with it.
The very last image is the finished poster. But, of course, that is not the only thing that got created during this time. All of us were already on the hunt for costumes; raiding our wardrobes or second-hand shops, or making our own.
Arabella's veil, for example, is being hand-sewn, during rehearsals, as a way for Luise to pass the time between scenes. Besides costumes, there are also props to be made.
For example, the meat for George's Shop.
Or a gun for... well, you will see.
Of course, some things just have to be bought. As hard as we try, we cannot make glass or a table. We did think about trying it, though.
What we can build is this website. Jonah put a lot of work into it and I think you can tell. Please do click around a bit – it is a very cool site. Here is my favourite picture of a previous version:
Of course, something else needed to be "built" was the musical knowledge of the cast. Both Rion and Nele worked hard on their pieces.
In January, we finally got to rehearse at the TIK.
The first time was very chaotic but also very fun. We mainly focussed on entrances and exits and needed to summarise our scenes in a few sentences. Very little is funnier than a deeply emotional scene summed up as "Oh well, cry cry, puppy eyes, moving on."
