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<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\nportraittheater is an Austrian theatre company which focuses on extraordinary historical personalities, especially women, and brings their life and work to the stage. Since 2006 portraittheater has successfully produced plays about Hannah Arendt, Simone de Beauvoir, Bertha von Suttner, George Sand, Rosa Luxemburg, Marie Curie, Lise Meitner, Hedy Lamarr, K\u00e4the Leichter and Marie Jahoda. The shows were invited for guest performances in Austria and many other countries, e.g. Australia, Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Iran, The Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, United States. The play \u201eCurie_Meitner_Lamarr_indivisible\u201c<\/strong><\/a> is available for guest performances in English or German. The well-known actress Anita Zieher delivers a great performance in the three roles, directed by Sandra Sch\u00fcddekopf.<\/span><\/p>\n In April 2019 our play „Women at work\u00a0 – K\u00e4the Leichter and Marie Jahoda“<\/strong> will be on tour in the USA (04\/01 Boston – 04\/03 Atlanta – 04\/04 New York – 04\/09 Washington – 04\/11 Los Angeles).<\/span><\/p>\n Anita Zieher (K\u00e4the Leichter), Brigitta Waschnig (Marie Jahoda)<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n A coproduction by portraittheater K\u00e4the Leichter (1895 \u2013 1942) and Marie Jahoda (1907 \u2013 2001) were two Austrian pioneers in the field of employment research. Their life-memories and the important achievements of their work are at the centre of the play, \u201cWomen at work \u2013 K\u00e4the Leichter and Marie Jahoda\u201d directed by Sandra Sch\u00fcddekopf. During this exciting 90-minute play Anita Zieher as K\u00e4the Leichter and Brigitta Waschnig as Marie Jahoda portray these two women, against a backdrop of politically moving times. With this play portraittheater shows how the subjects they dealt with have lost none of their actuality today.<\/span><\/p>\n Reviews:<\/span><\/p>\n „The director, Sandra Sch\u00fcddekopf succeeds skilfully in engaging the two heroines in dialogues consistently during the 90-minute play.“ (<\/em>Der Standard)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n „A focussed production that puts a current situation into a contemporary historical perspective.“ (<\/em>Falter, recommended as „best of the week“)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n „\u2026 they are brilliant in their roles.“ (<\/em>Kulturf\u00fcchsin)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n „Wow! Two such strong women. And still not well-known enough.“ (<\/em>Kurier)<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n K\u00e4the Leichter<\/strong> (1895 – 1942) became known as the first director of the women\u2019s department in the Vienna Chamber of Labour. She conducted studies on the working conditions of women and is nowadays considered the forerunner of women\u2019s studies. She was politically active during the 20\u2019s and 30\u2019s in Vienna and fought against the rise of Fascism in Austria regardless of the consequences this might have for her life. In 1938 she was arrested by the Gestapo and was killed in the Ravensbrueck concentration camp in 1942. Her husband Otto Leichter and their sons Henry and Franz could escape to the USA. Both sons studied law and engaged in politics, Franz Leichter was a senator in New York for many years.<\/span><\/p>\n Marie Jahoda<\/strong> (1907 – 2001) achieved worldwide recognition mainly as the author of the study, \u201cThe Unemployed of Marienthal\u201d, which she wrote with her then-husband Paul Lazarsfeld and Hans Zeisel. Because of her political engagement she was imprisoned by the Austrian Fascists. In 1937, after some foreign appeals to release her, she could leave prison on the condition to leave the country immediately. In Great Britain and in the USA she continued her research on the social function of work as well as on prejudice research and mental health. She held positions as a professor at New York University and Brunel University. In 1965 she became Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Sussex.<\/span><\/p>\n Performances in German or English Duration: app. 95 minutes<\/span> Partner: AK Ober\u00f6sterreich – Kultur, Theater Drachengasse Wien<\/span> Bundeskanzleramt – Federal Chancellery<\/span><\/p>\n\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.portraittheater.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Arbeitlebensnah_quer-300x237.jpg\")
\n<\/strong>with the Chamber of Labour Upper Austria and Theater Drachengasse Vienna<\/span><\/p>\n
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\nText: Sandra Sch\u00fcddekopf and Anita Zieher, with original quotes from K\u00e4the Leichter and Marie Jahoda<\/span>
\nDirector: Sandra Sch\u00fcddekopf<\/span>
\nK\u00e4the Leichter: Anita Zieher<\/span>
\nMarie Jahoda: Brigitta Waschnig<\/span>
\nStage: Eva-Maria Schwenkel<\/span>
\nMusic: Rupert Derschmidt<\/span>
\nCostumes: Cinzia Cioffi, Marlene Auer<\/span>
\nAssistence, dramaturgy: Olivia Rosenberger<\/span>
\nPhotos: Reinhard Maximilian Werner<\/span>
\nMake-Up Photos: Karin Bogner<\/span>
\nProject manager: Anita Zieher<\/span><\/p>\n
\nTheater Akzent, Arbeiterkammer Wien, BMWFW, BMB, MA 7 – Wissenschafts- und Forschungsf\u00f6rderung, Stadt Linz – Frauenb\u00fcro, Land Ober\u00f6sterreich – Abt. Soziales<\/span><\/p>\nContact<\/span><\/h5>\n
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