"Warten auf Hollywood" - Theaterabend mit Thomas Rudnick
Waiting can be nerve-wracking and a real test of patience. It can lead to painful losses from stagnation and hesitation, but also to unexpected, grand successes…
In “Warten auf Hollywood,” Frank Czerwinski, a film actor, eagerly awaits a phone call. But not just any call: He’s waiting for a call from Hollywood – or at least from his agent Daggi. And he hasn’t just been waiting since yesterday; it has been what feels like an eternity.
The two authors tell the story of how this waiting for that very call, and waiting in general, runs through his life, while Thomas Rudnick performs the approximately 70-minute piece.
The protagonist recounts his tests of patience and film rehearsals, his low points and his soaring successes – sometimes with a reflective conclusion, sometimes with a triumphant smile on his lips. As a true Brandenburg native, Frank wears his heart on his sleeve and allows his audience to share in a mix of cheeky short remarks and dry humor about the most significant moments of his life, such as the top roles and flop roles in his profession, his first car, his great love Mandy, and how he experienced the turning point in history. But see for yourself how creative waiting can be!
“Warten auf Hollywood” is also a loving homage to the province – that barren space of deceleration and a slowed-down lifestyle somewhere around Berlin, somewhere between Hamburg, Stettin, and Dresden – and to its residents with their unique charm. It doesn’t always have to be lavish gestures, lengthy explanations, or expansive conversations; often, two-word sentences are enough to understand each other perfectly. Don’t believe it? Then experience Frank in top form during a reenactment of a verbal sparring match with his buddy Manni. “It has to be…”
ACTOR - FRANK CZERWINSKI aka THOMAS RUDNICK
is known as an actor from radio and television. Thomas Rudnick has been in front of the camera and on the theatrical stage since his youth. In 1988, he played a leading role in Frank Beyer's film “Der Bruch” alongside the biggest names in German cinema like Götz George, Rolf Hoppe, Otto Sander, Franziska Troegner, among others. Over his more than 30-year career, he has also appeared in numerous popular TV productions, such as the ongoing role of Tommi Ehrlicher in the “Tatorten” with Peter Sodann aka Bruno Ehrlicher or in episodic roles of “Die Bergretter,” “Notruf Hafenkante,” “Soko Wismar,” “Soko Leipzig,” “In aller Freundschaft,” “Großstadtrevier,” “Polizeiruf 110,” and many more. His comedic talent was also showcased in the ARD fairy tale “Rumpelstilzchen,” in which he, as Miller Gisbert, entertained the audience by competing in trickery with the internationally celebrated star Gottfried John as the King. Thomas Rudnick has also lent his face and voice to many TV commercials and audio productions. He is represented by the agency Siewert und Knittel.
BOOK - BERND BÖHLICH
has made a name for himself in the German film industry through his numerous and diverse directorial and writing works, for which he has also received the highly renowned Grimme Award twice. Emerging from his beginnings as a directing assistant at East German television, Bernd Böhlich studied directing at the Film and Television School in Potsdam and has been very successful in this field ever since. He has worked with a who's who in front of and behind the camera, stamping his directorial mark on over 60 film productions – legendary is his cinematic adaptation of the “Polizeiruf 110” episode “Totes Gleis” featuring Otto Sander and Ben Becker in the lead roles, as is his “Krause” film series about the down-to-earth, always grumpy village policeman Horst Krause from Brandenburg. For “Warten auf Hollywood,” Bernd Böhlich and Thomas Rudnick have teamed up for the first time outside the film set to develop an artistic solo program for the stage.
Doors open at 6:45 PM / Drinks available on site
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