{"id":6106,"date":"2026-05-21T15:01:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T13:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drama-panorama.com\/en\/?p=6106"},"modified":"2026-05-21T15:04:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T13:04:13","slug":"german-jury-of-medusa-project-announce-shortlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drama-panorama.com\/en\/2026\/05\/21\/german-jury-of-medusa-project-announce-shortlist\/","title":{"rendered":"German Jury of MEDUSA Project Announce Shortlist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The German jury of the European project&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.medusa-project.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MEDUSA \u2013 Contemporary Playwriting in Europe<\/a>&nbsp;(funded by&nbsp;Creative Europe) is delighted to announce its first selection of contemporary German-language plays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In early June, the selected works will be brought to the\u00a0Kulturfactory in Domicella\u00a0(Italy) by the jury, where they will be presented to partner institutions from Italy and Bulgaria during the transnational MEDUSA Observatory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"379\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drama-panorama.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/cropped-Tavola-disegno-44-copia-3@2x-1024x379.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.drama-panorama.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/cropped-Tavola-disegno-44-copia-3@2x-1024x379.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.drama-panorama.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/cropped-Tavola-disegno-44-copia-3@2x-300x111.png 300w, https:\/\/www.drama-panorama.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/cropped-Tavola-disegno-44-copia-3@2x-768x285.png 768w, https:\/\/www.drama-panorama.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/cropped-Tavola-disegno-44-copia-3@2x-1536x569.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.drama-panorama.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/cropped-Tavola-disegno-44-copia-3@2x.png 1703w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MEDUSA is a trinational project funded by&nbsp;Creative Europe, bringing together partner institutions from Germany, Italy, and Bulgaria: En Kai Pan, Casa del Contemporaneo, 36 Monkeys, Eurodram Bulgaria, Das Kombinat e. V., and Drama Panorama: Forum f\u00fcr \u00dcbersetzung und Theater e. V.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the heart of the project lies\u00a0theatre translation as an artistic practice of mediation and exchange, and the international circulation of contemporary drama. MEDUSA will present new European plays to audiences through translation and staged readings at festivals, residencies and other formats in Berlin, Sofia, and Naples from June 2026 to June 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Selected plays:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ruakooperative.de\/kuenstler\/natalie+baudy\">Natalie Baudy<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;<em>under the influence oder: die r\u00fcckkehr der bakchen<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rowohlt-theaterverlag.de\/autorin\/lisa-danulat-91\">Lisa Danulat<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;<em>OTA. Trauma und Fraktur<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rowohlt-theaterverlag.de\/theaterstueck\/mysteryland-8056\">Sarah Kilter<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;<em>Mysteryland<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.suhrkamptheater.de\/stueck\/mehdi-moradpour-die-verhandlung-der-traeume-tt-102601\">Mehdi Moradpour<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;<em>Die Verhandlung der Tr\u00e4ume<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ruakooperative.de\/kuenstler\/mazlum+nergiz\">Mazlum Nergiz<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;<em>1000 Eyes<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ruakooperative.de\/kuenstler\/mazlum+nergiz\">Lena Riemer<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;<em>aufstiegsk\u00f6rper. ein f\u00fchlversuch<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The German jury consisted of Charlotte Bomy (independent curator and theatre translator, Drama Panorama), Monica Marotta (head of programming, Gr\u00fcner Salon at Volksb\u00fchne Berlin\/Das Kombinat), Maxi Obexer (playwright\/NIDS) and Yunus Ersoy (dramaturgy, Schauspiel Hannover).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"379\" data-id=\"6108\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drama-panorama.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Loghi-Partner-1024x379.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.drama-panorama.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Loghi-Partner-1024x379.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.drama-panorama.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Loghi-Partner-300x111.png 300w, https:\/\/www.drama-panorama.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Loghi-Partner-768x284.png 768w, https:\/\/www.drama-panorama.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Loghi-Partner-1536x569.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.drama-panorama.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Loghi-Partner-2048x758.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The German jury of the European project\u00a0MEDUSA \u2013 Contemporary Playwriting in Europe is delighted to announce its first selection of German-language plays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":6109,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1732,18],"tags":[2323,413,420,732,1473,1523],"class_list":["post-6106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-translation","tag-creative-europe","tag-drama-en","tag-drama-panorama-en","tag-international-en","tag-theatre-en","tag-translation-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drama-panorama.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drama-panorama.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drama-panorama.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drama-panorama.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drama-panorama.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6106"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.drama-panorama.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6111,"href":"https:\/\/www.drama-panorama.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6106\/revisions\/6111"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drama-panorama.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drama-panorama.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drama-panorama.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drama-panorama.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}