A Screwball Comedy

… or Hate story in 5 acts with a prologue and not-so-happy epilogue

Thomas B or Not is a hoax, a fraud, a joke, a text that pretends to be a play. In reality, it is a text that exists for the sole purpose of making fun of everything and everyone.

Or is it?

Thomas B or Not is a tragedy. The love story of two lost souls. The story of a successful playwright and his fall into disgrace and mediocrity.

Or is it?

Thomas B or Not is a comedy, a black one at that. It is about the church-going people otherwise known as the state theatre’s audience.

Or is it?

Thomas B or Not is a Dada game. Nonsensical, anarchic, disorderly. The text has no linear development, no apparent dramaturgical logic, and no meaningful story.

Or is it?

He: Markus Zett; She: Anna Mendelssohn; The Role of „He“: Yosi Wanunu; The Role of „She“: Susanne Gschwendtner; The Israeli Director: Anat Stainberg; The Burg Director: Stephanie Cumming; Assistant director, Nazi, a.o. roles: Isabella Händler
Video and Music: Michael Strohmann
Assistant director: Isabella Händler
Written and directed by Yosi Wanunu
Produced by Kornelia Kilga

Co-produced by brut Wien/ Sep 25 – 29, 2016