For his role as Gero in SAD JOKES, Godehard Giese wins the Lola for Best Supporting Actor in Fabian Stumm’s tragicomedy SAD JOKES, co-produced by die schauspielfabrik berlin. We are overjoyed and congratulate him wholeheartedly on this well-deserved award.

As part of the IETM (International Network for Contemporary Performing Arts) festival, schauspielfabrik alumni Marilyn Nova White will give a lecture titled “Maled It: Drag Kings, Gender Performance and New Narratives.”

Venue: die schauspielfabrik berlin

Register at: https://www.ietm.org/en/meetings/ietm-berlin-plenary-meeting-2025

In April, the feature film SAD JOKES by and starring Fabian Stumm celebrated its US premiere at the New Directors/New Films festival at MoMA and Lincoln Center. We are thrilled about the journey our film has taken since its premiere at last year’s Munich Film Festival! Co-produced by Nicola Heim / die schauspielfabrik berlin, who is also part of the cast.

The new trimester at the schauspielfabrik begins in April. We look forward to working with the new 3-month course participants and seeing our annual course again. Here’s to a productive and creative time!