JUDAS

In the organizer's words:

Monologue by Lot Vekemans
German by Eva M. Pieper and Christine Bais

Venue: Deutschordenmünster St. Peter and Paul

His name stands for betrayal par excellence: Judas Iscariot, who handed Jesus over to his enemies and was reviled for centuries. After almost 2000 years, Judas tells his version of the story. It is the psychogram of an intellectually independent spirit who was friends with Jesus and believed in the liberation of the Jews through the Messiah. Was his betrayal the free decision of a man who had hoped for political liberation from Jesus in the here and now and was bitterly disappointed? Or was it a necessary act of friendship in order to complete the Christian plan of salvation? Because without this man and without his Judas kiss, Christianity would never have become one of the great world religions. How should Judas' role in the Passion story be assessed?

Lot Vekemans, born in 1965, is one of the most interesting voices in contemporary Dutch literature. She has received numerous prizes for her plays, including the Van der Vies Prize for "Truckstop" and "Sister of" in 2005 and the Ludwig Mühlheims Theater Prize for religious drama in 2016. "Lot Vekemans gives the floor to characters who have always been neglected in history - and she shows them beyond black and white without judging them as good or evil. In her drama "Judas", however, she poses a highly provocative question: Did Jesus or Judas die for us?" (Johan Simons)

With Martin Bringmann

Director Thorsten Weckherlin
Stage & costumes Kay Anthony
Dramaturgy Laura Guhl
Assistant director Charlotte Bucka