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Graz's English Speaking Theatre Group
IMPROV MAY & APRIL
Summer term has started and improv workshops are back! It is time again for acting without scripts or props but with a lot of imagination! What to expect:An introduction to improvisational theatre including fun improv games and exercises.Come to our improv workshops on March 29th and April 4th,always 2pm – 5pm at DaT (Das andereContinue reading “IMPROV MAY & APRIL”
Coming Up: Circle Mirror Transformation
The time has arrived to officially announce The Pennyless Players’ next big production. This May we are returning to Kristallwerk with Circle Mirror Transformation by Annie Baker. Join us for this modern play about the beautifully “normal” journey of being human: a diverse and relatable cast going through self discovery with the help of actingContinue reading “Coming Up: Circle Mirror Transformation”
UPDATE: Shakespearean Script Tease
Script-Tease: Special Shakespearean Summer Semester 2026! Something wicked this way comes… This summer semester, the Pennyless Players are launching a special Shakespearean version of our script-tease! What’s New:We bid secrecy adieu – all scripts are pre-planned so you know what you’re getting into. Also, due to length, we are splitting each play to be readContinue reading “UPDATE: Shakespearean Script Tease”
Season’s Greetings!
2025 is ending and we filled it with as much theatre as we could. We staged an amazing production of Death of a Salesman, took part in Sprachenfest Graz with a re-run of our collaboration with Tint Journal, showed off our Hodgepodge Poets at Grieskram, had Script Tease evenings and a number of great improvContinue reading “Season’s Greetings!”
New Improv Dates!
A new year is approaching and with it new improv workshops! Join us on Saturday, January 10th and/or February 1st for some improvised fun! Each workshop is beginner friendly and takes about 3 hours. Get some first impressions or refresh your memory doing creative exercises and games. Free of charge! Sounds cool? Register via email (thepennylessplayers@gmail.com) –forContinue reading “New Improv Dates!”
Casting call: Circle Mirror Transformation
The time has come to announce our next feature-length play: Circle Mirror Transformation by Annie Baker. The Pennyless Players will return to Kristallwerk in May 2026 to bring the beauty of human connection, empathy and self discovery to the stage through theater. But before we can perform it, we need a cast! This is YOURContinue reading “Casting call: Circle Mirror Transformation”
Tinted Trails – a Sprachenfest performance
The Pennyless Players present texts from Tinted Trails, an anthology published by the Graz-based literary journal Tint. Tint Journal publishes authors who write creative texts in English as their non-native language. The cast interprets selected texts in the style of a dramatic reading, blurring the lines between reading and acting. Using texts by writers fromContinue reading “Tinted Trails – a Sprachenfest performance”
Hodgepodge Poets – a Grieskram performance
The Pennyless Players are a bunch of creatives that the love of theatre brought together. But we’re not one-trick ponies. We can do more than just present existing literature – we can write our own. We are as different as our literary creations, a true hodgepodge of poets. Some of us wrote stories and areContinue reading “Hodgepodge Poets – a Grieskram performance”
WHAT THE FAQ?
Pennyless Players Improv show and workshop in English Is your furniture really talking sh*t behind your back?Is the murderer the butler again?Why didn’t we ask for directions, and what is life all about? Let’s find out together and get ready for an evening of improv insanity!Improvisational theatre works without scripts or props – and whoContinue reading “WHAT THE FAQ?”
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