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We happily announce: we are CASTING again! We are looking for actors as well “behind the scenes” crew! No previous experience needed and we will provide your audition texts and all sorts of info on site! Don’t be shy! Come one, come all!!!

The Pennyless Players wish you all Happy Holidays and an amazing New Year! We’ve already got lots of projects planned for you starting January 2018! Ho ho ho and hooray!

As you know, our charitable commitment is very dear to us! We usually donate to local charities – to give back right here at home – and international charities connected with education. We also like to know exactly where our donations go and what they are used for, so we visited “Schutzengeldorf für behinderte Katzen”,Continue reading “What we did with the proceeds of “1984””

Can you guess what’s cooking in the PP quarters?  

…but never forgetting the fun! Join us for some hilarious xmassy improv at the AAS Christmas Party at Meerscheinschlössl on December 6th!

On November 15th we’ve participated in the world wide Climate Change Theatre Action by performing some critical sketches at university! We were honoured to perform for this cause and will hopefully be able to show you the sketches again at the Uni Graz Sustainability Days next year.

It’s baaaaaack!!! This semester we’ve got an improv course each Friday at 6:30pm. There will be an amazing improv performance at the end of the semester, so stay tuned! You’ve still got a chance to join the group this Friday, Nov 3rd! If you’re interested, write us at thepennylessplayers@gmail.com! No previous experience needed – justContinue reading “IMPROV is back!”

Hello dear friends of the Pennyless Players, Welcome to a new semester with tons of new Pennyless action to look forward to! We are currently organizing an improv workshop as well as brainstorming our next performances – yes, you read correctly: performances – plural! So stay tuned! We can’t wait to entertain you again soon!Continue reading “Welcome to the new semester”

We truly were busy bees last summer term! It was filled to the brim with Pennyless shenanigans. Not only did we put on two full shows (“1984” and “Art”) but also organised a little retrospective  festival to celebrate our 10th anniversary and all this buzz made it into the news! Kleine Zeitung published a previewContinue reading “Press coverage – 10 Year Anniversary”

We had the most wonderful time in Salzburg at our first ever guest performance! Our lovely brothers and sisters in spirit of the English Drama Group Salzburg bid us the warmest welcome, and an amused audience applauded our interpretation of Yasmina Reza’s intellectual comedy “Art” (translated by Christopher Hampton). … and then there was cake!Continue reading ““Art” in Salzburg”