Roughly once a year, the Pennyless Players produce (at least) one fully staged theatre play.
We are always on the lookout for people with great ideas who want to produce, and direct the next show – once a production team is in place, and they have found – or written! – a play of their choice, that team sets up a casting for actors, and begins a search for behind the scenes designers and crew including lighting and sound, props and set, stage management, costumes, hair, make-up, music, etc.
Production History
Since our foundation in 2007, we have usually performed 1-2 full-length plays per year; since 2017 we’ve also focused on improvisational theatre. We’ve participated in numerous events with improv performances, short plays, scenic readings, etc. offer acting and improv workshops.
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Stage Productions
All the full-length productions we have done so far.
2025/05 Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
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► Gallery2024/05 Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand, adapted by Glyn Maxwell
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► Gallery2022/11 15-Year Anniversary: What We Do On Stage (Gastspiel @ Schauspielhaus Graz)
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► Gallery2022/10 15-Year Anniversary: A Celebration in Seven Shows (Dark Nights)
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► Gallery2022/10 15-Year Anniversary: A Celebration in Seven Shows (Light Nights)
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► Gallery2022/9 15-Year Anniversary: The Opening Event
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► Gallery2022/5&6 When Venice Sinks by Lea Belšak (love in times of ecocide)
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► Gallery2020/3 Clown Bar, by Adam Szymkovicz (a clown noir dramedy, red-nosed and red-handed)
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► Gallery2018/10 Trojan Barbie, by Christine Evans (GASTSPIEL @ Schauspielhaus Graz)
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► Gallery2018/5 Trojan Barbie, by Christine Evans (a car-crash encounter with Europides’ Trojan Women)
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► Gallery2017/6 Art, by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton (an intellectual comedy about values in friendship and art; performed at the Mini English Drama Festival at ARGEkultur Salzburg)
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► Gallery2017/5 George Orwell’s 1984, adapted for the stage by Matthew Dunster (a timeless classic about society and humanity – more relevant than ever)
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► Gallery2016/11 Love Conquers All, by David Newby (a comic tragedy about love and life)
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► Gallery2016/5-6 Terry Pratchett’s Wyrd Sisters, adapted for the stage by Stephen Briggs (magic, madness and witches with a nod to good old Will)
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► Gallery2015/6 What Happened to Eliza Doolittle?, a devised play by the Pennyless Players (a fresh look at Pygmalion‘s Eliza and her choices in life)
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► Gallery2015/1 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, by Tom Stoppard (an absurd tragicomedy featuring Hamlet in a minor role)
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► Gallery2014/1 Figaro, by Charles Morey (a current and witty adaption of Beaumarchais’ 18th century classic about love and politics)
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► Gallery2013/1 All in the Timing, by David Ives (6 sketches about pretty much everything)
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► Gallery2012/6 Picasso at the Lapin Agile, by Steve Martin (an amusing comment on the 20th century)
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► Gallery2011/3 The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde (a hilarious look at romantic entaglements and dubious ethics among the British upper crust)
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► Gallery2010/6 Orlando, by Sarah Ruhl (a multi-media adaption of Virginia Woolf’s novel which takes us on a journey through time and gender)
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► Gallery2009/6 The Sonnet [Re]Cycle, by Cecilia Servatius (based on Shakespeare’s Sonnets, written for the 400th anniversary of their publication)
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► Gallery2009/3 Scots On The Rocks, by Richard Nathan (a parody of Shakespeare’s Scottish play)
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► Gallery2008/5 Doctor Faustus, by Christopher Marlowe (in the original language!, a scholar famously sells his soul to the devil for power, pleasure and knowledge)
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► Gallery2007 The Dinner Guest, by Herman and Cecilia Servatius (a comedic sketch of “missing scenes” from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet)
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Short Plays, Dramatic Readings, and Other Performances
2021/11 Two CCTA Plays for “Tinted Tales” (online event by Tint Journal)
2021/9 “Right!” by Lena Schneider (European Day of Languages, GrazMuseum)
2020/9 “However” by Lena Schneider (European Day of Languages, GrazMuseum)
2020/1 Double Bill: “Nasty Things, Murders” (Short Play) & Improv Show by ImprovAs (Cafe Stockwerk)
2019/9 “Other Voices” by Phil Cain (European Day of Languages, GrazMuseum)
2019/6 “Other Voices” by Phil Cain for CDE Conference “Theatre of Crisis”
2018/12 Participation in AAS Christmas Party (Meerscheinschlössl)
2018/9 CCTA Plays and Workshop (European Day of Languages, GrazMuseum)
2018/6 Performance at Sustainability Week (CCTA Plays)
2017/11 Participation in “Climate Change Theatre Action” (CCTA, American Department)
2017/9 Participatory Workshop on the topics of “1984” (European Day of Languages, GrazMuseum)
2017/6 Tragic Heroes by and with David Newby (Pennyless Players 10-Year-Anniversary Festival, Unicafe)
2017/6 Artsy Library Performance (“Long Night at the Library”, Anglistik, Uni Graz)
2016/09 The Ghost of Canterville, an adaption of Oscar Wilde’s short story into a play for 10-13-year-olds (European Day of Languages, GrazMuseum)
2016/6 Library Performance of the Wyrd Sisters Crew (Anglistik, Uni Graz)
2016/4 A Mad Tea Party, by Cecilia Servatius (TEA Conference, Uni Graz)
2015/9 The Ghost of Canterville, an adaption of Oscar Wilde’s short story into a play for 10-13-year-olds (European Day of Languages, Murinsel Graz)
2015/4 Participation in the Pantomine Quiz (Uni Graz Braingame 2015)
2014/12 Wise Men – Wise Persons, Pirates and Camels from the East, by Moana E. Minson (AAS Christmas Party, Meerscheinschlössl)
2013/5 “F**kdidactics or What Was He Trying to Teach” (Good-Bye Party for Prof. Newby)
2012/12 Cinderella, by Roald Dahl (AAS Christmas Party, Meerscheinschlössl)
2012/12 Excerpt from Lost in Translation, by and with David Newby (Pennyless Players 5-Year-Anniversary event)
2011/12 The Plot to Overthrow Christmas, by Norman Corwin (AAS Christmas Party, Meerscheinschlössl)
2011/6 Excerpts from National Fronts, by David Newby (Anglo-Austrian Society event)
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