The “Stefan
Jäger” Prize for the year 2016 will be awarded to the actress of the German
State Theatre Timisoara (GSTT), Isa Berger, for outstanding achievements in
preserving the language, culture and traditions of Germans from Banat.
Isa Berger was
born in Orsova in 1988. She graduated from “Nikolaus Lenau” Highschool in
Timisoara, and in 2010 she got a degree in International Relations and European
Studies, studied in German at the Faculty of Political Science, Philosophy and
Communication Sciences of the University of Timisoara.
While in Timisoara she also
studied acting in the German language. Since June 2013 she has been employed at
the GSTT, where she has been in shows such as “Elektra”, “Noises Off”, “Spring Awakening” and “Nadirs”.
She has
acquired outstanding merits in the cultivation of German expression school
theatre, by coordinating the activities of the NiL groups, as well as projects
within the International Youth Theatre of German Expression, today alongside
her mentor, actress Isolde Cobeț.
She has
participated along the way in numerous theatre workshops coordinated by the
likes of Simon Schlingplässer, Radu-Alexandru Nica, Alexander Hausvater, Ida
Jarcsek-Gaza, Miklós Bács, Andrea Gavriliu as well as Ștefan Lupu.
She has
collaborated with the National Theatre and the Merlin Theatre in Timisoara, as
well as the Dramatic theatre “I. D. Sîrbu” in Petroșani. She has played in
movies and short films.
The award
ceremony will be in May 2017, during the Cultural Days of Germans in Banat,
Along the
years, two other members of the GSTT collective were graced with this award:
actress Karina Reitsch and manager of the GSTT Lucian M. Vărșăndan.
Andreea Andrei
- Artistic Consultant
Gabriela
Schinderman- Secretary
Photo: Image with
the actress Isa Berger. The photograph can be used in mass-media and
promotional goals, including in electronic media.