Crazy Old MeKarin Schäfer

Karin Schäfer's Crazy Old Me explores aging as a puppeteer and theater maker, grappling with physical decline, fleeting memory, and the challenges of a fast-changing world. Marking her return after illness and the Covid pandemic, the play reflects on personal and artistic transformation, celebrating resilience and change.

Direction, original idea and concept: Karin Schäfer. Set, puppet and prop design: Karin Schäfer. Realization (Memory Machine): Peter Hauptmann. External consultancy, dramaturgical consultancy: Almut Schäfer-Kubelka. Lighting design: Ludivine Laustriat. Costume Design (Old Lady and Crazy Old Pianist): Naomi Bhamra. Composition and piano (Crazy Old Pianist): Gerhard Gruber. Production and distribution: Peter Hauptmann