Rehnitz

2026

Rechnitz (The Exterminating Angel), a play by Elfriede Jelinek
A formally radical engagement with Jelinek’s Rechnitz (The Exterminating Angel), confronting historical amnesia, fascism, and collective denial through language, fragmentation, and performance.

Workshop production
Directed by Tea Alagic
Performed by T. Ryder Smith
Polonsky Shakespeare Center, Brooklyn, NY
Translated by Gitta Honegger
Sound design by Jane Shaw
Assistant director: Celine Rosenthal
Stage Manager: Richard A. Hodge
Produced by Theatre for a New Audience
Special thanks to Jonathan Kalb and Kazunori Ishizuka
May 18 – June 1, 2015

Mercury Store Residency for Rechnitz by Elfriede Jelinek

Translation by Gitta Honegger October 2024
Video Projection Designer: Tal Yarden
Dramaturg: Amauta M. Firmino
Stage Manager: Taylor Suffridge
Actors:, Amy Webb, Delaney Feeney, Jovan Davis, Karina Curet, Rahmell Peebles, Robbie Tolentino, Monica Sanborn, Zachary Desmond

Vera Fortis

Status: In development

AUTHOR

Tea Alagić

TEA ALAGIĆ is an internationally acclaimed Bosnian director, writer, producer, actor, and educator. Celebrated for her highly visual, physically dynamic approach, Tea draws on circus and trapeze training, the traditions of Jacques Lecoq, and immersive theatrical techniques to transform text into embodied ritual with bold theatricality. Critics have called her work “vivid, vital, and a lot of fun”, with The New York Times noting her ability to create “a vivid, very recognizable world”, and The New Yorker praising her direction in the North American premier of Elfriede Jelinek’s Jackie, highlighting her skill in finding “infinite variety in Jelinek’s long text… make this smashing of an old icon worth a visit.” 

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