{"id":8926,"date":"2022-08-30T18:17:51","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T16:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fit.latitud46.com\/?post_type=fit-artisti&#038;p=8926"},"modified":"2026-05-16T12:47:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T10:47:13","slug":"wunderbaum","status":"publish","type":"fit-artisti","link":"https:\/\/fit.latitud46.com\/en\/fit-artists\/wunderbaum\/","title":{"rendered":"WUNDERBAUM\/MARLEEN SCHOLTEN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wunderbaum is a Dutch-Flemish actors\u2019 group that makes theater about current issues, both on location and in the theater. Wunderbaum typically writes their own texts collectively, based on their own research, though every now and then they give instructions to authors who will write a text for them. They explore political, social, current issues and try to create a community with each performance together with other people from different backgrounds. Architects, homeless people, choristers, judges, innovators, writers&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The collective has performed in the Netherlands, United States, Iran, Scandinavia, Brazil and other countries all over the world. Wunderbaum received the <strong>Mary Dresselhuys Award<\/strong> and <strong>VSCD Proscenium Award<\/strong> for their entire oeuvre, as well as the <strong>Total Theatre Award<\/strong> during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2014 for\u00a0Looking for Paul.<\/p>\n<p>In 2013, Wunderbaum started building\u00a0<em>The New Forest<\/em>: a four-year project and growing cooperation with numerous partners, volunteers and spectators.\u00a0<em>The New Forest<\/em>\u00a0depicts transition and casts an eye on tomorrow\u2019s society. It consists of theatre performances, seminars, a film project, context programs and online content.<\/p>\n<p>Wunderbaum is based in the Rotterdamse Schouwburg, is part of the coalition Theater Rotterdam and subsidized by the Performing Arts Fund and City of Rotterdam, Department of Arts and Culture. Wunderbaum collectively directed the Theaterhaus Jena in Germany from 2018 to 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Wunderbaum is: Walter Bart, Wine Dierickx, Matijs Jansen, Maartje Remmers (actors and makers); Maarten van Otterdijk (design) and&#8230;<\/p>\n<h4><em>MARLEEN SCHOLTEN<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>\nActress and co-founder of the Wunderbaum collective, she moved to Milan a few years ago. Her most recent plays are <em>La codista \u2013 The Queuer <\/em>(at FIT in 2020), <em>Chi \u00e8 il vero italiano?<\/em> &#8211; <em>Who is the real Italian<\/em>, <em>La storia della mia rigidit\u00e0<\/em> &#8211; <em>The History of My Stiffness<\/em> and <em>La canzone nazionale<\/em> &#8211; <em>The National Song.<\/em> All these works have been presented in Italy, Holland, Switzerland and Germany. In Italy, Marleen Scholten won the <strong>Premio Nazionale Drammaturgico Antonio Conti<\/strong> for <em>La codista<\/em>. In the Netherlands, this brilliant monologue was selected as one of the ten best plays of the 21\/22 season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&lt; photo<\/strong> Sofie Knijf<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><em>@ FIT<br \/>\n<\/em><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wunderbaum.nl\/en\/projects\/il-disperato\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Il disperato<\/em><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n2023 Edition<br \/>\n29.09 &#8211; 08.10<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wunderbaum.nl\/en\/projects\/bears\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Bears<\/em><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n2022 Edition<br \/>\n28.09 &#8211; 11.10<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wunderbaum.nl\/en\/projects\/la-codista\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>La codista<\/em><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n2020 Edition<br \/>\n29.09 &#8211; 11.10<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wunderbaum.nl\/en\/projects\/stop-acting-now\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Stop Acting Now!<\/span><\/em><\/a><br \/>\n2017 Edition<br \/>\n28.09 &#8211; 08.10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wunderbaum is a Dutch-Flemish actors\u2019 group that makes theater about current issues, both on location and in the theater. Wunderbaum typically writes their own texts collectively, based on their own research, though every now and then they give instructions to authors who will write a text for them. 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