Art instead of jail: At the “aufBruch” theater in Berlin, prisoners act as actors. They are rehearsing Schiller’s “Räuber”. Not everyone makes it to the premiere.
Nine men stand in the rain. Jackets closed to the chin. Some have their peaked caps pulled low over their faces. The place: the open-air stage in Berlin’s Volkspark Jungfernheide, it has the shape of an amphitheater surrounded by trees, the wooden benches are weathered and partly overgrown. The men rehearse a scene newly added to Schiller’s “The Robbers”.
Choir: subpoena from the District Court.
Para: They are charged with drug possession and trafficking in illegal substances…
Moussa: … continue: illegal gambling …
Sydney*: … predatory extortion …
sadam: … resistance against law enforcement officials …
Moh: … Hostage taking …
Stephen: … and nocturnal disturbance.
(*name changed by editor)