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Tuesday, 11/3/2026
at 8:00 PM



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Six teachers. An angry father. A locked door. And a report card conference that spirals completely out of control.

Friday afternoon in the staff room of a city high school. While most have long bid farewell to the weekend, six teachers are still caught among coffee cups, exams, and their personal grievances. Not much binds them together. Until an agitated father appears and demands that they discuss his son's threatened eligibility for the Abitur.

When the teachers refuse to engage in the conversation, the father resorts to drastic measures: he locks the group in the staff room and forces them into an extraordinarily unusual report card conference. What initially appears to be a clear confrontation between a desperate father and a seemingly conscientious faculty quickly evolves into a ruthless reckoning.

In the enclosed space, certainties begin to waver. Old conflicts resurface, personal vanities come to light, and the bourgeois facades of the teaching staff start to crumble. The longer the involuntary conference lasts, the more pressing the question becomes: Are these people truly entitled to decide on the future of a young person?

But the father must also be held accountable. How far can he go to help his son? And does his concern really justify the means he employs?

In his biting comedy "Eingeschlossene Gesellschaft," Jan Weiler brings together six very different teachers and a determined father in a confined space. With pointed dialogues, a sharp eye, and a lot of dark humor, the play tells a story about power, responsibility, prejudice, and an education system where not only the students are tested.

Direction: Wolfgang Rumpf

Design: Erwin Bode

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