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The Director

Rolf Parton was born on September 12, 1944 in Vienna. He had a humanistic schooling. He studied at the acting school of the former Horak Conservatory, know today as the Schubert Conservatory.

His initiation into the theatre was as an actor and director at the Aktionstheater and the Cafe Theatre Vienna, now known as the Ensemble Theatre. First Direction at the Aktionstheatre: Orpheus wird kein Konsument by Heinz Rudolf Unger.

1969: First contract at a professional theatre at the Heidelberg City Theatre. Head Director: Hans Neuenfels.

1970: Engagement at the Theater am Neumarkt under the direction of Horst Zankl. Additional engagements in Basel, Bern, Chur, and Begrenz, both as an actor and as a director.

Worked as an actor under the following directors: Hans Neufels, Jürgen Flimm, Kosta Spice, Bruno Hübner, Peter Schweiger, Herwig Seeböck, Rudolf Kautek, et al.

For twenty years he has been living as a freelance author and director in Tyrol where he heads the children's theatre, "Die Kiste".

Selected Productions: 

Volpone, Ben Jonson/Stefan Zweig, Burgspiele Hall. Measure for Measure, Shakespeare, Burgspiele Hall in Tyrol. Jeppe vom Berge, Ludwig Holberg, Zillertal People's Theatre. Der G´wissenswurm, Ludwig Anzengruber, Zillertal People's Theatre. Die Maultasch and Bienner, oder das ewig sinnlose Spiel um Macht, script and direction, Schlossbergspielen Rattenberg. Der Held aus dem Westen, Felix MItterer, Zillertal People's Theatre. Erl Passion Play, 2002, revised text by Dr.Ekkehard Schönwiese. Sturm und Geist, Karl Lubomirski, Freilichtspiele Kloster Ficht. Galgenvogel, ORF Tyrol. Ecclesiazusae, Aristophanes, Rattenberg. One Flew Over the Cucoo's Nest, Dale Wassermann/Parton, Kleines Theater Bruneck. Kalten Hände, Thomas Baum, Kleines Theater Bruneck. Vier linke Hände, Theatrum perpetum mobile, Bruneck. Wolves and Sheep, Ostrovsky, Offene Zweierbeziehung, Dai Fo/Franca Rame, What the Butler Saw, Joe Orton, Kleines Theater Bruneck. Die Blinden von Kilcrobally, Pustertaler Theatergemeinschaft, and approx. 50 children's plays.

Rolf Parton, Author of the Following Works:

Bienner, oder das ewig sinnlose Spiel um Macht, Die Maultasch, Die Heilige und ihr Narr, Die Pfaffin, Der Hexer, Patt ein Westernspektakel, One Flew Over the Cucoo's Nest (trans.), Die Räuber vom Glockenhof, Schlafes Bruder.

 

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