DE Season 2026/27

The Talented Mr. Ripley

by Patricia Highsmith
Theatre

»The Talented Mr. Ripley« by Patricia Highsmith is a classic psychological thriller. The complex main character plays a clever game with identity and morality.

Tom Ripley is employed by a rich New Yorker, Greenleaf, to convince his son Richard to return to the USA. He travels to Italy, where Richard and his girlfriend are enjoying the careless dolce vita that Tom has always dreamt of. Having been paid handsomely, Tom conceals that Richard does not want to return. When Greenleaf ends the commission and Tom loses his financial backing, he kills Richard and adopts his identity. How long before his dangerous game is up?

Info

in German without surtitles

Location
Zwinger, Bühne 1
Duration
1 hr. 30 mins. (no intermission)
First night
29 November 2024
REVIVAL in autumn 2026
Age recommendation
14+

In the production, two murders are depicted on a visual level. A dead man appears. Artificial blood can be seen in one scene. The topic of suicide is dealt with on a textual level.

»If you go in, so will I. Okay?«

Cast

Tom Ripley
André Kuntze
Richard Greenleaf
Simon Mazouri
Marge Sherwood
Henriette Blumenau
Freddie/Roverini
N. N.
Mr. Greenleaf
Marco Albrecht

Team

Director
Corinna Reichle
Stage and Costumes
Eugenia Leis
Music
Jochen Seiterle
Dramaturgy
Jürgen Popig
Education
Lisa Zollner
Soufflage
Sarah Kreß
Assistant Director / Stage Manager
Helen Metzger
Assistant Stage Design
Amelie Eisenhofer
Assistant Costumes
Lena Eibl

The production of the decorative parts is carried out in the workshops of the Theater und Orchester Heidelberg.