NEAT - New English and American Theatre

About the Group Who's who at NEAT Current Projects Past Projects Return to Home	NEAT stands for New English American Theatre. The idea was conceived in 1991 as a means of making English language plays more widely available to Stuttgart audiences. From the beginning, it has been the aim of NEAT to provide theatre goers with uncompromising presentations of original version English language theatre as it may be experienced in the countries of its origin. We prefer to challenge the non-native speaking portion of our audience rather than cater to their perhaps limited vocabulary by over-simplifying the text or unnecessarily accenting the visual aspects of a production for their sake. Our productions, which have included musical theatre, children's theatre, staged monologues, one-act plays, music & poetry projects are authentic and our audiences truly appreciative. NEAT has become a fixture on the Stuttgart theatre landscape. It is a talented international team - often called upon for radio, television, film and advertising projects whenever the necessity for native English speaking actors should arise. NEAT is regularly invited to participate in the city's intercultural events. The first theatre production under the NEAT banner was "Driving Miss Daisy" by Alfred Uhry performed in 1991 at Zentrum Theater. Transformed into an e.V. in 1992, NEAT was the first group to perform at what is now known as the Kelley Theatre in Möhringen - with both a German and English version of C.S. Lewis' "The Lion , the Witch and the Wardrobe". The early support of the Amerika Haus (now Filmhaus) and the use of its stage as a rehearsal space nearly resulted in a downtown venue of our own - unfortunately, the American Cultural Department decided to shut down its Stuttgart facility. There followed years of guest performances at such venues as Irrlicht Theater in Stuttgart, Schloßkeller in Nürtingen and the Universität Theater in Tübingen before finding a welcome domicile at the KKT in 1994. Since then we have established the venue as a popular space for English language theatre but continue to also perform in other spaces in Stuttgart and the region. Projects have included "Cages" by Lewis John Carlino, " 'Night Mother" by Marsha Norman, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolfe?", “The Goat” and "The Zoo Story" by Edward Albee, "Educating Rita" and "Shirley Valentine" by Willy Russell, "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams, "A Kind of Alaska" and “Old Times” by Harold Pinter, "I Can't Remember Anything" by Arthur Miller, "I Do Not Like Thee, Doctor Fell" by Bernard Farrell, "Krapp's Last Tape" and "Waiting for Godot" by Samuel Beckett, "Misery" by Stephen King, "Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You" and "The Actor's Nightmare" by Christopher Durang, "On the Ground" by Jay Kalifeh, "Luna Rose", "Beasts and Flowers", "Elvis Monologues" adapted for the stage by Charles C. Urban, “Flaherty V.C.” by G.B. Shaw, “The Pavillion” by Craig Wright. In 1999, NEAT began putting together “Irish Evenings” or, as they are now known, Celtic Cultural Evenings. These shows with live music, song and dance have reached cult status in Stuttgart and have become a real tradition around St. Patrick’s Day. NEAT has often been invited to take part in the international FEATS Festival – Festival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies which takes place in a different European city every year. In May 2005 in Hamburg, NEAT's production of "Old Times" by Harold Pinter won the Mervyn Briscoe Award for the 2nd best production and in Stockholm in 2008, Greta Redmond was awarded the Blackie Prize for Best Actress for her performance of ‘Mary’ in Conor McPherson’s “Dublin Carol”.

NEAT stands for New English American Theatre. The idea was conceived in 1991 as a means of making English language plays more widely available to Stuttgart audiences. From the beginning, it has been the aim of NEAT to provide theatre goers with uncompromising presentations of original version English language theatre as it may be experienced in the countries of its origin. We prefer to challenge the non-native speaking portion of our audience rather than cater to their perhaps limited vocabulary by over-simplifying the text or unnecessarily accenting the visual aspects of a production for their sake. Our productions, which have included musical theatre, children's theatre, staged monologues, one-act plays, music & poetry projects are authentic and our audiences truly appreciative.

NEAT has become a fixture on the Stuttgart theatre landscape. It is a talented international team - often called upon for radio, television, film and advertising projects whenever the necessity for native English speaking actors should arise. NEAT is regularly invited to participate in the city's intercultural events.

The first theatre production under the NEAT banner was "Driving Miss Daisy" by Alfred Uhry performed in 1991 at Zentrum Theater. Transformed into an e.V. in 1992, NEAT was the first group to perform at what is now known as the Kelley Theatre in Möhringen - with both a German and English version of C.S. Lewis' "The Lion , the Witch and the Wardrobe". The early support of the Amerika Haus (now Filmhaus) and the use of its stage as a rehearsal space nearly resulted in a downtown venue of our own - unfortunately, the American Cultural Department decided to shut down its Stuttgart facility. There followed years of guest performances at such venues as Irrlicht Theater in Stuttgart, Schloßkeller in Nürtingen and the Universität Theater in Tübingen before finding a welcome domicile at the KKT in 1994. Since then we have established the venue as a popular space for English language theatre but continue to also perform in other spaces in Stuttgart and the region.

Projects have included "Cages" by Lewis John Carlino, " 'Night Mother" by Marsha Norman, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolfe?", “The Goat” and "The Zoo Story" by Edward Albee, "Educating Rita" and "Shirley Valentine" by Willy Russell, "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams, "A Kind of Alaska" and “Old Times” by Harold Pinter, "I Can't Remember Anything" by Arthur Miller, "I Do Not Like Thee, Doctor Fell" by Bernard Farrell, "Krapp's Last Tape" and "Waiting for Godot" by Samuel Beckett, "Misery" by Stephen King, "Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You" and "The Actor's Nightmare" by Christopher Durang, "On the Ground" by Jay Kalifeh, "Luna Rose", "Beasts and Flowers", "Elvis Monologues" adapted for the stage by Charles C. Urban, “Flaherty V.C.” by G.B. Shaw, “The Pavillion” by Craig Wright.

In 1999, NEAT began putting together “Irish Evenings” or, as they are now known, Celtic Cultural Evenings. These shows with live music, song and dance have reached cult status in Stuttgart and have become a real tradition around St. Patrick’s Day.

NEAT has often been invited to take part in the international FEATS Festival – Festival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies which takes place in a different European city every year. In May 2005 in Hamburg, NEAT's production of "Old Times" by Harold Pinter won the Mervyn Briscoe Award for the 2nd best production and in Stockholm in 2008, Greta Redmond was awarded the Blackie Prize for Best Actress for her performance of ‘Mary’ in Conor McPherson’s “Dublin Carol”.