NEAT - New English and American Theatre

About the Group Who's who at NEAT Current Projects Past Projects Return to Home	Biographies John Doyle - an Irish man of the Dublin strain. He has designed and built several sets for NEAT. He could be seen on the stage in NEAT’s productions of EDUCATING RITA by Willy Russell, I DO NOT LIKE THEE, DOCTOR FELL by Bernard Farrell, ON THE GROUND and original musical by Jay Khalifeh, KRAPP'S LAST TAPE and WAITING FOR GODOT by Samuel Beckett, THE ZOO STORY by Edward Albee, THE ELVIS MONOLOGUES by Lavonne Mueller, MISERY by Stephen King, THE ACTOR'S NIGHTMARE and SISTER MARY IGNATIUS EXPLAINS IT ALL FOR YOU by Christopher Durang. He also performed in Pinter’s OLD TIMES; McPherson’s DUBLIN CAROL and Craig Wright’s THE PAVILLION: He also co-wrote and directed DROWN THE SHAMROCK, a NEAT production to celebrate St. Patrick's Day and has since directed all of NEAT’s legendary CELTIC CULTURAL EVENINGs. Liam Garvey, Treasurer - Officially a NEAT member only since 2005, Liam has been a part of the English language theatre scene in Stuttgart since moving from Ireland in 1998. He has appeared in all of the IRISH EVENINGS to date, in a variety of guises, and even has a writing credit for one or two of them. In 2004 Liam had a busy year on the NEAT stage, playing the lead role in THE PRIESTS OF CRAGGY ISLAND - John Lillis's stage adaptation of the hit TV comedy Father Ted, which had its world premier in Kulterwerk (S-Ost) with a further performance in the International School of Stuttgart. Later in the same season, Liam played the title role in Cathie Mullen's highly regarded and successful interpretation of Shakespeare's MACBETH, which was selected to represent kkt in Kleintheatertagen 2004. He is active behind the scenes both as group treasurer (since the start of 2006) and as the programme producer for most NEAT productions. Sophie Marie Chaumette Kränzle, Chairperson Sophie is half Swedish, half French and grew up in the United Arab Emirates and England. In 1992 she played the part of Diana Hargreaves in ITV’s mini-series “The Life and Times of Henry Pratt”. Sophie graduated from University in York with a degree in Film, Television, Literature and Theatre Studies in 1998. Sophie has been living in Stuttgart since 1999, working at a small community theatre and as a voice over artist. She is also a regular with NEAT: she has played the role of Jerry in The Zoo Story by Edward Albee and the role of Annie in Stephen King's MISERY. She was Assistant Director for THE QUALITY OF MERCY (2003) and MACBETH (2004). Also in 2004, she made her directorial debut with the comedy THE PRIESTS OF CRAGGY ISLAND. In 2005, she directed Harold Pinter’s OLD TIMES which was awarded the “Melvyn Briscoe” Prize at the Festival of European Anglophone Theatre Societies (FEATS) in Hamburg. In 2006, Sophie directed Conor McPherson’s DUBLIN CAROL and the following year, she directed the one-act-play POSTCARDS by James Prideaux. Greta Redmond - was born in England but grew up in Ireland. A talented actress and singer, she has performed in several NEAT productions - BEASTS & FLOWERS, our Irish music and poetry project, I DO NOT LIKE THEE, DOCTOR FELL by Bernard Farrell, ON THE GROUND an original musical by Jay Khalifeh and the title role in SISTER MARY IGNATIUS EXPLAINS IT ALL FOR YOU and THE ACTOR'S NIGHTMARE by Christopher Durang. Other roles include ‘Anna’ in Pinter’s OLD TIMES and ‘Mary’ in Conor McPherson’s DUBLIN CAROL, for which she won the Blackie Award for Best Actress at the FEATS International Theatre Festival in Stockholm 2008. Since 2006, Greta has also played the part of ‘Polly Plum’ – delighting audiences young and old with her Storytelling Sessions in the winter months. Susanna Thielecke, Secretary - was born in Germany, but raised bilingually by her English mother and German father. She got hooked on theatre during numerous family holidays in Stratford, took part in various school productions and then started working as a make-up artist for Regensburg University Players. Initially, this was also her role at Caution: Students at Play!, until she was lured into acting in Top Girls by Caryl Churchill and The Odd Couple by Neil Simon. She joined NEAT as director's assistant for THE GOAT by Edward Albee, and stage managed OLD TIMES by Harold Pinter. She directed O'FLAHERTY V.C. by Bernard Shaw, which was performed by itself at the FEATS festival in Luxemburg (2006) and as a double bill with A WORLD WAR I KALEIDOSCOPE, a staged presentation of WW1 poetry and letters conceived by her, at kkt. Most recently, she wrote and performed in the introduction to POSTCARDS. Charles C. Urban, Founder - from Chicago, U.S.A. has appeared in only two NEAT projects: DRIVING MISS DAISY by Alfred Uhry and C.S. Lewis' THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE but has directed the majority of NEAT productions. The Who is Who der Schwabenmetropole lists Charles as being "synonymous with English language theatre in Stuttgart." Here are just a few of the talented actors, directors and writers who have been involved in past NEAT productions: Philomena Beital, Martina Bohnet, Kathleen and Michael Clancy, David Cregan, Jonathan Doyle, Ulrike Jürgens, Jay Khalifah, Jonathan McCarthy, James Merkle, Katy Moser, Cathie Mullen, Michael Peart, Isabella Olsen-Clancy, Jochen Stöckle, Cate Swift, Giselle and Werner Schick, Michael Walsh

Biographies

John Doyle - an Irish man of the Dublin strain. He has designed and built several sets for NEAT. He could be seen on the stage in NEAT’s productions of EDUCATING RITA by Willy Russell, I DO NOT LIKE THEE, DOCTOR FELL by Bernard Farrell, ON THE GROUND and original musical by Jay Khalifeh, KRAPP'S LAST TAPE and WAITING FOR GODOT by Samuel Beckett, THE ZOO STORY by Edward Albee, THE ELVIS MONOLOGUES by Lavonne Mueller, MISERY by Stephen King, THE ACTOR'S NIGHTMARE and SISTER MARY IGNATIUS EXPLAINS IT ALL FOR YOU by Christopher Durang. He also performed in Pinter’s OLD TIMES; McPherson’s DUBLIN CAROL and Craig Wright’s THE PAVILLION: He also co-wrote and directed DROWN THE SHAMROCK, a NEAT production to celebrate St. Patrick's Day and has since directed all of NEAT’s legendary CELTIC CULTURAL EVENINGs.

Liam Garvey, Treasurer - Officially a NEAT member only since 2005, Liam has been a part of the English language theatre scene in Stuttgart since moving from Ireland in 1998. He has appeared in all of the IRISH EVENINGS to date, in a variety of guises, and even has a writing credit for one or two of them. In 2004 Liam had a busy year on the NEAT stage, playing the lead role in THE PRIESTS OF CRAGGY ISLAND - John Lillis's stage adaptation of the hit TV comedy Father Ted, which had its world premier in Kulterwerk (S-Ost) with a further performance in the International School of Stuttgart. Later in the same season, Liam played the title role in Cathie Mullen's highly regarded and successful interpretation of Shakespeare's MACBETH, which was selected to represent kkt in Kleintheatertagen 2004. He is active behind the scenes both as group treasurer (since the start of 2006) and as the programme producer for most NEAT productions.

Sophie Marie Chaumette Kränzle, Chairperson

Sophie is half Swedish, half French and grew up in the United Arab Emirates and England. In 1992 she played the part of Diana Hargreaves in ITV’s mini-series “The Life and Times of Henry Pratt”. Sophie graduated from University in York with a degree in Film, Television, Literature and Theatre Studies in 1998. Sophie has been living in Stuttgart since 1999, working at a small community theatre and as a voice over artist. She is also a regular with NEAT: she has played the role of Jerry in The Zoo Story by Edward Albee and the role of Annie in Stephen King's MISERY. She was Assistant Director for THE QUALITY OF MERCY (2003) and MACBETH (2004). Also in 2004, she made her directorial debut with the comedy THE PRIESTS OF CRAGGY ISLAND. In 2005, she directed Harold Pinter’s OLD TIMES which was awarded the “Melvyn Briscoe” Prize at the Festival of European Anglophone Theatre Societies (FEATS) in Hamburg. In 2006, Sophie directed Conor McPherson’s DUBLIN CAROL and the following year, she directed the one-act-play POSTCARDS by James Prideaux.

Greta Redmond - was born in England but grew up in Ireland. A talented actress and singer, she has performed in several NEAT productions - BEASTS & FLOWERS, our Irish music and poetry project, I DO NOT LIKE THEE, DOCTOR FELL by Bernard Farrell, ON THE GROUND an original musical by Jay Khalifeh and the title role in SISTER MARY IGNATIUS EXPLAINS IT ALL FOR YOU and THE ACTOR'S NIGHTMARE by Christopher Durang. Other roles include ‘Anna’ in Pinter’s OLD TIMES and ‘Mary’ in Conor McPherson’s DUBLIN CAROL, for which she won the Blackie Award for Best Actress at the FEATS International Theatre Festival in Stockholm 2008. Since 2006, Greta has also played the part of ‘Polly Plum’ – delighting audiences young and old with her Storytelling Sessions in the winter months.

Susanna Thielecke, Secretary - was born in Germany, but raised bilingually by her English mother and German father. She got hooked on theatre during numerous family holidays in Stratford, took part in various school productions and then started working as a make-up artist for Regensburg University Players. Initially, this was also her role at Caution: Students at Play!, until she was lured into acting in Top Girls by Caryl Churchill and The Odd Couple by Neil Simon. She joined NEAT as director's assistant for THE GOAT by Edward Albee, and stage managed OLD TIMES by Harold Pinter. She directed O'FLAHERTY V.C. by Bernard Shaw, which was performed by itself at the FEATS festival in Luxemburg (2006) and as a double bill with A WORLD WAR I KALEIDOSCOPE, a staged presentation of WW1 poetry and letters conceived by her, at kkt. Most recently, she wrote and performed in the introduction to POSTCARDS.

Charles C. Urban, Founder - from Chicago, U.S.A. has appeared in only two NEAT projects: DRIVING MISS DAISY by Alfred Uhry and C.S. Lewis' THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE but has directed the majority of NEAT productions. The Who is Who der Schwabenmetropole lists Charles as being "synonymous with English language theatre in Stuttgart."

Here are just a few of the talented actors, directors and writers who have been involved in past NEAT productions:

Philomena Beital, Martina Bohnet, Kathleen and Michael Clancy, David Cregan, Jonathan Doyle, Ulrike Jürgens, Jay Khalifah, Jonathan McCarthy, James Merkle, Katy Moser, Cathie Mullen, Michael Peart, Isabella Olsen-Clancy, Jochen Stöckle, Cate Swift, Giselle and Werner Schick, Michael Walsh