Overview
- At the festival's closing, organizers confirmed that Paulina Alpen received the Alfred Kerr Acting Prize with a 5,000-euro purse for her work in Die Welt im Rücken at Schauspiel Stuttgart.
- Actor and author Matthias Brandt served as the sole juror and chose Alpen for what he called a performance that moves with precision between tension and loss of control.
- The production, directed by Lucia Bihler, adapts Thomas Melle's book about living with bipolar disorder, with Alpen portraying a stage version of Melle.
- Theatertreffen highlights ten notable German-language productions from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland each year, which gives the acting award broad visibility in the theatre world.
- Founded in 1991 to honor critic Alfred Kerr, the prize counts recent winner Carmen Steinert for Blutbuch, reflecting the award's steady role in German theatre.