Acting

Jean-Paul Wenzel

Jean-Paul Wenzel is a playwright, director, director, actor of French theater, born July 13, 1947 in Saint-Etienne, in the Loire, a German father and a French mother. He followed training at the School of Dramatic Art in Strasbourg from 1966 to 1969, then began his theatrical career under the direction of recognized directors such as Robert Gironès, Peter Brook, Philippe Goyard and Michel Raskine. He also plays in the cinema with directors like René Allio, Gisèle Cavali, Aki Kaurismäki and Gérard Blain. Wenzel then turned to dramatic writing and experienced national and international recognition with his play far from Hagondange (1974), translated into eighteen languages ​​and played in twenty countries, which receives the Critics' Prize in 1976 . He then wrote many other pieces, of which Marianne awaits marriage (1976), Vater Land (1984, Prize for the best French creation), Faire Bleu (1999), six miniature tragedies (2004) and Margot (2005). Its theater is recognized for its popular dimension and its ability to evoke everyday life in a universal way.