Projekttheater Vorarlberg was established in 1988 by Sieglinde Müller and Dietmar Nigsch. From February 2005 the group put on a production of
Thomas Brasch's war play
Frauen. Krieg. Lustspiel, featuring
Maria Hofstätter and at the
Wiener Konzerthaus. In 2006 the group were given the
Nestroy Theatre Prize for their production of
Hans Carl Artmann's
How much, Schatzi?. From September 2011 the theatrical group put on a production of
Tennessee Williams's
Vieux Carré at
Schauspielhaus Vienna. From December 2013 to spring 2014 the group under director Susanne Lietzow put on a production of
Philipp Weiss's
Ein schöner Hase ist meistens der Einzellne, a play about two schizophrenic artists, based on the real-life story of poet
Ernst Herbeck (1920 - 1991) and artist
August Walla (1936 - 2001), long-term patients of the
Gugging Mental Hospital near Vienna who became artists. Initially staged at the
Alte Hallenbad Feldkirch,
Vol.at noted the suitability and atmosphere of the theatre for the play, and stated that director Susanne Lietzow "knows how to create characters that make their world easier to understand". The play featured numerous disturbing conversations between the artists and elements of horror in its coverage of childhood trauma and electroshock therapies. ==References==