Constanze Behrends
Schauspielerin & Autorin
ABOUT ME
I am an actress, author and director from Berlin. After finishing acting school in 2003 I founded my own theater, the „prime time theater“ in Berlin-Wedding, where I invented the first sitcom on stage „Gutes Wedding, schlechtes Wedding“. I have written, starred in and directed over 100 episodes in 12 years. Then, I turned the live show into a TV Sitcom which was shown on Netflix and Amazon Prime. In 2015 I left my theater looking for new adventures and started to write musicals and screenplays. For my first musical „Klassenkampf“ I won the German Musical Award in the category „Best Book“. My other prize winning musical „Jana & Janis“, produced by Schmidt Theater Hamburg is coming to Munich in September 2022. Overall, I have written over 130 theater plays and musicals. In 2019 I wrote the book „Hinfallen ist keine Schande, nur Liegenbleiben“ which was on the „Spiegel“ list of bestselling books for weeks, followed by the bestselling Audio-Book „Die Wut-Life-Balance“ for Audible. I also received the Nyssen & Bansemer Dramatist-Award, the BZ Culture Award and the Medal for Merit from the City of Berlin.
More coming soon..
Ausbildungen
| 2018 – 2019 | Drehbuchwerkstatt Berlin |
| 2017 | Shonda Rhimes Masterclass „Writing for Television“ |
| Screenwriting Workshop by Michael Barmish | |
| 2009 | Shakespeare Summer School, University of Cambridge, UK |
| 2007 – 2011 | Studium Deutsche Literatur, Amerikanistik und Italienisch an der Humboldt Universität zu Berlin |
| 2004 | Sat1 talents, Comedy Autoren Workshop |
Preise/Ehrungen
| 2018 | 5 Nominierungen Deutscher Musicaltheaterpreis für „Jana & Janis“, u.a. „Bestes Buch“ & „Bestes Musical“ |
| 2017 | Deutscher Musicaltheaterpreis für „Klassenkampf“, Kategorie „Bestes Buch“ |
| 2015 | Jürgen Bansemer & Ute Nyssen Dramatikerpreis |
| 2012 | BZ Kulturpreis für das prime time theater |
| 2011 | Bezirksverdienstmedaille von Berlin-Mitte |
| 2011 | Rednerin beim „Festival of the Ancient Drama“, Athen |
| 2009 | Jurymitglied beim Karneval der Kulturen |
| JAHR | TITEL | GENRE | SENDER/THEATER/VERLAG |
| 2019 | Brautzillas | Kabarett | Heimathafen Neukölln |
| 2018 | Jana & Janis | Musical | Schmidtchen, Hamburg |
| 2017 | Klassenkampf | Musical | Heimathafen Neukölln |
| 2016 | Wer willst du heute sein? | Artikel | Zukunft-Training, TAM edition |
| 2016 | Beziehungskiste | Theaterstück | Heimathafen Neukölln |
| 2016 | Creative Blog | Blog | online |
| 2016 | Gutes Wedding, schlechtes Wedding 1-4 | TV Sitcom | rbb |
| 2015/16 | Weibsbilder | Kolumne | ICON – Der Lifestytle der Welt |
| 2004 – 2015 | Gutes Wedding, schlechtes Wedding Folge 0 – 100 | Theater – Sitcom | prime time theater, Berlin |
| 2013/14 | CSI: WEDDING FOLGE 1 & 2 | Krimikomödie | prime time theater, Berlin |
| 2013/14 | Gutes Essen, schlechtes Essen Folge 1 – 3 | Theater – Sitcom | Theater Freundenhaus, Essen |
| 2013 | Lost im Dschungel | TV – Parodie | prime time theater, Berlin |
| 2012 | Free Wedding | Krimikomödie | prime time theater, Berlin |
| 2011 | Kiffer – Barbie: Das Beste aus meinem Leben | Roman | Droemer – Knaur |
| 2011 | Minas Blog in „Junger Mann zum Mitreisen gesucht“ | Kurzgeschichte | Droemer – Knaur |
| 2010 | Drei Engel für Wedding | TV – Parodie | prime time theater, Berlin |
