Gerhard Meister and Anna Trauffer

Use usem Uterus (Get out of the uterus) is a sequence of stories, songs and scenic actions. It tells of the moment when the usual everyday life breaks open, releasing both the beautiful and the terrible. The first of these all-days is the womb, our experience of paradise, as some think, but with which it is one day and quite suddenly finished. Who expects a surprise when he or she stands in line at the checkout in the Migros or the Coop? Use usem Uterus turns this place of everyday life and repetition into the place of blue miracles. Where it can lead when you realize that your cell phone number happens to contain your date of birth is another story. And what happens when, after evaluating all the tests, the career counselor comes to the conclusion that the only possible profession is astronaut?

Gerhard Meister (*1967 in Emmental), a Bernese author who lives in Zurich, dances at many weddings: In the stage duo "Geholten Stühle" he made absurd cabaret with Andreas Lutz and won, among others, the Salzburger Stier (2000). He also made a name for himself as a playwright: his play "Fluchtburg" premiered in 2007 at the Burgtheater in Vienna. In the 2008/09 season, the production of his play "Amerika", for which he received the Literature Prize of the Canton of Bern, was performed at numerous Swiss theaters. Gerhard Meister also writes radio plays and stories for the radio and has been a member of the spoken word ensemble Bern ist überall for a few years.

Anna Trauffer (*1980) works as a freelance double bass player in the fields of music theater, improvisation and performance. As a singing bassist she interprets contemporary literature in the Ensemble für neue Musik Zürich. Participation in various projects, including the Ensemble für Städtebewohner in Vienna and Berlin.