RR* Theater (Selections)

Ismene in “Antigone” by Euripides and Sophocles – Villacher Studiobühne. Directed by Joschi Hanak

THEATER | Bei Einbruch der Dunkelheit (At Nightfall)
by Peter Turrini, Stadttheater Klagenfurt, Directed by Dietmar Pflegerl

THEATER | Tatjana in Die Kleinbürger (The Bourgeoisie)
by Maxim Gorki – Theater in der Josefstadt, Directed by Dietmar Pflegerl

Ruth Rieser’s Tatjana offers an astonishing study of a fragile person staggering into the void between life’s deepest questions and a suicide attempt. Kronenzeitung

THEATER | Mariane in Der Geizige (The Miser)
by Moliere – Theater in der Josefstadt, Directed by D. Mouchtar-Samorei

David Mouchtar-Samorei’s modern production is dominated by a hot and cold torrent of contrasting emotions: The miser dances clumsily in his joy, while his children and servants, screaming, try to purge the disgust from their souls – volcanic, elemental, and disturbing.

THEATER | Rose in Tagträumer (Daydreamer)
by Mastrosimone – Theater am Auersperg, Directed by Janos Taub

The way Ruth Rieser plays this – the way she sighs, whispers, gushes, opens her blue eyes wide – is simply an extraordinary experience. A captive princess of the supermarket, a trembling deer that Cliff would love to protect, if she would only let him. Der Standard

Ruth Rieser, in her vulnerability, is the ideal choice for Rose. Her odd, far away manner, her helplessness in the face of life’s harshness - at every moment we believe her. When she shrinks from Cliff’s touch, we tremble with her. Wiener Zeitung

THEATER | Irina in Drei Schwestern (Three Sisters)
by Anton Chekov – Stadttheater Klagenfurt, Directed by Dietmar Pflegerl

The boredom that is the constant topic of conversation becomes positively gripping in the hands of a remarkable ensemble. Kleine Zeitung

The boredom that is the constant topic of conversation becomes positively gripping in the hands of a remarkable ensemble. It is moving to see such nuanced portrayals of the three sisters (Ruth Rieser, Isabella Gregor, Verena Peter): the way they each digest the passage of time, giving way at intervals in the process to passionate emotional outbursts. It is moving to see how each one comes to realize that the single reality of her life is the slow progress of aging, and that they will all surely wither and die in the provinces Kleine Zeitung

The fact that we are not bored for almost four hours is a credit to the dialogue and to the outstanding acting, especially of the actresses playing the three sisters: Isabella Gregor as Masa, many-facetted and prone to outbursts, Ruth Rieser as the refined, subtle young Irina, and Verena Peter as the eldest - the resigned and overburdened Olga. Kärntner Kirchenzeitung

THEATER | Julie in Liliom
by Franz Molnar – Stadttheater Klagenfurt, Directed by Werner Prinz

Ruth Rieser as Julie is believable in every nuance between love and suffering.
Die Presse

This Liliom is lovable; brutality is a mask that he himself does not believe in. Ruth Rieser as Julie is believable in every nuance of the spectrum between love and suffering. Die Presse

At her first entrance with Marie (Elisabeth Kopp as an equally lovable and silly goose), Julie may seem like the daughter of a good family, thrown by unfortunate circumstances into the life of a serving girl. But very quickly Ruth Rieser manages to free her from the limitations of any cliché:
This Julie, for all her patience, is so emancipated that she has no need to share with anyone her consciousness of her strength. She is painfully touching, standing by Liliom as he lies on the stretcher, but when she says, “It is possible for someone to hit you, and yet it doesn’t hurt at all,” her eyes betray her. Kleine Zeitung

THEATER | Hase in Hase Hase (Rabbit Rabbit)
by Colin Serreau – Stadttheater Klagenfurt, Directed by Werner Prinz

Hase Hase, the youngest in the nest of his chaotic family, comes on the scene as a “deus ex machina”. Suddenly all his daydreams come true: extraterrestrials elect him savior of the world, all mankind lays down its arms, love and peace triumph over despair. The naïve little man, who always fled at the first sign of conflict, and who idolized and clung to his mother, is embodied magnificently and movingly by Ruth Rieser. Kärntner Kirchenzeitung

In Ruth Rieser, he (director Werner Prinz) has certainly found a very promising choice for the title role: whatever roles this young actress from Corinthia has played to date – and she has played everything from the rape victim, thirsting for revenge, in Mastrosimone’s “Extremities”, to Luise in Kusej’s version of “Kabale und Liebe” (“Intrigue and Love”) – she has been outstanding. Kronenzeitung

THEATER | Luise in Kabale und Liebe (Intrigue and Love)
by Friedrich Schiller – Stadttheater Klagenfurt and Staatstheater Stuttgart, Directed by Martin Kusej

Ruth Rieser and Andreas Schlager are a fascinating couple, bound together in desperation. Bühne

Kusej’s graphically convincing, musically structured score is masterfully realized by the actors. From the very first images on, the director heats the emotional climate to a roiling boil that makes Schiller’s pathos seem entirely natural. Ruth Rieser and Andreas Schlager are a fascinating couple, bound together in desperation. Bühne

THEATER | The Fiancée in “Franz Falsch”(Franz-Kafka-Project)
International Theater Festival „Mittelfest“ 1992 in Cividale, Italy, Directed by Martin Kusej