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The Nestroy Theatre Prize is an Austrian theatre award named after the poet Johann Nestroy. [1] In 2000, the city of Vienna decided to combine two less noticed theatre awards: the Kainz Medal and the Nestroy Ring for Viennese Satire. [1] The prize honours outstanding achievements at the Viennese and other Austrian theatres. [2] The prize has been awarded annually in eight up to fourteen categories. Its ceremony is held in Vienna and broadcast live on national television. [3]
| Jahr | Actress | Production | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Birgit Doll | Wer hat Angst vor Virginia Woolf? | Martha |
| 2001 | Judith Engel | Bash | Sue/Die Frau |
| 2002 | Ulli Maier | Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften | Agathe |
| 2003 | Maria Happel | Die Zeit der Plancks | Maria |
| 2004 | Birgit Minichmayr [5] | Das goldene Vlies | Medea |
| 2005 | Sunnyi Melles | Geschichten aus dem Wiener Wald | Valerie |
| 2006 | Edith Clever | Schlaf | Die ältere Frau |
| 2007 | Sylvie Rohrer | Medea. A project by Grzegorz Jarzyna & Über Tiere | Medea, Monolog |
| 2008 | Regina Fritsch | Verbrennungen | Nawal |
| 2009 | Birgit Minichmayr [6] | Der Weibsteufel | Weib |
| 2010 | Kirsten Dene | Eine Familie | Violet Weston |
| 2011 | Sarah Viktoria Frick | Stallerhof | Beppi |
| 2012 | Dörte Lyssewski | Endstation Sehnsucht (A Streetcar Named Desire) | Blanche DuBois |
| 2013 | Christiane von Poelnitz | Elektra (Hofmannsthal) | Elektra |
| 2014 | Nicole Heesters | Vor dem Ruhestand | Vera |
| 2015 | Elisabeth Orth | die unverheiratete | Die Alte |
| 2016 | Sona MacDonald | Fräulein Julie & Blue Moon | Julie, Sie |
| 2017 | Andrea Jonasson | Stage version of The Damned | Sophie von Essenbeck |
| 2018 | Caroline Peters [7] | Hotel Strindberg | multiple roles |
| 2019 | Steffi Krautz | Endstation Sehnsucht | Blanche DuBois |
| 2020 | Caroline Peters | Schwarzwasser | |
| 2021 | Lina Beckmann [8] | Richard the Kid & the King | Richard |
| 2022 | Sarah Viktoria Frick | Adern | Aloisia |
| 2023 | Saioa Alvarez Ruiz | Ophelia's Got Talent |
| Year | Actor | Production | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Gert Voss | Die Möwe | Trigorin |
| 2001 | Sven-Eric Bechtolf | Drei Mal Leben | Hubert Finidori |
| 2002 | Sven-Eric Bechtolf | Das weite Land | Hofreiter |
| 2003 | Markus Hering | Chorphantasie | Conductor |
| 2004 | Toni Slama | Automatenbüffet | Adam |
| 2005 | Michael Maertens | König Ottokars Glück und Ende | Rudolf von Habsburg |
| Nicholas Ofczarek | Zu ebener Erde und erster Stock, König Ottokars Glück und Ende | Johann, Zawisch | |
| 2006 | Nicholas Ofczarek | Höllenangst | Wendelin |
| 2007 | Bernhard Schir | Das Fest | Christian |
| 2008 | Markus Hering | Verbrennungen, Freier Fall, Pool (Kein Wasser) | Hermile, Erich, C |
| 2009 | André Jung | Das letzte Band / Bis dass der Tag euch scheidet oder Eine Frage des Lichts | Krapp |
| 2010 | Martin Wuttke | Das Begräbnis & Peking Opel | Christian |
| 2011 | Max Mayer | Grillenparz & Bruno Schulz: Messias | Hunter called Fischer, multiple roles |
| 2012 | Joachim Meyerhoff | Die Kommune | |
| 2013 | Gregor Bloéb | Jägerstätter (Mitterer) | Franz Jägerstätter |
| 2014 | August Diehl | Hamlet | Hamlet |
| 2015 | Martin Wuttke | John Gabriel Borkman | John Gabriel Borkman |
| 2016 | Rainer Galke | Alte Meister | Irrsigler |
| 2017 | Joachim Meyerhoff | Die Welt im Rücken | |
| 2018 | Peter Simonischek | The Who and the What | Afzal |
| 2019 | Steven Scharf | Medea (Simon Stone) and Woyzeck | Lucas and Franz Woyzeck |
| 2020 | Franz Pätzold | Die Bakchen | Dionysos |
| 2021 | Michael Maertens [8] | Der Leichenverbrenner | Karel Kopfrkingl |
| 2022 | Samouil Stoyanov | humanistää! – eine abschaffung der sparten | |
| 2023 | Michael Maertens | Das weite Land | Friedrich Hofreiter |
| Year | Play | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Der Name | Jon Fosse |
| 2001 | Die Unsichtbare. Tirade an drei Stränden | Christoph Ransmayr |
| 2002 | Push up 1 – 3 | Roland Schimmelpfennig |
| 2003 | Chorphantasie | Gert Jonke |
| 2004 | Die Ziege oder Wer ist Sylvia? (The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?) | Edward Albee |
| 2005 | Hunt oder Der totale Februar | Franzobel |
| 2006 | Die versunkene Kathedrale (The Sunken Cathedral) | Gert Jonke |
| 2007 | Das purpurne Muttermal | René Pollesch |
| 2008 | Freier Fall | Gert Jonke |
| 2009 | Besuch bei dem Vater (Visit at the Father) | Roland Schimmelpfennig |
| 2010 | worst case | Kathrin Röggla |
| 2011 | Immer noch Sturm (Storm Still) | Peter Handke |
| 2012 | Geister in Princeton (Ghosts in Princeton) | Daniel Kehlmann |
| 2013 | Schatten (Euridyke sagt) (Shadow (Eurydice Says)) | Elfriede Jelinek |
| 2014 | Die Ereignisse (The Events) | David Greig |
| 2015 | Die lächerliche Finsternis | Wolfram Lotz |
| 2016 | Lost and Found | Yael Ronen |
| 2017 | Geächtet (Disgraced) | Ayad Akhtar |
| 2018 | jedermann (stirbt) | Ferdinand Schmalz |
| 2019 | Hass-Triptychon – Wege aus der Krise (Hate Triptych – Ways out of the crisis) | Sibylle Berg |
| 2020 | Schwarzwasser | Elfriede Jelinek |
| 2021 | Rand | Miroslava Svolikova |
| 2022 | Adern | Lisa Wentz |
| 2023 | karpatenflecken | Thomas Perle |
| Year | Recipient | Laudator |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Otto Schenk | Sunnyi Melles |
| 2001 | George Tabori | Angelica Domröse |
| 2002 | Claus Peymann [9] | André Heller |
| 2003 | Gusti Wolf | Michael Heltau |
| 2004 | Hans Gratzer | Michael Schottenberg |
| 2005 | Michael Heltau | Klaus Bachler |
| 2006 | Walter Schmidinger | Klaus Maria Brandauer |
| 2007 | Hilde Sochor | Paulus Manker |
| 2008 | Peter Zadek | Matthias Matussek |
| 2009 | Otto Tausig | Gerhard Klingenberg |
| 2010 | Ulrike Kaufmann and Erwin Piplits | Karl Markovics |
| 2011 | Peter Turrini | Kirsten Dene, text by Elfriede Jelinek |
| 2012 | Karlheinz Hackl | Heinz Marecek |
| 2013 | Luc Bondy | Johanna Wokalek |
| 2014 | Klaus Maria Brandauer | István Szabó |
| 2015 | Achim Freyer | Hermann Beil |
| 2016 | Frank Castorf | Jasna Fritzi Bauer |
| 2017 | Kirsten Dene [10] | Michael Maertens |
| 2018 | Peter Handke [7] [3] | Klaus Maria Brandauer |
| 2019 | Andrea Breth | Roland Koch |
| 2020 | Christoph Marthaler | |
| 2021 | Elfriede Jelinek | |
| 2022 | Elisabeth Orth | Karin Bergmann |
| 2023 | Emmy Werner | Karl Markovics |
| 2024 | Felix Mitterer |
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