Klaus ChattenAfter a full career as an actor and director working from Hamburg to Moscow to New York, Klaus turned his hand to writing in 1993. His first play, Unser Dorf soll Schöner Werden premiered at the Deutsches Theater Berlin, to critical and popula acclaim. It went on to be performed in most major regional theatres. He was the first winner of the Playwright Competition Workshop at the Literary Colloquium, Berlin in 1994. In the same year, Wir Legen von Madagaskar opened at the Bremer Theater and his film script Silent Night was directed by Dani Levy. The following year he was awarded the Alfred Döblin Scholarship by the Academy of Arts, Berlin. Sugar Dollies received its world premier at the Gate, London before transferring to the Deutsches Theater, Berlin, in June 1996. Read More Read Less