Radio play by Maxi Obexer

Director: Gerrit Booms

Assistant director: Julia Kiefer

Speakers: Victoria Trautmannsdorff, Hans-Gerd Kilbinger, Claudius Steffens, Sabrina Ceesay, Enno Kalisch, Friederike Linke, Glenn Goltz, Mi Hae Lee

Casting: Ulrich Korn

Technical realization: Werner Jäger, Barbara Göbel

Dramaturgy: Isabel Platthaus

Production: WDR 2024

"In the eye of the storm. The Capitol in January 2021" is a documentary radio play by author Maxi Obexer about the violent storming of the Capitol in Washington on January 6, 2021. It complements the images that have entered the collective memory with an accurate and exciting reconstruction of the events inside the building. Awarded, among others, as Radio Play of the Month January 2024 (hoerspielkritik.de), Radio Play of the Year 2024 (Academy of Performing Arts) and Best New Release in the category Word Art on the longlist 2/24 of the German Record Critics' Award.

Following the radio play, there will be an opportunity for a discussion with the author.

An event in cooperation with Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire, USA).