The I-Files – An Alien Stares Back

by Doris Crea Kollektiv

We are not alone. An alien has been sighted. It seems to be searching for its home and contact with others of its kind.

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  – Person im Anzug vor hellem Licht, hebt die Arme in die Luft. Hintergrund dunkel und nebelig.

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  – Person auf Fahrrad, das auf einem Stuhl steht, mit Mond und sternenklarem Himmel im Hintergrund. Sie trägt einen dunklen Mantel und hat hochgesteckte Haare.

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  – Person im Alienkostüm mit Mikrofon auf Bühne, Hintergrund mit Fahrradteil sichtbar, unscharfe Umgebung.

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  – Zwei lachende Personen, eine mit Sonnenbrille und Dutt, die klatschend und lächelnd im dunklen Raum sitzen. Andere unscharfe Personen im Hintergrund.

Mysterious events and a trail of devastation follow. An FBI agent takes on the case and investigates the conflict between science and the paranormal. But as she investigates the creature that threatens to transform society, it suddenly becomes an observer itself. A theatrical evening between The X-Files and the fear of the unknown, full of mystery, action, and humor.

Whose story is this? Whose gaze produces reality? In this monologue, the Doris Crea Kollektiv ventures into the science fiction genre to challenge the practice of othering from at least two perspectives. They play with prejudice and projection, and with the extreme angles of observation. As the narrating agent reaches the limits of her own perception and truth, the alien becomes at turns a witness, a suspect, and finally stares back in disbelief. This dialogue of gazes explores what we perceive as foreign. Because the true unknown is usually not somewhere out there, but almost always within ourselves.

Performance Mariann Yar Direction Leonard Michael Dick Dramaturgy & Production Alessa Maria Karešin Music Andrej Agranovski Concept / Artistic Direction Doris Crea Kollektiv Set Design / Video / Photos Cornelius Reitmayr Lighting Sofia Krylova Dramaturgical Consultation Lars Werner Assistant Annalena Steiner Co-production Monologfestival 2025 / TD Berlin

Doris Crea Kollektiv (Andrej Agranovski, Leonard Dick, Alessa Maria Karešin, and Mariann Yar) In their work combine individual and collective experiences from theater stages, museum spaces, music, video, performance, and installation to create lifelike, autofictional characters and contrasting images. With a strong focus on themes such as social justice and identity, they use tragicomedy to explore complex social dynamics.

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• Date Saturday, 17/October/2026 21:15 ( 1 more date )
• Venue TD Berlin (war: Theaterdiscounter)
• Address Klosterstraße 44, 10179 Berlin-Mitte
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