sentences:  During this time it saw world premiers of such important playwrights as Max Frisch, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Carl Zuckmayer, Georges Schehadé, Botho Strauß and Yasmina Reza.Established in 1959, the Theater am Hechtplatz served for a short time as a second stage.From 2000 to 2004 the theater experienced with Christoph Marthaler as director a new artistic blooming and was chosen as theater of the year twice by "Theater heute" (Theater Today), the most important and widely read German theater publication.