Gerd Leo Kuck

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Gerd Leo Kuck (born April 16, 1943 in Wuppertal ) is a German dramaturge , director and general manager .

education

Kuck grew up in Düsseldorf and passed his Abitur there in 1962. He then studied theater studies , German literature and art history at the Universities of Cologne and Freiburg .

Engagements

Kuck's first engagement took him from 1963 to 1966 as assistant director and dramaturge at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe . From 1963 to 1966 he was engaged as a dramaturge at the Städtische Bühne Ulm , worked as a dramaturge and director at the Frankfurt Theater am Turm from 1969 to 1971 and then went to the Staatstheater Kassel , where he was head dramaturge and director from 1972 to 1975 Director acted. From 1975 to 1986 Kuck was engaged at the Vienna Burgtheater . He then went to the State Theater Stuttgart from 1986 to 1992 , where he initially worked as a dramaturge under Ivan Nagel and then advanced to the position of deputy theater director under Jürgen Bosse . From 1992 to 1999 he was the artistic director of the Zurich theater .

From 2001 to 2009 Kuck was general manager of the re-established Wuppertaler Bühnen . In addition, he has been a member of the board of the regional association center of the German stage association since 2005 and was replaced in 2009 by Michael Schmitz-Aufterbeck , general manager from Aachen .

Teaching activities

Kuck taught from 1972 to 1975 at the University of Frankfurt . He has been a lecturer in practical dramaturgy at the University of Vienna since 1979 .

Offices

In January 2007, Kuck was elected speaker of the Standing Conference of Theater Directors in North Rhine-Westphalia , replacing Jens Pesel , General Director of the United City Theaters in Krefeld and Mönchengladbach .

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SURNAME Look, Gerd Leo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German dramaturge, director and artistic director
DATE OF BIRTH April 16, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Wuppertal