Jan Gehler

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Jan Gehler (* 1983 in Gera ) is a German theater director.

Life

Jan Gehler studied scenic arts from 2003 to 2009 at the University of Hildesheim . During this time he played and staged in several independent groups, including in 2006 Thomas Freyer's separatists invited him to the directing festival Körber Studio Junge Regie with his workshop production.

After graduating, he worked for two years as assistant director at the Staatsschauspiel Dresden , where he staged the world premiere of Wolfgang Herrndorf's novel Tschick in 2011 . Further work has taken him to the Volkstheater in Munich , the Maxim-Gorki-Theater in Berlin, the Freiburg Theater , the Thalia Theater in Hamburg, the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus and the Stuttgart State Theater .

From 2013 to 2016 Jan Gehler was in-house director at the Staatsschauspiel Dresden . He has been working as a freelance director since the 2016/2017 season.

Productions (selection)

Awards

His world premiere of Tschick based on the novel by Wolfgang Herrndorf (stage version: Robert Koall ) was invited to the “ Heidelberger Stückemarkt ” and the “ Radikal jung ” theater festival in Munich in 2012 , where it won the 2nd audience award. In addition, the production was awarded the Günther Rühle Prize of the city of Bensheim as part of the “Young Actor Week” festival and a nomination for the renowned “ Der Faust ” theater award in the children's and youth theater direction.

The world premiere of Dirk Lauckes Furcht und Ekel. In 2015, the private lives of happy people were invited to the “ 40th Mülheim Theater Days ”.

literature

  • Georg Kasch: The tenderness of the cassette recorder. Jan Gehler stages "Tschick" at the Dresden State Theater. In: Kilian Engels, C. Bernd Sucher (Ed.): Occupy Identity - Tomorrow's Directors. Henschel Verlag, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3894877262 .
  • We all have to burn somehow. Jan Gehler in conversation with Jan Fischer. In: Wolfgang Schneider and Julia Speckmann (eds.): Making theater as a profession. Hildesheimer ways. Verlag Theater der Zeit 2017. ISBN 978-3-943881-85-1

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jan Gehler ( Memento of the original dated February 2, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Website Staatsschauspiel Dresden, accessed on February 2, 2017  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.staatsschauspiel-dresden.de
  2. ↑ And now they tell again www.nachtkritik.de, accessed on February 2, 2017
  3. ↑ Sometimes love reigned ( memento of the original from February 2, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Schauspielhaus Bochum, accessed on February 2, 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schauspielhausbochum.de
  4. ↑ Mr. Puntila and his servant Matti ( Memento of the original from February 11, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. D'haus website, accessed February 2, 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dhaus.de
  5. ↑ no country. August ( Memento of the original from February 2, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Website Staatsschauspiel Dresden, accessed on February 2, 2017  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.staatsschauspiel-dresden.de
  6. ^ D'haus - Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, Young Drama, Bürgerbühne: Elbow, based on the novel by Fatma Aydemir | D'haus - Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, young theater, community stage. Retrieved July 11, 2017 .
  7. ^ The Nibelungen website Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater, accessed on February 20, 2018
  8. ^ Week of Young Actors 2012 German Academy of Performing Arts, accessed on February 2, 2017
  9. ^ The Faust 2012 Deutscher Bühnenverein, accessed on February 2, 2017
  10. ↑ Kleines Theatertreffen www.nachtkritik.de, accessed on February 2, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Gehler, Jan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theater director
DATE OF BIRTH 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Gera