Klaus Missbach

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Klaus Missbach (born 1957 in Nuremberg ) is a German dramaturge and author . Since 2009 he has been chief dramaturge at the Vienna Burgtheater .

life and work

Missbach studied American , German and theater studies at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg . During his studies he worked as an assistant director and editor. From 1982 to 1990 - while Hansjörg Utzerath was in charge of directorship - he was engaged as a dramaturge at the Staatstheater Nürnberg , where in 1989 he created a critical stage version of Karl Alois Schenzinger's propaganda film Hitlerjunge Quex , which Utzerath directed. Missbach was awarded the premiere prize of the Bayerische Theatertage 1990 for his dramatization . For the Pegnitzschäfer sound concepts , he realized the rock oratorio together with the composer Andreas Schäfer and the musician Wilfried Krüger in 1991 ... race out of the disco and horrified passers-by ask whether they are German , a concert-style confrontation for voices and ensemble.

This was followed by engagements at the Thalia Theater (1990–1996) while Jürgen Flimm was artistic director, at the Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf (1996–1999) as Anna Badora's chief dramaturge and then a long-term collaboration with the director and artistic director Matthias Hartmann , who worked in 2000 at the Schauspielhaus Bochum as managing and leading dramaturge began, was continued as chief dramaturge and artistic operations director at the Schauspielhaus Zurich from 2005 and led to the Vienna Burgtheater in 2009 .

At the same time, from 1992 to 1996 he took on a teaching position for dramaturgy in the drama directing course at the University of Hamburg. From 2000 to 2005 he was a lecturer in dramaturgy at the Westphalian Drama School in Bochum. In 2011 in Hamburg and 2012 in Vienna he was a member of the jury of the federal competition for the promotion of young actors .

As a dramaturge Missbach u. a. with Andrea Breth , Jürgen Gosch , Jürgen Flimm , Luc Bondy , Michael Thalheimer , Dimiter Gotscheff , Franz Xaver Kroetz , Helge Schneider , Thomas Vinterberg , Robert Borgmann , Karin Beier , Stefan Pucher , Barbara Frey, Alvis Hermanis , Matthias Hartmann , Dušan David Pařízek , Peter Stein , Werner Düggelin , Wilfried Minks , Dieter Giesing , David Bösch , Simon Stone , Robert Borgmann and Antú Romero Nunes .

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SURNAME Missbach, Klaus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Missbach, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German dramaturge, author and director
DATE OF BIRTH 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Nuremberg