Maike Katrin Merkel

Maike Katrin Merkel (née Schmidt ; born December 13, 1978 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a German musical actress and singer.

education

Maike Katrin Merkel grew up near Frankfurt with her parents and took singing lessons during school. In 2000 she began professional training as an actress by studying musicals at the Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy University of Music & Theater in Leipzig , which she completed in 2005 with an exam . Since then she has played leading and supporting roles in musical productions in Germany and neighboring countries.

roll

• Anybody ( West Side Story ), Dresden State Operetta
• Sarah ( Hair ), Ettlingen Castle Festival
• Flora ( No Way to Treat a Lady ), Leipziger Schauspiel
• Die Zeit ( Casanova (Revue) ), Friedrichstadtpalast Berlin
• Rebecca ( Dance of the Vampires (musical) ), Theater des Westens, Berlin
• Ludovika / Fr. Wolf ( Elisabeth (musical) ), Theater des Westens, Berlin and Theater 11, Zurich
• Sister Hubert ( Non (n) sens (musical) ), Coupé Theater, Berlin
• Ensemble, 1st cover Magda, 1st cover Rebecca ( Dance of the Vampires ), Ronacher Theater Vienna / Vereinigte Bühnen Wien
• Ensemble, ( Hair ), United Stages Bozen
• Ensemble, 1. Cover Sister Mary Patrick, Cover Mother Superior ( Sister Act ), Ronacher Theater Vienna / Vereinigte Bühnen Wien
• Eva (The Diaries of Adam and Eve), Coupé Theater, Berlin
• Archduchess Sophie (Elisabeth (musical)), LaBelle musical production (Alte Oper Frankfurt, Admiralspalast Berlin, Mehr Entertainment Theater Hamburg)
• Little Red Riding Hood's grandma / mother of Cinderella (Into the woods), Theater Görlitz
• Singer (The ONE Grand Show), Friedrichstadtpalast Berlin
• Resi ( Off to the South Musical ), tour production

Awards

• 2001: National Singing Competition : 3rd place, category 'Musical'
• 2003: National Singing Competition : Special prize for exceptional talent

Web links

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