Michael Gruner

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Michael Gruner (born January 1, 1945 in Falkenstein / Vogtl. ) Is a German director and general manager .

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Growing up in Berlin and Frankfurt am Main, he began studying acting in Frankfurt in 1963. In 1965 he got an engagement as an actor at the Darmstadt State Theater . In 1968 he moved to the Theater am Turm in Frankfurt and participated, among other things, in the world premiere of public abuse directed by Claus Peymann . From 1969 he worked as an actor at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus under the artistic director Karl-Heinz Stroux . In 1972 Gruner began his directorial career at the Theater am Turm. In 1974 he moved to Darmstadt as a director under the management of Günther Beelitz . In 1976 he returned to the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus with Beelitz.

In 1980/81 he was committed to the Thalia Theater Hamburg for two productions per season . From 1987 to 1989 he was a director at the Städtische Bühnen Frankfurt . In 1989 he became senior director at the Stuttgart State Theater . He has worked as a guest director at the Burgtheater in Vienna, the Volkstheater in Vienna , the Deutsches Theater Berlin as well as in Weimar , Bonn and Munich .

Furthermore, Gruner received a visiting professorship at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and a professorship at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna.

From 1999 to 2010 Gruner was acting director at the Schauspiel Dortmund , he is married to the actress Juliane Gruner.

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Awards

In 1995/96 Gruner received the Karl Skraup Prize for his production of Ferdinand Raimund's Der Alpenkönig und der Menschenfeind at the Volkstheater Vienna.

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SURNAME Gruner, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German director and artistic director
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Falkenstein / Vogtl.