Michaela Steiger

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Michaela Steiger

Michaela Steiger (* 1964 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen ) is a German actress .

life and work

Michaela Steiger completed her acting training in New York with Susan Batson ( Actors Studio ) and Herbert Berghof . Her first engagement took her from 1988 to 1993 at the Theater Basel under the artistic direction of Frank Baumbauer , where she a. a. with Jossi Wieler (Princess Eboli in Don Carlos ), Frank Castorf (goddess Athene in Aias ) and with Barbara Frey (solo evening about Sylvia Plath I can do it particularly beautifully ). From 1993 to 1996 she worked at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus where she a. a. as Cressida in Troilus and Cressida (directed by David Mouchtar-Samorai ) and Hedda in Hedda Gabler (directed by Detlef Altenbeck ). Guest engagements took her to the Hamburger Schauspielhaus , Residenztheater Munich , Schauspielhaus Zürich (Lady Milford in Kabale und Liebe , directed by Benjamin Korn).

When Thomas Ostermeier started as artistic director , she went to the Schaubühne Berlin as a permanent member of the ensemble in 1999, where she played the mother Ubu in Alfred Jarry's farce König Ubu (director: Barbara Frey), as well as in Sarah Kane's Gier in a production by Thomas Ostermeier and in the dance piece seriously ; Directed by Luc Dunberrry played. From 2002 she was a guest at the Züricher Schauspielhaus, where she worked with Andreas Kriegenburg , Schorsch Cameroon , Daniela Löffner and Stefan Pucher and at the Münchner Kammerspiele where she has to carry Elektra as Christine Mannon in O'Neill's Mourning (directed by Stefan Pucher) and as a woman Prantl in Faith, Love, Hope (directed by Stephan Kimmig ) could be seen.

In 2006 she played the leading role (in French) Amelia in the play Tendre et cruel at the Comédie de Genève, directed by Denis Maillefer. Under the direction of Martin Kušej , she was a permanent member of the Munich Residence Theater from 2011 to 2016, where she worked a. a. with Martin Kusej ( the bitter tears of Petra von Kant ), Katrine Wiedemann (as Marquise de Merteuil in Dangerous Liaisons ), Daniela Löffner (wife in Peter Handke's the beautiful days of Aranjuez ) Frank Castorf ( journey to the end of the night , invitation to the theater meeting ) and Bernhard Mikeska (as Laura in Opening night :: all about Laura ).

In 2014 she made her debut at the Salzburg Festival in Ödön von Horvath's Don Juan Comes Back from the War , directed by Andreas Kriegenburg . In 2016 she was Brünhild Lotte Jünger at the Nibelungen Festival in Worms, directed by Nuran David Calis .

She has been a permanent guest at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus since the 2016/17 season . At the Münchener Kammerspiele she was seen in Lola Aria's play What they want to hear from 2018 to 2019 .

Steiger works regularly for film and television and for radio.

Theater (selection)

Theater Basel (1988-1993)

  • Antigone , role Antigone, directed by Stefan Müller
  • Don Carlos , role Eboli, directed by Jossi Wieler
  • What you want , role Lady Olivia, directed by Stefan Müller
  • Aias , role Athene, directed by Frank Castorf

Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus (1993-1996)

  • Hedda Gabler , role Hedda, directed by D. Altenbeck
  • Troilus and Cressida , role Cressida, directed by David Mouchtar-Samorai
  • The new Menoza , directed by Werner Schroeter

Schauspielhaus Hamburg

  • Camping 2000 , directed by Jossi Wieler
  • Comeback , directed by Stefan Pucher
  • War , directed by Anselm Weber

Schauspielhaus Zurich

  • Cabal and Love , role Lady Milford, directed by Benjamin Korn

Bavarian State Theater (1996-1999)

  • Three sisters , role Olga, directed by Matthias Hartmann

Schaubühne Berlin (1999-2001)

  • King Ubu , role mother Ubu, directed by Barbara Frey
  • Greed , role m, directed by Thomas Ostermeier
  • Seriously, dance theater , choreography Luc Dunberry

Schauspielhaus Zurich (2002-2005)

  • The Snow Queen , directed by Schorsch Cameroon
  • St. Matthew Passion , directed by Stefan Pucher
  • Mr. Puntila and his servant Matti , directed by Andreas Kriegenburg
  • Wilhelm Tell , directed by Meret Matter
  • Supporting society , directed by Andreas Kriegenburg

Drama Hanover (2005-2009)

Maxim Gorki Theater 2008

  • M - A city is looking for a murderer , directed by Stefan Pucher

Münchner Kammerspiele (2005-2010)

  • Elektra has to grieve , directed by Stefan Pucher
  • State of siege , directed by Christoph Frick
  • Faith love hope , directed by Stephan Kimmig

Schauspielhaus Zurich (2010/2011)

Salzburg Festival (2014)

  • Don Juan comes back from the war , directed by Andreas Kriegenburg

Residenztheater Munich (2011-2016)

  • The Forty Days of Musa Dagh , directed by Nuran David Calis
  • Opening Night :: everything about Laura , directed by Bernhard Mikeska
  • The Land , dance theater in cooperation with Peeping Tom, director and concept Gabriela Carrizo
  • Dangerous Liaisons , directed by Katrine Wiedemann
  • Journey to the End of the Night , directed by Frank Castorf (invitation to the Theatertreffen)
  • The beautiful days of Aranjuez , directed by Daniela Löffner
  • The bitter tears of Petra von Kant , directed by Martin Kusej
  • At lunchtime , directed by Wilfried Minks
  • The End of the Rain , directed by Radu Afrim
  • EYJAFJALLAJÖKULL-TAM-TAM , directed by Robert Lehniger

Nibelungen Festival Worms (2016)

  • Gold , directed by Nuran David Calis - also televised

Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus (since 2016)

  • Gilgamesh, directed by Roger Vontobel
  • Fabian, directed by Bernadette Sonnenbichler
  • Medea, directed by Roger Vontobel
  • The Broken Jug , directed by Laura Linnenbaum

Münchner Kammerspiele (2018-2019)

  • What they want to hear, directed by Lola Arias

Filmography

Radio plays (selection)

  • 1989: Dada & Co , Radio DRS
  • 1990: Pessoa: Dreaming we dream , DRS
  • 1990: Scheerbart , DRS
  • 1991: The jump from the ark , DRS
  • 1992: Heribert Bodenstedt's suitcase , DRS
  • 1993: Visits to Penelope , DRS
  • 1993: The Franza case , DRS / NDR
  • 1993: Passion , DRS
  • 1994: Das Rendevous , DRS
  • 1995: No turning back , WDR
  • 2005: Eigen Fleisch und Blut , Deutschlandradio
  • 2006: Man without blemishes , NDR
  • 2012: Virginia Woolf: Jakobs Zimmer , BR
  • 2013: Virginia Woolf: Orlando BR
  • 2014: With the Hackenporsche… , BR
  • 2018: On a single sheet of paper , BR
  • 2019: Apocalypse Baby , BR
  • 2020: The loneliness of the crane operator , BR

Web links

Commons : Michaela Steiger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michaela Steiger. Retrieved July 13, 2020 .
  2. ^ D'haus-Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, Young Drama Bürgerbühne: Michaela Steiger | D'haus - Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, young theater, community stage. Retrieved July 13, 2020 .
  3. ^ What They Want To Hear. Münchner Kammerspiele, accessed on July 13, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Steiger, Michaela
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Steiger, Michaela Reinhilde Margarete
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actress
DATE OF BIRTH 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin