Daniel Grünauer

Daniel Grünauer, born in 1982 in Weiden in der Oberpfalz (Upper Palatinate), grew up in Bavaria and began his theater career at the Burgfestspiele Leuchtenberg. After studying theater studies, German Literature, political science and performing arts at the universities of Munich, Würzburg and Caen (France), he worked at the Landestheater Oberpfalz (co-founder), Theater Ulm (head dramaturge), Theater Konstanz (head dramaturge), Schauspielhaus Graz (dramaturge) and Theater Regensburg (head dramaturge). He also works as a freelance director and author, coordinated the Swiss Theatertreffen 2020 and was a member of the management team of the RathausOper Konstanz from 2020 to 2024.

His book "Die Explosion der Erinnerung - Heiner Müller's DER AUFTRAG vor dem Hintergrund seiner Amerikareisen" was published in 2010. He is co-editor of the publication "THEATER_STADT_POLITIK - Von Konstanz in die Welt", published by Theater der Zeit in 2019, and was a lecturer at the Aicher-Scholl-Kolleg Ulm and the Akademie für Darstellende Kunst Ulm. He also sat on the advisory board of Landestheater Oberpfalz GmbH from 2014 to 2020 and is a co-initiator of the dramaturgy network (d-n) within the ensemble network. He was a scholarship holder of the ETC European Theatre Academy as part of the Festival d'Avignon 2021 and was a guest at the Théâtres de la Ville in Luxembourg with the ETC European Staff Exchange 2022.

In his work as a dramaturge, he has developed numerous formats, including the artist-in-residence program TRIEBKRAFT KONSTANZ. He has working relationships with theater makers in Burundi, Malawi, Togo, Palestine, Israel, Greenland, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, France, Spain and Ukraine, among others. He speaks English, French and Spanish fluently. Since October 2023 he is dramaturge at the Berliner Ensemble and heads the International Young Directors Program WORX.

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