Theatre Education

The Schaubühne Theatre Education would like to give people of all ages the opportunity to get in touch with the theatre – whether as spectators, participants of workshops or projects, in discussions or cooperations. We want to open the doors of the Schaubühne and invite you to get more involved with our house and its productions.

Mai-An Nguyen

I was born and raised  in Cottbus, Eastgermany. At the time of German reunification theater offered me from an early age the opportunity to experience myself in different roles.  Piccolo Theater Cottbus (Children's and youth theater) was a special home for me. In a city where I encountered social stereotypes and prejudices on a daily basis, I had the freedom to be and do whatever I wanted on this stage. From 2011 to 2014 I studied theater education at Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences/Lingen Campus. While still a student, I became part of the BuT committee “Jugendclubs an Theatern” and volunteered for the “Bundestreffen Jugendclubs an Theatern“ until 2017. In 2014 I began my first engagement at Neue Bühne Senftenberg. There, I realized the project “Rastlos..., Grenzenlos..., Unterwegs” (Restless..., Boundless..., On the Move), a German-Polish youth theater project on Brecht's exile poetry in cooperation with the Dom Kultury Bielsko Biala and established the “sturmfrei! Festival,” an intergenerational art festival for the region of Lower Lusatia. In 2017, my path led me to the Maxim Gorki Theater, where I worked closely with Uta Plate to develop the outreach program for the work of the exile ensemble. I have been at the Schaubühne since the 19/20 season, and took over as head of the department in season 20/21.

I am also a member of the jury for the Berlin Festival's Theatertreffen der Jugend (Youth Theater Meeting).

Lara Michel

»Theater is a place of encounter, of exchange, of stories. Of polarization, of conflict, of understanding. Everyone is allowed and should be given the opportunity to tell their own stories.«

Born and raised in Gießen in 1994, I made my first experiences in the youth club as a player on stage at the local theater and quickly found my way into other workspaces of theater - including as an assistant director. Through my own first experiences and points of contact with the theater, my desire to be able to pass on these experiences to others developed more and more. For this reason, after my FSJ in 2014/15, I decided to study theater and media studies and education in Erlangen. During this time I became part of the organizing team of the theater- and performance - festival »Arena ... der jungen Künste« and was part of the artistic direction for two of the three years. This was followed by further practical experience at festivals such as the »figuren.theater.festival 2019« and various editions of the Poetenfest. In context of theater education my paths led me to the Theater Pfütze (Nürnberg) as well as to various schools in Erlangen, where I worked with different groups through the VHS Erlangen. Finally, in 2020, my path as a theater educator led me to the SH Landestheater for my first engagement at a theater.

2 years later, in 2022, I was drawn to Berlin to continue my master's degree in cultural and media management. With the season 2023/2024 I will be part of the theater education at the Schaubühne.