Felicitas Zürcher (born 1973) is a Swiss playwright. She is head

dramaturge A dramaturge or dramaturg (from Ancient Greek δραματουργός – dramatourgós) is a literary adviser or editor in a theatre, opera, or film company who researches, selects, adapts, edits, and interprets scripts, libretti, texts, and pr ...

at the Bern Theatre, and has worked at the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin, the Deutsches Theater Berlin and the Staatsschauspiel Dresden previously. She has taught at the

Folkwang University of the Arts The Folkwang University of the Arts is a university for music, theater, dance, design, and academic studies, located in four German cities of North Rhine-Westphalia. Since 1927, its traditional main location has been in the former Werden Abbey in ...

and was head of the Dresden Acting Studio at the

University of Music and Theatre Leipzig The University of Music and Theatre "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig () is a public university in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. Founded in 1843 by Felix Mendelssohn as the Conservatorium der Musik (Conservatory of Music), it is the oldest univ ...

Life

Zürcher was born in 1973 in

Olten Olten (; High Alemannic: ''Oute'') is a town in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland and capital of the district of the same name. Olten grew into a town during the Middle Ages at the location of a bridge over the Aare. After a period of de ...

, Switzerland. She studied German, philosophy and social and economic history at the

University of Zurich The University of Zurich (UZH, ) is a public university, public research university in Zurich, Switzerland. It is the largest university in Switzerland, with its 28,000 enrolled students. It was founded in 1833 from the existing colleges of the ...

and the

Humboldt University Berlin The Humboldt University of Berlin (, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin, Germany. The university was established by Frederick William III on the initiative of Wilhelm von Humboldt ...

. In Zurich, she was

assistant director The role of an assistant director (AD) on a film includes tracking daily progress against the filming production schedule, arranging logistics, preparing daily call sheets, checking cast and crew, and maintaining order on the set. They also have ...

at the

Theater am Neumarkt The Theater am Neumarkt () or by its present official name Theater Neumarkt is a Theater (structure), theatre in the Swiss German language, German-speaking Switzerland situated at Neumarkt, Zürich. It is part of the building complex ''Bilgeriturm' ...

and, after her studies, a consultant at a PR agency. From 2001 to 2003 she was assistant director at Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin and in 2004 she became

for drama and dance at the Stadttheater Bern. From 2004 to 2009 she was dramaturge at the Deutsches Theater Berlin under and Oliver Reese. From 2009 to 2016 she worked at the Staatsschauspiel Dresden under artistic director Wilfried Schulz and was also head of the Dresden Acting Studio at the

from 2011 to 2016. From 2016 until 2021, she has taught at the

. For the 2016/17 season, Zürcher moved to the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus as head dramaturg. Since the 2021/2022 season, Zürcher is head dramaturge at the Bern Theatre. Zücher has initiated a variety of activities including a conference, panel discussions and a “Monday Café” for refugees. Zürcher has been on the jury for the Mülheim Dramatic Prize.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zurcher, Felicitas 1973 births Living people 21st-century Swiss dramatists and playwrights 21st-century Swiss writers 21st-century Swiss women writers Dramaturges Humboldt University of Berlin alumni Place of birth missing (living people) Swiss dramatists and playwrights Academic staff of the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig University of Zurich alumni Swiss women dramatists and playwrights