Anneke Wiesner

Anneke Wiesner, born in Hamburg, studied German, General and Comparative Literature and Philosophy at the University of Potsdam. After working as a director's and dramaturg's assistant for several years, she worked at the Theatertreffen of the Berliner Festspiele from 2012-2022, first as an assistant and from 2016 as a consultant to the festival management. Here she coordinated (international) cooperation projects, was responsible for the supervision of cooperation partners, managed the mediation program Open Campus and worked on the design and implementation of the conference on gender (in)equality "Burning Issues Meets Theatertreffen" (2019). While working, she completed the certified continuing education courses "Cultural Management, Marketing and Communication" (2013-2014) and "Social Justice and Diversity Training" (2019-2020) at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam. From 2019-2022, she also served as an anti-discrimination officer at the Kulturveranstaltungen des Bundes in Berlin (KBB) GmbH. In 2023, she took over the administrative management of the Fonds Darstellende Künste as a parental leave substitute.

Since January 2024, she has been head of the Theaterpreis des Bundes project as a consultant for theater prizes/cultural policy and is responsible for cultural policy communication.Seit Januar 2024 leitet sie als Referentin Theaterpreise/ Kulturpolitik das Projekt Theaterpreis des Bundes und ist für kulturpolitische Kommunikation zuständig.