Ayla Yeginer

After completing her degree in economics, Ayla Yeginer first worked as a press officer at the Winterhuder Fährhaus comedy theater, then as a dramaturge and production manager at Theater KONTRASTE in Hamburg. She has been working as a director since 2012. In Hamburg, she also runs her own café until she moves to Hildesheim in 2020, where she is engaged as acting director and in-house director at the theater für niedersachsen. For her production of "Kleiner Mann - was nun?" at the Ohnsorg Studio, she received the Theaterpreis Hamburg - Rolf Mares in the category "Outstanding Director" in 2022. At the University of Hildesheim, she teaches at the Institute for Media, Theater and Popular Culture. Together with students from the Department of Cultural Studies and Aesthetic Communication, she is creating the documentary play "The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions", which addresses the topic of sexualized violence against children and young people in a church context and will premiere at the theater für niedersachsen in 2024. Ayla Yeginer is currently working on further research into this topic. From the 2025/2026 season, she will take over the artistic directorship of the Ernst Deutsch Theater Hamburg together with Daniel Schütter.