Christina Zintl

Christina Zintl has been co-director of Schauspiel Essen with Selen Kara since the 2023/2024 season. She was born in Bonn and studied scenic arts in Hildesheim and Aix-en-Provence / Marseille. She was director of the Theatertreffen Stückemarkt and dramaturge of the Theatertreffen from 2012-2018. She is an experienced festival and production dramaturge and has worked at renowned theaters, including the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, the Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel and the Staatstheater Nürnberg; here she has worked in various artistic and management positions, including as managing dramaturge/member of the drama management of the Staatstheater Nürnberg. She worked as a production dramaturge with renowned directors and was mainly responsible for contemporary drama, play development and interdisciplinary works. As a curator, she is responsible for discursive-artistic programs, especially on intersectional-feminist topics. She has lectured at the FU Berlin and the Mozarteum Salzburg, among others. In 2018 and 2019, she co-directed the industry meeting of the Berlin Performing Arts Program, most recently at the Sophiensaele, Berlin. She has performed with the performance group "Hotel Europa" at the Maxim Gorki Theater and HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin, among others. In addition to new plays, new forms and discursive formats, her work focuses on opening up urban theater to urban society - especially through co-creation processes.