Katja Herlemann

Katja Herlemann studied theater and dance studies as well as comparative literature at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum and at the University of Antwerp. From 2011 to 2013 she worked at the Goethe-Institut in Munich and in Prague. In 2013 she was in charge of the mediation program at the Foreign Affairs Festival of the Berliner Festspiele, before moving to the Theater und Orchester Heidelberg for the 2013/14 season. There she curated and organized the international Heidelberg Stückemarkt and was on the selection committee for the playwright competition. From 2016 - 2019 she was dramaturg and curator of the contemporary drama section at Schauspiel Leipzig. There she realized play developments and premieres with, among others, Thomas Köck, Enis Maci, and E.L. Karhu, and directed the young playwrights' festival 4+1. Since 2019 she has been dramaturg at Schauspiel Frankfurt, where she continues her collaboration with Claudia Bauer, among others. She is part of the management team of the 11th edition of the festival "Politik im Freien Theater", which will take place in Frankfurt in fall 2022.