Maximilian Grafe

Maximilian Grafe has been co-director of the Network of Independent Theaters (NFT) since 2022, coordinating the work of this nationwide network of production houses and independent theaters. At the same time, since January 2025, he has been setting up the “Menschen machen Kultur” (People Make Culture) program for the Lausitz region, which promotes civil society participation in art and culture in the process of structural change in Brandenburg's Lausitz region.

Previously, he was interim deputy director of the Halle Opera for the 2020/21 season and was active in various contexts in the performing arts. After studying theater studies at the University of Leipzig, he worked as artistic production manager and dramaturg at the Ringlokschuppen Ruhr, the Schauspiel Leipzig, the Anhaltisches Theater Dessau, and the Halle Opera, among others, and was also active for ITI Germany, the Mülheim Theater Days, and the Saxon Theater Meeting.