Michael Wehren

Michael Wehren, born in 1979, studied theater studies and philosophy at the University of Leipzig. He was employed as a research assistant at the Institute for Theater Studies there until the end of 2020. His research and work focuses include the topicality of epic theater, intersectional perspectives on classism in the performing arts, body politics and choral dance forms, (re)performances of crime, and the transmedial and transgenerational afterlife of the Holocaust. He has participated in a variety of events, conferences, and symposia, most recently as part of the program team for the International Brecht Society's 16th Symposium Brecht among Strangers/Brecht unter Fremden (2019). Parallel to these activities, he has worked as a director, dramaturg and writer in the independent scene, producing numerous productions, radio plays, performative installations and (audio) walks with the performance and theater group friendly fire since 2010 and with the Brazilian-Israeli-German collective ELEPHANTintheROOM since 2020. Since July 2021 he has been working as a consultant to the management of the Fonds Darstellende Künste.