{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"da.news","provider_url":"https:\/\/da.news\/en\/","title":"New management team at the Darmstadt State Theatre - da.news","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"SCZwNSAuty\"><a href=\"https:\/\/da.news\/en\/new-management-team-at-the-darmstadt-state-theatre\/\">New management team at the Darmstadt State Theatre<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/da.news\/en\/new-management-team-at-the-darmstadt-state-theatre\/embed\/#?secret=SCZwNSAuty\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#x201C;New management team at the Darmstadt State Theatre&#x201D; &#x2013; da.news\" data-secret=\"SCZwNSAuty\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! 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The media studies scholar and dramaturge (born 1978), who holds a doctorate, was director of drama at the Anhaltisches Theater in Dessau from 2019 to 2023. During this time, the theater garnered significant national attention and was invited to the Berlin Theatre Meeting for the first time in its history in 2023. Alexander Kohlmann succeeds Oliver Brunner, who has been director of drama at the Darmstadt State Theatre since 2016 and will become artistic director of the Ingolstadt City Theatre starting with the 2024\/2025 season. \"The initial meeting with Alexander Kohlmann didn't last the planned hour, but four hours. Since then, we haven't stopped talking about the power and future of theatre,\" says Karsten Wiegand, artistic director of the Darmstadt State Theatre. \u201cFrom the outset, we agreed that an expanded leadership team with diverse perspectives could create exciting, broad horizons. I am very much looking forward to working with Mizg\u00een Bilmen, Sabine M\u00e4der, Alexander Kohlmann, and the dramaturgy team of Deborah Raulin and Marlon Tarnow.\u201d For Alexander Kohlmann, successful theater work has a lot to do with continuity: \u201cTheatrical legends, who are role models for many of us today, didn't start out as legends, but almost always benefited from having the opportunity to work closely together in specific constellations over many years, to develop, and to engage in intellectual debate. Conflicts can also be productive, especially when the shared exploration continues.\u201d What he finds fascinating about the German theater scene is \u201cthat there really is a chance to think in artistic terms over the long term and to develop shared visions.\u201d And that this work is also rewarded. With Mizg\u00een Bilmen, a multi-award-winning artist (including the G\u00f6tz Friedrich Prize), who has repeatedly garnered attention with unconventional productions, most recently with her version of \"A Streetcar Named Desire\" at the Anhaltisches Theater in Dessau, the new directorship will place a special emphasis on the significance of space. With Sabine M\u00e4der as Head of Set Design, M\u00e4der designs stage sets for drama, opera, and dance, and her collaborations with director Ulrich Rasche have earned her multiple invitations to the Berlin Theatertreffen festival. Also joining the theater is dramaturg Marlon Tarnow, who previously worked closely with Kohlmann in Dessau and will form the newly established dramaturgy team together with dramaturg Deborah Raulin, who has already realized several successful projects in Darmstadt. The work of young directing teams and performers will continue to be a key focus at the Darmstadt theater, which in recent years has served as a springboard for many successful theatrical careers. For Alexander Kohlmann and the new artistic director, this is also very important: \"to continually get to know new, exceptional, and even challenging artists and to give them the most important thing a theater can offer in this early phase: trust.\" Alexander Kohlmann studied German Studies, History, and Media Studies at Humboldt University of Berlin, the Free University of Berlin, and the University of Hamburg, as well as Theater Directing at the Hamburg University of Music and Theatre. During his doctoral studies, he worked as a cultural journalist, including for the magazine \"Theater heute.\" At the start of the 2017\/18 season, he moved to the Braunschweig State Theatre as a dramaturge. From 2019, he continued this work as artistic director of the Anhaltisches Theater in Dessau, regularly initiating productions by young playwrights and artistic collectives. Under his leadership, the Dessau theater garnered significant national attention and, with Philipp Preuss's production of \"Hamlet\" in 2023, was invited to the Berlin Theatertreffen for the first time in its history. Alexander Kohlmann regularly holds teaching positions and is the author of cultural studies essays."}