Denise Hafermann

Denise Hafermann studied European Cultural and Ideological History and Applied Cultural Studies at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.

During her studies, she was involved in the student council for the humanities and social sciences, the GeistSoz theatre and the zoon politikon university group for political philosophy in Karlsruhe. She also completed internships as a director and dramaturge at Theater Baden-Baden and Staatstheater Karlsruhe and was an assistant to the theatre laboratories and co-head of a laboratory in Karlsruhe in the Volkstheater division, under the direction of Beata Anna Schmutz, as part of an FSJ Kultur.

In the 2017/2018 season, Denise Hafermann worked at the Volkstheater as an assistant director and staff member for the Volkstheater Festival. From the 2018/2019 season until 2022/23, she was an assistant director at JES, where she celebrated her directing debut with the production ‘Archiv der Körper’.