Christian Schönfelder (he/him)
Education
I was born in Darmstadt in 1967 and grew up in Wolfenbüttel near Braunschweig. After a traineeship, several years as a sports editor at the Goslarsche Zeitung and a trip around the world, I studied dramaturgy at adk Ulm.
Elsewhere
I then worked as a dramaturge and partly as a theatre teacher at the children’s and youth theatres in Heidelberg (zwinger3) and Mannheim (Schnawwl) as well as at Nationaltheater Mannheim and in the festival management of the International Schiller Days. In addition to my work at JES, I am also a lecturer (including at Stuttgart Drama School), curator and author. Recent world premieres include ‘Artus!’ at the open-air theatre in Altusried, ‘Auf Ötzis Spuren’ at Theater des Kindes in Linz and ‘Das Ministerium der Einsamkeit’ at Theater an der Rott in Eggenfelden.
JES! and me
I have been a dramaturge at Junges Ensemble Stuttgart since 2006 and was artistic director of the international festival BRIGHT VIEW together with Brigitte Dethier until 2022. I was also managing director of the Baden-Württemberg Youth Theatre Prize for JES for ten years and one of three spokespersons for the working group of children’s and youth theatres in Baden-Württemberg for five years.
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