Milan Gather (he/him)

Milan Gather was born in Aachen in 1993 and grew up in Dortmund. He developed his first theatre works as part of the directing workshop at Schauspielhaus Bochum and in the independent scene in Leipzig. From 2014 to 2018, he studied acting at the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart and joined the acting studio at the Stuttgart State Theatre in the 2017/18 season. He then became a member of the ensemble at JES Stuttgart. There he wrote his first play, ‘Astronauten’, which was invited to several festivals in 2020 and was awarded the Youth Play Prize at the Heidelberger Stückemarkt together with the two other invited productions. He also made his directorial debut at JES in 2021 with his second play ‘OMA MONIKA – was war?’. In 2022, the play won the KinderStückePreis at the 47th Mülheimer Theatertage and 1st prize at the 25th Hessian Children’s and Youth Theatre Week KUSS and was translated into several languages. Since the 2022/23 season, Milan Gather has worked as an author and director at various theatres, including Theater Dortmund, Theater Baden-Baden, Landestheater Marburg, Theater Heidelberg, Theater Münster and in the independent scene