Jessica Glause

Jessica Glause studied cultural and aesthetic practice at the University of Hildesheim, focussing on theatre, visual arts, cultural politics and political science. She also studied Spectacle Vivant at the Université de Provence, Aix-Marseille. During her studies, she worked as an assistant at the Staatsoper Stuttgart, the Bregenzer Festspielen and at “Nico and the Navigators”. From 2008 to 2010 she was assistant director at the Münchner Kammerspiele to Alvis Hermanis, Andreas Kriegenburg, Thomas Ostermeier, Armin Petras, Stefan Pucher and others. Since 2010 Glause has been working as a director at various theatres, including the Münchner Kammerspiele, Theater Freiburg, Staatstheater Nürnberg, Theaterhaus Gessnerallee and Staatsschauspiel Dresden. With productions like “Designerbabies, Süper! Türken!” and “Legal Illegal Scheissegal” and “Dear Moldova, can we kiss just a little bit?”, her work focusses on documentary-based play development using both professional and non-professional actors.