Under the umbrella of Hessian Theatre Academy (HTA), all universities in Hessen that offer theatre-related programmes as well as the region’s municipal and state theatres have come together in a study and production network. Diverse cross connections between both practical and theoretical disciplines, as well as between partners, are opening up new opportunities for students to prepare themselves for the complexity of an artistic career.

Call for applications: Project Management Frankfurt LAB

The Frankfurt LAB - Modern Music, Theater and Dance Laboratory for Frankfurt RheinMain is looking for the 01.06.2021 or as soon as possible:

a Project Manager (f/m/d - part-time 75%)
as co-director with equal rights within a two-person team.

In coordination with the Co-Director and the Executive Board, the Project Manager manages the business of the Frankfurt LAB and is primarily responsible for financial management, budget planning and controlling as well as fundraising. In addition, she or he supports the responsible CoDirector in her or his main areas of artistic endeavor and project planning. The CoDirectors represent each other in their respective areas of focus.

Please send your detailed application by 9.4.2021 via e-mail only to the Board of Frankfurt LAB, attention Hanke Wilsmann, wilsmann_at_frankfurt-lab.de.

>> Detailed Call

HTA Postgraduate Grants 2021

In 2021, Frankfurt LAB awards grants for artistic projects that are committed to artistic research.
Thus, Frankfurt LAB wishes to support alumni of Hessian Theatre Academy as well as innovative projects of single persons or groups, which cannot be easily produced within the traditional theater and funding system. Several projects will receive between 2000 € and 6000 €. The grants are associated with the residency program at Frankfurt LAB. 
Deadline: 30. March 2021
>> Here you can find the call.

"Directing Today - Positions in Contemporary Theater"
Lecture Series of the HTA / SoSe 21

Various changes and structural debates are currently shaping the discourse on theater. It is therefore only logical to also examine the task of directing with regard to production processes and aesthetics. In the coming summer semester, we will invite ten directors to present their artistic positions and enter into a conversation with us about their own work. At the same time, different aspects of this profession emerge among the diverse artists: How can one direct collectively? How is it possible to work consistently on one's own aesthetic, sometimes over decades and in different institutional contexts and teams? What does it look like to walk through the municipal theater? How does one succeed in entering the profession? How can directing be implemented without reproducing hierarchical structures? How can one practice directing and manage a house at the same time? HTA students can discuss these and many other questions with our guests: Artistic directors of the HTA, an alumna of the HfMDK, successful female directors, young directors, a director from children's and youth theater, international directors and many more.

The names of the guests will be announced at the beginning of the summer semester.
In a performance analysis seminar with Friederike Thielmann (Fridays 10-13h) the respective sessions will be prepared in discussions based on video readings.

Both events take place exclusively digitally and usually in German.

Thursdays 6:30-8pm - online event. Date of the accompanying performance analysis seminar (participation also possible independently of the lecture): Fridays 10-13h.

Registration for both events to: akguen_at_hessische-theaterakdemie.de

Responsible: Prof. Marion Tiedtke, HfMDK Drama Department
Moderation: Eva Lange and Carola Unser (artistic directors of Hessisches Landestheater Marburg), Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Müller-Schöll (Goethe-University, Department of MA Dramaturgy and CDPR); Friederike Thielmann (HfMDK Lecturer Directing), Prof. Marion Tiedtke

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: F°LAB Festival 2021

F°LAB Festival 2021 is looking for new colleagues in press and public relations as well as in production management.

To the announcements:

press and public relations

production management

NEW: Scenic Project for HTA-Students in Summer Term 2021

This project will bring you together with Ensemble Modern and composers Valentín Gravie and Paul Norman to devise a new performance with material drawn from Alvin Curan’s fakebook, a collection of music, photos, writing and sketches “made for anyone to pick through, enjoy and make their own.”

>> Open Call
(Registration requested until 30.03.2021)

>> More information on the fakebook