Nina Dudek

Nina Dudek studied musicology, German language and literature, and education at the University of Münster, completing a Master’s degree. Alongside her studies, she undertook several years of further training as a drama and theatre therapist at the IAF in Freiburg. Her first permanent post, at the age of 24, was as a theatre educator and dramaturgical assistant at the Grenzlandtheater in Aachen. In 2008, she decided to study musical theatre directing at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. She completed her studies very successfully after just two academic years, earning a further Master’s degree. Following roles at the Landestheater Salzburg, the Budapest State Opera and the Stuttgart State Opera, she most recently worked as a senior theatre educator and head of community theatre at the Theater Trier. As a director, she is particularly active in the field of children’s and youth theatre; among other productions, she directed ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’ by Grigorio Frid in Strasshof an der Nordbahn (Austria), ‘GOLD’ by Leonard Evers at the Theater Trier and the world premiere of ‘Wiesendingstag’ by Birke Bertelsmeier at the Oststadttheater Mannheim. She is also an alumna of the ‘Akademie Musiktheater heute’ in the field of directing. As part of this programme, she staged the world premiere of ‘Nachtigall’ by Birke Bertelsmeier at the Alte Tischlerei of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, for which she also co-wrote the libretto with the composer. At the Budapest State Opera, she staged Umberto Giordano’s opera *Fedora* and Charles Gounod’s opera *Mireille*.