Production, dramaturgy, theatre pedagogy
Studied cultural studies with a focus on theatre at the University in Hildesheim and the Hogeschool for de Kunsten in Utrecht. Since then, she works as a producer, dramaturge, theatre pedagogue and acting lecturer at different institutions and as a freelancer. Between 2007 and 2012 she was employed at the Staatsschauspiel Dresden and the tjg-theater junge generation Dresden.
Since then she works as a freelance theatre maker in Dresden and frequently makes productions at the Bürgerbühne Dresden. She also makes many production with professional and non-professional players with a focus on research and play development. Katja Heiser is the author of multiple text adaptions for the stage, like ‘Zebra land’ by Marlene Röder (2010), ‘The escape to Egypt’ by Ottfried Preußler (2012), ‘Don Quijote’ after Cervantes (2015).
Between 2010 and 2013, she was the artistic director of the ‘European Youth Forum’ of the festival in Bad Hersfeld. From 2010 until 2018, Katja was part of the jury of the national meeting of the theatre youth clubs. Since 2015, she made many productions with an intercultural context. In 2018, she received a three-monthly scholarship of the Kulturstiftung Sachsen to research ‘Integration of fled people in Dresden 2015 – 18’.
Since 2018, Katja is project manager of the ‘House of Music – a project of Banda Internationale’.
Since 2013, Katja is part of the team of Theater La Lune (now missing dots).
2019 ON THE TRACK OF THE GIANT
2020 MOBILE OFFICE FOR REAL AFFECTIVITIES
2020 TRANSITRAUM