Anita Vulesica

Anita Vulesica was born in Munich, grew up in Zadar/Croatia and studied acting at the “Ernst Busch” University of Theatre Arts Berlin. From 2001 to 2004, she was a member of the acting company at Theaterhaus Jena; since 2004, she has worked freelance at various city and state theatres across Germany. From 2008 to 2010, she worked at Schauspiel Leipzig, and she received the Leipzig Theatre Award in 2009. Since 2015, she has been regularly directing shows and writing texts. As a director she most recently worked at Schauspielhaus Graz, Theater Basel, Volksbühne Berlin, Vienna’s Burgtheater and Deutsches Theater Berlin. Several of her productions have received the Viennese Theatre Prize NESTROY and Anita Vulesica herself has won the same award in the category of “Best Director”. For her production “Die Maschine oder: Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh” she received her first invitation to the Berlin Theatertreffen.