Prof. Sabina Dhein confirmed in office for a further three years

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At the 501st meeting of the University Senate of the Hamburg University of Music and Drama (HfMT) on 10.07.2024, the Director of the Theater Academy and Vice President Prof. Sabina Dhein was unanimously confirmed as Vice President with the departments of Communication, Events and Sustainability for a further three years at the proposal of the President.

HfMT President Prof. Dr. Jan Philipp Sprick: "I congratulate Prof. Sabina Dhein on this vote of confidence from the University Senate. I work very closely and trustingly with her both as Director of the Theater Academy and as a member of the Presidential Board. There are important developments to come in all areas of her responsibility over the next few years and I am very much looking forward to implementing them together."

Curriculum vitae

Sabina Dhein, born in Erlangen in 1960, has been Director of the Theater Academy at the Hamburg University of Music and Drama since 2012. She is a professor of directing, dramaturgy and acting. Since fall 2015, she has been Vice President of the university, responsible for communication, sustainability and event management.

She studied theater studies, modern German literature and philosophy at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and in Berlin. From 1984 to 1986, she was assistant director and dramaturg at the Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel under the directorship of Frank Baumbauer. She gained work experience with Herbert Achternbusch, Wilfried Minks, Franz Xaver Kroetz and others. From 1986 to 1996 she worked as a dramaturg at the Düsseldorf Schauspielhaus under the directorship of Volker Canaris and worked with directors such as Jerome Savary, Werner Schroeter, Kazuko Watanabe, B.K. Tragelehn and Herbert König. From 1997 to 2001 Sabina Dhein was chief dramaturge and deputy director at the Ingolstadt Theater. In 2001 and 2002, she completed a degree in cultural management at the University of Hagen. From 2002 until the end of the 2008/2009 season, she was artistic director of Theater Erlangen. One focus of her work here was the promotion of young artists. In the 2009/2010 season, she brought Joachim Lux to the Thalia Theater in Hamburg as Artistic Director.

Sabina Dhein was a member of the Artistic Committee and the Administrative Board of the German Stage Association under the chairmanship of Ulrich Khuon. In 2008 she was a jury member of the Heidelberg Stückemarkt and in 2013 a juror at the 38th Mülheimer Theatertage NRW "Stücke 2013". From 2013 to 2016, she was a member of the jury for the City of Hamburg's Elbkulturfonds. In 2017, she was appointed to the jury of the Osnabrück Playwrights' Prize.