Dramaturgy

The Hamburg Master's degree course in Dramaturgy can be studied with a focus on acting and music dramaturgy. The first half of the course focuses on theoretical and practical lessons on the history and aesthetics of speech, music, dance and performance theater, introductions to acting and movement, the basics of stage and costume design as well as mediation in the theater. Numerous projects are realized at the university and at cooperating theaters in Hamburg in collaboration with the drama and musical theater directing courses.

Workshops are also held on creative writing, play development for children's and youth theater, collective work and performance strategies. Additional event participations include: Körber Studio Junge Regie, Lessingtage, Wiener Festwochen, Theater der Welt, DRAMA! festival. In the area of music theater, young music theater dramaturges can also gain professional experience in the annual opera class productions with renowned directors and conductors with the participation of the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra.

The cooperation with the adjacent directing, acting, singing, composition and multimedia courses enables young dramaturges to try out experimental interdisciplinary production formats.

In the second year of study, an internship semester is compulsory in order to gain in-depth experience in professional theater and opera companies.

Alumni of the Master Dramaturgy course work at the Thalia Theater Hamburg, Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg, Kampnagel Hamburg, the Hamburg State Opera, theaters and operas in Bremen, Oldenburg, Bonn, Bielefeld, Gießen, Leipzig, Karlsruhe, Constance, Nuremberg, Basel and in the independent scene.