Master director

+ + + CURRENT: Application deadline extended until January 31, 2026 + + +

The two-year Master's degree program in Directing with a focus on musical theater or acting enables students to deepen their artistic research through individual profile analysis and learning agreements. Two projects are planned during the course of the program: a workshop production with an experimental character and a major final project.

Various options are available for the final production after the second year:

• In musical theater, either a world premiere can be developed in cooperation with the composition and dramaturgy courses or a work from the repertoire can be reinterpreted.
• The spectrum for directing drama ranges from devised theater, the development of an original evening of theater, to the reinterpretation of a literary model.

Professionalization in dealing with the professional theater field:

• Regular round tables with representatives:inside of different positions at theaters
• In addition to the Kulturfabrik Kampnagel and the Forum of the HfMT, we strive to cooperate with various theaters that are willing to produce master productions and include them in their repertoire.

The Theaterakademie works closely with the various courses of study at its own university and is constantly expanding its cooperation with other universities in and outside Hamburg. This applies to stage design, costume design, composition, musicians and orchestras, players and singers and others.

Exchanges with European theater schools are an integral part of the program.

Are you interested in the new degree program?

The application period for the summer semester of 2026 began on December 1, 2025, and ends on January 31, 2026. Click here for the online application and more information .

We cordially invite you to a Zoom information session:
Sunday, January 18, 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Please register via this link.

Interested individuals will have the opportunity to learn all about the program. The session is open both to those seeking initial guidance on their choice of major and to applicants who already have a specific interest in the program and would like to learn more about its content and requirements.

Schedule:

Welcome and general information about the program by Prof. Sabina Dhein (B.A. in Theater Directing and M.A. in Directing) and Prof. David Hermann (B.A. in Music Theater Directing and M.A. in Directing)

There will be time for individual questions.
Duration: max. 90 min.

The event will take place on the Zoom platform. Access details will be sent after registration is complete. Please note: Registrations must be received no later than 24 hours before the start of the respective information session.

For further information, please contact Mascha Wehrmann mascha.wehrmann@hfmt-hamburg.de & Paul Marwitz-Seyffert paul.marwitz-2@hfmt-hamburg.de

All applicants must prove their artistic and academic aptitude for studying at the university in an entrance examination.

Details on the specific requirements for your degree program can be found for the respective major

• in the Master's degree program in Stage Directing here and
• in the Master's degree course in Directing Musical Theater here

as well as in the examination regulations, which will be published here soon.

The application deadlines can be found in the overview of the application periods.
You can find all important information about the application under Online application.