Lovis Fricke

From the 2026/27 season onwards, Lovis Fricke works as a dramaturge at the Theater & Orchester Heidelberg. Born in Darmstadt, she studied German and English Language and Literature in Giessen, before completing her Master’s degree in Transnational Literary Studies, specialising in theatre and film, in Bremen and Coleraine, Northern Ireland. From the 2017/18 to 2021/22 seasons, she was an assistant director at the Staatsschauspiel Dresden. Her first production there was »Die Regression – Der Weg zurück« by Dennis Kelly in 2022. During the 2022/23 season, Lovis was an assistant dramaturge and, from 2023/24 to 2025/26, a dramaturge at Schauspiel Hannover, before working as a freelance dramaturge at Thalia Theater and HfMT Hamburg. She has worked with directors including Barbara Bürk, werkgruppe2, Stephan Kimmig, Ronny Jakubaschk and Ran Chai Bar-zvi. Her dramaturgical focus lies on intersectionality, accessibility, and theatre as a space for encounter that offers perspectives and encourages social exchange.