Maria Schneider

Maria Schneider was born in Frankenberg, Saxony, in 1982. From 2001 to 2007, she studied dramaturgy at the Bayerische Theaterakademie August Everding and Ludwig Maximilian Universität München. In 2003/04, as part of the Erasmus programme, she spent an academic year at the Faculty of Theatre Studies at the University of Warwick in England and subsequently received a scholarship from the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes. In 2007, she graduated with distinction, having written her dissertation on contemporary German drama. From 2007 to 2010, Maria Schneider worked as a dramaturg and head of theatre education at Theater Augsburg. From 2011 to 2017, she was a dramaturg for drama and musical theatre at Theater Osnabrück, where she headed the drama department for the 2015/16 season. In 2015, she was part of the artistic direction of the Osnabrück Spieltriebe Festival for contemporary theatre, which she also conceived for 2017. She has held various teaching posts at the Universities of Augsburg and Osnabrück; since 2020, she has been teaching at the Universität Heidelberg. In 2020, she completed a training course in mediation at the Heidelberger Institut für Mediation, and in 2022, she completed a further education programme in theatre and music management at LMU München. Since 2018/19, Maria Schneider has been working as a dramaturg at Theater und Orchester Heidelberg, from 2024 to 2026 as executive dramaturg. She has collaborated with directors including Marie Bues, Alexander Charim, Hannah Frauenrath, Ronny Jakubaschk, Laura Linnenbaum, Bernhard Mikeska, Jana Vetten and F. Wiesel.