Dresden Theater Junge Generation: New Duo is introducing creative turn!

Dresden Theater Junge Generation: New Duo is introducing creative turn!

Dresden, Deutschland - The Theater Junge Generation (TJG) in Dresden is facing an exciting fresh start. From the coming season, the traditional theater, which is one of the largest children's and youth theaters in Germany, will be led by a new director duo. Ulrike Leßmann and Mihkel Seder, who were presented as a new management in a press conference on Thursday, take over the leadership of Felicitas Loewe, who gave up her post after 17 years. This change comes after an intensive phase of planning and realignment of the theater, which began in 2023 when the successor of the directorate, as MDR reports.

Ulrike Leßmann brings a variety of experiences. She has worked at the TJG since 2008, most recently as chief dramaturge. Her studies include law, German language and literature as well as theater and music management. Mihkel Seder, on the other hand, is an experienced dramaturge from Tallinn, Estonia, who has been chief dramaturge at the VAT theater since 2014. Interestingly, the VAT theater was once a place of political discourse in the times of the Soviet Union. Seder will move to Dresden in 2025 and is known for his international experiences in digital formats and immersive theater forms, as tdz emphasized.

a new course

The new director duo would like to intensify the cooperation within the ensemble as well as with employees, audiences and the city society under the motto "We do this together". Mayor Annekatrin Klepsch welcomes this approach and emphasizes the need for cohesion in today's split society, which particularly affects children and adolescents. "It is important that we also tackle the loneliness that many young people feel," emphasizes Leßmann and points to the planned participatory projects that should offer employees space for their own creative work.

The TJG also plans to open the new season with an exciting project. Under the title "TJG becomes wild", 50 different performances and creative projects will be presented on the site of the Mitte power plant on September 6th and 7th. One of the highlights includes a Czech children's film entitled "The Blue Tiger" and the interactive staging "Powerplan" as part of the science year 2025, which includes the viewer into an experience course. In addition, the piece "Chocolate" is shown in the puppet theater, which deals with the topic of postcolonialism, according to the report by MDR.

commitment to young people

The plans of the TJG are also in line with the goals of Assitej e.V., the International Association of the Theater for Children and Adolescents, which is committed to the rights and cultural participation of young people. The organization promotes a diversity -sensitive opening of the representative arts and pursues the goal of making the interests and rights of children and adolescents more visible. Initiatives such as "Paths to the Theater" and the Promotion Program Neustart Culture-Young audience show how important art is for the development of children and adolescents, so an insight into the website of Jungespublikum.de.

With this fresh wind at the top and a clear focus on the young generation and its needs, the Theater Junge Generation makes it clear that it not only sees itself as a venue, but also as an active part of society that wants to help shape the future of culture.