Marie Schleef
Marie Schleef’s work is characterized by her interest in the forgotten, the repressed, and the invisible. She is particularly interested in texts by women that have not yet been staged.
She studied theater and performance at Bard College in New York and directing at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin. She then worked as an assistant director at the Volksbühne Berlin.
Her productions have been presented at the Volksbühne Berlin, Ballhaus Ost, Kosmos Theater, Schauspiel Köln, Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg, Münchner Kammerspiele, Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Burgtheater Vienna, and Schauspielhaus Zurich. She has also been invited to participate in events such as Radikal Jung, the ATT at the Deutsches Theater, and the Berliner Theatertreffen. She was nominated for the Nestroy Prize and has been awarded the CHANEL Next Prize and the Kurt Hübner Directing Prize.
At the Münchner Kammerspiele, Marie Schleef adapted Shirley Jackson’s short story “The Possibility of Evil” during the 2023–24 season. In the 2026–27 season, Marie Schleef will direct “(Münchner) Verkehr,” a choreographic experiment based on Valeska Gert’s work.
