Aslı Kışlal takes over the artistic direction of the theater of the youth!

Aslı Kışlal takes over the artistic direction of the theater of the youth!

Wien, Österreich - aslı Kışlal will be the new artistic director of the youth in Vienna from the 2026/27 season. The announcement was made by the board of the theater, represented by Vice Chancellor Andreas Babler and City Councilor Veronica Kaup-Hasler. Kışlal takes over the management of Thomas Birkmeir, who has been in office since 2001.

40 applications had been submitted for the position of the artistic management, including seven teams. A total of 28 women and 20 men were interested in the challenge. vienna.at reports that Kışlal, which was born in Ankara in 1970, and has lived in Austria since 1990, a multifaceted career in the theater.

career and training

Kışlal studied sociology at the University of Vienna and acting at the Schubert Conservatory, where it completed in 1997. She has been working in the free scene for 25 years and has implemented productions at the Landestheater Linz, Landestheater Lower Austria and Schauspielhaus Vienna. that she was also involved in the theater of youth before her work as a director.

In the coming season, she will bring the premiere "Oh no, not again!" for performance. Kışlal was nominated in 2024 for her staging of "mini-horror" with the diverscitylab for a Nestroy Prize, which she founded in 2013. This project promotes the theater scene for post -migrant societies.

recognition and prices

Kışlal has received numerous awards and nominations, including the Mia Award in the category Art and Culture in 2014 and the Stella special award for "Medea's Irrgarten" in 2021. Despite her success, it emphasizes the need to strengthen the voices of women in the theater and traditionally male-dominated narrative what parallels on current projects about the drama and theater in German-speaking space shown. srcts illuminated how the influence of philosophical idealism and the historical repression of female contributions to a one-sided perception of Have led theater.

The project "Women’s Drama and Theater 1625-2025" aims to raise awareness of the contribution of women in literary and theater history and offers a transcultural and post-national perspective. Planned publications and events should contribute to the visibility of artists in these areas.

aslı Kışlal brings a fresh wind to the Theater der Jugend in Vienna with her vision and will certainly play an important role in the promotion of various theater prospects.