Folkwang

Wolfgang Michalek

_Acting | Stage Work, Monologues
_Faculty: 3

_Email: wolfgang.michalek@folkwang-uni.de

 

Curriculum vitae

Wolfgang Michalek (1967) was born in Vienna and studied acting there at the Wiener Konservatorium. He has been engaged at such theaters as the Schauspielhaus Wien, Theater in der Josefstadt, Stadttheater Klagenfurt,  and from 2000 to 2009 at the Schauspiel Hannover. As of 2009 he was an ensemble member at Staatsschauspiel Dresden until he moved to the ensemble of the Schauspiel Stuttgart in 2013.

He has worked with numerous directors including Frank Castorf, Johann Kresnik, Nicolas Stemann, Lars-Ole Walburg, Sebastian Baumgarten, David Marton, Matthias Hartmann, Stefan Bachmann, Sebastian Nübling und Armin Petras. He made his directing debut at the Schauspiel Stuttgart in 2016, and has directed regularly there since with such productions as Fräulein Else, Kabale und Liebe, Der Menschenfeind and Der Zauberer von Oz.

Mr. Michalek has been a member of the ensemble of the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus since the 2018/2019 season.
 

 

 

 

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