Nele Stuhler

Year 2026
Discipline Performing arts

Nele Stuhler was born in Osterburg (Altmark) and grew up in Berlin. She studied at the Volksbühne in Berlin and applied theatre studies in Gießen, and visited the FORUM TEXT course at uniT Graz. She works as writer and director für radio plays and theatre. Her recent work includes but not only limited to productions at the Volksbühne Berlin, Schauspiel Frankfurt, Schauspiel Köln, Volkstheater München, Schauspielhaus Wien, the Sophiensaelen and the HAU. For her play Fische she received the Else Lasker-Schüler Playwriting Prize. Her Gaia Trilogy premiered at the Autor:innentheatertage Berlin. She also wrote the play Keine Ahnung, the radio play Keine Ahnung and the book Keine Ahnung, and the book has been published by Korbinian Verlag in 2021. Most recently, Und oder oder oder oder und und beziehungsweise und oder beziehungsweise oder und beziehungsweise einfach und has premiered at the Residenztheater München, and Leichter Gesang at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin, which was also invited to the Heidelberger Stückemarkt and the Dramatiker:innenfestival Graz.

Nele Stuhler is in residence at the Tarabya Cultural Academy from June to September 2026.

Year 2026
Discipline Performing arts
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Nele Stuhler was born in Osterburg (Altmark) and grew up in Berlin. She studied at the Volksbühne in Berlin and applied theatre studies in Gießen, and visited the FORUM TEXT course at uniT Graz. She works as writer and director für radio plays and theatre. Her recent work includes but not only limited to productions at the Volksbühne Berlin, Schauspiel Frankfurt, Schauspiel Köln, Volkstheater München, Schauspielhaus Wien, the Sophiensaelen and the HAU. For her play Fische she received the Else Lasker-Schüler Playwriting Prize. Her Gaia Trilogy premiered at the Autor:innentheatertage Berlin. She also wrote the play Keine Ahnung, the radio play Keine Ahnung and the book Keine Ahnung, and the book has been published by Korbinian Verlag in 2021. Most recently, Und oder oder oder oder und und beziehungsweise und oder beziehungsweise oder und beziehungsweise einfach und has premiered at the Residenztheater München, and Leichter Gesang at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin, which was also invited to the Heidelberger Stückemarkt and the Dramatiker:innenfestival Graz.

Nele Stuhler is in residence at the Tarabya Cultural Academy from June to September 2026.