Julie Grothgar
Studied history and Jewish studies, has been a freelance director since 2021 and has worked at various theatres in North Rhine-Westphalia.
She was born in Frankfurt am Main and began working as an assistant director in theatre during and after her studies – first with Laura Linnenbaum at Schauspiel Frankfurt and then as an assistant at the Theatertreffen Unentdeckte Nachbarn at Theater Chemnitz. Since the 2016/17 season, she has been a permanent assistant director at Theater Bonn for three years.
She has been greatly influenced by the artistic language of Claudia Bauer, the working methods of Alice Buddeberg and the poetry of Sascha Hawemann. During her time as an assistant, she created her own small works such as Eure Ordnung ist auf Sand gebaut: an evening about Rosa Luxemburg, and Late Night: a monthly performance, action, theatre and discussion format in the foyer of the Schauspielhaus – both collaborative works of art by the assistants. In the 2021/22 season, she made her directorial debut with Mercedes on the workshop stage of Theater Bonn. This was followed by Woyzeck in 2023/24, then Mister Paradise at the FWT in Cologne, a world premiere of one-act plays by Tennessee Williams, and Monte Rosa at Theater der Keller in Cologne in 2024/25. The season will open at the Theater der Keller on 4 September 2025 with the world premiere of Joachim Meyerhoff's novel Man kann auch in die Höhe fallen. On 7 November 2025, the premiere of Valère Novarina's Das eingebildete Tier will take place at the Theater an der Ruhr.