Star­ting a ca­re­er with TheO

The Mas­ter's pro­gram­me in Thea­t­re and Or­ches­tra Ma­nage­ment is cha­rac­te­ri­sed by its di­ver­si­ty, al­lo­wing each stu­dent to pur­sue their in­di­vi­du­al strengths and in­te­rests.

90% of the gra­dua­tes of the 2010-2015 co­hort have al­rea­dy found em­ploy­ment in the thea­t­re, or­che­s­tras, the in­de­pen­dent sce­ne or the wi­der cul­tu­ral sec­tor im­me­dia­te­ly af­ter com­ple­ting their stu­dies. 
Most of them en­ter po­si­ti­ons with a high re­spon­si­bi­li­ty im­me­dia­te­ly af­ter gra­dua­ti­on. At the la­test three ye­ars af­ter gra­dua­ti­on about 50% of the gra­dua­tes al­rea­dy re­ach a first ma­nage­ment po­si­ti­on.

Many of the gra­dua­tes of the youn­ger clas­ses of 2010-2015 are al­rea­dy or­ches­tra di­rec­tors and ma­na­gers, ma­na­gers of pro­duc­tion houses, di­rec­tors of ar­tis­tic ma­nage­ment of­fices and se­ni­or staff of ar­tis­tic ma­nage­ment of­fices, heads of de­part­ments or pro­duc­tion ma­na­gers of fes­ti­vals, ma­na­gers of in­de­pen­dent en­sem­bles in dance, mu­sic or dra­ma or re­spon­si­ble edi­tors of mu­sic pro­gram­mes in ra­dio.

In ac­cordance with the ob­jec­tives of the Hes­si­an Thea­t­re Aca­de­my, the stu­dents will be qua­li­fied to work in the fol­lo­wing func­tions and in­sti­tu­ti­ons af­ter com­ple­ting the Mas­ter's pro­gram­me:

• Ma­nage­ment tasks in the field of a sin­gle or mul­ti-branch thea­t­re, such as de­pu­ty ar­tis­tic di­rec­tor, ma­na­ging di­rec­tor, ope­ra­ti­ons di­rec­tor, ar­tis­tic di­rec­tor
• Or­ches­tra di­rec­tion or or­ches­tra ma­nage­ment
• Pro­gram­me ma­nage­ment mu­sic and thea­t­re fes­ti­vals
• Pro­duc­tion ma­nage­ment of fes­ti­vals, or­che­s­tras and con­cert halls
• Lead/co-lead mar­ke­ting and sa­les at thea­tres, or­che­s­tras, etc.
• Head of Pu­blic Re­la­ti­ons and Com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on
• Head of the are­as vi­si­tor ma­nage­ment and de­ve­lop­ment
• Head of Fund­rai­sing and Spon­sor­ship
• Re­fe­rent:in­si­de the In­ten­danz and Ma­nage­ment
• Spe­cia­lists in ar­tis­tic ma­nage­ment of­fices (KBB) in the thea­t­re
• Guest per­for­mance ma­nage­ment in thea­tres, or­che­s­tras and at fes­ti­vals
• Pro­duc­tion ma­nage­ment and ma­nage­ment of in­de­pen­dent pro­jec­ts and en­sem­bles
• Ma­nage­ment of ve­nues of the in­de­pen­dent sce­ne
• Cu­ra­to­ri­al ac­tivi­ties in the field of thea­t­re and fes­ti­vals
• Ma­nage­ment tasks in agen­ci­es and ar­tist­s' agen­ci­es
• Col­la­bo­ra­ti­on in cul­tu­ral in­sti­tu­ti­ons of the city and the fe­deral sta­tes

• Fest­spie­le Meck­len­burg-Vor­pom­mern (pro­gram­me dra­ma­tur­gy)
• Schau­spiel Frank­furt (as­si­stant to the ar­tis­tic ope­ra­ti­ons of­fice)
• Thea­ter Gie­ßen (As­si­stant to the In­ten­dant and Mar­ke­ting Of­fi­cer)
• Lan­des­thea­ter Pas­sau/ Lands­hut (as­si­stant di­rec­tor and staff mem­ber of the ar­tis­tic ope­ra­ti­ons of­fice)
• In­ter­na­tio­nal En­sem­ble Mo­dern Aca­de­my (staff mem­ber of the ma­nage­ment)
• Thea­ter Kon­stanz (as­si­stant to the ar­tis­tic di­rec­tor)
• Col­la­bo­ra­tor at En­sem­ble mu­sik­Fa­brik

• Thea­ter­bi­en­na­le Wies­ba­den (Pro­duc­tion Ma­na­ger)
• Thea­ter Wil­helms­ha­ven (Or­ches­tra Di­rec­tor)
• Bam­ber­ger Sym­pho­ni­ker (or­ches­tra di­rec­tor)
• Phil­adel­phia Sym­pho­nics (or­ches­tra ma­nage­ment)
• Staats­schau­spiel Dres­den (col­la­bo­ra­ti­on ci­ti­zen sta­ge)
• Rhein-Main-Kul­tur­fond (col­la­bo­ra­ti­on ma­nage­ment)
• Mu­sic Fes­ti­val Chi­le (Exe­cu­ti­ve Di­rec­tor)

• Schau­spiel Frank­furt (PR)
• Frank­furt LAB (Ve­nue Ma­na­ger)
• Fes­ti­val Schloss El­mau (ar­tis­tic pro­duc­tion ma­nage­ment)
• Or­ches­tra of the Thea­ter Mann­heim (col­la­bo­ra­ti­on ma­nage­ment)
• Ar­tist agen­cy (col­la­bo­ra­ti­on ma­nage­ment)

• Elb­phil­har­mo­nie (pro­duc­tion ma­nage­ment)
• Ruhr­tri­en­na­le (fes­ti­val ma­nage­ment)
• Schau­büh­ne Lin­den­fels (de­pu­ty ar­tis­tic di­rec­tor and pro­gram­me ma­nage­ment)
• Staats­thea­ter Wies­ba­den (pro­duc­tion ma­na­ger of the Staats­bal­lett)
• Schau­spiel Frank­furt (as­si­stant ar­tis­tic di­rec­tor)
• Staats­thea­ter Braun­schweig (as­si­stant ar­tis­tic di­rec­tor)
• Thea­ter­bi­en­na­le Wies­ba­den (Pro­ject Ma­nage­ment)
• Free Ac­ting Pro­ject Bonn (Pro­ject Ma­nage­ment)

• Di­rec­tor of the In­ten­dance and Ma­nage­ment (Thea­ter Er­lan­gen)
• Elb­phil­har­mo­nie (pro­duc­tion ma­nage­ment)
• Per­for­mance LAB Frank­furt (ma­nage­ment)
• IEMA (pro­ject ma­nage­ment, pro­ject ma­nage­ment)
• Free Dance Pro­jec­ts (ar­tis­tic and pro­duc­tion ma­nage­ment)

• Pro­duc­tion Ma­nage­ment Kon­zert Thea­ter Bern
• Ar­tis­tic Ope­ra­ti­ons Of­fice Thea­ter Lu­cer­ne
• As­si­stant to the ope­ra di­rec­tor and guest per­for­mance or­ga­ni­za­ti­on Ko­mi­sche Oper Ber­lin
• Pro­duc­tion Ma­na­ger Hum­boldt Fo­rum Ber­lin
• Or­ches­tra Ma­na­ger Geor­gi­an Cham­ber Or­ches­tra In­gol­stadt
• Col­la­bo­ra­tor Kars­ten Witt Mu­sic Ma­nage­ment Ber­lin

*Be­cau­se po­si­ti­ons in thea­t­re and or­ches­tra chan­ge every 3 - 5 ye­ars, a lar­ge num­ber of the alum­ni men­tio­ned here have al­rea­dy mo­ved on to other po­si­ti­ons that we have not in­clu­ded in this sur­vey.

• Ruhr­tri­en­na­le (col­la­bo­ra­ti­on KBB)
• Staats­thea­ter Saar­brü­cken (or­ches­tra ma­na­ger)
• Staats­thea­ter Braun­schweig (as­si­stant dra­ma­tur­ge)
• Schau­spiel­haus Zu­rich (as­si­stant ar­tis­tic di­rec­tor)
• Thea­ter Frei­burg (Col­la­bo­ra­tor in the KBB)
• Schau­spiel Frank­furt (dra­ma­tur­gy and ar­tis­tic ope­ra­ti­ons of­fice)
• Lan­dungs­brü­cken Frank­furt (Ar­tis­tic Di­rec­tor)
• In­ter­na­tio­nal Mu­sic School Ber­lin (Ma­nage­ment)
• En­sem­ble Mo­dern (As­si­stant Or­ga­ni­za­ti­on)
• Cen­tral­thea­ter Leip­zig (Dis­po­si­ti­on)
• Lan­des­thea­ter Co­burg (com­mer­ci­al ma­nage­ment and mu­sic dra­ma­tur­gy)
• Klang­vo­kal Mu­sic Fes­ti­val Dort­mund (Ar­tis­tic Ope­ra­ti­ons Of­fice)
• Schau­spiel­haus Bo­chum (Ar­tis­tic Ope­ra­ti­ons Of­fice)
• Young Sta­te Thea­t­re Wies­ba­den (Dra­ma­tur­gy)
• Staats­oper Han­no­ver (Col­la­bo­ra­ti­on Ar­tis­tic Ope­ra­ti­ons Of­fice)
• Beet­ho­ven­fest Bonn (Edu­ca­ti­on)
• Zür­cher Kam­mer­or­ches­ter (Ar­tis­tic Ope­ra­ti­ons Of­fice)
• etc.