Milan Gather

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Milan Gather (he/him), born 1993 in Aachen, grew up in Dortmund. First theatre works at Junges Schauspielhaus Bochum and in the independent scene in Leipzig. From 2014 to 2018 he studied acting at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart, in season 2017/18 he was part of the acting studio at Staatstheater Stuttgart. Afterwards he joined Junges Ensemble Stuttgart (JES), where he wrote his first play “Astronauten”, which was invited to various festivals in 2020 and won – together with the other two invited plays – the Jugendstückepreis at Heidelberger Stückemarkt. In 2021 he gave his debut as a director at JES, with his second play “OMA MONIKA – was war?”. The play won the KinderStückePreis at the 47th Mülheimer Theatertage and the 1st prize at the KUSS Festival Marburg and was translated into Chinese and Polish. Since season 2022/2023 Milan Gather is working as a writer and director for several theatres, for example Staatstheater Mainz, Theater Münster, Theater Heidelberg, Staatstheater Wiesbaden, JES Stuttgart, Landestheater Marburg, Theater Dortmund and in the independent scene.