Denise Hafermann

Denise Hafermann studied European Cultural History and History of Ideas and Applied Cultural Studies at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.

During her studies, she was involved in the student council for humanities and social sciences, GeistSoz Theater and zoon politikon- Hochschulgruppe für politische Philosophie Karlsruhe. In addition, she completed directing and dramaturgy internships at the Theater Baden-Baden and Staatstheater Karlsruhe and was, among other things, assistant to the theatre labs and co-director of a lab in Karlsruhe in the folk theatre section under the direction of Beata Anna Schmutz as part of the federal volunteer programme for culture (FSJ Kultur).

In the 2017/2018 season, Denise Hafermann worked at the Volkstheater as an assistant director and staff member for the Volkstheater Festival.
Since the 2018/2019 season until 2022/23 she was assistant director at JES and made her directorial debut there with the production “Archiv der Körper”.