Isabella Sedlak is an award-winning director and author at the interface of theater, film, and performance. Her work reflects social structures and questions power relations, gender issues, and historical narratives. She studied in Vienna and Southampton and deepened her education through international collaborations. Her productions have been shown at venues including the Maxim Gorki Theater, Schauspiel Dortmund, ITZ Tübingen, Theater Drachengasse, and Werk X-Petersplatz. Her works include Schäfchen im Trockenen, Im Office, and europa verschwindet… At Maxim Gorki Theater, she directed Krampus: Pelz und Puderzucker, as well as Wenn Schwarz-Blau die Antwort ist, wie blöd war die Frage dann? and From Hell With Love. In addition to her stage work, she writes screenplays and essays from a feminist and intersectional perspective. She has received numerous awards, grants, and funding for her innovative theater work. In the current season, she is working with the Palestinian-Israeli actor Yousef Sweid on the development and staging of the play Between the River and the Sea.
