Amélie Niermeyer appointed President of the Theaterakademie August Everding
Amélie Niermeyer, Professor at the Mozarteum University and long-time director of the Thomas Bernhard Institute, will take up the position of President of the Bayerische Theaterakademie August Everding in Munich on 1 October 2026. In her new role, the internationally renowned director will lead the largest educational institution for theatre professions in the German-speaking world. We extend our heartfelt congratulations!
Since 2011, Amélie Niermeyer has been a professor of acting and directing at the Mozarteum University; she heads the Department of Acting, Directing & Applied Theatre – Thomas Bernhard Institute – and has played a key role in shaping it for over fifteen years.
In addition to her teaching and leadership role in Salzburg, she directs plays and opera productions at leading venues around the world – including the Vienna State Opera, the Theater in der Josefstadt, the Hamburg State Opera and the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona. At the Salzburg Landestheater, she most recently staged successful productions of Mozart’s Lucio Silla and Verdi’s Macbeth; her next production, Florian Leopold Gassmann’s L’amore artigiano, will premiere in May 2027.
For Amélie Niermeyer, her appointment to the Munich institution also marks a return to a familiar setting. Early in her career as an assistant director at the Bavarian State Theatre, she worked with the academy’s founder, August Everding. Her connection to the Prinzregententheater also dates back to the early 1990s, when her production of Memmingen, originally staged at the Marstall theatre, was transferred to the venue.
Looking ahead to her new role, Amélie Niermeyer has outlined a clear vision for the Bavarian Theatre Academy: she aims to strengthen the academy’s international networks, develop new formats that bridge theatre, music, and digital media, and further deepen its collaboration with Munich’s theatres. "The academy should be a place where people experiment boldly and where young artists learn how to make a difference through their art,” she says, describing her vision for the future of theatre education.