Johanna Castell, born in 1985, lives and works in Berlin and Frankfurt. From 2005 to 2011 she studied Applied Theater Studies in Gießen. In 2009, she directed and organized the “Diskurs – Festival for Young Performing Arts” together with Verena Billinger, Stine Hertel and Johanna Seitz. As a theater director, she develops her own performances, which are regularly shown in Hamburg and Berlin. Her performance “Analog Avatar” was awarded the Jury Prize of the “100-Grad Festival” in Berlin. Together with director Elise Bernstorff, she co-developed and performed the lecture performance “Bitte kommen Sie pünktlich”, which was awarded the Gießen Performing Science Prize. Together with actress Johanna Gagern, she co-directed a series of cultural projects for school classes as part of the Berlinale Generation. As a set designer, she has worked on various film projects by students of the dffb. Together with visual artist Rosalie Schweiker, she has developed immersive installations in various contexts, including the Fleetstreet Residency and at the Goethe-Institut in Finland. Johanna Castell is a mother of four and gives workshops and lectures on the compatibility of theater and care work, e.g. at the 2018 Industry Get-Together of the Performing Arts Program Berlin.
Work History
Workshop direction
- Workshop
Who Cares? – Modelle der Vereinbarung von Theater und Care-ArbeitPerforming Arts Programm Branchentreff 2018
Concept, Light, Performance
- Première
Who Cares?!Swoosh Lieu
Concept, Stage
- Première
The FactorySwoosh Lieu
Concept and Direction
- PremièreResidency
ANALOG AVATARJohanna Castell
Notes:
Winner, Jury Prize of the 100° Festival Berlin 2013
Concept and Organisation
- Festival
Diskurs FestivalVerena Billinger, Johanna Castell, Stine Hertel, Johanna Seitz
Concept, Stage
- PremièreTour
93 slats of one and the same series always stay parallelSwoosh Lieu
Performance
- Première
Bitte kommen Sie pünktlich!Elise Bernstorff
