Martin Valdés-Stauber

Martin Valdés-Stauber studied sociology and economics in Munich, Friedrichshafen, Berkeley and Cambridge. Since returning to Germany, he has taught at various universities. From 2017 to 2023, he was part of the artistic management team of the Münchner Kammerspiele (Theater of the Year 2019 and 2020). He has been a dramaturge at the Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz since 2023. He also has a close artistic working relationship with the cabaret artist Maxi Schafroth and the choreographer Marlene Monteiro Freitas.
For the Jewish Chamber Orchestra Munich, Martin Valdés-Stauber conceived artistic projects and provided dramaturgical support for projects including Aus Shtetl und Shtot (“From Shtetl and Shtot”, 2022), Kofflers Schicksal: Die Goldberg Variationen (“Koffler‘s Fate: The Goldberg Variations”, 2023) and Richard Wagner - Eine Provokation (“Richard Wagner - A Provocation”, 2024). He also writes texts and libretti for the orchestra‘s projects, most recently for the world premiere of Mendele Lohengrin - Ein Klezmer-Singspiel (2025). As a director, he creates numerous scenic installations for the JCOM as well as more extensive productions, most recently for Philip Glass‘ In der Strafkolonie (‚In a Penal Colony“, 2024).
Martin Valdés-Stauber‘s close connection to the JCOM began during his time as a dramaturge at the Kammerspiele. At the same time, he began his long-term project SCHICKSALE in 2018, in which he, together with Janne and Klaus Weinziel and Felicitas Friedrich, researched the biographies of those among the employees of the Münchner Kammerspiele persecuted under the Nazi regime and made them accessible to the public. In 2021, he founded the artistic research area Erinnerung als Arbeit an der Gegenwart (“Remembrance as work on the present”) on the basis of this debate, whose work Oasis de la impunidad, directed by Marco Layera, was selected by the NY Times 2022 as one of the best plays worldwide. His own directorial work Time Busters (2023, Münchner Kammerspiele) was honored with an invitation to the Theatertreffen der Jugend 2024. In addition, immediately after October 7, 2023, Martin Valdés-Stauber accompanied the work Bucket List by Yael Ronen at the Schaubühne Berlin as dramaturge which was awarded an invitation to the Theatertreffen 2024. In 2021, he was awarded the Marie Zimmermann Scholarship as a young dramaturge in the German-speaking world.