Laura Andreß

Portrait of a person with dark hair pinned up and a small earring, standing in front of a black-and-white patterned tiled wall. The person is wearing a dark open-neck shirt and looks directly at the camera with a calm, neutral expression. Soft light highlights the face while the background remains slightly blurred.

Laura Andreß studied theatre, film and media studies in Vienna and, following assistant jobs at various theatres and festivals (including the Burgtheater in Vienna, the Schauspielhaus Wien and PACT Zollverein Essen) finished a master’s course in dramaturgy at the HfS Ernst Busch, Berlin. She has since been active as a free dramaturge and director. Her work has been presented at venues such as the Volksbühne Berlin, Schauspiel Leipzig, the Wiener Festwochen, Festspielhaus Hellerau and the Münchner Kammerspiele. In 2021, the piece NAME HER. Eine Suche nach den Frauen+, to which she had contributed her skills as a dramaturge and writer, got invited to the Theatertreffen in Berlin. Playing Earl Turner was invited to the Staatsschauspiel Dresden’s Fast Forward Festival in 2022 and to the Rehearsal for Truth Festival in New York in 2024. Andreß is a founding member of the Vienna performance collective DARUM.

Works at brut

JUSTITIA! Data Ghosts (2025)