Arnita Jaunsubrēna

Biography

After studying cultural sociology at the Latvian Academy of Culture, Arnita Jaunsubrēna decided to attend the Applied Theatre Studies programme in Giessen. Her first play, “Der souveräne Mensch – Warum Juwelen glänzen und Kieselsteine grau sind”, made with “Eliza Rescue Team” (Kim Willems and Lea Schneidermann), won the Körber Prize for Young Directors in 2013. The next project, “Wearing a bear”, was shown in June 2015 at the festival “Premieres” at the Staatstheater Karlsruhe. Alongside her own projects, Arnita Jaunsubrēna works as a dramaturge and a costume and set designer for other artists and theatre groups.