Melissa Stock
puppeteer and actress
Melissa Stock was born in Dresden in 2000. She is a student of Contemporary Puppetry at the "Ernst Busch" Academy of Dramatic Arts (Hochschule für Schauspielkunst "Ernst Busch" in Berlin). Before that, she completed a voluntary cultural year at tjg. theater junge generation in Dresden. She will graduate from "Ernst Busch" Academy of Dramatic Arts in 2023 with a diploma.
In the 2023/24 season she appears in:
Der standhafte Zinnsoldat (The Steadfast Tin Soldier)
Fiete und das Meer (Fiete and the Sea)
Gold Macht Liebe Tod - Das Nibelungenlied (Gold Power Love Death - The Song of the Nibelungs)
Iphigenie Königskind (Iphigenia, King's Child)
Karoline Vogel
puppeteer and actress
Karoline Vogel was born in Wittenberg in 1986. She studied at the Faculty of Puppetry at the "Ernst Busch" Academy of Dramatic Arts (Hochschule für Schauspielkunst "Ernst Busch" in Berlin). She performed in productions at Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin and the Cabaret Theater "Distel" in Berlin.
Since the season 2014/2015 she has been a member of Theater Waidspeicher ensemble, where she has appeared in over 16 productions since then, such as “My Slightly Strange Friend Walter”, “King Lear”, “The Wooden Horse”, “The Master and Margarita”, “Love of Seven Dolls”.
She also works freelance as dubbing actors.
In the season 2023/2024 she appears in:
Fräulein Smillas Gespür für Schnee (Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow)
Der Maulwurf und die Sterne (Mole's Star)
Der Meister und Margarita (The Master and Margarita)
Nußknacker und Mausekönig (The Nutcracker and the Mouse King)
Vier Märchen von Himmel und Erde (Four Tales of Heaven and Earth)
Der standhafte Zinnsoldat (The Steadfast Tin Soldier)
Gold Macht Liebe Tod - Das Nibelungenlied (Gold Power Love Death – The Song of the Nibelungs)
Heinrich Bennke
puppeteer and actor
Heinrich Bennke was born in Schwerin in 1987. He graduated from the Faculty of Puppetry at the "Ernst Busch" Academy of Dramatic Arts (Hochschule für Schauspielkunst "Ernst Busch" in Berlin). He performed with the "Berliner Ensemble" and with the Cabaret Theater "Distel" in Berlin. Since the season 2013/14 he has been a member of Theater Waidspeicher ensemble, where he has appeared in over 20 productions since then.
He also works freelance as dubbing actors.
In the season 2023/2024 he appears in:
Atlas der abgelegenen Inseln (Atlas of Remote Islands)
Gold Macht Liebe Tod - Das Nibelungenlied (Gold Power Love Death - The Song of the Nibelungs)
Iphigenie Königskind (Iphigenia, King's Child)
Krabat
Pinocchio
Paul Günther
puppeteer and actor
Paul Günther was born in Meiningen in 1960. He graduated from the Faculty of Puppetry at the "Ernst Busch" Academy of Dramatic Arts, (Hochschule für Schauspielkunst "Ernst Busch" in Berlin). As a puppeteer he was engaged at Theater Waidspeicher Erfurt, Staatstheater Meiningen and from 2001 to 2009 at Theater Naumburg. As a director he worked with theatres and artists in Basel, Stuttgart, Zurich and Berlin. Paul Günther has been engaged by Theater Waidspeicher since the beginning of the season 2009/2010. Here he has appeared in over 46 productions for children, young people and adults so far.
In the season 2023/2024 he appears in:
Atlas der abgelegenen Inseln (Atlas of Remote Islands)
Fräulein Smillas Gespür für Schnee (Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow)
Iphigenie Königskind (Iphigenia, King's Child)
Krabat
Der Meister und Margarita (The Master and Margarita)
Vier Märchen von Himmel und Erde (Four Tales of Heaven and Earth)
Tomas Mielentz
puppeteer and actor
Tomas Mielentz was born in Meißen in 1966. After finishing an apprenticeship and working as a fitter for locomotives he studied scenery and puppetry. He graduated from the Faculty of Puppetry at the "Ernst Busch" Academy of Dramatic Arts, (Hochschule für Schauspielkunst "Ernst Busch" in Berlin). Tomas Mielentz has been working at Theater Waidspeicher since 1995. He has been performing in more than 60 productions for children and adults since then.
„Tom Thumb“ in the 2021/2022 season was his debut as a puppetry director at Theater Waidspeicher, followed by “The Steadfast Tin Soldier” in the 2022/2023 season.
In the 2023/2024 season he will be the director of “Fiete and the Sea”.
In the season 2023/2024 he appears in:
Gold Macht Liebe Tod - Das Nibelungenlied (Gold Power Love Death - The Song of the Nibelungs)
Fräulein Smillas Gespür für Schnee (Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow)
Krabat
Der Meister und Margarita (The Master and Margarita)
Nußknacker und Mausekönig (The Nutcracker and the Mouse King)
Pinocchio
Rumpelstilzchen (Rumpelstiltskin)
Vier Märchen von Himmel und Erde (Four Tales of Heaven and Earth)