mid-game team

MICHAEL MORCHE

studied acting from 2000 to 2004 at the HfS Ernst Busch Berlin and was then a member of the ensemble at the Thalia Theater Halle. Since 2008 he has worked freelance as an actor, director, acting lecturer and theater pedagogue and regularly gives workshops throughout Germany. One focus of his work is theater by, with and for young people. He takes overall artistic and organizational responsibility for spielmitte eV. Since 2005 he has directed the theater group schauspiel ü12 ↗ .

LENA WIMMER

is a qualified puppeteer and performing artist (*1991). She works freelance as a director, puppeteer and theater educator. Her work combines object theater, material theater, puppetry techniques and acting with frequently changing levels of play. In addition to the abundant material of cardboard, she works with animated light and video projections on stage. In addition to her weekly rehearsal children's and youth theater groups at spielmitte eV, she has been leading theater workshops for people of all ages since 2015. For example, at the pottfiction Festival 2015 ↗ , at the europefiction Festival 2017 ↗ , at the Children's Culture Days in Magdeburg ↗ 2016 and 2018 and at the WILDWECHSEL Festival ↗ 2021. For spielmitte eV she has been leading the puppenklub ↗ and hybride forms ↗ .

VINCENT A. GÖHRE

wurde 1993 geboren, hat 2011 sein Abitur absolviert. Er gehört zu den Gründungsmitgliedern der Thalia Juniors (ehem. Jugendclub des Thalia Theaters Halle). Seit seinem neunten Lebensjahr spielte er in zahlreichen Filmen und Serien mit. Weitere Erfahrungen hat er in der Improvisationsgruppe Stabile Seitenlage des Vereins Kaltstart e.V. ↗ und als Gast am Puppentheater Halle ↗ gesammelt. Für spielmitte e.V. leitet er schauspiel ü18 ↗, die Theatergruppe Hanoier Straße und den theater jugendklub silberhöhe ↗.

LISA BÖTTINGER

is studying educational sciences at the MLU Halle Wittenberg ↗ . For just as long, she has also worked in various social pedagogical activities, including for the FAZ Halle ↗ and the IRIS Rainbow Center ↗. Since 2018, she has also been working in theater education and has so far led workshops at the Children's Culture Days Magdeburg ↗ and the WILDWECHSEL Festival ↗. For spielmitte eV, she leads the theater group in the Glaucha daycare center, the theater youth club silberhöhe ↗ and schauspiel ü9 ↗ and advises all other projects and directors. Since 2022, she has been taking part in the advanced training course "PLAY! Basics of Theater Pedagogy (BuT)" from the State Center for Free Theater Saxony-Anhalt eV (LanZe) ↗.

MAXIMILIAN BRAUN

was a member of the schauspiel ü12 from 2012 - 2016 and acted in numerous plays during this time. For spielmitte eV he was in charge of the website and the association's public relations work.

JENNIFER KRANNICH

studied acting at the HFS Ernst Busch Berlin from 2010 to 2014. She then performed on various stages in Germany and abroad. In 2018 she developed the theater collective süße&GROSS™ with Florian Krannich and Michael Morche. They mainly play for daycare and after-school facilities, thus filling a gap in the theater offerings of the city of Halle. You can see them acting or reading at the Volksbühne am Kaulenberg and in the reading workshop in the Literaturhaus. She has been leading the theater group schauspiel ü9 for spielmitte eV since 2020.

VRENI STRIGGOW

(*1989) loves to get people playing and moving. She first discovered the world of colorful, theater-based educational methods in her role as an educator. She now works as a freelance theater educator (BuT) with various target groups in Leipzig and Halle. She has been leading the theater group schauspiel ü6 for spielmitte eV since 2024

JULIA SIEBEKY

currently directs acting over 11

JULIA SIEBEKY

currently directs acting over 11

VANESSA HOFFMANN

graduated from high school in Halle in 2023 and was involved in a voluntary social year at spielmitte last school year. She is currently a working student at spielmitte and takes care of public relations.

VANESSA HOFFMANN

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Vincent Göhre

is one of the founding members of the Thalia Juniors (now schauspiel ü12). Since he was nine years old he has acted in numerous films and series. For spielmitte eV he leads the theater group schauspiel ü18 , the theater group Hanoier Straße and the youth club Silberhöhe .

Joris Koser

has been an active player in the theater group schauspiel ü12 for over 10 years and has also been on the board since 2022. In addition to theater, he is studying speech science in Halle

Nicole Walldorf

has not only successfully encouraged her three sons to act in the theater groups of spielmitte, but has also been supporting the board of the association through her work since the end of 2019.

Felix Peter

is a psychologist specializing in educational psychology and school psychology. He is a founding member of spielmitte and has supported the association's work on the board since 2015.

Annett Göhre

is a founding member of spielmitte and accompanies and advises the association and the people acting in the background. Since 2020 she has represented spielmitte as treasurer.

ANNA ZWANZIG

hat im Sommer 2024 in Eisleben angefangen Theater zuspielen und ist seitdem von allem begeistert was auf und neben der Bühne passiert. Nebenbei engagiert sie sich ebenfalls im Bereich der Kunst und Musik und unterstützt ab September 2025 die spielmitte als FSJlerin.

KATHRIN LEHMANN

ist freischaffende Kultur- und Theaterpädagogin und arbeitet sowohl künstlerisch als auch koordiniernd. In ihrer langjährigen Berufspraxis hat Katrin zahlreiche Kulturprojekte geleitet, Workshops und Bildungsformate entwickelt, Theater vermittelt, im Kinder- und Jugendtheater inszeniert sowie Theaterstücke mit Nichtprofessionellen Darstellenden entwickelt. In ihrer Arbeit ist die Verbindung von Kultur und Pädagogik maßgebend und wesentliche Motivation der Arbeit.

SASKIA KLEDITZSCH

studiert Kultur- und Medienpädagogik an der Hochschule Merseburg. Zuvor lebte sie mehrere Jahre in den Niederlanden, wo sie Internationales Grundschullehramt studierte – eine Zeit, die ihr interkulturelles Verständnis und ihre Sicht auf Bildung prägte. Als Yoga- und Kinderyogalehrerin verbindet sie Bewegung, Achtsamkeit und Kreativität mit kulturpädagogischer Arbeit.

Seit September 2025 absolviert sie ihr Praktikum in der spielmitte und unterstützt dort aktiv Proben, Textarbeiten und Aufführungen der Gruppen schauspiel ü9, ü12 und ü18 sowie teilweise den Jugendklub in derSilberhöhe. Ab dem 30.10.25 leitet sie außerdem den Workshop „Cool bleiben – Theater & Entspannung“ (Donnerstags, 15:30–16:30 Uhr). Gemeinsam mit den Kindern erforscht sie spielerisch Themen wie Stress, Aufregung und Selbstwahrnehmung – mit Yoga, Atemtechniken, Bewegung und Theater. Dabei entsteht ein persönliches Übungs-Set als kleine „Ruhe- und Stärkungs-Box“ für den Alltag.