Leila Vidal-Sephiha

Leila Vidal-Sephiha, born in 1994 in Paris, is a theatre scientist. She studied humanities and theatre studies at the University Paris Nanterre and at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. She is currently doing her PhD about the creative process of Nicolas Stemann from text to stage, with a focus on the description of the rehearsal work. Since 2016, she has been working in particular with Nicolas Stemann as an intern and assistant director at various theatres, including the Münchner Kammerspiele, the Volkstheater Munich, the Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin, the Opéra Comique de Paris, the Ruhrtriennale, the Théâtre Vidy Lausanne and the Nanterre-Amandiers Theatre (Centre dramatique national). She also created two production documentaries for the Akademie der Künste Berlin.

Since the season 2019/2020, she is production assistant at the Schauspielhaus Zurich.