Studium

2012-2018
Promotion in Englischer Philologie, Universität zu Köln

2017 (Feb.-April)
Visiting Research Scholar, Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, USA

2014 (Feb.-April)
Visiting Research Scholar, Martin E. Segal Theatre Center; Cornell University & Auburn Prison, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, USA

2008-2009
MA Cross-Sectoral and Community Arts, Goldsmiths College, University of London, Großbritannien

2007-2008
MA Text and Performance Studies, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art/ King’s College London, Großbritannien

2004-2007
BA Theatre, American University in Cairo, Ägypten

2001-2004
Anglistik, Angloamerikanische Geschichte, Philosophie, Universität zu Köln

Berufserfahrung

seit 2018 - SPIEGELBERG
Mitbegründerin des Kölner Theaterkollektiv

seit WS 2016/17 - Lehrbeauftragte Alanus Hochschule, Alfter
Fachbereich Schauspiel u. Studium Integrale

seit WS 2015/16 - Lehrbeauftragte Akademie der Künste Baden-Württemberg, Ludwigsburg
Fachbereich MA Dramaturgie

2014-2017 - Acting Accomplices – Ein Performance Netzwerk, Köln
Dramaturgin

seit 2012 - Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
am Lehrstuhl von Prof. Dr. Beate Neumeier

seit 2012 - Redaktionsassistentin
Gender Forum: An Internet Journal for Gender Studies

2011 (Jan-Mai) - Theater und Orchester der Stadt Heidelberg, Heidelberg
Regieassistentin & Abendspielleitung

2010-2013 - Theater im Bauturm – Freies Schauspiel Köln
Dramaturgie/Theaterpädagogik

2009 (Oct) - UNRWA, United Nations, Libanon & London
Leitung/Konzept/Regie

2009 (Aug) - Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), London
Regie der szenischen Lesung von Citizen Erased von S. Youssef

2009 - Synergy Theatre Projects
Regieassistentin Baker

2008-2009 - Almeida Theatre, London
Workshop Leader Assistant

2008-2009 - Silver Lining Theatre Company, London
Künstlerische Leitung, Workshop Leitung & Projektkoordination

2008 - The Old Vic Theatre, London
Workshop Leitung, Young Vic Writers’ Group

2004-2007
Diverse Arabische und englischsprachige Theater und Tanzproduktionen, Ägypten
Regie, Schauspiel & Licht Design

• Youssef, Sarah. Prison Theatre – Performing Life, Doing Time, Intellect Publishing (forthcoming).
• ---. “Arab Dramaturgies on the European Stage: Liwaa Yazji’s  Goats (Royal Court Theatre, 2017) and Mohammad Al Attar’s The Factory (PACT Zollverein, 2018),” Arab Stages, vol. 10, 2019. Web.
• ---. “The Missing Language of Freedom: Code-switching in Yaël Farber’s Mies Julie (2012),” South African Theatre Journal, 2019. Web.
• [with Beate Neumeier] “Immersive Shakespeare Productions.” Anglistik: International Journal of English Studies, vol. 28, no. 2, 2017, pp. 163–174. Web.
• ---. “Murderous Honor Past and Present: Webster's Duchess of Malfi and Contemporary Crimes of Honor.” gender forum - An Internet Platform for Gender and Women's Studies, e-Journal, no. 41, 2013.

• Introduction to Theater and Dramatic Literature (B-Seminar, SS 12)
• Contemporary Drama and Theater (B-Seminar, SS 12)
• The Politics of Expression in Drama (B-Seminar, WS 12/13)
• Contemporary Anglophone Women Playwrights (B-Seminar, SS 13)
• Contemporary Drama and Theatre in London (B-Seminar, SS 13)
• Britain at the Fin de Siècle (B-Seminar, WS 13/14)
• The American Stage (B-Seminar, WS 13/14)
• The Art of Adaptation in Theater and Film (B-Seminar, SS 14)
• Performance Studies: "All the World's a Stage" (B-Seminar, SS 14)
• Theater of the World: Cultures and Contexts (B-Seminar, WS 14/15)
• Violence in Text and Performance (B-Seminar, WS 14/15)
• Introduction to Literary Studies (focus on American writing, WS 14/15)
• Literature of Captivity (B-Seminar, SS 15)
• Theater of Death and Disability (B-Seminar, SS 15)
• Introduction to Literary Studies (focus on American writing, WS 15/16)
• Shakespeare in Film and Popular Culture (B-Seminar, WS 15/16)
• Studies in Drama: Modern Drama and the Culture of Performance (Proseminar SP/B-Seminar, SS 16)
• The City in Literature: New York (Proseminar MP/Übung, SS 16)
• Introduction to Literary Studies (Focus on American writing, WS 16/17)
• Theatre and Human Rights (Proseminar SP/ B-Semiar, WS 16/17)
• Introduction to Theater and Performance (Proseminar SP/ B-Seminar, SS 17)
• Excursion: Shakespeare’s Stratford (Proseminar SP/ B-Seminar, SS 17)
• Introduction to Literary Studies (Focus on American Studies) (WS 17/18)
• Shakespeare's Women: Now and Then (Proseminar MP/ B-Seminar, SS 18)
• Digital Media, Interactivity and the Narrative (Proseminar MP / B-Seminar, WS 18/19)
• Foundations: Feminism and the Novel (Proseminar MP / B-Seminar, SS 19)
• Introduction to Literary Studies - Focus on American Studies (Einführungsseminar / A-Seminar, WS 19/20)
• Literature of New York City (Mittelseminar, WS 19/20)
• Sex, Drugs, and Best Sellers (Mittelseminar, SS 20)
• Performance Studies (PS, SS 20)
• The Show Must Go On(line) (EX, SS 20)
• Introduction to Literary Studies (EFS, WS 20/21)
• The Campus Novel (MS, WS 20/21)

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