Thomas Blubacher
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Thomas Blubacher, born in 1967 in Basel, is a versatile Swiss theater scholar, author, director, and cultural journalist. He studied theater studies, modern German literature, and psychology at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, earning his doctorate from the University of Bern in 1997. From 1995 to 2001, he served as an assistant professor and editor-in-chief of the Theaterlexikon der Schweiz at the University of Bern, and has taught as a guest lecturer at the University of Vienna and California State University, Long Beach124.
Blubacher began his theater career with internships and assistant directorships in Basel, Berlin, Bern, and Munich, before directing his own productions in Munich and Basel. Since 2002, he has worked as a freelance author and director, staging productions at municipal, state, and regional theaters across the German-speaking world as well as in Los Angeles. He has also directed radio plays and features for various broadcasters134.
He is the author of numerous acclaimed books, including biographies of Gustaf Gründgens and Oskar Wälterlin, the cultural history Paradies in schwerer Zeit. Künstler und Denker im Exil in Pacific Palisades, and the double biography Gibt es etwas Schöneres als Sehnsucht? Die Geschwister Eleonora und Francesco von Mendelssohn, which received international praise16. His works have been presented at major cultural institutions and featured in leading newspapers and magazines throughout the German-speaking world.
Blubacher has held a range of leadership and advisory roles in Swiss theater, including as president of the Theaterverein Basel (2000–2007), board member of the Swiss Society for Theater Culture (since 2001), and jury member for the Friedl Wald Foundation’s acting fellowships and the Radio Basel Feature Prize1.
He lives and works in Basel and is regarded as a distinctive voice in German-language theater and cultural life.
Thomas Blubacher lebt und arbeitet in Basel und ist eine prägende Stimme im deutschsprachigen Theater- und Kulturbetrieb.