Isa Berger, actress of the German State Theatre Timisoara (GSTT), is a laureate in the “Certainties” category at the XVI^th edition of the “Pro Cultura Timisiensis” Awards, the most important series of cultural distinctions of the Timis county.

The award ceremony will be

Tuesday, the 12^th of December 2017, at 12 o’clock,

in the Multifunctional Hall of the Timis County Council.

Isa Berger was born in Orsova in 1988. She graduated from “Nikolaus Lenau” Highschool in Timisoara, and in 2010 she got a degree in International Relations and European Studies, studied in German at the Faculty of Political Science, Philosophy and Communication Sciences of the University of Timisoara. While in Timisoara she also studied acting in the German language within the Music Faculty at the University of Timisoara. Since June 2013 she has been employed at the GSTT, where she has been in shows such as “Elektra”, “Noises Off”, “Spring Awakening”, “Nadirs”, “The Jungle Book” or “The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother”.

She has acquired outstanding merits in the cultivation of German expression school theatre, by coordinating the activities of the NiL groups, as well as projects within the International Youth Theatre of German Expression, today alongside her mentor, actress Isolde Cobeț.

She has participated along the way in numerous theatre workshops coordinated by the likes of Simon Schlingplässer, Radu-Alexandru Nica, Alexander Hausvater, Ida Jarcsek-Gaza, Miklós Bács, Andrea Gavriliu as well as Ștefan Lupu. She has collaborated with the National Theatre and the Merlin Theatre in Timisoara, as well as the Dramatic theatre “I. D. Sîrbu” in Petroșani. She has played in movies and short films.

Isa Berger was awarded the „Stefan Jäger” Prize for the year 2016, for outstanding achievements in preserving the language, culture and traditions of Germans from Banat.

With the occasion of the Pro Cultura Award, the laudatio for Isa Berger will be delivered by Isolde Cobet, actress of GSTT.

Andreea Andrei - Artistic consultant

Schinderman Gabriela - Secretariat

Photo: Isa Berger. The photograph can be used in mass-media and promotional goals, including in electronic media.