Since 2004 Gin Müller teaches at the University of Vienna (theatre/film/media- studies). From 2017 to 2019 he* is guest prof. at the Academy of Fine Arts (Contextual Painting). Gin works for the Transgender/Queer Counselling in Rosa Lila Villa (Vienna) and Queer Base (Welcome and Support for LGBTIQ Refugees) and was/is active in the Refugee Protest Collective, the Refugee Konvoi and the Votivchurch Occupation in Vienna. He* was part of the activist collective PublixTheatreCaravan - noborderlab, and the queer Performance Band SV Damenkraft.

Golschan Ahmad Haschemi's work oscillates at the intersection between artistic, political and scientific theory and practice around topics of (anti-)racism, queerfeminism, postcolonialism and empowerment. Sie writes, performs and researches on discourses concerning mainstream/majority society, highlighting power asymmetries therein and strategies of resistance. As a political educator her critical work on antisemitism and racism addresses both youth- and cultural work as well cultural education with a decolonial approach.
She is a member of the feminist performance art collective donna’s gym, one third of the performance collective Technocandy and part of the theatre network cobratheater.cobra.

Immanuel Bartz (* 1982) Freelance dramaturge and production manager. He has worked with the directors Johannes Conen, Albrecht Hirche, Jo Fabian, Sandra Reitmayer and Charlotte Sprenger at the Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, Stadttheater Fürth, Theater an der Ruhr, Neue Theater Halle, Staatstheater Stuttgart, Staatstheater Cottbus, Dock11 / Eden ***** Berlin and Theater der Keller Cologne. In 2011 he directed "A Hunger Artist" with Sebastian Bolitz based on the story by Franz Kafka. In 2014 his second directorial work RADAR was shown at the FFT in Düsseldorf, at the FWT Cologne and in the TUFA Trier. In autumn 2015, RADAR received a competition invitation to the SKUPI international theater festival in Macedonia. In 2016 Bartz worked as a dramaturge at the Theater der Keller in Cologne. Since 2017 he has been production manager and dramaturg of "Collective Ma’louba".

Johanna-Yasirra Kluhs is a freelance dramaturge for programme and production working in Germany and abroad. After finishing her studies of german language and literature and philosophy, she started her collaborative dramaturgical practice. She worked as an assistant, dramaturge and co-director for performing arts festivals and production centers. She has been part of some juries in the field of performing and visual arts and funding bodies. Occasionally she works as a moderator, panelist and keynote speaker. Recently she works mostly as an artistic advisor and dramaturge with several artistic collectives, directors and choreographers. From 2016 to 2021 she additionally co-directed the regional cultural program Interkultur Ruhr together with the curator Fabian Saavedra-Lara.

Jonas Tinius is an anthropologist of art and post-doctoral research fellow at the Centre for Anthropological Research on Museums and Heritage (CARMAH), based at the Institute of European Ethnology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany. He accompanied the RUHRORTER group and wrote extensively on their critical practice and the international work of the Theater an der Ruhr. He is convener of the Anthropology and the Arts Network of the European Association of Social Anthropologists (with Roger Sansi, Barcelona) and editor of Across Anthropology. Troubling Colonial Legacies, Museums, and the Curatorial (2020, Leuven University Press, with Margareta von Oswald).

Julian Warner is a research assistant and lecturer at the Department for Cultural Anthropology/ European Ethnology at the University of Göttingen (Germany). His research focusses on Black European Studies, Racism and Pop Culture. He is also part of the artistic research group HAUPTAKTION.

Kamel Najma holds an Acting diploma (High Institute of Dramatic Arts, 2004) and a BA in French Literature (University of Damascus). Has worked in interactive theatre, puppeteering, children theatre, physical theatre with international and Syrian theatre makers in Syria and cinema directors. Has also worked for radio and in dubbing.

Kinan Hmeidan holds a diploma in Acting from the Higher Institute for Dramatic Arts (2014). Since he graduated, he continued developing his acting skills through local theater workshops. He performed with independent Syrian directors and acted in Syrian feature films and TV Series.

Krystel Khoury holds a MA in Performing Arts (Lyon University) and a PhD in Anthropology of Intercultural Dynamics (Auvergne University 2014). Since 2006, has been developing arab-euro cultural initiatives and artistic exchange programs and has been involved in transnational dance and theatre creative projects as a dramaturge and expert.

Majd Feddah holds an Acting diploma (High Institute for Dramatic Arts, 2005) where he also worked as an assistant teacher. Starting 2012, was part of the Damascus Theatre Lab. His own plays were invited to Arab theatre festivals (Tunisia, Algeria). Has also featured in Syrian feature films and TV series.