Josef Maria Krasanovsky, born 1976 in Salzburg (AUT), lives as theatre director und playwright in Vienna. He works as a guest lecturer at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and the Drama Academy Passau (D).
 

Since 2008 he directs drama:
State Theater Linz (AUT), Nationaltheater Sibiu (RO), Theater an der Rott (D), Next Liberty Graz (AUT), Theater Phönix Linz (AUT), Theaterfestival Heidelberg (D), Klagenfurter Ensemble (AUT), Garage-X Vienna (AUT), Theater Drachengasse Vienna (AUT), Theaterfestival Cisneau (MD) ...
 

In the 2017 season, his staging of Thornton Wilder's “The Skin of Our Teeth” at the Theater an der Rott (D) received the Integration Prize of Lower Bavaria.
 

In addition to his work as a director, he also works as a playwright and is published by Kaiser-Verlag Vienna. His current drama “born to fake” will have its premiere in November 2022 as part of the “Kulturjahr Graz” festival.