Der Faust, officially Deutscher Theaterpreis Der Faust, is a German theatre prize, a national prize from 2006.^[1] It is awarded annually by the organizations Deutscher Bühnenverein, Kulturstiftung der Länder [de], Deutsche Akademie der Darstellenden Künste and the state in which the award ceremony is held. The trophy was designed by the Austrian stage designer Erich Wonder.^[2]

A jury of mostly members of the Bühnenverein considers proposals from theatres which may not name their own productions. The Jury selects three nominations per category, from which members of the Deutschen Akademie der Darstellenden Künste elect the winners. The prize is awarded in eight categories:

• Regie Schauspiel (direction play)
• Darstellerin/Darsteller Schauspiel (performer play)
• Regie Musiktheater (direction opera)
• Sängerdarstellerin/Sängerdarsteller Musiktheater (performer opera)
• Choreografie (choreography)
• Darstellerin/Darsteller Tanz (dancer)
• Regie Kinder- und Jugendtheater (direction children's and youth theatre)
• Bühne/Kostüm (stage / costumes)

Additional optional awards are a prize for a life's work (Lebenswerk) and Preis der Präsidentin (prize of the [female] president).

The award ceremonies have taken place at alternating locations, presented by notable actors:

• Der Faust 2006 [de] in Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, moderation: Rufus Beck
  • Evelyn Herlitzius (performer opera)
  • Meg Stuart (choreography)
• Der Faust 2007 [de] in Munich, Bavaria, moderation: Peter Jordan and Bernd Moss [de]
  • Angela Denoke (performer opera)
• Der Faust 2008 [de] in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, moderation: Wiebke Puls [de] and Bernd Moss
  • Christof Loy (direction opera)
  • Iris Vermillion (performer opera)
  • William Forsythe (choreography)
• Der Faust 2009 [de] in Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz, moderation: Inga Busch [de] and Gustav Peter Wöhler [de]
  • Barrie Kosky (direction opera)
  • Michael Volle (performer opera)
• Der Faust 2010 [de] in Essen, moderation: Samuel Finzi and Wolfram Koch [de]
  • Claus Guth (direction opera)
  • Sophie Rois (performer play)
  • Eva-Maria Westbroek (performer opera)
• Der Faust 2011 [de] in Frankfurt, Hesse, moderation: Michael Quast [de]
  • Martin Wuttke (performer play)
  • Claudia Barainsky (performer opera)
  • Neco Celik (direction children's and youth theatre)
• Der Faust 2012 [de] in Erfurt, Thuringia, moderation: Dominique Horwitz
  • Martin Kušej (direction opera)
• Der Faust 2013 [de] in Berlin, moderation: Peter Jordan
  • Claus Guth (direction opera)
  • Christian Gerhaher (performer opera)
  • Bridget Breiner (choreography)
• Der Faust 2014 [de] in Hamburg, moderation: Ulrich Matthes
  • Evelyn Herlitzius (performer opera)
  • Aleksandar Denić (stage)
• Der Faust 2015 [de] in Saarbrücken, moderation: Bernd Moss
  • Ulrich Matthes (performer drama)
  • Andrea Breth (direction opera)
  • Barbara Hannigan (performer opera)
  • Bridget Breiner (choreography)
• Der Faust 2016 [de] in Freiburg, moderation: Milan Peschel
  • Frank Castorf (direction drama)
  • Peter Konwitschny (direction opera)
  • Nicole Chevalier (performer opera)
• Der Faust 2017 [de] in Leipzig, moderation: Christian Friedel
  • Christoph Marthaler (direction opera)
• Der Faust 2018 [de] in Regensburg, Bavaria, moderation: Genija Rykova [de]^[3][4][5]
  • Tobias Kratzer (direction opera)
• Der Faust 2019 [de] in Kassel, Hesse, moderation: Wiebke Puls
  • Johannes Martin Kränzle (performer opera)
  • Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker (choreography)
• Der Faust 2022 [de] in Düsseldorf, moderation: André Kaczmarczyk
  • Marlis Petersen (performer opera)
• Der Faust 2023 [de] in Hamburg
  • Fritzi Haberlandt (performer drama)
  • David Hermann (direction opera)
• Der Faust 2024 [de] in Gera, moderation: Maria Popov [de], Vidina Popov [de]
  • Asmik Grigorian (performer opera)

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