Anna Mendelssohn

Anna Mendelssohn was born in Vienna in 1976. She studied acting in Great Britain. Since 2004 she is ensemble member of the company ‘toxic dreams’ and has performed in over 35 of their productions. She has performed with a number of other choreographers and directors (such as Mara Mattuschka, Anna Maria Nowak, Superamas, and Oleg Soulimenko), acted in films (of Miriam Bajtala, Michaela Schwentner, Thomas Marschall), and works as a voice-over actress. Her own theater performances (e.g. “Cry Me A River,” “Here and Now,” “What?,” “Feminism and the Bauchgefühl,” “Amazon – River Deep,” “Free Speech!?”) often deal with the mechanisms of language in social and political contexts. They have been shown at festivals and on stages throughout Europe and the USA and won several prizes.