Robert Schuster (born February 3, 1970 in Meißen) is a German stage director and drama school teacher.
Schuster studied cultural sciences at Humboldt University of Berlin and stage direction at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin in the early 1990s. Together with his study mate Tom Kühnel, he later realized numerous theatre plays. In 1994, they directed “The Decision” (Die Maßnahme) by Bertolt Brecht at the ’’bat Theater’’, Berlin. For this, they were awarded the Austrian “Max Reinhardt Prize”. Shortly later, they directed “Christmas at Ivanov’s” (Weihnachten bei Iwanows) by Alexander Vvedensky at the Maxim Gorki Theatre, Berlin, for which they received the Friedrich Luft Prize of the city of Berlin.
In 2000, Robert Schuster started directing alone, both for the drama theatre and opera. Recent stage directions include:
Woyzeck by Georg Büchner at the Theatre of Bremen
Mother Courage and Her Children by Bertolt Brecht at the „Schauspiel Frankfurt“
An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen at the Theatre of Bremen
The Rats by Gerhart Hauptmann at the Theater Freiburg
King Arthur (opera) by Henry Purcell am Theater Freiburg
Measure for Measure (in French) by Shakespeare at the National Theatre of Strasbourg (France)
Danton's Death by Georg Büchner at the Theater Freiburg
Robert Schuster is a full professor in Stage Direction at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin.
His elder brother is the biophysicist Stefan Schuster.