New general manager for Theater Winterthur
At the beginning of June 2014, René Munz will succeed Marc Baumann as General Manager and Commercial Director of Theater Winterthur. Until then, program manager and deputy director Thomas Guglielmetti will take over the interim overall management of the theater.
René Munz, 59, from Thurgau, was a theater maker, producer and editor for Swiss television as well as head of the cultural office of the canton of Thurgau. He completed his basic training at the former acting academy in Zurich and various internships and assistant director positions at Theater Basel, the international theater festival B80 in Basel, Theater Konstanz and independent theater groups.
Munz was the founder and director of a small theater in Thurgau and has staged several theater productions with independent groups and amateur ensembles. From 2002, he headed the newly created Cultural Office of the Canton of Thurgau and was thus responsible for the diverse area of cantonal cultural promotion, lottery fund administration and five cantonal museums. In 2013, he became deputy head of the Canton of Zurich's Department of Culture.
