ASSITEJ Membership

You’re an ASSITEJ member – so what now? Whether you’re a regular, individual, Next Generation, supporting, or honorary member, ASSITEJ membership comes with a number of advantages and benefits.

ASSITEJ members:

• are, together with around 480 other members, part of the only lobby group for performing arts for young audiences in Germany.
• have direct access to networks with colleagues on a regional and international level. The regional working groups and the ASSITEJ International are the most important networks for this.
• have the opportunity to vote for members of the Executive Board, who will represent the organisation, at the annual general meeting.
• can stand for election as a member of the Executive Board.
• can apply to any of the festivals for performing arts for young audiences. For example, ASSITEJ membership is a prerequisite for applying to WESTWIND.
• receive the publication ixypsilonzett as a supplement to Theater der Zeit. Twice a year the magazine publishes material on specific topics relating to performing arts for young audiences.
• receive the ASSITEJ mail. The ASSITEJ sends around a regular email containing extensive information regarding news on the performing arts for young audiences – current calls for applications, training opportunities, Save the Dates, job postings, and more. (Contact: Valerie Eichmann [email protected])
• have the opportunity to become jurors for the different ASSITEJ prizes.
• can apply to host and help organised the different events which take place under the ASSITEJ umbrella. This includes the ASSITEJ workshops and the event „Directors in TYA – An International Exchange”.
• have access to the contract templates from the Laaser law firm’s contract template pool. ASSITEJ has been a member of this pool since 2023, and makes the contracts available to its members free of charge. Further information can be found here. (Please note that this information is currently only available in German.

The ASSITEJ’s last annual general meeting took place on Saturday 11th November, 2023, in the Zoogesellschaftshaus in Frankfurt am Main.

The dates for the next AGM, which will include the vote for ASSITEJ Deutschland’s new Executive Board, will take place in the final quarter of 2024. The exact date will be published in due course.

Warm regards,

The ASSITEJ Executive Board and management

Several ASSITEJ members have sent us their contact details for publishing. All of the listed members welcome questions, queries, or new contacts in their network.

We would be happy to receive details from other members, which can be sent in the tabular format linked below to the management (Subject: Member list, jungespublikum.de). By submitting this form, you consent to the oublication of your details. Please make sure you have obtained explicit sonsent from the people named in the form.

The list was last updated at the start of 2024.

Please note that it cannot be guaranteed that contacts on the list can be contacted in English. For further questions about the list, please write to our managing office.

Progressive contribution rates for full members – self-assessed according to turnover/budget

We use the terms “turnover” and “budget” while knowing that these can lead to misunderstandings. To be clear:

• In theatres that receive public funds (including project funding), the theatre’s budget is what decides how much the theatre contributes.
• In theatres that receive no funding, turnover is used instead.

We would like as many people as possible to become members, and for their contributions to fit into their existing structures.

Institutions such as universities, publishing houses, foundations and festivals pay, as a rule, a member contribution of 135€ a year.

Invoices for member contributions will be sent in the first quarter of the year.

Contribution rate according to budget/turnover:

Up to €100,000 € – €60       

Up to €250,000 – €135

Institutions which are not a theatre – €135

Up to €500,000 – €230

Over €500,000 – €295

Integrated model (Divisions without their own designated budget) – €295

Over €1,500,000 – €395

Over €2,500,000 – €495

Over €5,000,000 – €650

Individual members – €60

Next Generation members – €30

Supporting members – from €30

Honorary members – an amount of your choosing

(Contribution regulations adopted during the Annual General Meeting on the 14th January 2022.)