DAVID WINTERBERG WAS BORN 1987 IN SCHWETZINGEN, GERMANY. AT THE AGE OF 15 YRS, WHILE STILL AT SCHOOL, DUE TO HIS PASSION FOR WRITING, HE WORKED AS A FREELANCE JOURNALIST FOCUSING ON MUSIC, FASHION, ART AND FILM. IN 2010 HE ENROLLED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA TO STUDY THEATRE, FILM AND MEDIA. HE SOON BEGAN TO WRITE HIS FIRST SCRIPTS AND PLAYS, WHICH LED TO HIS ACCLAIMED 2013 THEATRE PROJECT “THE ANGEL & THE SPARROW“. THE PLAY PREMIERED AT THE BURGTHEATER WIEN, THE MOST IMPORTANT GERMAN LANGUAGE THEATER AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THEATERS IN THE WORLD.

TODAY HE LIVES IN BERLIN, WORKING AS A THEATER AUTHOR, SCREENWRITER AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCER.

HIS PLAYS HAVE BEEN STAGED AT OVER 20+ THEATERS, INCLUDING PRODUCTIONS IN VIENNA (BURGTHEATER), BERLIN (RENAISSANCE THEATER), ZURICH (MAAG HALLE), MONTREAL (SEGAL CENTRE), TORONTO (MIRVISH THEATRE) AND OTHERS.

​THE ANGEL & THE SPARROW​ (2013)
CONCEPT, CO-AUTHOR, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

BASED ON THE TRUE STORY OF MARLENE DIETRICH AND EDITH PIAF, TWO INDOMITABLE WOMEN OF INCOMPARABLE TALENT. THIS MUSICAL DRAMA, IS AN INTIMATE AND ENTERTAINING PORTRAIT OF A FASCINATING FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN SHOW BUSINESS LEGENDS THAT BEGAN UNDER THE MOST UNLIKELY OF CIRCUMSTANCES AND LASTED THEIR ENTIRE LIVES.

FEATURING 20 OF THEIR UNFORGETTABLE HITS INCLUDING “LA VIE EN ROSE”, “MILORD”, AND “WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE”.

WIEN – BURGTHEATER

ZURICH – MAAG HALLE

BERLIN – RENAISSANCE THEATER

TORONTO – MIRVISH THEATER

MONTREAL – SEGAL CENTER

TCHAIKOVSKY (2015)
AUTHOR

BASED ON RECENTLY REDISCOVERED LETTERS, THIS PLAY REVEALS THE LIFE STORY OF PETER ILYITSCH TCHAIKOVSKY. THE SUNKEN URBAN BACKGROUNDS OF ST. PETERSBURG AND MOSCOW, IMPERIAL BERLIN AND OTHER CULTURAL CENTRES OF MUSIC THAT ARE BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE AGAIN. “TCHAIKOVSKY“ DEALS WITH THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EROS, POLITICS AND ART AND GIVES AN UNCENSORED LOOK ON THE ARTIST’S HOMOSEXUALITY AND HIS DRAMATIC STRUGGLE WITH IT.