Rüdiger Hauffe, born in 1983, studied acting from 2007 until March 2011 at the Hamburg School of Music and Theater (HfMT). During his studies he performed at St. Pauli Theater and later at Thalia Theater Hamburg in, among others, the production "Leonce and Lena" (directed by Dimiter Gotscheff), and at Schauspielhaus Hamburg in Roger Vontobel's "Das Käthchen von Heilbronn." His first engagement was in 2011 at the Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, where he, among other roles, performed the title role in "The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui." He has been a member of the ensemble at Staatstheater Mainz since the season 2014/2015, where he could be seen in, among others, as Conrad in K. D. Schmidt's production of "Nathan the Wise"; in the German premiere of Lucie Depauw's "Lilli/Heiner"; and in the world premiere of "The Sirens of Titan."

Ina Karr studied music education, musicology, and German in Freiburg, Germany. Afterwards she worked as a research associate at the University of Freiburg; as a writer for daily magazines and journals; a festival correspondent for BBC London; a dramaturge at the "Eclat" festival; and managing director of Ensemble Aventure. Starting in 2002 dramaturge at the Nationaltheater Mannheim, and starting in 2006 chief music theater dramaturge at Oldenburgische Staatstheater, where she also was named director of opera in 2009. Since 2014 Ina Karr has been chief dramaturge for music theater at the Staatstheater Mainz. She is a lecturer at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg and the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts (HfMDK). She is also especially interested in the further development of contemporary music theater for children. 

The Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Mainz has had an influence on the music culture of the city of Mainz for centuries, and it has developed into one of the most important orchestras in the entire Rhine-Main-Neckar-Rivers region. As principal conductor of the orchestra since the 2011/2012 season, Hermann Bäumer has been extremely successful in continuing this development. In addition to their participation in the music theater performances of Staatstheater Mainz, the musicians of the orchestra can be heard performing in various concert series: The symphony concerts, special concerts, and chamber concerts are distinguished by an evocative and dynamic program that is also open to innovation and experiments. The orchestra regularly works with renowned guest conductors, most recently with, among others, Krzysztof Penderecki; Olari Elts; Michail Jurowski; Marko Letonja; Alun Francis; Patrik Lange; and Andreas Spering; and with guest soloists such as Isabelle Faust; Midori; Antje Weithaas; Jörg Widmann; Herbert Schuch; Christian Poltéra; Tzimon Barto; Kolja Blacher; Julian Steckel; Baiba Skride; and Lilya Zilberstein.