Berndt Stübner (16 February 1947 – 2 June 2022)[1][2] was a German actor, puppet maker, playwright and theatre director.

[3][4][5] Born in Leipzig, Stübner already participated as a child in the MDR Children's Choir [de] in Leipzig (1958–1962) and in 1961 in the children's theatre of the Theater der Jungen Welt [de].

He played his first roles in the studio of the Hans Otto Theater Potsdam under Peter Kupke [de] and then worked at the Theater Magdeburg until 1974 and in parallel at the Puppentheater.

After 1989, he wrote and directed in collaboration with dancer Werner Stiefel for the Gewandhaus Leipzig and the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig plays and fairy tales for children, for which he also built the puppets – the plays Hansel and Gretel, Tretesel, Streitesel, Hinter der Dornenhecke, Der Fischer und seine Frau.

[6] Guest performances have taken him to Frankfurt, the Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin, the Schauspiel Köln and the Staatsschauspiel Dresden.