Kristo Šagor (born March 16, 1976, in Stadtoldendorf, Lower Saxony) is a German playwright and director.
[1] Kristo Šagor was born on March 16, 1976, in Stadtoldendorf in the district of Holzminden, but grew up in a neighbourhood of Lübeck.
This was followed by directing work at numerous theaters in Germany, including the world premieres of Heldenhaft by Katharina Schlender at the Markgrafentheater Erlangen (2004), Sommer mit Mädchen by Kai Hensel in Braunschweig (2004) and Traumpaar by Zoran Drvenkar at the Theater an der Parkaue in Berlin (2006).
From October 2008 to the end of February 2009, he lived on the stage of the Theater unter Tage and realized the project "Neue Heimat.
In 2001, Kristo Šagor received the audience award of the Heidelberger Stückemarkt and the Hallenser Dramatikerpreis for his play Unbeleckt, as well as the funds of the Friedrich-Schiller-Gedächtnispreis of the state of Baden-Württemberg.
Only two years later, namely in 2016, the drama critics of the ZITTY of Berlin chose their favorite production, voting 2 Uhr 14, composed by David Paquet in the direction of Kristo Šagor from second place.
The play Ich liebe dich, produced for Ulrike Günther at the Schauburg in Munich, presented David Benito Garcia and Anne Bontemps in the main roles, resulting in Šagor being awarded with the Mülheimer KinderStückePreis by the Youth jury in 2019.