Urša Kavčič has been a member of the Maribor Puppet Theatre ensemble since 2022. She holds a master’s degree in acting from the Ljubljana Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television and has studied in the prestigious musical theatre programme of the New York Film Academy. Known as a talented and professional artist, she has displayed a great deal of imagination and a strong stage and film presence in her roles to date. This ensures that her performances are always lively, energetic and elaborate down to the last detail. In 2017, Urša Kavčič received the Zlatolaska Award for the best female role in the production Murlin Murlo, and her contribution to the Maribor Puppet Theatre’s production of Lutkovni zajecin samostanska miš (The Puppet Rabbit and the Monastery Mouse) also led to the ensemble receiving the Golden Giraffe Award. In the past season, she appeared on the Maribor Puppet Theatre’s stage in the productions of Plastonci and Prismuknjene zgodbe (Crazy Stories), as well as in Gorjanci, which was co-produced by Cankarjev dom, the Slovenian Permanent Theatre of Trieste, the Ptuj City Theatre and the Margareta Schwarzwald Institute.
