Jan Lazardzig is Professor of Theater Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin. His research areas are the historiography and technological history of theater, theater and censorship, and historiographical methods.

Bri Newesely is Professor of Scenography and Theater Design at the Berliner Hochschule für Technik. She is a member of the International Observatory of Scenic Spaces (ETSA Barcelona). Her research focuses on the history of stage technology and theater modifications.

Kerstin Wittman-Englert is Professor of Architectural History at Technische Universität Berlin. She is a member of ICOMOS and of the advisory board of the Wüstenrot Stiftung. Her research areas are church construction in the medieval and modern period, the visual language of architecture, and the ongoing reuse and adaptation of existing buildings.