Mona Graw

A native of Münster, Mona Graw completed her training at the renowned Studio Theater an der Wien. This was followed by engagements with the Vereinigte Bühnen Wien in the hit musicals “Elisabeth” (Levay) and “Mozart!” (Levay). Before spending three years in Berlin performing at Theater des Westens under the direction of Helmut Baumann, she took on her first title role in “Laura” (Heath) at the Watermill Theatre in England. Stage Entertainment cast her in roles including Magda in “Dance of the Vampires” (Steinman), Mother/Cabaret Singer in “3 Musketeers” (Bolland), Mrs. Van Hopper in “Rebecca” (Levay), and Confidante/Madame Giry in “The Phantom of the Opera” (Lloyd Webber). Other roles included Mama Morton in “Chicago” (Kander) at the Stadttheater Bremerhaven and Mary Lazarus in “Sister Act” (Menken) at the Tecklenburg Open-Air Theater and the Luisenburg Festival in Wunsiedel. On the “Flashdance – What a Feeling” tour (Roth), she captivated audiences as Hannah, and in the world premiere of “Die Gänsemagd” (Nimschek), she played the maid Ilse at the Brothers Grimm Festival in Hanau. At the Thunersee Festival, Mona Graw appeared, among other roles, as Mathilde Ill in “The Visit” (Schneider/Reed) and as Madame in “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” (Menken). In the hit play “Weiber” (Flügge), she played Anke in several productions and appeared as the housewife Doris in the classic “Heiße Zeiten” (Blomberg) at the Theaterschiff in Bremen and Lübeck.
In addition, she earned her Bachelor of Arts in Vocal Pedagogy (Musical Theater) from Hochschule Osnabrück in 2025 and has been teaching voice and song interpretation ever since.
She will be appearing as a guest artist at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein during the 2026/27 season in the role of Mrs. Pearce (“My Fair Lady”, Lerner/Loewe).