Mihaela Panainte is a PhD Candidate at the Doctoral School for Music and Theatre of the West University of Timisoara. She also studied classical singing in Cluj and Bucharest.
She is a stage director, and a managing director of Uthopia Theatre in Cluj. She also works as a Festival coordinator in the Art Theatre in Deva, the Circus School Timisoara, West Theatre and the New Wave Theatre both in Reșița, Romania.
She is well known for directing Kafka and Ionesco plays, but also for operas like «Cavalleria Rusticana», «La Voix Humaine» and «Gianni Schicchi».