Academic actor Dominik Karaula is taking over the leadership of the Točkica and Kockica drama studios. Karaula was born in 2000 in Sisak and grew up in Glina.
He graduated in 2023 from the Academy of Art and Culture in Osijek, on the joint diploma programme in Acting and Puppet Animation. In 2026, he was appointed as an assistant at the same institution, where he leads classes in the Department of Theatre Arts. He teaches on the modules Speech and Voice 1, Speech 3: Storytelling and Folk Poetry, Acting: Dramatic Character (Biography), Speech 1: Voice Impostation, Speech 4: Verse, and Acting: Actor and Role.
In his career so far, he has realised a number of acting and puppet roles in theatrical productions and art projects. He participated in academic productions “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”, “Osijek Cabaret”, “Leonce and Lena” and “ASDFDFGGGGGG”, as well as in the plays “A Journey Through Zbrdazdolija”, “The Strange Case of the Boy and the Ship” and “Šarenolisa Forest: Case 044”. With “Osijek Cabaret”, he performed at the LabLinz festival of theatre academies in Austria, and with “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” at the Sterijino Pozorje and Dionysus Festival.
In 2022, he co-founded the art organisation Glinjol Teatar with colleague Anabela Sulić, based in Glina. The organisation is involved in the production of dramatic, puppet and other performance projects for children and adults. He is the author of the dramatic text “Three Workers and a Mixer”, a production realised in collaboration between Glinjol Teatar and Teatar igre from Vinkovci, which has been performed on numerous theatre stages and festivals.
He achieved a notable acting role in the play “Stylistic Exercises” by Raymond Queneau, directed by Vlasta Ramljak and produced by the Osijek Cultural Centre and Teatar igre from Vinkovci. In that play, he performs alongside Selena Andrić. In 2024, he won the “Ivo Fici” award for the best acting achievement by a young actor under 28 at the 31st Actor’s Festival, and in the same year was nominated for the Croatian Theatre Award in the category of outstanding achievement by young artists under 28, for a male role.
He has collaborated with the Joza Ivakić City Theatre in Vinkovci in the play “The Rehearsal” and with the Croatian National Theatre in Osijek. In the play “Yom Kippur or Reconciliation” (2023), he played the role of Krešo Zajec, in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” (2024) the role of George, in “The Falcon Did Not Love Him” (2024) the role of Beno, and in “The Master of the Flies” (2025) the role of Maurice. He also participated in the play “Homeland, Forgetting”, in which he plays multiple roles, in the operetta “Countess Marica” (2026), where he plays Wurzinger, and in the ambient play “The First King” in the production of the Academy of Art and Culture in Osijek.
He is the recipient of the Rector’s Award from Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek for the academic year 2022/2023.
