Other Playwrights
Selected Plays
Anne Lepper
Anne Lepper studied philosophy, literature and history in Wuppertal, Cologne and Bonn. This was followed by doctoral studies in Bamberg and Essen and literary writing studies at the Bern University of the Arts.
Elfriede Jelinek
Elfriede Jelinek attended the Vienna Conservatory at an early age. Later she studied art history and theatre in Vienna. As one of the most important contemporary German-language authors, she has received numerous prizes and honours, including the Georg Büchner Prize in 1998 and the Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis several times.
Ewald Palmetshofer
Ewald Palmetshofer, born in 1978 in Linz, studied theology and completed his teaching degree in philosophy/psychology in Vienna. The author and dramaturge was named Young Dramatist of the Year in 2008.
Felicia Zeller
Felicia Zeller has made a name for herself primarily as a playwright, but she also appears in her own short films. Her debut short prose collection ''Einsam lehnen am Bekannten“, was awarded the Clemens Brentano Prize in 2009.
Kristo Šagor
Kristo Šagor was born in 1976 in Stadtoldendorf. He studied linguistics as well as literature and theatre studies at the Free University of Berlin. He writes and stages plays and composes his own stage arrangements for existing works, including Goethe's “Werther”, Horváth's “Jugend ohne Gott” (Youth without God) and most recently “Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum” (The lost honour of Katharina Blum) based on Heinrich Böll’s novel.
Martin Baltscheit
Martin Baltscheit was born in Düsseldorf in 1965. He studied communication design in Essen. From 1986 till 1992 he was a member of the "Young Ensemble Düsseldorf" theatre. He started his career by drawing comics, after which he mainly devoted himself to writing and illustrating picture books. In addition to those, numerous radio plays and cartoons were created.
Martin Heckmanns
Martin Heckmanns, born on October 19, 1971, in Mönchengladbach, studied comparative literature, history, and philosophy and lives in Berlin. For his play Schieß doch, Kaufhaus! (Shoot it, departmental store!), he was elected Young Author of the Year 2002 in the critics' survey of the specialist magazine Theater heute.
Sibylle Berg
Sibylle Berg was born in Weimar, lived with a foster family in Constanta and later also in Israel, Germany and has Swiss citizenship. She studied in Hamburg, was active in Judo, Kung Fu and in military diving. Sibylle Berg considers herself part of the Straight Edge movement and identifies herself as non-binary.
Simon Windisch
Simon Windisch completed his degree in German studies, philosophy and media studies at the KF University in Graz, Austria. He is the in-house director at the "TAO! Theater am Ortweinplatz" in Graz and has received numerous awards for his directorial work as well as for dramatisation and development of plays.
Thomas Köck
Thomas Köck was born in Upper Austria in 1986 and works as an author and playwright. He studied philosophy in Vienna and at the Free University, Berlin as well as Scenic Writing and Film Studies at the University of the Arts, Berlin.
Thomas Melle
Born in 1975 in Bonn, Thomas Melle studied comparative literature and philosophy in Tübingen, Austin (Texas) and Berlin. In 2004 he made his debut as a playwright with 4 Millionen Türen (4 Million Doors) which was created together with Martin Heckmanns. Since then he has written numerous plays and novels that have received multiple awards. Thomas Melle lives in Berlin.
Tina Müller
Tina Müller was born in 1980 in Zurich and grew up there. From 2001 to 2004 she pursued her academic studies in Cultural Studies at the University of Hildesheim, and from 2004 Drama Writing at the University of the Arts in Berlin.