Lena Riemer, born 2002 in Düsseldorf, is currently studying Literary Writing at the German Literature Institute in Leipzig. She writes mainly poetry and drama, but is primarily fascinated by texts that transcend genre boundaries. She is working committedly for the participation of children and young people in theatre, especially as part of the Augenblick Mal!Festival.2024 jury member for the German Children’s and Youth Theatre Prize. She has also published her own texts in various magazines and anthologies.
For the Sommerloch ’24 she wrote the mini-Drama “Summer (suburban)”.
Lena Riemer participated in the Drama Lab 2024 within the programme of Fabulamundi. Playwriting Europe. New Voices. Within this projects she wrote her play “aufstiegskörper”, which was presented at the Wortstattnächten 24 in November 2024 in a stage reading. Her play will premiere at the Theater am Werk in April 2025.
Photo credits: Anna Zehetgruber