Stefan Wipplinger was born in Upper Austria in 1986. He studied Experimental Design at the University of Fine Arts in Linz and started working as an assistant director in independent theatre productions. He moved to Berlin in 2010 to make movies and sign up for Theatre Studies, then studied Dramatic Writing at Berlin’s University of the Arts. 2014 he was selected for a play development by Grips Theater for the Berlin Childrens’ Theatre Award. His first full-length play “Hose Fahrrad Frau” (Engl. Taking Care of Things) was nominated for Stückemarkt of Berliner Theatertreffen and Heidelberger Stückemarkt and premiered in 2016 at Volkstheater in Vienna. He’s now working in theatre as a playwright, director, dramaturg, and translator and writes adaptations in close collaboration with directors. He’s a founding member of a network of playwrights focusing on exchange, solidarity, transparency, and fair payment and has initiated a podcast for german contemporary drama in 2021.
Stefan Wipplinger is part of the FAB-Community and takes part in the project Fabulamundi. Playwriting Europe. New Voices. Together with Alexandra Koch he will be leading the workshop “Was wäre wenn” in May 2025 for the WIENER WORTSTAETTEN.