Anaïs Clerc

Anaïs Clerc, born in Fribourg, Switzerland, discovered theatre through youth projects with independent companies. She studied Creative Writing for the Stage at the Berlin University of the Arts while working as a sales assistant.

In the last three years her texts have been seen at theatres including the Volkstheater in Munich, Salzburger Landestheater, Schauspiel Essen and at the Autor*innentheatertage at Deutsches Theater Berlin. She graduated from the Dramenprozessor development programme at Theater Winkelwiese in Zurich in the 2022/23 season.

In 2023/24 she was writer in residence at Bühnen Bern and was nominated for the Author’s Award at the Heidelberg Stückemarkt for brennendes haus. Shortly afterwards the same text won a competition for emerging playwrights at Theater Drachengasse in a production by Amelie von Godin and was translated into French. In 2026 the production of her text faulender Mond by Simon Friedl at the Volkstheater in Munich was nominated for the Heidelberg Stückemarkt’s second productions prize and translated into English.

Clerc works in children’s and young people’s theatre, has served on numerous juries and regularly runs workshops for young people. She is currently working on her debut novel SCHLUCHTEN as the holder of the Lydia Eymann Literary Award and lives in Switzerland and Berlin.