Patty Kim Hamilton is a poet-playwright, writer, dramaturg, director and performance artist, based between Berlin and London (and sometimes New York). Her work exists at the intersection of the intimate and the political - meditating on bodies, language and memory. She studied at Stanford University (BA Theatre and performance studies) and Universität der Künste Berlin (Diplom Szenisches Schreiben).
Her plays have been staged or read at Schauspielhaus Graz, Theater Bremen, Theater Bielefeld, Ballhaus Naunynstrasse and Deutsches Theater Berlin, and have received many awards and nominations.
In the 2023-2024 season she was a playwright in residence at the Deutsches Theater Berlin and received a world premiere of Schmerz Camp at Theater Bremen. Schmerz Camp was published and is available in Switzerland, Austria and Germany.
She is represented by Suhrkamp (mueller@suhrkamp.de).