Niloofar Beyzaie

Niloofar Beyzaie (born January 15, 1967, in Tehran) is an Iranian dramaturge, playwright and theatre director who lives in exile in Germany. Life Niloofar Beyzaie is the daughter of the Iranian theater and film director Bahram Beyzaie (Bahram Beyzai) and Monir Azam Raminfar who comes from a family of artists. Her uncle Iraj Raminfar is one of the best known costume designers and scenic designers (Theatre and Film) in Iran. Her mother's uncle Abbas Javanmard was an influential stage directors of the 1940s-70s in Iran. In 1985, Beyzaie had to leave Iran for political reasons and studied German studies, Theater, Film and Media Studies and Pedagogy at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main. After finishing her academic studies (Master of Arts) she founded, in 1994, the theater group "Daritsche". Since then, she is leading this group as stage director, playwright, and light and costume designer. She is married and has a daughter. She advocates for women's rights and for the LGBTQ community in Iran and is involved for the rights of religious minorities in Iran, in particular the officially persecuted Baháʼís.