- Born in Zagreb, Croatia (8 December 1975)
- Graduated dramaturgy on Academy of Drama Arts, Zagreb, Croatia.
- M.S. in literature at the University of Philosophy in Zagreb titled Topics of Madness and Revolution in the drama of 20th Century.
- 1995. founded activistic group Project Buffalo.
- Since 1996. member of editorial board of FRAKCIJA International Magazine for Contemporary Performing Arts. From 2004. member of editorial board of magazine for literature Tema:.
- 1998-2000 editor of the tv-show for contemporary theatre and dance V-effekt
- 2000 – co founder of theatre group BADco. where working as dramaturg, playwright and director.
- In 2001. became an author of Verlag der Autoren, Frankfurt am Main.
- Working for radio, TV and newspapers as a freelance author and as a guest-professor at the Academy of Drama Arts in Zagreb.
- Performing her texts in the form of Auto-referential readings
PLAYS:
23th Cat 1996, Orange in the Clouds 1998, Reconstruction – Comical Funeral of the First Sentence 1998, Walking Along the Surface 1999, 4 Dry Feet 1999, Archetype: Medea – Monologue for a Woman that Sometimes Speaks 2000, Rib Cage2000., Streetwalkers 2001., Mass for Election-day Silence, Dead Body Behind the Wall & Hoofs in the Throat 2002., Woman-bomb, 2003., Europa – Monologue for Mother Courage and Her Children2004.
SELECTION OF PUBLISHED PLAYS:
1999 – 4 Dry Feet, in Vrisak6/7, SC. , Zagreb
2001 – collection of plays Executed faces – 4 Play about optimism, Meandar edition, Zagreb;
2001 – Orange in den Wolken , Verlag der Autoren, Frankfurt;
2002 – 4 Trockene Fusse, Verlag der Autoren, Frankfurt;
2002 –Rippen/Wände, Verlag der Autoren, Frankfurt;
2003 – Rib Cage, in DIFFERENT VOICES, Eight Contemporary Croatian Plays, ITI – UNESCO, Zagreb
2003 –Streetwalkers in Kolo 4, MH, Zagreb
2003- RibCage, BAD co. Zagreb;
2004 – Europa – Monologue for Mother Courage and her Children in Kolo 1, MH, Zagreb
2004 – Bombenfrau, Verlag der Autoren, Frankfurt
2004 – collection of playsWoman Bomb – 3 monologues, Meandar edition, Zagreb
2005- Woman-bomb (Slovenian translation), in Apokalipsa 94/95, Ljubljana, Slovenia
STAGED PLAYS:
2000 – Archetype: Medea, Performing Unit, Breda, Holland (authors T. Huilmand and I. Sajko);
2001- Orange in the clouds, zekaem Theatre, Zagreb (directed by B.Baletić);
2001- Apfelsine in den Wolken, Zwinger 3, Heidelberg (directed by H. Habig);
2002 –Medea, Ex Ponto, Ljubljana (authors I. Buljan & I.Sajko); 2003 – RibCage, BADco. (authors BADco.);
2004 – MASS (for election day silence), BADco., (directed by I. Sajko);
2004-Orange in the clouds, Croatian National Theatre, Osijek (directed by F. Perković);
2004 –Womanbomb, Theatrelabor-Darmstadt, Germany (directed by M. Augenfeld);
2005 – Bombenfrau, Theater Discounter Gottingen, Germany (directed by H. Wolff);
2005 – Woman bomb, Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne, Australia (directed by J. Kamp)
RADIO PRODUCTIONS:
2000 – Orange in the Clouds, Croatian radio (directed by S. Jamnicky);
2001- 4 Dry Feet Croatian radio (directed by M. Brečić);
2002 – Rib Cage, Croatian radio (directed by G. Sergej Pristaš);
2002 –Reconstruction – Comical funeral of the First Sentence, Croatian Radio (directed by R. Mesarić);
2003 –Streetwalkers, Croatian Radio (directed by B.Vučković);
2003 –4 Dry Feet, Slovak Radio Košice (directed by L. Tarbajovska)
2003 – “Woman Bomb”, Croatian Radio (directed by M. Kovač)
2004 – CD Mass for election day silence Zvuk mochvare (authors: I. Sajko, D. Simons & L. Karrer)
2005 – Europa, Croatian Radio (directed by R. Mesarić)
AWARDS & GRANTS:
- Rector’s Award for the essay on theatrology Nuance Bloody(1998);
- Chosen from the selection of European young authors to present plays on the 10th Frankfurter Autotorenforum (1998);
- National Award (Marin Držić) for the the play Orange in the clouds (1999);
- Sfera (Sphere) Award for the play 4 Dry Feet (2000);
- National Award (Marin Držić) for the play Rib Cage (2001);
- National Award (Marin Držić) for the play “Mass for election-day silence, dead body behind the wall & hoofs in the throat” (2003);
- Writer-in-residence for Rockefeller Foundation, Bellagio Center, Italy, for the play Woman-bomb, (2003);
- Writer-in-residence at Writer’s House of Miško Kranjec, Slovenia – Award of Slovenian & Croatian Publishers (2004);
- Award of Croatian Theatre for the radio production of play Woman Bomb (2004)
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