Sofianna Theofanous was born in Athens, she graduated with honors from the Department of Communication and Culture at Panteion University and the Drama School of the Art Theatre “Karolos Koun.” She was a founding member of the Experimental Stage of the National Theatre of Greece and later spent 12 years as an actress at the National Theatre before moving succesfully freelance

She has written libretti for  two operas for children, commissioned by the Greek National Opera and the Patras Municipal and Regional Theatre (DIPETHE) (Prince Ivan and the Firebird and The Snow Queen). Additionally, she has authored two illustrated children’s books and 13 commissioned plays.

 In 2022, she was awarded the National Prize for Playwriting in the children’s/young adult category for her play Merry Christmas, My Dear Charlie, based on the testimonies of unaccompanied minors from war zone countries, in collaboration with the National Youth Theatre (Mikro Ethniko) and UNICEF.

Her adaptation of The Invisible Tonino was nominated for Best Children’s Play in 2024 by the Hellenic Theatre Critics Association. She has also been in the writers’ room of several television series, a Chief editor for radio shows and is also a producer at the Athens Epidaurus Festival on an ongoing basis.

PLAYS

Marilyn, 2025
VAGABONDAGES, 2025
Sara Crewe, 2025
Blunted, 2025
Doctor Do – Or, Splitting Hairs, 2024
Tonino Disappears, 2024
The Winch or else the Bastard, 2023
The Christmas Child, 2023
Papageno’s Holidays, 2023
The Bitter Water, 2021
Merry Christmas, My Dear Charlie, 2020
Prince Ivan and the Firebird (libretto), 2018
The Snow Queen (libretto), 2015