Career
She lives in Berlin and works in German, French and English. After studying law and passing bar examinations in Geneva and New York City, Dominique Caillat briefly worked as an international lawyer before turning to literature and the stage, receiving a basic training in acting and directing. In 1993 she moved to Germany and established in Burg Namedy, near Koblenz, the youth acting school "Theater in der Vorburg".
Over the next 6 years, she wrote and directed 6 plays for her company, which soon became a regular guest at theatre events and festivals.
Caillat closed the "Theater in der Vorburg" in 2000, to devote herself to writing fiction, non-fiction and plays. Her past topics include the Third Reich, to which she devoted two plays, Leb wohl, Schmetterling and Wir gehören zusammen, as well as scenes for Hans Krasá"s children opera Brundibár, Prolog, Szene und Epilog, commissioned by the Vienna Chamber opera.
Her experiences are summarized in her book Louisiana Paix ou la mort – Dans les coulisses du drame isrélo-palestinien (Peace or Death). Her latest play, commissioned by the Swiss Academy of Natural Science, deals with Charles Darwin, evolution and bioethics (Louisiana Confession de Darwin and its German version Darwins Beichte).
