Stefan Aleksić is a writer and dramaturg whose work moves across literature, theatre, opera, contemporary music theatre and performance, exploring the tensions between language and embodiment, intimacy and violence, the individual and the structure that shapes it.
Aleksić’s dramaturgies often stage a collision between the banal and the catastrophic, shifting between the comic, the intimate, the absurd and the violent without resolving their contradictions. The work moves through what is inherited and re-enacted across generations, in spaces that reflect and reproduce social relations, where violence is almost always normalized, while the body becomes a site of negotiation, control and transmission. The writing deliberately maintains a porous boundary between literary and performative forms, allowing text to extend into sound, rhythm, gesture and physical action.
Born in Sombor and a graduate of Karlovci Grammar School, Aleksić studied Dramaturgy at the Academy of Arts of the University of Banjaluka and went on to obtain a Master of Arts (MA) in Drama from KASK School of Arts in Ghent.
In 2015, his first play, Čvarci, was presented as a staged reading at Sterijino Pozorje as a part of the Pozorje Mladih programme. The play was subsequently performed at the Petar Kočić Stage of the National Theatre of the Republika Srpska in Banjaluka in 2015 and 2016.
In 2016, his graduation play Opet će cveće was presented as a staged reading at Sterijino Pozorje.
In 2020, the play Bazen za Lazara was selected as one of the five most successful texts in the annual playwriting competition organised by Heartefact.
In 2020, the chamber mono-opera Amidst dust and fractured voices, with an original text by Aleksić and music by Japanese composer Koji Takahashi, premiered in Ghent. The work was subsequently adapted for a Japanese production under the title PLAT HOME and performed at Suginami Public Hall in Tokyo in 2021. PLAT HOME received the President’s Award at TOKYO GEIDAI ARTFES in 2023.
In 2022, the play Pir (English: A Feast) was presented at the Heartefact Pride Theatre Festival in Belgrade as a staged reading, performed by Aleksić and Lea Blau. The same year, A Feast was longlisted for the AURORA – Dramatic Award of the City of Bydgoszcz competition.
In 2023, as part of his Master’s studies at KASK School of Arts, Aleksić developed the libretto for the opera The East Complex, with music by Riles Walsh. The opera was presented at Opera Ballet Vlaanderen in Ghent.
In 2024, he wrote the text for the performance Trigger Warning by Ylva Rietman, which was presented at Theater aan de Rijn in Arnhem, the Netherlands, and subsequently at the Wuzhen Theatre Festival in China.
In 2025, the play Jutro kad se tetka obesila was shortlisted for the Sterijino Pozorje playwriting competition.