Monica Marotta was born in Naple. After graduating as a translator and interpreter and studying German, English and dramatics in Italy, she decided to move to Berlin before the turn of the millennium, where her career began as a literary translator, overwriter and production manager in theater. She works with various European theater groups and at various festivals such as the International Literature Festival, Theater of the World and the Salzburg Festival, among others. at the Thalia Theater Hamburg, German Theater and Ballhaus Naunynstrasse. She is the project manager of Studio Я.