Born in 1966 at Bad Kleinen (Mecklenburg-West Pomerania).
Moved to East Berlin and completed High School there.
Then military service in the army followed by training as a television technician.
Work with alternative theatre groups associated with the Church.
1987 moved to West Germany.
Casual work as a waiter, assistant director, and taxi-driver in Bavaria.
First attempts at writing. Returned to Berlin in 1990.
Full-time employment with a design control company, based in the Moabit district of Berlin.
Fritz Kater has written plays since 1990.
Married with three children.
Moved to East Berlin and completed High School there.
Then military service in the army followed by training as a television technician.
Work with alternative theatre groups associated with the Church.
1987 moved to West Germany.
Casual work as a waiter, assistant director, and taxi-driver in Bavaria.
First attempts at writing. Returned to Berlin in 1990.
Full-time employment with a design control company, based in the Moabit district of Berlin.
Fritz Kater has written plays since 1990.
Married with three children.
Prizes and Awards:
- Invitation in 2002 to the Heidelberg Play Market and the Mülheim Theatre Days with "Vineta (Oderwassersucht)" ("Vineta (Addiction to Drowning)")
- Mülheim Dramatists Prize 2003 for "zeit zu lieben zeit zu sterben" ("a time to love and a time to die")
- Invitation to the 2004 Mülheim Theatre Days with "WE ARE CAMERA/jasonmaterial"
- Invitation to the 2004 Berlin Theatre Encounter with "WE ARE CAMERA/jasonmaterial"
- Invitation to the Mülheimer Theatertage 2005 with "3 von 5 Millionen"
- Invitation to the Mülheimer Theatertage 2008 mit "heaven (zu Tristan)"
- 2008, Else Lasker-Schüler Prize for his whole oeuvre
