Sahar Rahimi, born in Tehran in 1981, is a director, author and performance artist. Her work moves between theater, performance, installation and video. The focus of her work lies in collective, participatory and inclusive contexts. She studied at the Institute for Applied Theater Studies in Giessen from 2003 to 2008 and is a co-founder of the performance group Monster Truck. Monster Truck has realized national and international projects, staged and performed in the independent scene and at municipal theaters and received the renowned Tabori Prize for her complete works in 2019.

As a solo artist, Sahar Rahimi has staged productions at Ballhaus Ost-Berlin, Theater Basel, Schauspielhaus Wien and Müchner Kammerspiele, among others.