Bio

Simone Zeefuik is an Afro-Dutch writer, Bijlmer-based cultural programmer, dramaturg and tea critic. Her work focuses on Blackity Black imagination and everydayness in theatre, film and visual art. She’s currently writing the script for Romana Vrede’s new play ‘Sisterhood’ (Theater Rotterdam) and has recently joined the team of coaches of Theater Bellevue’s trajectory for new playwrights. At Bijlmer Parktheater, she organizes and hosts the GembertheeSessies (Ginger Tea Sessions) and BPTUnpacks.

Zeefuik enjoys long walks on the Eurostar platforms and the company of those who understand that not all questions need their own meetings. She also prefers specificity because she has coffee at her house.

Together with Romana Vrede and Ira Kip she co-initiated PaarsPaars, the conversation-platform where Black and NBPOC makers, thinkers, artists, writers and enthusiasts reflect on art works that engage with their imagination and realities.

Projects and initiatives she initiated or co-initiated include: podcast Project Wiaspora, Soapbox, RE:Definition, #DecolonizeTheMuseum and #UndocumentedNL .

Contact info
Instagram: @lazeefuik
E-mail: writezeefuik@gmail.com 
Work related questions: Organisations, institutions and individuals without a crew-verified track record of actively amplifying voices and initiatives from the communities Simone Zeefuik is a part of and/or stands in solidarity with, are kindly urged to include a fee in their first work proposal. This includes ‘hopping on a quick call’ and ‘maybe just a few thoughts’. As for the ‘tea or coffee so I can pick your brain’-requests, Zeefuik is delighted to inform you that she has tea in her home and she’s properly hydrated. With her suggestion to make 2024 a year where the comfort of the frequently-exhausted and not the often-comfy is centered, she wishes you* a happy rest of the year.

* Folks who present genocide and other war crimes as ‘complexities’ are not included in this category.