Penny Yiou Peng (彭憶歐) is an interdisciplinary writer, scholar, and dramaturg based in Berlin, with roots in Beijing. Her work spans philosophy, performance, and ecological-sensing dramaturgy, engaging Daoist cosmology, critical posthumanism, ritual, and the archaeology of the senses. She examines how artistic and linguistic practices might reach the edges of perception and translate the ineffable into shared sensory experience. She holds a double BA in Economics and Film Studies from Smith College (USA), an MA in Film Studies from University College London (UK), and a PhD in Philosophy from the Institute of Theatre Studies at Freie Universität Berlin (DE) under the guidance of plant philosopher Michael Marder and theatre scholar Matthias Warstat. Her writing has appeared in Art Review, Spike Art Magazine, LEAP, Ocula, and Ars Electronica, among others. As a writer, performer, and dramaturg, Peng has collaborated on notable projects such as 500 Meters: Kafka, Great Wall, Unreal World (2017–2019) with Papertiger, premiered at the 2017 Theater der Welt festival; Trance (2021–present) with Tianzhuo Chen, premiered at Kampnagel in Hamburg; Here, a nut falls twice (2022–present) with Yen Chun Lin, premiered at the ICA in London; Seasons with Olof Rusten, premiered at Turteatern in Stockholm; Dwellers Between Waters (2023) with CROSSLUCID; and Shelf-life: an opera (2025) with Matilda Tjäder, premiered at Inkonst in Malmö. She is currently editing her book ‘On the Edge of Performance’ (2026/2027) and writing a bilingual science-fiction novel, On Earth in Dreams (浮世夢遊錄).