Fadrina Arpagaus studied German philology and philosophy in Zurich and Berlin as well as the history and theory of architecture at ETH Zurich.
She worked as an in-house dramaturge at Theater Basel, Theater Neumarkt, Bühnen Bern and most recently at Schauspielhaus Zürich from 2019 to 2023. Today she is a lecturer in dramaturgy at the Zurich University of the Arts, curates the discourse program at Zurich's Theater Spektakel and co-heads the Swiss playwriting support program DRAMENPROZESSOR.