Stephanie Engeln, born in Düsseldorf, studied Interior Architecture and Design in Germany. Since 1985, she has designed sets, costumes, and lighting for theatre, opera, exhibitions, museum installations, and hotel interiors worldwide. In 1989, she collaborated with Robert Wilson on William Shakespeare’s King Lear at Schauspiel Frankfurt, starring the legendary Marianne Hoppe. They have since collaborated on numerous arts projects across Europe, Asia, and the United States. 

Engeln has collaborated with Wilson on iconic opera productions such as Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande, The White Raven by Philip Glass, Parsifal, Die Zauberflöte, Norma, La traviata, Le trouvère, Turandot, Mozart’s version of Handel’s Messiah, as well as distinctive Ruhrtriennale productions in Germany, including The Temptations of St. Anthony by Bernice Johnson Reagon and Helmut Lachenmann’s Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern. Currently, she is working on another Wilson legacy project in Lithuania for 2026, 7 Solitudes, and is collaborating with Margery Arent Safir on a book about his work between 2012 and 2026.