Playography 2011
PlayWriting Australia supported scripts
The following projects are supported by PlayWriting Australia in 2011
National Play Festival
Fine Draft Plays
The Damned by Reg Cribb (WA)
Rust and Bone by Caleb Lewis (SA/NSW)
Swamplands by Van Badham (NSW)
The Real World by Melissa Reeves (VIC)
Must Sees Plays
Bondi Dreaming by Sam Atwell (NSW)
Music by Jane Bodie (NSW)
1975 by Stephen Carleton (QLD)
Small Life by Zoe Hogan (NSW)
Quiver by Kit Lazaroo (VIC)
New Light Shine by Shannon Murdoch (VIC)
Sweetest Things by Kate Rice (WA)
Crossed by Chris Summers (VIC)
National Play Festival scripts are available online from July 2011 at australianplays.org
National Script Workshop
Faces Look Ugly by Tom Holloway (VIC)
Three Magpies Perched in a Tree by Glenn Shea (VIC)
This Year's Ashes by Jane Bodie (NSW)
The Trouble with Harry by Lachlan Philpott (NSW)
Little Borders by Phillip Kavanagh (SA)
Helicopter by Angela Betzien (VIC)
Re-Gen Young and Emerging Artists Commissions
Here in the Sugarcane by Erin Kelly (VIC)
The Light Box by Natalia Savvides (NSW)
State exchange
I'm Your Man by Roslyn Oades (VIC) in collaboration with Bankstown Youth Development (NSW)
The People Versus (working title) by Tom Holloway (VIC) in collaboration with Robert Jarman, produced by Tasmania Performs (TAS)
The Jetty by Catherine Fargher (NSW) in collaboration with Catherine Fitzgerald (SA) and Merrigong Theatre (NSW)
Sleeping Horses Lie - 2012 School Touring Work by Maxine Mellor (QLD) and Terrapin Puppet Theatre (TAS)
Cautionary Tales for Children development with playwright Claudia O'Doherty (NSW) and Arena Theatre Co (VIC)
Waltzing the Wilara by David Milroy (WA) in collaboration with Wesley Enoch (QLD) and Performing Lines (NSW)
Creative Development Studio
Hard Core by Ross Mueller (VIC)
PlayWriting Australia writers on stage in 2011
The following projects have been supported by PlayWriting Australia and can be seen on stage in 2011
Student Body by Alana Valentine (National Play Festival 2010)
Presented by Boobook Theatre at the Union House Theatre, University of Melbourne, from 16 to 25 March 2010.
Directed by Dione Joseph and starring Keith Brockett (The Librarians), Sheena Reyes (Neighbours, City Homicide) and Ash Kakkar, Rachel Fong and Kelly Ryan.
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War Crimes by Angela Betzien (National Play Festival 2010)
War Crimes has been selected for inclusion on the 2011 VCE Drama & Theatre Studies Playlist and in 2011 it will tour to schools and communities in Victoria, through the Arts to Go program.
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Water Falling Down by Mark Swivel (National Play Festival 2010)
Produced by Queensland Theatre Company
Directed by Andrea Moore and staring Andrew Buchanon and Ron Haddrick
Queensland Performing Arts Centre, 4 April to 7 May 2011
Disarming Rosetta, A Geniune Italian Fiasco by Rosalba Clemente (National Script Workshop 2010)
Co-commissioned by Hothouse Theatre and PlayWriting Australia
HotHouse Theatre, directed by Tom Healy
Butter Factory Stage, Albury
31 March to 9 April
Porn. Cake. by Vanessa Bates (National Script Workshop 2010)
Beckett Theatre, Malthouse Theatre
Directed by Pamela Rabe
15 April to 8 May 2011
Crossed by Chris Summers (National Play Festival 2011)
Playtform Youth Theatre and Appetite Arts, directed by Matt Scholten
La Mama Courthouse
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Dirtyland by Elise Hearst (National Play Festival 2009)
Arthur in association with The Spare Room, directed by Paige Rattray
New Theatre
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Silent Disco by Lachlan Philpott (National Script Workshop 2009)
Griffin Theatre Company, directed by Lee Lewis
Stables Theatre
28 April to 4 June 2011
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Beautiful, A Ghost Story by Carrie McLean (State Exchange 2010)
Mudlark Theatre Company, directed by Kate Gaul
Presented by Tasmanian Theatre Company
Theatre Royale Backspace, Hobart
13 – 16 July 2011
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10,000 Beers by Alex Broun (Creative Development Studio, 2009)
Darlinghurst Theatre Company, directed by Lee Lewis
16 September to 9 October 2011
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Transparency by Suzie Miller (National Play Festival 2010)
Seymour Centre and Parramatta Riverside Theatres, Directed by Tim Jones
1 - 17 September 2011
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This Year's Ashes by Jane Bodie (National Script Workshop 2011)
Co-commissioned by PlayWriting Australia and Griffin Theatre Co
Griffin Theatre Company, directed by Shannon Murphy
7 Oct - 19 November 2011
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The Damned by Reg Cribb (National Play Festival 2011)
Black Swan State Theatre Company, directed by Andrew Lewis
Studio Underground, State Theatre Centre of WA
14-30 October 2011
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Bondi Dreaming by Sam Atwell (National Play Festival 2011)
Tamaramma Rock Surfers, Bondi Pavillion, NSW
7 November - 3 December 2011
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