Writing for Theatre

Wednesday 12 May 2010, 6:30PM - 8:00PM

Presented by: Ross Mueller and Amelia Roper, Hosted by Elise Hearst
Rating: All levels
Type: Panel

Join these guest playwrights as they discuss the process from script to theatre production, and the importance of collaborative relationships within the theatre.

Ross Mueller is the winner of the 2008 New York New Dramatists Playwright exchange for his play Concussion. In March 2009 Concussion was premiered by Sydney Theatre Company. His play Hard Core was shortlisted for the 2009 Griffin and 2009 Patrick White Award. He is the winner of the Wal Cherry Play of the Year 2007 for his play The Glory. In March 2007 his play The Ghost Writer was premiered at Melbourne Theatre Company. Construction of The Human Heart was short listed for the 2007 AWGIE Award for Best New Play and nominated for five Green Room Awards. In 2002 he was the Australian playwright at the international residency of the Royal Court Theatre, London.

Amelia Roper’s first two plays won national writing awards, and her third, HONG KONG DINOSAUR, was an Emerging Artist Commission at the Melbourne Theatre Company (2009). HONG KONG DINOSAUR will soon receive further development and a reading in New York, with mentor Will Eno, thanks to the Australia Council’s new JUMP Mentorships Program.

Elise Hearst graduated from Creative Arts at Melbourne University. She attended World Interplay 2005 and in 2006/2007 attended the Royal Court Theatre’s Young Writers' Programme. Previous plays include Dirtyland (2009 National Play Festival), The Sea Project (MTC Cybec Reading series) and Apple. Elise currently holds a 2010 residency with the Griffin Theatre.

Please note: Guest appearance of John Harding has been cancelled due to illness.

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