2023 marks the inaugural year of the Gasworks Script Lab playwriting program.
MWT has partnered with Gasworks Arts Park to present this program, which offers streams for Emerging and Mid-Career playwrights. The program commenced in July and will culminate in a series of Showcase Events.
Details of the scripts to be presented at these events are listed at the bottom of this page.
In the meantime, our talented cohort of 2023 Playwrights is pictured below.
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- Pryiyanka Jain
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- Nathan Curnow
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- Jennifer Beasley
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- Finn Moseley
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- Ros Varley
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- Mat Dawidowski
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- Desiree Milonas-King
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- Lochie Laffin-Vines
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- Sharron Hunter
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- Marina Nash
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- Bruce Shearer
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- Maree Collie
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- Fiona Corke
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- John Bolger
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- Louise Hopewell
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- Rob Selzer
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- Natalie Frijia
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- AJ Carney
The Facilitators for 2023 are playwright and teacher Michael Olsen (Emerging stream) and playwright and MWT Resident Director Elizabeth Walley (Mid-Career stream). The Program Coordinator is Clare Mendes, who is a playwright, producer and the Company Manager of MWT.
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- Elizabeth Walley
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- Michael Olsen
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- Clare Mendes
Join us for these S H O W C A S E E V E N T S
The scripts written during Gasworks Script Lab will be presented at the following events. All welcome!
The Studio Theatre (Gasworks Arts Park) Tuesday 24th October @ 6.30 – 8.30pm
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Ground Control by Fiona CorkeThe Ring by Jennifer Beasley
Crossways by Marina Nash
The Unusual Proposal by Desiree Milonas-King
Horizon by Ros Varley
I desire you to sing by A J Carney
The Studio Theatre (Gasworks Arts Park) Wednesday 25th October @ 6.30 – 8.30pm
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The Willow Tree by Finn MoseleyMufasa Lives in You by Nathan Curnow
*Tickets for the above Showcase Nights @ Gasworks will be available from October. Details
The Performance Space (Docklands) Saturday 2nd December @ 2pm – 5pm
********************************************************************************************Ideogenesis by Priyanka Jan
My Dogs Don’t Bark by Mateusz Dawidowski
Never Enough by Sharron Hunter
Playtime’s Over by Lochie Laffin-Vines
Trees are Green by Maree Collie
Saint Ray by Rob Selzer
Female Vagabond by Louise Hopewell
One Hot Brick by Johnny Bolger
Belle Darling Klondike Queen by Natalie Frijia
Jennie! by Bruce Shearer
*More information about the above Showcase @ Docklands event will be listed on this page in October.
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Congratulations to our 2023 participants on completing the program.
We hope that your time spent in Gasworks Script Lab
will provide a foundation for your future writing endeavors.
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