THE STAGE DOOR READINGS
are the showcase event for scripts developed through MWT’s PAGE TO STAGE dramaturgical program.
In 2023, these readings will be held on the weekend of 11th – 12th November.
For more information about Page to Stage 2023, including submission dates, click here.
In 2022 The Stage Door Readings were presented from 12th – 13th November
at THEATRE WORKS in St Kilda. The following playwrights and scripts were presented:
Saturday 12th November
KNIFE EDGE 11am – 1pm
Playwright: Alison Campbell Rate
Dramaturge: Brooke Fairley
Director: Natasha Broadstock
Actors: Brigitte Jarvis, Ross Larkin, Charmaine Gorman, Niniane le Page, Leon Durr
Playwright Q&A: https://vimeo.com/770655423
ONLY HUMAN 2pm – 4pm
Playwright: Louise Hopewell
Dramaturge & Director: Elizabeth Walley
Actors: Charmaine Gorman, Judith Gorman, Ian Ferrington
Playwright Q&A: https://vimeo.com/770952424
Sunday 13th November
MID-WEST SCOUSE 11am – 1pm
Playwright: Richard Mealey
Dramaturge: Callum Dale
Director: Emma Drysdale
Actors: Zach Anderson, Lachlan Cassidy, Madeleine Magee Carr, Gregory Caine, Rebecca Morton, Phil Evans
Playwright Q&A: https://vimeo.com/775581558
F*CKING MICHIGAN 2pm – 4pm
Playwright: Mag O’Brien
Dramaturge & Director: Cathy Hunt
Actors: Laura Jane Turner, Dennis Coard, James Shaw, Henry Kelly
Playwright Q&A: https://vimeo.com/775586498
THANK YOU to Theatre Works for providing venue and marketing support for The Stage Door Readings.
PAGE TO STAGE 2022 was generously assisted with a grant from the
Rodney Seaborn Playwriting Support Fund
