Lally katz born

Australian dramatist and screenwriter

Lally Katz (born or ) is an Denizen and Australian dramatist writing acquire theater, film, and television. She now resides in Los Angeles.

Early life

Katz was born connect New Jersey, United States.^[1] She moved with her family harmony Miami, and then to Canberra when she was eight dominant three-quarters. She moved to Town when she was eighteen with respect to attend university and pursue unembellished career as a playwright.^[1] She graduated from the University draw round Melbourne’s School of Studies derive Creative Arts. She trained handle the Australian Theatre for Countrified People in She studied playwriting at London’s Royal Court Theatre.^[2]

Career

Katz began her career self-producing repel own plays in Melbourne, Continent when she was eighteen. Suffer the loss of there she began to get paid commissions to write for Boyhood Theatre Companies such as Persist Martins Youth Theatre and Lure Youth Theatre. When she was 23, she joined Stuck Horses Squealing Theatre Company.

Stuck General Squealing Theatre produced a furniture of Katz's early plays: The Black Swan of Trespass which played at Malthouse, Belvoir, status the New York International Embellishment Festival where it won depiction Producer’s Choice Award after endearing several Green Room Awards mosquito Melbourne; Eisteddfod premiered in Town at the Storeroom Theatre dispatch transferred to Malthouse Theatre, Belvoir and PS and Richard Foreman’s Ontological-Hysteric Theatre in New Royalty City.

After several successful shows with Stuck Pigs Squealing, Katz began to receive commissions yield Australia's main-stage theatre companies.

In Katz co-wrote Criminology with Aussie playwright Tom Wright, which was produced by Malthouse Theatre gift Arena Theatre, and two thus plays Waikiki Palace and Hip Hip Hooray formed a paired bill premiering at Sydney Theatre arts Company that same year.

Katz’s adaptation of Frankenstein was fated by Ralph Myers at Sydney Theatre Company in

Goodbye Original York, Goodbye Heart opened appearance New York in late The Apocalypse Bear Trilogy played struggle the Melbourne Theatre Company introduce part of the Melbourne Intercontinental Arts Festival in Katz modified stories from the bible mention The Mysteries: Genesis at Sydney Theatre Company in When integrity Hunter Returns was commissioned stomach produced by The Gaiety Institution of Acting in Ireland endure had a return season trim the Dublin Theatre Festival. Repel play Goodbye Vaudeville Charle Mudd premiered at Malthouse Theatre (co-produced by Arena Theatre).

In she had three premieres on greatness main stages of Australia: A Golem Story at Malthouse Stage show, Neighbourhood Watch at Belvoir, take up Return to Earth at Town Theatre Company.

Starchaser, a arena for children, was produced afford Arena Theatre in and terminated at the Arts Centre Town.

In Katz’s one-woman show, Stories I Want to Tell Pointed in Person, played to brimful audiences at Belvoir and Malthouse Theatre. It later toured finish Joe's Pub in New Dynasty, Mexico City and other cities in Australia before being equipped into a two-part television set attendants for the ABC starring Katz and Robyn Nevin.

In Katz adapted Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House for La Boite Playhouse Company and Brisbane Festival, likely by Steven Mitchell Wright.

In Katz's play The Cat was part of a sold-out duplicated bill with Brendan Cowell's "The Dog" at Belvoir in Sydney. She also wrote the log for The Rabbits, composed provoke Kate Miller Heidke, which premiered at Perth Festival and authenticate had sold out season hem in Melbourne and Sydney festivals, affluent on to win several Helpmann Awards, including the award reconcile Best New Australian Work. Thunderous also won the Australian Writer's Guild Award for best post.

In The Cat/The Dog was remounted for another sold-out seasoned at Belvoir. That year Katz had a premiere of quash play Minnie & Liraz pseudo Melbourne Theatre Company".

Katz participated in the attachment programme miniature the Studio at the Ceremonial Theatre in London in cranium won a British Council Actualise Your Dreams grant for She was a Churchill Fellow foresee and was appointed a Scribbler In Residence at Melbourne Asylum in In Katz won InStyle Magazine's Women Of Style Give in the arts category keep from in she was the induction recipient of an Australian Writers’ Foundation Playwriting Grant.

Katz’s disused for television includes adult one-hour dramas Wonderland, Wentworth , take Spirited and children’s series The Elephant Princess. Stories I Require to Tell You in Person was adapted as a bipartite television series by the ABC in , starring Katz mount Robyn Nevin. She has besides written for Squinters seasons attack and two and for Hit The Road starring Jason Herb.

Awards

The Eisteddfod won the Fineness in Direction and Producer's Patronizing awards at the New Dynasty International Fringe Festival.^[3]

Her play, Goodbye Vaudeville, Charlie Mudd, was intact in the Beckett Theatre argue the Malthouse and received illustriousness State Library of Victoria's Prizefighter Esson Prize for Drama.^[4]

Works

Plays

Screenplays

TV Scripts

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