2024 Selection criteria
Expressions of Interest:
Playwright-in-Residence commission ($7000 fee)
Selection by a panel of staff from the Theatre Arts course at Curtin University.
To assist in the selection the panel take into account the following:
- The potential of the proposed play to provide opportunities for our students to develop their craft
- The quality of the play
- CV of the playwright
- Suitability of the play for younger actors
- Networking opportunities for our students
- Feasibility of staging the play at the venue
- Potential for the playwright to be able to have the play produced at other tertiary settings in the future
- Playwright being Western Australian or a graduate from Curtin’s Theatre Arts course
- Potential for the production to promote our course.
Your Expression of Interest should include:
- A description of the ideas your play will explore
- A description of your writing process (i.e., how you best like to work with actors and a director on a new work)
- Any initial thoughts about casting and/or staging.
Your application should also include:
- A 1-page CV of previous theatre/writing experience
- A 5-page writing sample (either a past play or the play you’re proposing). If the play is completed, the application should include a full copy of the play.
Essential Criteria:
- Playwright should be a resident of Western Australia for at least the past 12 months OR be a graduate of Curtin’s Theatre Arts course, and have previously had at least one professional production of their work
- Proposed play should not have had a previous production (excluding a reading or work-in-progress showing)
- Proposed play should be a playwright-driven script rather than a collaboratively devised project.
NB: Plays that demonstrate consideration of the suitability of the roles to a predominately young cast are highly encouraged.
*Please note that we are unable to provide individual feedback on unsuccessful applications.