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JOANNE ERSKINE |
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Nationality: Australian Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Joanna Erskine is an emerging Sydney-based playwright, a graduate of the NIDA Playwrights Studio, Australian delegate at World Interplay 2009 and resident playwright for CRY HAVOC. Her writing career began after winning the 2002 Sydney Theatre Company Young Playwrights Award for her first play Waiting for the 9.07, directed by Geordie Brookman and starring Geoff Morrell and Rebecca Massey. While at NIDA, Joannas play Clippings received dramaturgy from Nick Marchand and was directed by Shannon Murphy (NIDA Parade Space). Plays include Little Mouse (New Theatre 2008, Brand Spanking New), A Mans Not a Fruit (Brighton Fringe Festival 2008, finalist in the Bite Size International Play Festival, Short and Sweet 2009), Waiting for the 9.07, The Tomato Soliloquies and Leave a Message (Lighthouse Theatre) and Bye Bye Baby. In July 2008 Joanna was selected for Playwriting Australias National Script Workshop in Canberra for her first full-length play, K.I.J.E. Following this she undertook a residency with La Mama NYC in Umbria, Italy with thirteen international playwrights, to continue work on K.I.J.E. For this play she was shortlisted for a 2009 Inscription Award and reached the longlist (top 15) for the 2008 Patrick White Playwrights Award. Most recently Joanna wrote the short play Foot for Griffin Theatre Companys 24-hour Play Generator. Joanna undertook a Bundanon Trust residency with CRY HAVOC for on her play Any Other Name, a new response to Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet.Most recently she has been accepted into atyps Fresh Ink core writers ensemble for 2010, is writing for Stories for the 428 at Sidetrack Theatre, and has completed a YAK residency at Shoprfront Theatre. In March 2010 she will be undertaking a residency with Bambina Borracha in Sydney.
Plays by Joanne Erskine
Astroturf Kings | ||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #130872 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | TYA 10 min | |||||
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Synopsis: | In a neighbourhood sweltering from the heat, two boys stare out across the street at one another. While Bennys mum encourages him to play with Jack, Jacks mum tries to keep him away from Benny. One scorching summers day, in the street that Mr Whippy forgot, the boys meet for the first time. But is not until a very special delivery, that Benny and Jack will become the Astroturf Kings, and discover they are not so different after all. | |||||
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Bye Bye Baby | ||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #130873 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | 30 min | |||||
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Synopsis: | In 2003 Kathleen Folbigg was convicted of murdering her four children before any of them grew beyond nineteen months of age. She maintains her innocence to this day. Bye Bye Baby follows the story of two very different women, struggling with the same guilt. This unique two-hander explores how a woman can take the breath away from the very life she created. A blend of verbatim and fiction. | |||||
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Clippings | ||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #130874 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | 20 min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 4 | ||
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Synopsis: | In a suburban hairdressing salon, Tiffany prepares for her upcoming marriage. For Vera, her mother, this is the happiest day of their lives and she will let nothing stand in the way. As Louise sweeps the dead hair clippings away, Vera and Tiffanys world will come crashing down with the arrival of the mysterious client, Sela. Amongst the primping, fussing and idle gossip of the salon, a rotten, sinister core will be exposed. | |||||
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K.I.J.E. | ||
| 1st Produced: | Tamarama Rock Surfers | 2011 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #130875 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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Leave A Message | ||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #130876 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | TYA 40 min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | One night, Will leaves for work and never comes back. Killed in a car accident, he leaves his best mate and sister without ever saying goodbye and they are left to mourn his sudden death. As memories of their last few hours spent together surface, Abbie and Jimmy discover grief in many different forms. With the unexpected arrival and support of Wills ex-girlfriend Beth, the three discover that death is nothing at all. | |||||
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Little Mouse | ||
| 1st Produced: | New Theatre | 2008 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #130877 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | 20 min | |||||
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Synopsis: | Mr and Mrs Mouse have a new arrival. Little Mouse is small, sweet, pretty and quiet, everything a good Little Mouse should be. But Mrs Mouse is acting very strange. What happens when the cat comes out to play? Little Mouse is a surreal tragi-comedy, a game-like exploration into the world of post natal depression. | |||||
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Mans Not a Fruit, A | ||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #130878 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | 10 min | |||||
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Synopsis: | The popular childrens television show, Bananas in Pyjamas, is ending. The studio has run out of money and the men inside the suits are destitute - and completely unknown. A Mans Not a Fruit tracks their last ten minutes together before cameras roll for the last time. Who are these men? What was their relationship like? Where can they possibly go from here? What the audience isnt privy to, until the final few moments, is their identities. | |||||
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Tomato Soliloquies, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #130879 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | TYA 40 min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | 1 m/f | |||||
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Synopsis: | In ancient Italy, if a man tossed the object of his love a tomato she could either catch it or let it fall. The love fruit was a symbol for his heart accepted or destroyed in a crushed, oozy mess. One late night, four friends conceal, offer, bargain and crush their tomatoes. A contemporary take on Shakespeares A Midsummer Nights Dream, featuring one very mischievous sprite. | |||||
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Waiting for the 9.07 | ||
| 1st Produced: | STC in Wharf 1 | - - - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #130880 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | 30 min comedy TYA | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | 5 m/f | |||||
Notes: | Won the 2002 Sydney Theatre Company Young Playwrights Award | |||||
Synopsis: | One morning, as middle-aged businessman Charlie waits for his regular train, the station announcement system starts talking to him. Five unknown commuters aid Charlie in his absurd, surreal and utterly human quest for meaning. An existential comedy for Einstein enthusiasts. | |||||
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