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Lally Katz

LALLY KATZ

  (1978 - )
Nationality:    Australian
email:    n/a     Website:    n/a

Literary Agent:    The Yellow Agency  

Lally Katz, born New Jersey, usa, is a graduate of the University of Melbourne's School of Studies in Creative Arts and studied playwriting at London's Royal Court Theatre. She is a core member of Stuck Pigs Squealing Theatre, which has rapidly built a reputation as one of the country's most exciting Theatre companies. Her plays include Goodbye Vaudeville Charlie Mudd, Frankenstein, the Black Swan of Trespass, the eisteddfod, Lally Katz and the Terrible Mysteries of the Volcano, Criminology (with Tom Wright) and Goodbye New York, Goodbye Heart. awards include several Green Room and Melbourne Fringe awards, the Melbourne Green Room award for Best Independent Production and a New York International Fringe Festival Producer's Choice award.

Research:    http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/238914

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         Apocalypse Bear Trilogy         At Last         Atlantis         Back At The Dojo         Back To The Cafeteria         Black Swan Of Trespass         Criminology         Dog, The / The Cat         Dolls House, A         Eisteddfod, The         Eric         Fag from Zagreb, The         Frankenstein         Golem Story, A         Goodbye New York, Goodbye Heart         Goodbye Vaudeville Charlie Mudd         Hip Hip Hooray         Kaidan Short Works Project         Lally Katz and the Terrible Mysteries of the Volcano         Last Episode of the Bubble Teens, The         Melburnalia         Minnie and Liraz         Missing Link         Mr Peterson's Milk         Mysteries, The : Genesis         Neighbourhood Watch         Outlookers         Pirate Eyes         Quarreling Pair, A         Return To Earth         Rough Draft #1         Smashed         Starchaser         Starlet Twins, The         Stories I Want to Tell You in Person         Waikiki Palace         When the Hunter Returns

Apocalypse Bear Trilogy

Synopsis:
This is an invitation. New lands are being created. Memory, now and the future are pouring onto the internet. Reality is splintering into shards of mirror and a casual, congenial bear is showing up at people's houses. If you've had a bad day at school, he'll take you back to where it all went wrong. Or he may invite you to the woods - a place of myth, transgression and discovery, where outcasts can start again - but with grave consequences. 'In the first of the trilogy, "the Fag from Zagreb", Jeremy, comes home at twilight to find the house empty except for the Apocalypse Bear preparing his after school snack. In the second, "Back to the Cafeteria", Sonya is trying to make sense of her failed marriage by returning to adolescence and unpicking the high school holy trinity of popularity, cool and beauty. "Into the Woods" brings the two characters together under the benign malevolence of the Apocalypse Bear.'

Notes:
Apocalypse Bear Trilogy : the Fag from Zagreb / Back to the Cafeteria / At Last

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Stuck Pigs Squealing

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
three short plays

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
AustLit BRN: 843593

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At Last

Synopsis:
A casual, congenial bear is showing up at people's houses. If you've had a bad day at school, he'll take you back to where it all went wrong. In a manner typical of Lally Katz's work, Apocalypse Bear Trilogy teeters the line of absurdity, yet remains rooted in the mythic structures beneath the surface of domestic and suburban reality.

Notes:
Apocalypse Bear Trilogy : The Fag from Zagreb / Back to the Cafeteria / At Last

1st Produced:
Lawler Studio, Southbank, Vic     08 Oct 2009

Organisations:
Stuck Pigs Squealing, Melbourne International Arts Festival

1st Published:
(Manuscript) Holdings Held at: QU:FRYeR - University of Queensland University of Queensland Library Fryer Library (QLD). Local Id: H2545   

Music:
-

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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/82345

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Atlantis

Atlantis
Lally Katz is on a journey. Shes left Australia behind and shes in the country of her childhood, trying to find a way back to when things were innocent. Her relationships are chaotic, her professional life is a shambles and contemporary America seems riddled with charlatans and shysters. But along the way moments of wisdom bubble up, as if from some lost ancient city beneath the waves off Florida. . .The fabulous Lally Katz once again mines her life  both real and imaginative  for an epic story lined with romantic dilemmas and unforgettable encounters. A grand adventure through cynical times, but infused with Lallys unwavering optimism.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Belvoir Street Theatre, Surry Hills, NSW     01 Nov 2017

Organisations:
Belvoir

1st Published:

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  doubling

Further Reference:
https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/127098

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Back At The Dojo

Back At The Dojo
After nearly losing his mind in the abandon of 1960s America, young Danny finds his way again with the help of an enigmatic sensei. At a New Jersey karate dojo, he and other mislaid souls make their way back into the world, and Danny bumps into a woman called Lois. Meanwhile, in present-day Australia, Danny's long-lost grandchild has decided to become Patti Smith& From the marvellous mind of Lally Katz comes a modern romance about wanderlust, love and karate. Inspired by the true events that brought her parents together, Back at the Dojo is a ravishing, nourishing story about the myths families live by.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Stuck Pigs Squealing

1st Published:

Music:
-

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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  4            Other:  extras, doubling possible

Further Reference:
https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/118247

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Back To The Cafeteria

Synopsis:
A casual, congenial bear is showing up at people's houses. If you've had a bad day at school, he'll take you back to where it all went wrong. In a manner typical of Lally Katz's work, Apocalypse Bear Trilogy teeters the line of absurdity, yet remains rooted in the mythic structures beneath the surface of domestic and suburban reality.

Notes:
Apocalypse Bear Trilogy : The Fag from Zagreb / Back to the Cafeteria / At Last

1st Produced:
Lawler Studio, Southbank, Vic     08 Oct 2009

Organisations:
Stuck Pigs Squealing, Melbourne International Arts Festival

1st Published:
(Manuscript) Holdings Held at: QU:FRYeR - University of Queensland University of Queensland Library Fryer Library (QLD). Local Id: H2545   

Music:
-

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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/82345

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Black Swan Of Trespass

Black Swan Of Trespass
Based on a true story. A naive performance style has been added to the story of Ern Malley, the hoax poet invention of Harold Stewart and James McAuley. The two hoaxers have been 'reincarnated' as stuffed animals with the power of speech, a handsome red rooster in the case of McAuley, a smug tomcat for Stewart.

Notes:
Written by Chris Kohn And Lally Katz, part of the 2003 Melbourne Fringe Festival

1st Produced:
A Secret Location' Near The North Melbourne Town Hall, Australia     27 Sep 2003

Organisations:
Stuck Pigs Squealing

1st Published:
in Three Plays, Full Dress Publishing   

Music:
-

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Genre:
absurdist

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/31575

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Criminology

Synopsis:
1997: Princess Diana. Mother Theresa. Titanic. While disaster made headlines and the world hurtled towards the next millennium, a death almost went unnoticed in a quiet Canberra home. 'Law student Anu Singh held a "send off party" after declaring to her friends she had decided to take her own life. Afterwards, she drugged her boyfriend Joe Cinque's coffee and over the next two days injected him with lethal doses of heroin. What made the crime more shocking was that several of her party guests had known that she'd planned to take someone along for the ride. Incredibly, Singh's eventual sentencing to ten years in prison for manslaughter gave her the time to complete her Masters Degree in Criminology, exploring the causes of female crime. 'In 'Criminology', easy assumptions about guilt and innocence, and the value of life are shaken to the core. It is the chronicle of a death foretold, but not prevented. It is an erotic, arresting, adrenaline-fuelled ride into the dark blood of a killer.' Source: Malthouse theatre website, http://www.malthousetheatre.com.au/
http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowWork&workId=C%23G1q

Notes:
Written by Lally Katz And Tom Wright

1st Produced:
Merlyn Theatre, Melbourne     03 Aug 2007

Organisations:
Malthouse Theatre and Arena Theatre Company

1st Published:
http://Australianplays.org/   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  7            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/71315

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Dog, The / The Cat

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Belvoir Street Theatre, Surry Hills, NSW     13 Apr 2017

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
one acts

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/127001

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Dolls House, A

Dolls House, A
Nora seems to have it all - a successful husband, adorable children and a beautiful home. But this picture perfect life is actually a complicated trap of secrets and lies. Here is a story of domestic revolution, marriage and motherhood, female empowerment and the journey towards self-liberation. Henrik Ibsen's great psychological thriller was recently named as the world's most performed play. And why wouldn't it be? It's brilliantly plotted, boasts striking characters, and tells a story that's still as charged and as moving as it was when written in 1879.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Playlab   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama, Classic, Play with music

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Eisteddfod, The

Eisteddfod, The
The Eisteddfod' explores the themes of desire, love and fear of letting go. . .Orphaned since their parents died in a tree-pruning accident, Abalone and Gerture are alone and afraid of the world. Unwilling to venture outside, the agoraphobic siblings while away the hours in elaborate fantasy play.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
The Storeroom, First Floor, Parkview Hotel Corner Of Scotchmer Street And St Georges Road, North Fitzroy, Melbourne     25 Jun 2004

Organisations:
Stuck Pigs Squealing

1st Published:
in Three Plays, Full Dress Publishing   

Music:
-

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Genre:
black comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/65666

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Eric

Synopsis:
One man sketch comedy performed by Scott Gooding

Notes:
Melbourne Fringe Festival 2008. Written by Scott Brennan, Adam Cass, Emilie Collyer, Anna Den Hartog, Scott Gooding, Dominic Hong Duc Golding, Lally Katz, Michelle Lee, Ben McKenzie, Robert Reid, Glyn Roberts, Robert Rouke and Nic Velissaris

1st Produced:
The Dog Theatre, Footscray, Vic     08 Oct 2008

Organisations:
The Dog Theatre

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
piece

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/89334

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Fag from Zagreb, The

Synopsis:
A casual, congenial bear is showing up at people's houses. If you've had a bad day at school, he'll take you back to where it all went wrong. In a manner typical of Lally Katz's work, Apocalypse Bear Trilogy teeters the line of absurdity, yet remains rooted in the mythic structures beneath the surface of domestic and suburban reality.

Notes:
Apocalypse Bear Trilogy : The Fag from Zagreb / Back to the Cafeteria / At Last

1st Produced:
Lawler Studio, Southbank, Vic     08 Oct 2009

Organisations:
Stuck Pigs Squealing, Melbourne International Arts Festival

1st Published:
(Manuscript) Holdings Held at: QU:FRYeR - University of Queensland University of Queensland Library Fryer Library (QLD). Local Id: H2545   

Music:
-

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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/82345

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Frankenstein

Synopsis:
A new production based on the original novel via a six week spontaneous experimental collaborative process.

Notes:
adapted from the book by Mary shelley

1st Produced:
Wharf 2, Walsh Bay, Nsw     28 Nov 2008

Organisations:
Sydney Theare company

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/78510

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Golem Story, A

Synopsis:
Under extreme threat, people are capable of anything, monsters appear. On the cobble-stone streets of medieval Prague, chaos reigns. as the men fight their own demons, and each other, children are disappearing. an invisible emperor has decreed a purging of the Ghetto, and a Rabbi works through the dark night to fashion an avenging monster. Our enduring fascination with the myths of vampires, demons and werewolves, has haunted our children and hemorrhaged our literature for millennia. But long before Dr Frankenstein's monster there was the Golem; a superhuman figure fashioned from mud and endowed with terrible strength. Playwright Lally Katz has deftly weaved humour, philosophy and fantasy to create a gothic and romantic rendering of this classic myth. Director Michael Kantor returns to the Merlyn theatre stage to inject mischief, magic and soaring Yiddish melodies into this cautionary tale of monumental proportions. In their hands, this monster becomes even more; a troubling yet seductive mirror to our contemporary selves.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Merlyn Theatre, Southbank, Melbourne, Victoria     15 Jun 2011

Organisations:
Malthouse Theatre

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
music theatre

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/91711

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Goodbye New York, Goodbye Heart

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
the Production Company presents the Australia Project II: Australia Strikes Back!, A program of new works by Australian playwrights. the following description is from the show's press release: "Twelve Acclaimed Australian playwrights create pieces based on their perceptions of the United States. the Australia Project II: Australia Strikes Back! includes new plays from some of Australia's most celebrated playwrights. the Production Company's work promotes And deepens cultural exchange between the United States And Australia And encourages Artists to explore the relationship between the two countries."
- nytheatre.com

1st Produced:

Organisations:
the Production Company

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  7            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Goodbye Vaudeville Charlie Mudd

Goodbye Vaudeville Charlie Mudd
Step back in time to a place where the great Vaudevillian Halls were filled with dime museums, knife-throwing dancers, comedians and minstrel musicians. It's 1914 and Melbourne's swelling Swanston River threatens to consume all in its wake, but not before one final night on the stage, one last chance to perform! - a play about pain and cruel desire; about the need for laughter, the palaces we build for it, and its human cost.

Notes:
Concept by Chris Kohn

1st Produced:
Beckett Theatre, Southbank, Vic     06 Mar 2009

Organisations:
Malthouse Theatre and Arena Theatre Company

1st Published:

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama vaudeville

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/80305

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Hip Hip Hooray

Synopsis:
about birthdays

Notes:
A double bill Waikiki Hip: "Waikiki Palace" and "Hip Hip Hooray"

1st Produced:
Wharf 2 Walsh Bay, New South Wales     05 Oct 2001

Organisations:
Wharf 2 Loud

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
one act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/72396

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Kaidan Short Works Project

Synopsis:
Kaidan is Japanese for haunted tales, and this collection of short works is linked by the genre of the ghost story.

Notes:
Kaidan Short Works Project : Jamison / Ghost Gum / The Dog and the People / Constantly at the Airport / One Shallow Breath / Ripe. Written by Emilie Collyer, Ben Ellis, Geire Kami, Lally Katz, Nick parr and robert reid

1st Produced:
The Store Room, North Fitzroy, Vic     04 Dec 2002

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
short experimental plays

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/21524

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Lally Katz and the Terrible Mysteries of the Volcano

Synopsis:
A metaphysical fairytale for adults. World famous detective Lally Katz and his [sic] faithful assistant Lion are called to their childhood home, the tropical island of Canberra, in order to unlock the mystery behind its volcano. 'Meanwhile, a girl called Wendy has woken up in the remnants of a land she doesn't recognise, terribly happy to be free, to be an orphan. But something has gone wrong, and before she knows it, she has turned into a man named Greg. Time will melt. Hearts will break. And maybe, just maybe, the Apocalypse Bears will finally arrive. But in this world nothing is guaranteed.' Source: theatre Alive website, http://www.theatrealive.com.au/index.php?p=details&cat=whatson&id=231
http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowWork&workId=C%23=q;

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Theatreworks, St Kilda, Vic     02 Jun 2006

Organisations:
Stuck Pigs Squealing

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
fairytale

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/74461

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Last Episode of the Bubble Teens, The

Synopsis:
a surreal, dream like journey from the safe, bright world of childhood into the cold reality of adulthood.

Notes:
Based on the Betty and Archie comic books

1st Produced:
St Martins Theatre, 44 St Martins Lane, South Yarra, Australia     21 May 2002

Organisations:
St martins Youth Arts Centre

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
TYA

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  7            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/18747

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Melburnalia

Synopsis:
. . . [F]eaturing the CBD, Kew, St Kilda, Ringwood and Footscray. Melburnalia weaves together five specially commissioned new plays by outstanding local writers Kate Holden, Lally Katz, Ross Mueller, Tee O'Neill and Alice Pung. these short works form a single theatrical journey which transits from suburb to suburb and uncovers a city with many faces. each play illuminates the extraordinary within the ordinary: paraphernalia and miscellanea yield up their stories. From the grungy backalleys of St Kilda to the boulevards of Kew; first love in Footscray and betrayal in Ringwood; from the wide lanes of the Maroondah Highway to the narrow arcades of Degraves St; from heroin to homosexuality; library to laneway; sex work to stage work; bohemians to bogans to boat people to an Apocalypse Bear. Melburnalia is a thought- provoking exploration of the diverse localities, peoples and meanings that come together to form 'Melbourne'.' Source; White Whale theatre website, www.whitewhaletheatre.com (Sighted: 19/05/2009)
http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowWork&workId=C%23UOD

Notes:
written by Holden, Kate and Katz, Lally and Mueller, Ross and O'Neill, Tee (a.k.a. O'Neill, Theresa) and Pung, Alice

1st Produced:
Fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne, Victoria     01 Nov 2007

Organisations:
White Whale Theatre

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/73735

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Minnie and Liraz

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Fairfax Studio, Melbourne, VIC     12 May 2017

Organisations:
Melbourne Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/127599

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Missing Link

Synopsis:
Missing Link tells the story of Holly and Eddie - a teenage sister and brother on a road trip across Australia in search of their identities. they have both just discovered they are products of sperm donor conception. Angry and confused, they set off to meet the donor who helped give life to Holly seventeen years earlier. Based on true stories of young people conceived through donor sperm, this is a raw, funny, fast-paced exploration of identity, honesty and family.' (Source: Arena theatre website)
http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowWork&workId=C%23jZw

Notes:
Written by Chris Kohn And Lally Katz

1st Produced:
Victoria: In-Schools' Tour, Regional Arts Victoria     03 Apr 2006

Organisations:
Arena Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
TYA

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/76178

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Mr Peterson's Milk

Synopsis:
sisters: family conflict

Notes:
part of A Quarreling Pair : A Triptych of Small Puppet Plays. inspired by Bowles's 'A Quarreling Pair'.

1st Produced:

Organisations:
part of the 2004 Melbourne International Arts Festival

1st Published:
Aphids , 2004   

Music:
-

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Genre:
puppet playlet

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/66032

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Mysteries, The : Genesis

Synopsis:
In the spirit of the mediaeval Mystery plays, a team of Australian writers and directors present the stories from the big dawn; the Creation, the Fall, the expulsion from eden, Cain and Abel, Noah's Ark. '. . .Creation out of chaos, chaos out of paradise, grace within chaos, pride, confusion, and a simple offering of hope. Not the full cycle of Mystery plays; just a beginning. . .'

Notes:
written by Hilary Bell and lally Katz

1st Produced:
Wharf 2, Walsh Bay, Sydney     20 Nov 2009

Organisations:
Sydney Theatre Company's the Residents

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
stories

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/82935

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Neighbourhood Watch

Neighbourhood Watch
A battle-hardened, Hungarian-Australian, World War-survivor, Ana's bark is as ferocious as her German Shepard's. Catherine is her neighbour: twenty-something, curious and hopeful that a better world is on its way. . . but in the meantime watching episodes of West Wing with her housemate. From each other, Ana and Catherine gain a new understanding of friendship, and forge an alliance that carries them to war-torn Hungary and back again.

Notes:
performance information from contact@theyellowagency.com

1st Produced:
Belvoir Street Theatre, Surry Hills, Nsw     27 Jul 2011

Organisations:
Belvoir St Theatre Company

1st Published:

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  doubling possible

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/93091

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Outlookers

Synopsis:
Tina and Tom's project on endangered Australian animals comes to life when their collectable toys - Outlookers - start sending them messages to save the animal kingdom. When Tina and Tom receive an urgent SOS (Save Our Souls) message from an Outlooker, they embark on an adventure through Southwest Victoria with a dastardly villain in hot pursuit. Tina and Tom must draw on all their skills to reach their destination and save the animal kingdom. An adventure tale told through physical theatre and original songs, and featuring a unique inflatable set, Outlookers is high-energy theatre.

Notes:
written by Lally Katz and Rosemary Myers

1st Produced:
Touring To Primary Schools In Regional Victoria And Metropolitan Melbourne     13 Oct 2003

Organisations:
Arena Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
TYA

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/76184

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Pirate Eyes

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Melbourne University's Union House Theatre, Australia     2001

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/work/3089

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Quarreling Pair, A

Synopsis:
In a compelling study of sister rivalry, the play draws on the desire to feel both safe and free in our most precious relationships. This triptych of miniature plays for adults combines text by American writer Jane Bowles with new pieces by Lally Katz and Cynhia Troup. With flashes of dark candour, the two sisters playgrounds are animated through object-theatre, live actors puppets and music.

Notes:
Malthouse Theatre Spring Season 2006. written by jane Bowles, Lally katz and Cynthia Troup

1st Produced:
Tower Theatre, Southbank, Vic     27 Sep 2006

Organisations:
Malthouse Theatre

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/69440

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Return To Earth

Return To Earth
a young woman returns home and finds herself wide awake in a sleepy little town. Alice is a bit of a space cadet. everyone in Tathra thinks so too. She wants to land. She wants to fit in. She has to fit in  her family need her to sort herself out. No one in town is really as normal as they look though. a play about family, friends, love, sacrifice and re-connecting with the world.

Notes:
Return to earth was developed And presented As part of PlayWriting Australia's National Play Festival 2009.

1st Produced:
The Arts Centre, Fairfax Studio, Melbourne     04 Nov 2011

Organisations:
Melbourne Theatre Company

1st Published:

Music:
-

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Genre:
90 min Drama with surreal and comic tones

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/98981

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Rough Draft #1

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Sydney Theatre, Walsh Bay, Nsw     25 Apr 2009

Organisations:
Sydney Theare company

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
education play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/84216

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Smashed

Smashed
Smashed is a tale of 'besties' Hazel and Ruby. On the verge of adulthood, the future is bright & the past is a disco blur. With impossible high heels stalking through black holes, diva hair and a map to anywhere, these girls know how to play dress-up and how to make believe. But in this doll's house universe of memory and fantasy, of unrestrained joy and discordant elegy, the game becomes increasingly desperate when an impending tragedy threatens to blow everything apart.

Notes:
music by Kelly Ryall. INstorage season 2005

1st Produced:
The Store Room, North Fitzroy, Vic, Australia     26 Apr 2005

Organisations:
The Store Room

1st Published:
in Three Plays, Full Dress Publishing   

Music:
-

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Genre:
black comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/91490

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Starchaser

Synopsis:
Catta and Tommy are left all alone when their parents die mysteriously on the other side of the world. While Tommy turns to his blanket for comfort, Catta hugs her toy lion and holds in her tears, believing that if she never cries her parents will one day return. But when Catta makes a wish on her birthday cake, a new world of hope is born. Toys come to life, beds become spaceships and Catta becomes a Starchaser, in search of a dying star that holds the power to bring back her parents. enter the realm of Starchaser, a world with a mythology all its own. Starchaser takes students through time and space in search of answers to questions that lie deep within their own hearts.' Source: http://www.vic.gov.au/event/2012/05/starchaser-by-lally-katz.php (Sighted 15/05/2102).
http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowWork&workId=C%23meI

Notes:
Starchaser' was selected for Playwriting Australia's National Script Workshop in 2010.

1st Produced:
Fairfax Studio, The Arts Centre, 100 St Kilda Road, Melbourne     21 May 2012

Organisations:
Arena Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Childrens play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
AustLit BRN: 956136

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Starlet Twins, The

Synopsis:
A macabre musical featuring punks, molls, twin sisters and severed heads.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Pact Theatre, Erskineville, Nsw     24 Jan 2002

Organisations:
PACT Youth Theatre

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
music theatre

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/18133

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Stories I Want to Tell You in Person

Synopsis:
For more than a decade, playwright Lally Katz has been one of Australia's foremost fabulists, trekking off to the furthest coasts of the imagination and returning with her findings. Now she introduces to the stage one of her most unexpected subjects: herself. She might be alone on the stage but she's far from lonely, bringing with her a cast of characters - from fortune tellers to mystics to Mississippi evangelicals - encountered on the quest to cure her curses. Known for delving into fantasy, this writer proves art imitates life.' Source: www.malthousetheatre.com.au/ (Sighted 18/05/2012.
http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowWork&workId=C%23oiy

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Beckett Theatre, Melbourne     09 Aug 2012

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
AustLit BRN: 968346

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Waikiki Palace

Synopsis:
Prairie and Jack sit on Waikiki beach at sunset sipping cocktails. Prairie is about to become rich - once her divorce comes through from the sonofabitch. Her French accent is alluring - as is the mystery as to her real age and the source of her overly tanned skin. Jack, 22, may well be onto a good thing - it's his final night in Hawaii. 'When aging party boy Clay, and his toy-girl turn-up, and they go in search of some weed and a classy hotel room, they are set for a royal night of chaos and betrayal on the sonofabitch's credit card.' (Wharf 2 Loud website, http://www.wharf2loud.com/event.asp?pID=194)
http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowWork&workId=C%23AvO

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Wharf 2, Walsh Bay, New South Wales     14 Sep 2006

Organisations:
Wharf 2 Loud

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
one act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/69849

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When the Hunter Returns

Synopsis:
a witch repeatedly casts spells to bring back her ex-lover the hunter

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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