Nationality Australian | Name Glyn Roberts | |
Born November 17, 1982 (age 41) ( 1982-11-17 ) Melbourne, VIC, Australia Ethnicity Australian/Welsh Heritage Alma mater Victorian College of the Arts at University of Melbourne & Monash University Occupation Playwright, producer, dramaturg, educator Home town Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Awards Green Room Award For Contribution to Independent Theatre Melbourne (Co-Recipient); Short Listed Patrick White Award 2012; Long Listed Griffin Award 2012 | ||
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Glyn Roberts (17 November 1982) is an Australian playwright, producer and educator.
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Roberts has a Masters in Writing for Performance from Victorian College of the Arts.
He is the co-founder and former Creative Director of Melbourne's new writing theatre: MKA: Theatre of New Writing until September 2013. He is currently Program Manager at Brisbane's premiere contemporary theatre company, La Boite Theatre Company. The MKA: Theatre of New Writing was the 2012 recipient of the Green Room Special Award for Contribution to Independent Theatre in Melbourne.
Roberts' play Triangle was short-listed for the 2011 Patrick White Playwrights' Award and received two nominations for the 2012 Green Room Award (Theatre-Independent) for Tania Dickson (Direction) and Production. His play She Dances Like a Bomb was placed on the highly commended list for the 2013 Griffin Award.
As of September 2013 he is a writer-in-residence with Red Stitch Actors' Theatre.