Playwrights
Welcome to our directory of playwrights from around the world who are writing for young audiences. Feel free to browse country or name. Know someone that should be on the list? (Including yourself?) Send us the info!
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Fourie, Charles (South Africa)
Charles J. Fourie is an accomplished and multi-award winning playwright, scriptwriter, and film and theater director and producer whose works have been staged throughout South Africa, the United Kingdom, the United States, and also broadcast on various radio and television stations such as SABC, M-NET, KykNET, BBC in the United Kingdom, Radio Sonder Grense, and Maroela Radio.
Simone Spiteri
SIMONE SPITERI was born in 1983 and is a playwright, performer and director. She trained for her Diploma in acting at the Malta Drama Centre between 1996 and 2004. She obtained her B.A. (Hons.) in Theatre Studies in 2004 and her M.A. in Theatre Studies in 2011, both at the University of Malta.
Laverty, Ashley (USA)
Ashley Laverty is an M.F.A candidate in Arizona State University's Theatre for Youth program where her interests lie in immersive theatre for youth and playwriting for a young audience. As an actress, she has performed nationally for young audiences with the National Theatre for Children, VEE Corporation, Roxy Regional Theatre, Vital Theatre Company, and Storyland, a family amusement park.
Anyanwu, Mike (Nigeria)
Mike Anyanwu is a pioneer artiste of the National Troupe of Nigeria. He holds a B.A. (Hons.) Second Class Upper Division Degree in Theatre Arts (Unical), Master of Fine Art (MFA) Theatre Arts (Unical); M.Sc. Mass Communication (Unilag); LL.B (Hons.) Unilag and BL (Nigeria Law School). He is a Barrister & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and presently the Deputy Director (Dance/Legal), National Troupe of Nigeria.
Aghaabasi, Yadollah (Iran)
First name and surname: Yadollah Aghaabasi
Date of birth: 1952
Level of Education: PhD in dramatic literature
Qasemi, Moslem (Iran)
Born in 1954 Tehran
Studied in two fields; “Management”, “Directing and Acting”
Graduated in acting and creative theatre of Centre of Intellectual Developments of children and adolescents, passing several courses in acting, playwriting and etc. with Iranian and foreigner professional professors, participation in grand groups of children ‘theatre like “paper bag” group, participation in center of Intellectual Development of Children & Young Adults (Kanoon)group and running hundreds mobile shows, street scene across the country and Iranian and foreigner festivals, instructor in creative theatre in the libraries of the Intellectual Development of Children & Young Adults (Kanoon) in Tehran and other cities ( before and after the revolution)