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Joanna Erskine Joanna Erskine i(A127658 works by)
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BiographyHistory

Joanna Erskine graduated from Macquarie University with a Bachelor of Creative Arts (International) and a Graduate Diploma in Education. She has been a high school English/Drama teacher, worked for the Royal Lyceum Youth Theatre in Edinburgh and has been the Education Manager at Bell Shakespeare.

She is also a playwright, a graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) Playwrights Studio and was an Australian delegate at World Interplay 2009. Erskine has been a resident playwright for CRY HAVOC, a revolutionary new theatre co-operative of emerging practitioners committed to the daring reworking of the great classic texts for the contemporary stage.

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2023 shortlisted Silver Gull Play Award for The Mews
2023 nominated The Lysicrates Prize for Illumination.
2019 shortlisted Rodney Seaborn Playwrights' Award
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Awards for Works

Waiting for the 9.07 2002 single work drama
2002 joint winner STC - Sydney Morning Herald Young Playwrights' Award with Lauren Esplin
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