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1 Coil Mark Rogers , Mark Rogers , Solomon Thomas , Steve Wilson-Alexander , Carly Young , 2022 single work drama

'At the cutting edge of theatre and technology, re:group’s Coil endeared itself to audiences at the Sydney Opera House in 2022. Now this captivatingly clever and entertaining work is set to take Wollongong back to the glory days of video stores – before they were killed by streaming.

'Beginning as a popular Wollongong-based performance collective, and now nationally recognised, re:group’s work has been nurtured through Merrigong’s artist development programs (Route Dash Niner, 2016/2017; Tom William Mitchell, 2018; UFO, 2022). In Coil they create an experience both gobsmackingly ingenious in its execution, whilst being funny, warm-hearted and deeply resonant. Coil reflects upon the joys, perils and pitfalls of nostalgia, and how we grapple with goodbyes.

'Inspired by the highs and lows of pop culture and the near-to-home closure of Leading Edge video store in Thirroul, re:group mash theatre and movie-making together to create something immersive, irreverent, and inherently live.'

Source: Merrigong Theatre program (season 2023).
1 y separately published work icon Naked and Screaming Mark Rogers , 2021 Fortitude Valley : Playlab , 2021 21597878 2021 single work drama

'Naked & Screaming follows struggling new parents Emily and Simon. With Simon in LA for work, a sleep-deprived Emily is left alone to care for baby Dylan, triggering a chain reaction that will alter everyone’s lives.

'This Australian family drama, by award-winning playwright Mark Rogers (2019 Griffin Award, 2019 Patrick White Playwrights Award), takes a searing look at the dynamics of new parenthood and throws a dagger into the heart of relationships.'

Source: La Boite Theatre.
1 Drop Mark Rogers , 2020 single work prose
— Appears in: FourW (New Writing) , no. 31 2020; (p. 204-207)
1 y separately published work icon Distance Mark Rogers , 2020 Australia : PlayWriting Australia , 2020 19658098 2020 single work drama
1 y separately published work icon Superheroes Mark Rogers , 2020 Strawberry Hills : Currency Press , 2020 17190046 2020 single work drama

'In Thirroul, Emily sits on the beach with her sort-of-ex-sort-of-not boyfriend, trying to figure out how to deal with her unwanted pregnancy.

'In Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Jana goes out to get groceries and slams into the day-to-day reality of the European refugee crisis.

'Superheroes is a play about two women on opposite sides of the world living small lives in a time of big politics. It’s a play that parallels two very different lives to ask questions about what it means to take responsibility for your actions, and what it means to change your mind.'

Source: Griffin Theatre Company.
1 y separately published work icon Blood Pressure Mark Rogers , 2012 South Brisbane : Playlab , 2015 Z1881530 2012 single work drama 'Michael is late. Adam keeps vomiting. Two men face off in a hotel room. They mark each other with new scars, while tearing apart the old. Blood is shed. This claustrophobic new play looks at the intimacy of kinship, the fragility of the body, and the phantom limbs of family.' Source: http://www.pozible.com/ (Sighted 21/08/2012).
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