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Michelanne Forster

New Zealand playwright and scriptwriter

Michelanne Forster (born 26 April ) is a New Zealand playwright and scriptwriter who was born in California, US.[1] Her writing career began in the s at Television New Zealand where she worked on the popular pre-school programme Play School.[2] Her plays have been performed both nationally and internationally and are often based on historical accounts.

In Forster was the writer-in-residence at the Michael King Writer's Centre.[3]

Education

Forster graduated from the University of Auckland with a Bachelor of Arts and also holds a Diploma in Teaching from the Auckland Secondary Teachers College. In she completed her honours in Drama through the University of Auckland.[1]

Plays

  • Always My Sister
  • Don't Mention Casablanca
  • Tic Tac (with Paul Barrett)
  • The Great Storm of
  • My Heart is Bathed in Blood
  • This Other Eden
  • The Rosenberg Sisters
  • Larnach – Castle of Lies
  • Songs My mother Taught Me (Music by Felicity Williams)
  • Daughters of Heaven
  • A Dream Romance (Musical)

Plays for children

  • Sapai and the Yam Snatchers (with Leilani Unasa)
  • The Butcher and The Bear of kirstyn
  • The Secret of Dongting Lake
  • In the Deep End
  • Mean Jean the Pirate Queen
  • The Bungling Burglars (music by Felicity Williams)
  • Rodney Rat and the Sneaky WeaselGang
  • Rivals and Idols
  • Arabella and the Amazing Wardrobe
  • Musical Beasts

Awards

  • Writer-in-Residence Michael King Writer's Centre, University of Auckland[4]
  • Best Radio New Zealand Drama, The Rosenberg Sisters[1]
  • Best Radio New Zealand Drama, Larnach – Castle of Lies[5]
  • Buckland Memorial Award for Literature, Daughters of Heaven[6]
  • Writer-in-Residence University of Canterbury[3]

Publications

  • Daughters of Heaven (Polish translation) in Dwa Oceany (Agencja Dramatu i Treatru ADiT, )
  • When Its Over: New Zealanders Talk about Their Experiences of Separation and Divorce (Penguin, )
  • The Rosenberg Sisters in Playlunch: Five Short New Zealand Plays (Otago University Press, )
  • Daughters of Heaven (Otago University Press, )
  • Rodney Rat and the Space Creatures (Hodder and Stoughton, )
  • Rodney Rat and the Sneaky Weasel Gang (Hodder and Stoughton, )
  • The Four-Legged Prince (Hodder and Stoughton, )
  • Rodney Rat and the Sunken Treasure (Hodder and Stoughton, )

References