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ALISON ROOKE

Alison Rooke is a writer and dramaturg from Sydney. A graduate of NIDA and AFTRS, Alison also has an MA (Creative Writing) from UTS. Her plays include, You Are Here (Sidetrack Theatre), Apples and Onions (New Theatre), Sharks Can Smell Fear (Bare Boards Brave Hearts Festival), Combat Fatigue (Sydney Fringe Festival), In the Key of ‘E’ (Parramatta Riverside Theatre), He Sounds Lovely, She Sounds Right as Rain (Tap Gallery) How to Grow an Orchid (Tap Gallery) and Slow Burn (Storytellers Festival).
Alison completed a dramaturgy internship at Lark Play Development Centre in NYC and was subsequently invited back as a guest writer. She was shortlisted for the Inscription Edward Albee Playwriting Scholarship and her short film Petunia was released in 2016. Her play The Blackbird and The Whale was selected for the prestigious National Script Workshop (Playwriting Australia) and has received support from the Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Fund. The Blackbird and The Whale was a finalist in the 2017 Silver Gull Awards. Her screenplay Firebug was a finalist in the 2017 Smart for a Girl: Roar initiative. She was a founder and artistic director of Somersault Theatre Company and was a recipient of an Australia Council for the Arts JUMP grant. She was also a finalist in the 2016 National Travel Industry Awards for Travel Writer of the Year. Alison currently teaches for NIDA Open and Darlo Drama.