Australia Theatre for Young People

Connecting young writers with Australia’s leading playwrights

Australian Theatre for Young People’s iconic National Studio has been dedicated exclusively to emerging playwrights and their practice. Each year, twenty emerging writers (aged 18-26) are selected from all over Australia to spend a week at Bundanon in rural NSW.

During the residency, the writers are mentored and nurtured by playwrights and dramaturgs through masterclasses, small group tutorials and one-on-one sessions in a formative creative experience.

Over the course of the week, writers create a short piece for the stage for performers aged 14-17. Since 2016, selected plays have been produced under the title ‘Intersection’, and these scripts have been published by Currency Press, to be purchased and presented by schools around Australia. Building on from National Studio, the selected plays published in Intersection are showcased at ATYP’s Intersection Festival.

In residence at Bundanon

2024 Writers
Ruby Blinkhorn (NSW)
Lola Bond (NSW)
Jade Breen (ACT)
Koen Brown (NSW)
Fen Carter (QLD)
Courtney Cavallaro (QLD)
Donita Cruz (NSW)
Grace Davidson-Lynch (NSW)
Chelsea Fernandez (SA)
Laura Goodlet (WA)
Samuel Kennedy (NSW)
Jessica Lawrence (NT)
Jean-David Le Goullon (NSW)
Sarah Matthews (VIC)
Marie-Jo Orbase (NSW)
Emma Richardson (SA)
Alexia Skipper (WA)
Jordan Stott (VIC)
Lily Thomson (NSW)
Grace Wilson (QLD)