Australian Plays Transform (APT) is Australia’s national play development, publication and licensing organisation. It hosts the world’s largest online showcase and searchable database of the best Australian playwriting.
In September, APT launched their 2024 Pride Collection, a collection of five new publications by LGBTQIA+ playwrights, alongside a curated selection of recommendations from the LGBTQIA+ Australian theatrical canon, put forward by prominent theatre-makers as influential to them, as well as education and academic resources, including teachers notes for approaching LGBTQIA+ topics and works with young people, as well as higher-level academic papers and resources.
The five new scripts included in this collection comprise Lemon Tree on Dreg Street by Amy May Nunn, Dumb Kids by Jacob Parker, Rhomboid by Eric Jiang, Blessed Union by Maeve Marsden and The Lies We Were Told by Shopfront Arts Co-Op.
Collection curator Hayden Tonazzi states, “the work presented in this collection is meant to expand our understanding of queer playwriting in Australia – where it has come from, and where it is going. Specifically, I wanted it to be a place where young people could go to find plays that were specifically about them.”
Pride Foundation Australia are pleased to have provided funding towards this important initiative.
Right now, you can read these five new works for free on the APT website throughout 2024.
