JILL BLEWETT PLAYWRIGHTS AWARD

This prestigious Award, established in memory of former Company Chair Jill Blewett, is granted biennially by Arts SA, administered by the State Library of South Australia with the support of State Theatre Company South Australia.

$12,500 is awarded for an unproduced play of any genre written by a professional South Australian playwright. Further information about the award can be found at the Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature.

State Theatre Company’s charitable Foundation proudly administers the Jill Blewett Playwrights Award Endowment Fund. State Theatre Company is committed to growing the Jill Blewett Playwrights Award and their impact in the future. Your generous gift plays a critical role in fostering talented playwrights and writing powerful new stories for the stage.

We hope to build this endowment fund in order to continue offering the Jill Blewett Playwrights Award to foster talented playwrights as they write powerful new stories for the stage. You can support the Jill Blewett Playwrights Award by giving online or by contacting our Philanthropy Manager Cath Bauer at cbauer@statetheatrecompany.com.au

SUPPORTED BY:

Government of South Australia through Arts South Australia
Jill Blewett Playwrights Award Endowment Fund donors:

Anon
Hon John Bannon AO
Hon Dr Neal Blewett AC
Simon Blewett
Colin Brewer
Rob Brookman AM & Verity Laughton
Prof John Chalmers AC
Creative Partnerships Australia
Alex Diamantis
Malcolm Gray & Laura Healy
Peter & Elizabeth Hambly
Lady Patricia Harewood
Hon Chris Hurford AO
Hon Anne Levy AO
Tony Llewellyn-Jones
Wilfred Prest
Guy Ross & Ellen Poyner
Diané Ranck
Leonie Scrivener
Silsbury Family
Pat & Hugh Stretton AC
Megan Stoyles
Thyne Reid Foundation
Kim Williams AM
Trevor & Jane Wilson

The Flinders University Young Theatremaker’s Award links young high school theatremakers to professional industry resources and mentorship, culminating in a public performance. The new program has been developed based on participant feedback, in consultation with students, educators and industry professionals, and has replaced the existing Flinders University Young Playwrights’ Award. Click here to learn more.

At State Theatre Company, our vision is that the Company will, alongside its work with reinvigorated classics and extant Australian repertoire, be a powerhouse for the development of outstanding new work. At the heart of that process is our commissioning program.

Writers currently under commission include:

Samuel Adamson
Van Badham
Elena Carapetis
Anna Goldsworthy
Verity Laughton
Meow Meow
Emily Steel
Kyron Weetra
Alexis West
Richard Wise

We do not receive unsolicited submissions from unproduced writers.

If you would like a written assessment of your work we refer you to the Australian Writers Guild.
Information on their script assessment services can be found here.

You can also seek further resources and assistance from Australian Plays Transform or the SA Writers Centre.