THE HALF-LIFE OF MARIE CURIE

Lauren has been one of the most produced playwrights in America since 2015, topping the list thrice including 2022/23. She is a two-time winner of the Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award for I AND YOU and THE BOOK OF WILL, the winner of the winner of the William Inge Distinguished Achievement in Theatre Award, the Lanford Wilson Award and a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. She is a playwright, screenwriter, musical book writer and children’s author who lives in San Francisco. She graduated from NYU Tisch as a Reynolds Fellow in Social Entrepreneurship. LaurenGunderson.com

Ensemble Theatre: THE GLASS MENAGERIE, MASTERCLASS. CDP Theatre Producers: RATBURGER, ARE WE THERE YET, MAGIC BEACH, SPOT, GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU, THE TREEHOUSE SERIES (26, 52, 78, 91), HORRIBLE HARRIET. Critical Stages: ALPHABETICAL SYDNEY. Loose Canon Arts: TRASH ALCHEMY, DARLINGWOOD TALES, MONKEYSHINES, SCHNECKENUDEL. Opera Australia: CARMEN ON COCKATOO ISLAND, Director/Librettist: CINDERELLA, EL KID, BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON, Revival Director: ERNANI, MADAMA BUTTERFLY, LA BOHEME. Assistant Director: WEST SIDE STORY, LA BOHEME. Send For Productions/ Sydney Festival: SEND FOR NELLIE. Sydney Art Quartet: THE DARKENING ECLIPTIC. Vivid: Creator: WINDOW DRESSING. Australia/NZ Associate Director: TALL STORIES (UK). Meneer Monster: DE  WAANZINNIGE BOOMHUT VAN 13 VERDIEPINGEN (The Netherlands). CDP/Tong: KLOKWERK (China) 2023 Churchill Fellowship Recipient.

Ensemble Theatre: Debut.  Belvoir: HOLDING THE MAN, WAYSIDE BRIDE & LIGHT SHINING IN B’SHIRE, CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, THE BOOK OF EVERYTHING, EXIT THE KING, IT JUST STOPPED, STUFF HAPPENS, THE UNDERPANTS, MACBETH, CLOUDSTREET, SMALL POPPIES, THE ALCHEMIST, WASP. Sydney Theatre Company: DINNER, CHIMERICA, AFTER DINNER, PERPLEX, VERE, TRAVESTIES. Griffin Theatre Company: FIRST LOVE IS THE REVOLUTION, KILL CLIMATE DENIERS, SHIP OF FOOLS. Bell Shakespeare: THE MISANTHROPE, HENRY 4 (PARTS 1 & 2). Club House Productions: 44 SEX ACTS IN ONE WEEK. State Theatre Company of SA/Belvoir: DANCE NATION.  Film: BLAZE, BAD GIRL, ACCIDENTS HAPPEN, THE BLACK BALLOON. Television: UTOPIA (S2-5), CHANDON PICTURES (S1-2), TOTAL CONTROL, EROTIC STORIES, UPRIGHT, THE PRINCIPAL, BARONS, DEEP WATER, METRO SEXUAL (S1-2), THE MESSENGER, LOWDOWN. Awards: Green Room Award and Glug Award – IT JUST STOPPED.

Ensemble Theatre: E-BABY, BLOOD BANK. Royal National Theatre: THE CONFESSIONS. 25A Belvoir: THE EDIT. An Assorted Few/KXT: IRONBOUND. Belvoir Street Theatre: HURT. Cross Pollinate Productions: THE VILLAGE BIKE. Darlinghurst Theatre Company: SOUND OF WAITING, YOUNG TYCOONS, RIDE / FOURPLAY. FortyFive Downstairs: YOUNG AND JACKSONS. Old 505: HURT. Seymour Centre: THE UNDERPANTS. Sport for Jove: EAR TO THE EDGE OF TIME, LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST, SHAKESPEAREALISM. Unlikely Productions / ATYP: STOP KISS. Vaults London: THE APOLOGISTS. Film: NO APPOINTMENT NECESSARY, BEFORE THE RAIN, JIMMY TENNISON. TV: FRESH BLOOD: ONE CONNECTION, DR BLAKE MYSTERIES, THE KILLING FIELDS, DEADLY WOMEN, FRESH MEAT. Radio: LIFE LINES BBC. Podcast: BACK FROM REALITY. Training: National Institute of Dramatic Art.

Ensemble Theatre : THE GREAT DIVIDE. Crossroads Live: GREASE. Monkey Baa Theatre Company: YONG, JOSEPHINE WANTS TO DANCE and PETE THE SHEEP. CDP: TURNS, TIM, SPOT THE DOG. David Venn Enterprises: CRUEL INTENTIONS. Griffin Theatre Company: LADIES DAY, DIVING FOR PEARLS. Hayes Theatre Co: CABARET, XANADU. Joint Ventures: MIDNIGHT. Merrigong Theatre Company: LETTERS TO LINDY. Riverside’s National Theatre of Parramatta: GUARDS AT THE TAJ. Sydney Opera House: VELVET, CIRQUE STRATOSPHERE and BLANC DE BLANC. Theatre Creation Japan: GHOST. Victorian Opera: THE SELFISH GIANT. Awards: Best Costume Design 2020 Broadway World Sydney Awards (Musical HAIR). Nominations in the Australian Production Design Awards, Green Room Awards and Sydney Theatre Awards. Training: Theatre Design at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts and Australian Film Television and Radio School in Art Direction.

Ensemble Theatre: THE GLASS MENAGERIE, THE HEARTBREAK CHOIR, MURDER AT HAMLINGTON HALL, THE ONE, BABY DOLL, FULLY COMMITTED, THE ANZAC PROJECT. Bell Shakespeare: HENRY V, TWELFTH NIGHT, TITUS ANDRONICUS, JULIUS CAESAR, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM. Belvoir: JESUS WANTS ME FOR A SUNBEAM, WINYANBOGA YURRINGA, ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE, THE DROVER’S WIFE, IVANOV. Griffin: NUCLEUS, BLAQUE SHOWGIRLS, JAILBABY, PONY, GHOSTING THE PARTY, ORANGE THROWER, DOGGED, SUPERHEROES, THE BLEEDING TREE. Hayes Theatre, ZOMBIE! THE MUSICAL, LIZZIE. La Boite: ONE THE BEAR, BLACKROCK, LA VOIX HUMANE. Malthouse: WAKE IN FRIGHT, BLACKIE BLACKIE BROWN, FIERY MAZE (with Sydney Festival). Opera Australia: IL TRITTICO, IDOMENEO (with Victorian Opera), THE MAGIC FLUTE. Sydney Theatre Company: SWEAT, FENCES, CITY OF GOLD (with BSSTC), A RAISIN IN THE SUN, HOME I’M DARLING, 7 STAGES OF GRIEVING, BLACKIE BLACKIE BROWN. Queensland Theatre: DEATH OF A SALESMAN. Awards: Three Sydney Theatre Awards. Two Green Room Awards. Australian Production Design Guild Award.  The Mike Walsh Fellowship.

Clockfire Theatre Company: PLENTY OF FISH IN THE SEA. Darlinghurst Theatre Company: LET THE RIGHT ONE IN. ERTH Visual & Physical Inc: ARC. Essential Workers: COLLAPSIBLE. Griffin Theatre Company: THE LEWIS TRILOGY, WHITEFELLA YELLA TREE. Hayes Theatre Company: MURDER FOR TWO, RIDE THE CYCLONE, FLAT EARTHERS THE MUSICAL, THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE. National Theatre Of Parramatta: FADE. Perth Institute Of Contemporary Arts: AT THE END OF THE LAND. Redline Productions: THE CHAIRS, HAND TO GOD. Sydney Festival: WILLIAM YANG: MILESTONE, SET PIECE. Sydney Theatre Company: RULES FOR LIVING. Tinderbox Productions: BLACK BOX THE MUSICAL. Michael Cassel Group: THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY (Broadway Tour). Awards: THE LEWIS TRILOGY (Best Sound Design and Composition of a Mainstage Production Nomination).

Bangarra Dance Theatre: KULKA. Hayes Theatre Co: PIRATES OF PENZANCE. Legit Theatre Co: FURIOUS MATTRESS. Lost Thought Arts: ONE WHO WANTS TO CROSS. NIDA Production Seasons: DRACULA, ICARUS, WHEN THE RAIN STOPS FALLING, PAGLIACCI, GOD OF CARNAGE, DIANA. Pinchgut Opera: PLEASURES OF VERSAILLES, MEMBRA JESU NOSTRI. Queen Hades Productions: POSH. Ratcatch: THE LINDEN SOLUTION. Soft Tread: WHARF REVUE 2024: THE END OF THE WHARF AS WE KNOW IT, WHARF REVUE 2023: PRIDE IN PREJUDICE, WHARF REVUE 2022: LOOKING FOR ALBANESE. Sydney Dance Co: NEW BREED 2024, INDANCE 2024, NEW BREED 2023, PPY 2023. Sydney Theatre Co: LIFESPAN OF A FACT, STRANGE CASE OF DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE. Televison: DESSERT MASTERS, MASTERCHEF.

Theatre: Ensemble Theatre: THE GLASS MENAGERIE,  THE HEARTBREAK CHOIR, COLDER THAN HERE, MASTERCLASS, ULSTER AMERICAN, SWITZERLAND, ALONE IT STANDS, THE MEMORY OF WATER, SUMMER OF HAROLD, BENEFACTORS, CLYDE’S, SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER, BOXING DAY BBQ, THE CARETAKER, PHOTOGRAPH 51, BLACK COCKATOO, BABY DOLL. Belvoir Street Theatre: COUNTING AND CRACKING. Crossroads Live: CINDERELLA, 9 TO 5. Darlinghurst Theatre: LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, ONCE, A CHORUS LINE. DreamWorks: HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON. Gordon Frost: THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW, SHREK, SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER, THE BODYGUARD, DIRTY DANCING. Griffin Theatre: PONY. GWB Entertainment HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, JAGGED LITTLE PILL, GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY, AN AMERICAN IN PARIS. Hayes Theatre: RIDE THE CYCLONE, MURDER FOR TWO. Opera Australia: GUYS AND DOLLS, MISS SAIGON National Theatre of Paramatta: YOGA PLAY, FADE. Paul Dainty: TINA. Television: SHANTARAM, WELLMANIA, YEAR OF, MARY: THE MAKING OF A PRINCESS. Film: JUNGLE.

Adelaide Festival: WRONG SKIN, MAN WITH THE IRON NECK. Bell Shakespeare Company: HENRY V, MUCH A DO ABOUT NOTHING, JULIUS CAESAR, ANTONY & CLEOPATRA, R&J, TEMPEST, RICHARD LLL, COMEDY OF ERRORS, HAMLET, SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS and many more. Company B Belvior: THE PROMISE, REUBEN GUTHRIE, WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOLF, CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DEAD, SPOOK, THE CHAIRS. EUROVISION SONG CONTEST OPENING BAKU. Global Creatures: KING KONG, HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON, WAR HORSE, Opera Australia: LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST. Sydney Festival: FESTIVAL FIRST NIGHT, HIGH FLYERS. The Sydney Opera House: CLUB SWIZZLE. The Sydney Theatre Company: BANGING DENMARK, MOSQUITOS, HARP IN THE SOUTH, CYRANO DE BERGERAC, MOJO, THE CRUCIBLE, GALLIPOLI, BLACKBIRD, TALES FROM THE VIENNA WOODS, RIFLEMIND, and many more. Television: SPIRITED, THE ARIA AWARDS, THE AFI AWARDS, AUSTRALIAN IDOL, FARSCAPE. Film: HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2, MADAGASCAR 4, PRIME MOVER. Awards: Helpman for Outstanding Theatrical Achievement: KING KONG, Outer Critics Award On Broadway, Special Tony Award: KING KONG on Broadway.

Ensemble Theatre: BENFACTORS, BOXING DAY BBQ, RAINMAN, THE RUBY SUNRISE. Belvoir:  AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE, BIG GIRLS DON’T CRY, THE DOG AND THE CAT, THE DROVERS WIFE, EVERY BRILLIANT THING, FANGIRLS, GIRLASLEEP, THE GLASS MENAGERIE, HIR, JASPER JONES, KILL THE MESSENGER, MOTHER, MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN, MY NAME IS JIMI, STORIES I WANT TO TELL YOU IN PERSON, THE SUGAR HOUSE, THYESTES WELL BEHAVED WOMEN, WINYANBOGA YURRINGA. Circus Oz: CRANKED UP. Griffin: AND NO MORE SHALL WE PART, BLAQUE SHOWGIRLS, GREEN PARK, REPLAY, SEX MAGICK, SWIM, THE SMALLEST HOUR, THIS YEARS ASHES, UGLY MUGS, WHITEFELLA YELLA TREE, WICKED SISTERS. Legs on the Wall: BUBBLE. LWAA: THE MOUSETRAP. Sydney Theatre Company; BLITHE SPIRIT. Spiegelworld: EMPIRE. Sydney Festival: A MODEL MURDER.

Belvoir Street Theatre: NEVER CLOSER, JACKY (with Melbourne Theatre Company), BIG GIRLS DON’T CRY. Griffin Theatre Company: GOLDEN BLOOD (with Sydney Theatre Company). Joshua Robson Productions: IN THE HEIGHTS (with the Sydney Opera House). Training: The National Institute of Dramatic Art, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Technical Theatre and Stage Management.

Costume Designer/Supervisor: Ensemble Theatre: THE GLASS MENAGERIE, COLDER THAN HERE,  THE QUEEN’S NANNY. Belvoir Street Theatre: PROPOISE POOL 25A SEASON. Hayes Theatre Co: PIRATES OF PENZANCE, LITTLE WOMEN. Kings Cross Theatre on Broadway (KXT): RHOMBIOD, GRAIN IN THE BLOOD, THE PIGEONS. Costume Supervisor: Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: INFERNO. Pinchgut Opera: DIDO AND AENEAS. National Institute of Dramatic Arts Production Seasons: A VERY EXPENSIVE POISON (Paid Professional), ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT MOULD, FALSETTOS, BETH. Head of Wardrobe: Victorian Opera: IL TABARRO. Films: APPLETON LADIES POTATO RACE, FIVE BLIND DATES. TV: HOUSE OF GODS, THE TWELVE (Season 1), HARDBALL (Season 2), THE OTHER GUY (Season 2). Training: National Institute of Dramatic Art, (BFA Costume) ENMORE DESIGN CENTRE. Awards: Nominated Best Costume Design for RHOMBOID at Sydney Broadway Awards 2023.