Lally Katz

Lally Katz
Born	1978 (age 38–39) New Jersey, United States
Residence	Melbourne, Australia
Nationality	American Australian
Occupation	Playwright and dramatist

Lally Katz (born 1978) is an American dramatist now resident in Melbourne, Australia. She writes for theatre, film and television.

Katz was born in New Jersey, United States. When she was young she moved to Miami, and then to Canberra when she was a teenager. She graduated from the University of Melbourne’s School of Studies in Creative Arts. She trained with the Australian Theatre for Young People in 2000 to further her acting skills. She studied playwriting at London’s Royal Court Theatre.

Stuck Pigs Squealing Theatre has produced a series of Katz's early plays: The Black Swan of Trespass which played at Malthouse, Belvoir and the New York International Fringe Festival where it won the Producer’s Choice Award after winning several Green Room Awards in Melbourne; THE EISTEDDFOD premiered in Melbourne at the Storeroom Theatre and transferred to Malthouse Theatre, Belvoir and PS 122 and Richard Foreman’s Ontological Hysteric Theatre in New York City, this production won the 2004 Best Independent Production Green Room Award.

In 2007 Katz co-wrote Criminology with Tom Wright, which was produced by Malthouse Theatre and Arena Theatre, and two short plays Waikiki Palace and Hip Hip Hooray formed a double bill premiering at Sydney Theatre Company that same year.

Katz’s adaptation of Frankenstein was directed by Ralph Myers at Sydney Theatre Company in 2008 and nominated for a Queensland Premier’s Award for Best Drama Script.

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