Emily Duncan is a New Zealand playwright.[1] She is co-founder of
Prospect Park Productions, an organization aiming “to create and
produce original NZ theatre and collaborative projects that reach into
other art forms."[2] Duncan holds the 2019 Robert Burns Fellowship at
the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. She lives in
Dunedin.Duncan was born in Christchurch but grew up in Dunedin. She
completed her BA at Victoria University of Wellington and her Honours
degree from Massey University. She studied acting at the Lee Strasberg
Theatre Institute and at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art summer
school. In December 2016, she completed her PhD in Theatre Studies at
the University of Otago.[3]Duncan began writing for theatre in
1999.[4] That year, her one-act play Lips was runner-up in the New
Zealand Young Playwrights’ Competition. Sweet Meats, "inspired by
the slave poetry of the Romantic period," was performed at the Dunedin
Fringe Festival in 2004.[5] Her first full-length drama, Palliative
Care, premiered at the Otago Festival of Arts in 2008.[5]
Prospect Park Productions, an organization aiming “to create and
produce original NZ theatre and collaborative projects that reach into
other art forms."[2] Duncan holds the 2019 Robert Burns Fellowship at
the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. She lives in
Dunedin.Duncan was born in Christchurch but grew up in Dunedin. She
completed her BA at Victoria University of Wellington and her Honours
degree from Massey University. She studied acting at the Lee Strasberg
Theatre Institute and at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art summer
school. In December 2016, she completed her PhD in Theatre Studies at
the University of Otago.[3]Duncan began writing for theatre in
1999.[4] That year, her one-act play Lips was runner-up in the New
Zealand Young Playwrights’ Competition. Sweet Meats, "inspired by
the slave poetry of the Romantic period," was performed at the Dunedin
Fringe Festival in 2004.[5] Her first full-length drama, Palliative
Care, premiered at the Otago Festival of Arts in 2008.[5]
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