MORGAN ROSE was born in New Orleans, grew up in New Mexico, and currently lives in Melbourne. She is an internationally produced playwright, performance maker, and dramaturg. Her work is dark, funny, and a little weird. She is interested in everyday people with extraordinary stories (or perhaps extraordinary people with everyday stories).  In addition to writing plays, she has a background in physical theatre and devising. She has studied with SITI Company (NYC, USA), Pacific Performance Project (Seattle, USA), Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre (Brisbane, Australia), and Dairakudakan (Hakuba, Japan). She completed a Master of Writing for Performance at The Victorian College of the Arts in 2013. Morgan’s practice includes collaborations with many different communities—she is interested in creating theatre with anyone who has the desire to get on stage. She was resident writer at youth company Riot Stage (riotstage.com) for 10 years. From 2014 to 2020 she ran the dramaturgy initiative Lonely Company, through which she helped emerging playwrights create new works and find pathways to presentation. She the current co-artistic director of Melbourne-based company Rawcus (rawcus.org.au) and co-founder of The People (thepeoplemaketheatre.com). Works include: Virgins and Cowboys (writer, Theatreworks, Griffin Theatre), Everyone Is Famous (writer, Riot Stage/Speakeasy), Lord Willing and the Creek Don’t Rise (writer, MKA/MTC NEON), The BachelorS17E05 (co-creator, The People/La Mama), desert, 6:29pm (writer, Red Stitch/Wuzhen Festival/Currency Press), Fast Food (Red Stitch/Currency Press), Interior (Rawcus/The Substation), and Peacemongers (The People/Darebin Speakeasy). More info on her work at roseisnotarose.com. Morgan is left handed.