Elise Hearst Elise Hearst i(A120505 works by) (a.k.a. Elise Esther Hearst)
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

'Elise Hearst is a playwright, writer and storyteller. Her recent work for the stage includes Bright World, at Theatre Works, The Mesh at Red Stitch, and The Sea Project at the Griffin Theatre in Sydney.'

Source: Melbourne Jewish Book Week.

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2016 runner up The Lysicrates Prize for The Good Wolf.
2006 second place Monash Playwrights Competition for Apple

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon One Day We're All Going to Die Sydney : HQ Fiction , 2023 26358723 2023 single work novel

'At 27, Naomi is just trying to be a normal person. A normal person who works at a Jewish museum, who cares for lost things, found things, sacred things and her family. A person who finds herself going on bad blind dates, having cringe-worthy sex, a tumultuous, toxic affair, and falling for a man called Moses.

'Being a normal person would be easy and fine if she didn't bear the weight of the unspoken grief of Cookie, her Holocaust-survivor grandmother. It would all be fine if she just knew how to be, without feeling the pull of expectation, the fear of disappointing others (men, friends, her parents, humanity), and that pesky problem of being attracted to all the wrong people (according to her parents, anyway).

'By endlessly trying to please everyone around her, Naomi can't seem to figure out what she wants for herself, or how to get it. With echoes of the dead and dying all about her, in objects, in story, in her grandmother's firm grasp, Naomi isn't quite sure she knows how to be a normal person, but she is going to try.

'This fiercely honest, funny and fearless novel is a deep dive into the complex questions that surround culture, identity politics and generational trauma in contemporary Australia. Both a sadly affectionate and brilliantly unsparing examination of the glorious, awkward, messiness of life.' (Publication summary)

2024 shortlisted The Age Book of the Year Award Book of the Year
Yentl 2022 single work drama

'After a triumphant debut in 2022, garnering wide acclaim, four Green Room Awards and numerous five-star reviews—Malthouse is proud to present a return season of Kadimah Yiddish Theatre’s Yentl. This new stage adaptation of Nobel Prize laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer’s iconic short story is the first since the 1975 Broadway play and Barbra Streisand’s iconic 1983 musical film. 

'Yentl is the journey of a young woman who defies the Jewish orthodox tradition that forbids females from studying religious scripture. When her father dies, Yentl emancipates herself by dressing in male guise, determined to live as a man to continue her studies. Religion, gender, sexual politics, and traditional Yiddish culture collide as Yentl finds her truth through faith and love.' (Production summary)

2023 nominated Victorian Green Room Awards Production : Theatre - Companies
2023 nominated Victorian Green Room Awards Direction : Theatre - Companies
2023 winner Victorian Green Room Awards New Writing for the Australian Stage
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