Mary Anne Butler Mary Anne Butler i(A72423 works by)
Gender: Female
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1 3 y separately published work icon Wittenoom Mary Anne Butler , 2023 Strawberry Hills : Currency Press , 2023 25653145 2023 single work drama

'Dot and Pearl live in Wittenoom; the blue asbestos mining town in WA’s Pilbara. So begin glorious days, when the Pilbara’s stunning landscapes, magnificent wildlife and close-knit community shaped an idyllic lifestyle; wild-natured Dot making the most of every second, while teenaged Pearl tries to make sense of what her own life might be. 

'Wittenoom follows Dot and Pearl’s personal story, filled with humour, sorrow,  and the friends they make along the way. Butler expertly weaves their journey into the frame of the Wittenoom tragedy, asking questions about accountability in an era where the health and cultural impacts of mining ricochet as heavily in 2022 as they did in 1962.' (Production summary)

1 Mary Anne Butler Mary Anne Butler , 2021 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Dear Mum 2021;
1 y separately published work icon This Was Urgent Yesterday Emily Steel (editor), Caleb Lewis (editor), Mary Anne Butler (editor), Strawberry Hills : Currency Press , 2020 20871883 2020 anthology drama 'This Was Urgent Yesterday is a collection of single-actor scripts written by and for young people from regional Australia.' (Publication summary)
1 y separately published work icon Threshold Mary Anne Butler , 2020 Australia : PlayWriting Australia , 2020 19658613 2020 single work drama
1 Borderlands Project Fundraising Launch Speech, 26 March 2019 Mary Anne Butler , 2019 single work essay
— Appears in: Borderlands , November no. 1 2019;
'Earlier this year, The Borderlands Project launched a campaign to raise funds so that all contributors to the magazine would be paid Australian Society of Author rates for their work. We were thrilled to have critically acclaimed Northern Territory writer Mary Anne Butler as our guest speaker. ' (Summary)
 
1 Highway of Lost Hearts Mary Anne Butler , 2019 extract prose (Highway of Lost Hearts)
— Appears in: Westerly , vol. 64 no. 2 2019; (p. 159-166)
1 y separately published work icon One More Hour Mary Anne Butler , 2018 Fortitude Valley : Playlab , 2021 21597195 2018 single work drama fantasy

'One More Hour is about the last hour we have living on this earth.

'Set in a post-apocalyptic future, after climate change has wrought its full fury onto Planet Earth, One More Hour tells the story of three Dogs – Fate, Chance and Hope – who each try to lead their humans to safety in a fast-disintegrating world.' (Production summary)

1 y separately published work icon Cusp Mary Anne Butler , 2018 13419116 2018 single work drama

'Elvis wants Rosie. Rosie wants to escape. Maddie doesn’t know what the hell she wants, but it sure isn’t this. Cusp examines the lives of three young adults as they swim against the tides of irrevocable change. How do you move into the future, when your past keeps dragging you backwards?'

Source: National Playwriting Festival program.

1 1 y separately published work icon Alice in Wonderland Mary Anne Butler , 2018 Strawberry Hills : Currency Press , 2018 12558377 2018 single work drama children's

'Lewis Carroll’s whirling, fantastical masterpiece is faithfully and beautifully recreated as a nonstop, madcap theatrical adventure for the whole family. See the classic kids’ tale in an all-new Australian adaptation by multi award-winning playwright Mary Anne Butler, starring Dubs Yunupingu as Alice – the first time the role has been played by an Indigenous woman.' (Production summary)

1 God's Waiting Room Mary Anne Butler , 2017 single work drama

'God's Waiting room evokes asylum seeker Hamed Mokri's passage to Hope and Possibility in a tiny boat upon high and stormy seas, with only an Angel of Death as company.

'The Angel's task is to make sure Hamed dies before he reaches safe shores.

'An allegory for a world which has closed its door on humanity, God's Waiting Room explores themes of resilience, humanity, hope and displacement -- posing the central question: As a global community, where do we go from here?'

Source: Brown's Mart program.

1 y separately published work icon The Sound of Waiting Mary Anne Butler , 2017 13391087 2017 single work drama

'A tiny wooden boat is battered by roaring seas, on board Hamed Mokri cradles his small daughter. His former homeland now more perilous than the seas he’s fighting, his daughter the very last soul he can protect other than his own. He clings to a fading silver lining, to find land girt by sea. 

'Meanwhile, an Angel of Death hangs over them with reckoning, conjuring up all its power to send them both to the bottom of the unknown sea – silent, and black, and endless.

'Written in response to Tony Abbott’s infamous comment, “Jesus knew there was a place for everything, and it’s not everyone’s place to come to Australia.” The Sound of Waiting is a powerfully poetic allegory for our times, exploring displacement, resilience and hope in a world that has closed its doors on humanity.'

Source: Darlinghurst Theatre.

1 9 y separately published work icon Broken Mary Anne Butler , 2015 Strawberry Hills : Currency Press , 2016 9118571 2015 single work drama

'A car crash in the Central Desert. A broken man, about to leave his wife, who has a deep, dark secret of her own. Broken entwines the stories of three complex lives as they unfold on a single fateful night in the heart of the NT’s desert country.'

Source: Brown's Mart Theatre website. (Sighted: 7/12/2015)

1 The Build Up Mary Anne Butler , 2013 single work short story
— Appears in: Review of Australian Fiction , vol. 8 no. 4 2013;
1 4 y separately published work icon Highway of Lost Hearts Mary Anne Butler , Nightcliff : 2012 7537682 2012 single work drama

'A woman. A dog. A campervan. And 4,500klm of wide open road.'

'Mot wakes up one morning to find that her heart is missing from her chest. She can breathe; she has a pulse - but she feels… nothing.'

'So, she decides to go and look for it. With her Dog enlisted as co-pilot, Mot heads down the Highway of Lost Hearts: into the deepest core of the Australian outback - navigating red dirt landscapes, fire and flood, brittle dry-ness, vast salt lakes, age-old mountains and murky waters filled with lost souls. And the further Mot drives into the deepest heart of Australia, the more she realises that everyone around her seems to be missing some vital part of themselves.'

'And then there’s the Dog - full of her own canine wisdom, and trying to guide Mot back on a course towards hope - if only Mot would listen better.'

'An allegory for a country that's lost its heart, Highway of Lost Hearts is half gritty road journey, half magic realism and all heart. It leaves you pondering the question: when your heart goes missing, what lengths will you go to, in order to find it again?' (Source: Cyberpaddock website)

1 1 Half Way There Mary Anne Butler , 2009 single work drama humour 'Half Way is the half waypoint between here and there, where you can drive for half a day and see nothing. In the middle of this remoteness Harriet and Wes keep a pub ticking over. But there's something not quite right. There are things unspoken; truths concealed. She's trapped in the landscape; he's got a plan. Sabrina rocks in with new ideas, development and chaos. She's going to drag Half Way into the modern world. But development is no match for nature. Ghosts are unearthed and the landscape comes alive, spewing forth it's long held secrets and Harriet's past is dragged screaming and kicking to life. Part realism, part metaphor "Half Way There" explores life, love, change and loss. It juxtaposes the earthly with the unearthly. Source : www.jute.com.au (Sighted 14/07/2009).
1 Three Days in March Mary Anne Butler , 2004 single work short story
— Appears in: True North : Contemporary Writing from the Northern Territory 2004; (p. 133-144)
1 Escape From Reality Mary Anne Butler , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Lowdown , December vol. 24 no. 6 2002; (p. 19)

— Review of Just Us Dreaming? Dreaming Justice Michael Newbold , 2002 single work drama
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