Whitefella Yella Tree

Dylan Van Den Berg is a Palawa writer and dramaturg from the northeast of lutruwita/Tasmania, with family connections to the Bass Strait Islands where his great-grandmother was born. As a playwright, recent credits include: Whitefella Yella Tree (Griffin Theatre Company); Milk; The Chosen Vessel (The Street Theatre);Struthers (National Institute of Dramatic Art); Ngadjung (Belco Arts); The Camel (FlickFlick City/Motley Bauhaus). As a dramaturg, recent credits include: Mum Club; SISTREN; Nucleus (Griffin Theatre Company); Nan’s Place (ILBIJERRI Theatre Company); Burning House (Queensland Theatre);  A Better Tomorrow (The Street Theatre). For screen, Dylan has written extensively for Play School (ABC) and Reef School (ABC) and has joined writers’ rooms for Blackfella Films, Wooden Horse, and Warner Bros. For his writing, he has received the Griffin Award, two AWGIES, the David Williamson Prize, two NSW Premier’s Literary Awards for Playwriting, the Victorian Premier’s Award for Drama, and was shortlisted for the Bruntwood International Playwriting Prize. He is currently under commission with Griffin Theatre Company and Malthouse Theatre. Dylan studied drama at the ANU and the State University of New York and is undertaking a PhD at the University of Canberra.