Dylan Van Den Berg

A Palawa playwright and dramaturg from the northeast of lutruwita/Tasmania, Dylan’s work explores Blak identities by pivoting narratives that are already part of our national consciousness to embolden Indigenous perspectives. Dylan is currently under commission at the Canberra Street Theatre and the National Theatre of Paramatta. He is a 2021 Studio Artist at Griffin Theatre Company and his play Whitefella Yella Tree premiered as part of Griffin’s 2022 season and has gone on to be nominated for the Victorian Premier’s Award for Drama and win the NSW Premier’s Award for Playwrighting. It also won the AWGIE award for Stage – Original and the David Williamson Prize. His play Ngadjung for Belco Arts Centre which he also directed premiered the same week and won the AWGIE award for Community and Youth Theatre. He is a member of Sydney Theatre Company’s Emerging Writers Group and with ILBIJERRI Theatre Company, Dylan trained as a dramaturg through the BlackWrights Program with Kamarra Bell-Wykes.