





Patricia Cornelius is a playwright, novelist, dramaturge and founding member of Melbourne Workers Theatre.
Patricia is a recipient of a Fellowship from the Theatre Board of the Australia Council and the winner of 2006 Patrick White Playwright’s award, 2009 Richard Wherrett Prize, 2003 Wal Cherry Award, The Jill Blewitt Award and the R.E Ross Trust Award. Her plays have earned her 8 Awgies for stage, community, theatre for young people, and feature film adaptation. She has written over 25 plays. Her most recent works are: Do not go gentle…, The Berry Man, Slut, Love and The Call.
In Drama Queens, our panel discuss solutions to unequal representation in contemporary Australian theatre.