MAKI MORITA
MAKI MORITA
Maki Morita is a writer and theatre-maker from Naarm/Melbourne, currently based in Berlin.
Maki’s play 月を見る夜 Moongazing had a sell-out season at La Mama, and Trash Pop Butterflies, Dance Dance Paradise premiered at Theatre Works. Her prose and poetry have appeared in Cordite, Island, The Suburban Review, Mascara Literary Review, Portside Review, and more. She has exhibited work at Linden New Art.
Maki has appeared in panels, readings, and other events at The Wheeler Centre, Emerging Writers Festival, and National Young Writers Festival.
Maki graduated with a Master of Theatre (writing) from the Victorian College of the Arts, where she was awarded the Portland House Theatre Outreach scholarship. They have received awards and grants including the Ian Potter Cultural Trust Emerging Artist Grant, Wheeler Centre Playwright Hot Desk Fellowship, and George Fairfax Memorial Award.