Maria Tryti Vennerød
Maria Tryti Vennerød
Maria Tryti Vennerød (born 17 January 1978) is a Norwegian playwright.
Career
Vennerød's first play, More, was produced at the Norwegian Drama Festival in 2002. Since then she has written about ten plays which have been performed by different theaters and ensembles in Norway and Sweden. In 2005 she received the Ibsen Award for the play The Lady at the Counter. Vennerød has directed two of her own plays, the first being Gokk in 2007 and the latter being Heat, a contemporary opera aimed at a younger audience, composed by Julian Skar. In 2010 her play Neverland was produced by Det Norske Teatret, directed by Jon Tombre.
Works
Plays
Nasjonal Prøve ["National test"] (2011) - DUS, Det Norske Teatret
Confession (2011) - Schaubühne, Berlin (part of Writers´project at the F.I.N.D. festival 2011)
Neverland (2010)- Det Norske Teatret, Oslo
Kok ["Heat"] (2009) Contemporary opera. Music: Julian Skar. Det Åpne Teater, Oslo
Gokk (2008) Sogn og Fjordane Teater and Black Box Teater, Oslo
Krokodillen ["The Crocodile"] (2006) Teater Ibsen, Skien
Safari (2006) Teater Blendwerk, Oslo
Testen ["The Test"] (2006) The Norwegian Drama Festival, Oslo
Frank (2005) Det Norske Teatret, Oslo . Winner of Norwegian-Swedish drama competition
Dama i Luka ["The Lady at the Counter"] (2004)The Norwegian Drama Festival. The Ibsen Award
Take Me By the Wings (2003) The Norwegian Drama Festival, and Sogn og Fjordane Teater
More (2002) The Norwegian Drama Festival, Sogn og Fjordane Teater, Cinnober Theatre in Gothenburg and more.
Translations
Awards
Norwegian-Swedish Drama Competition on the centennial of Norway's independence 1905-2005 (Frank)
The Ibsen Award 2005 (The Lady at the Counter)
100 og NÅ i 2006 (The Test and Neverland)