Ross Mueller: Writer

Ross Mueller is an established Australian writer.

In 2002, he was the Australian playwright at the International Residency of the Royal Court Theatre in London. In 2007, The Ghost Writer premiered at Melbourne Theatre Company and Construction of The Human Heart was short listed for the AWGIE Award for Best New Play, the New York New Dramatists Award and was nominated for five Green Room Awards

Ross was the winner of the Wal Cherry Play of the year 2007 for his play, The Glory. His play, Concussion, won the 2008 New York Dramatists Award and premiered in 2009 at Sydney Theatre Company in co-production with Griffin Theatre. The same year, Hard Core was shortlisted for the Patrick White Award. ZEBRA!, featuring Bryan Brown, Nadine Garner and Colin Friels, premiered with a sell-out season at STC in 2011.

In 2015, A Town Named War Boy was produced by ATYP at the State Library of NSW and he was commissioned by Malthouse Theatre to write I Can’t Even, a monologue performed by Louise Siversen and Rhys Muldoon at the Malthouse Theatre. In 2017, A Strategic Plan premiered at Griffin Theatre and Lifetime Guarantee premiered at Theatre Works. The Street Theatre and the National War Memorial commissioned him to write Epitaph in 2018, as an installation piece which is performed daily at Australian War Memorial Gallery. His play, A Simple Act of Kindness will premiere at Red Stitch Actors Theatre in 2022.

Ross was commissioned by ABC Radio Fiction to write and co-direct a four part romantic comedy series; The Right Fit in 2019 and again in 2020, to write and record monologues in response to the Pandemic. He has written six plays for Radio National and had two books for children published with Allen and Unwin. He has been working with Vanessa Bates on the development of television series; Troubled Youth, supported by Screen Australia and Northern Pictures and Love.Chaos.Theory with Princess Pictures.

He was the winner of the Georgi Markov Award as part of the BBC International Playwriting Prize in 2020 and he is currently under commission with First Option Pictures to produce a ten part drama series for Audible. He has been a guest lecturer at Victorian College of the Arts, a mentor for the ATYP National Studio and a freelance columnist.

Many of Ross Mueller’s plays are available for school, non-professional and amateur productions.  To apply for performance rights, please email Ross’ agent here for further details.