Maya van den Heuvel-Arad

Maya van den Heuvel-Arad is a playwright and dramaturge.

Maya van den Heuvel-Arad is educated as a dramaturge, and she writes for the stage as well as for TV. She has background from Israel and is based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

With The Diamond Stars she won UNESCO's International Playwriting Competition 2010.

The jury wrote the following, among other things:

"Strong, dense dialogues and finely-defined, complex protagonists characterise the twelve scenes. The story is believable and extremely well researched. A play that is set in the harsh reality of every-day life still leaves space for poetic moments. This play, whose quality of language is superb, will certainly be met with enthusiasm by any director or actor."

Among her other plays are Fragments of a Father (2010, English), Smoking and Other Crimes (2008, English) and Tuli in the Kingdom of Music (2007, Hebrew).

Sources:

E-mail from Oslo International Theatre, 07.06.2012

Maya van den Heuvel-Arad's blog, http://mayavandenheuvel.blogspot.no/