Maria Tryti Vennerød
Maria Tryti Vennerød (born 1978) is a playwright. She made her debut with More in 2002 and has written a number of theatre texts since then.
In 2003 Maria Tryti Vennerød won the Norwegian-Swedish drama contest arranged in connection with the 2005 jubilee celebration of the dissolved union between Norway and Sweden with Frank. She received the Norwegian Ibsen Award in 2005 for The Lady at the Counter. Two of the winning contributions in the competition 100 og NÅ in 2006 were hers (The Test and Neverland).
Later she has directed two of her own plays, first GOKK in 2007 and later Heat (a contemporary opera with music composed by Julian Skar) in 2009. In October 2010 Neverland opened at The Norwegian Theatre, directed by Jon Tombre.
Information
(Objekt ID 4243)| Object type | Person |
| Born | January 17, 1978 |
| Functions | Author, Dramatist/Playwright |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Gender | Female |
| Member of | Writers’ Guild of Norway/WGN |
| mtv@getmail.no | |
| Adresse | Askergt 2, 0475 Oslo, Norway |
| Website | DRAMATIKERFORBUNDET, MARIA TRYTI VENNERØD |
Works, production in selection:
- National Test (2011). Written for Den Unge Scenen (DUS) 2011.
- Confessions (2011). Part of the writer project Confessions, written for and performed by Schaubühne, Berlin 2011.
- Neverland (2010). Performed at The Norwegian Theatre in 2010.
- Heat (2009). Opera. Music by Julian Skar. Performed by Ensemble Fanfaronner and The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater) in 2009.
- Ein siste Heilagdom* (One Last Sanctity (2009). Written for The Norwegian Touring Theatre as part of the production Å Isak! Hamsun på tvers av tida* (Oh Isak! Hamsun across the ages).
- Gokk (2008). Performed by Prosjekt Gokk in coproduction with Sogn og Fjordane Theatre in 2007, also performed at Black Box Teater in Oslo.
- The Crocodile (2006). Performed by Ibsen Theatre in 2006 and by Blendwerk in 2008.
- Safari (2006). Performed by Blendwerk in 2006.
- The Test (2006). Performed at The Norwegian Drama Festival and at The Norwegian Theatre in 2006, and by Blendwerk in 2008.
- Frank (2005). Performed by The Norwegian Theatre in 2005. Winner of a Norwegian-Swedish playwright competition in 2005.
- The Lady at the Counter (2004). Performed at The Norwegian Drama Festival in 2004. Won the Norwegian Ibsen Award AKA The Ibsen Prize in 2005.
- Take Me by the Wings (2003). Performed at The Norwegian Drama Festival in 2003 and by Sogn og Fjordane Theatre in 2003.
- More (2002). Performed at The Norwegian Drama Festival in 2002, Sogn og Fjordane Theatre in 2004, Cinnober Teater in Gothenburg in 2008 plus by a variety of student theatres in Norway.
Published books, in selection:
- Nasjonal prøve (literally, National Test, 2011), published by the publishing house Cappelen Damm.
- Neverland (2010), published by the publishing house Cappelen Damm.
- GOKK. Tre skodespel (literally: GOKK. Three plays 2009), (Gokk, Safari and The Test), published by the publishing house Det Norske Samlaget.
- MEIR. Fire skodespel (literally: MORE. Four plays, 2007), (The Lady at the Counter, The Crocodile, Take Me by the Wings, More), published by the publishing house Det Norske Samlaget.
- Ung nordisk dramatikk (literally: Young Nordic Drama, 2005), (Frank, contribution to anthology), published by the publishing house Det Norske Samlaget.
- Svart salt og gule toner (literally: Black salt and yellow tones, 1992), (Barnetrua* (The Faith of Children), contribution to anthology for youth), published by the publishing house Gyldendal.
The project Not directly hurt, staged readings of Maria Tryti Vennerød's blog, was nominated for the Hedda Awards 2012 in the category of special artistic achievement.
SOURCES:
Wikipedia. 04.09.2010: http://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Tryti_Venner%C3%B8d
The Hedda Awards, 29.05.2012, http://heddaprisen.no/pub/heddaprisen/main/?&mid=1031&aid=1030
Maria Tryti Vennerød, http://www.mariatryti.com/framsyningar
*Not yet translated into English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.