Grace Wilson is an emerging playwright living on Gadigal country, studying a Master of Fine Arts (Dramatic Writing) at NIDA. At the age of 17, she was shortlisted for the Queensland Theatre Young Playwrights’ Award with her play MY NAME IS TOMMY and won the award in the following year with her work, GOODBYE, ELI ANDERSON. 

Grace has gone on to be a finalist in several major writing awards including Sydney Theatre Company’s Patrick White Playwrights’ Award, Queensland Premier’s Drama Award, Griffin Award, Martin-Lysicrates Prize, Queensland Writers Centre’s Stageable and Sydney Fringe’s Best in Theatre Award, all of which Grace is the youngest in history to be on the list. She has been published by Jacaranda Journal, Regional Arts Australia, Queensland Writers’ Centre, ATAR Notes Australia, highly commended for the ABC Heywire Competition and longlisted for the Griffin Award 2024, Queensland Premier’s Drama Award 2026 and the ATYP Foundation Commission. She has also been apart of two play anthologies: 34 Scenes About The Weather and So Many Splintered Parts, both published by Playlab.

Her works have been produced by various companies including Sydney University Dramatic Society (DOGHOLE), theatrePUNKco (PALLAS SISTER RISING), Underground Theatre Company (DOGHOLE), Vena Cava Productions (DOGHOLE), JB Theatre Co (GIA OPHELIA), Assembly of Elephants (LIFE ACCORDING TO RACHEL), Observatory Theatre (PONY CLUB) and Queensland University of Technology (VERY FINE PEOPLE).

Grace has also undertaken several playwrighting training programs including JUTE WriteSparks, Queensland Theatre’s Young Writers’ Ensemble, ATYP Fresh Ink Mentoring and National Studio, and La Boite Assembly. Most recently, Grace completed a paid play for Queensland University of Technology directed by Wesley Enoch and is currently under commission with Observatory Theatre.