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Maryanne Sam Maryanne Sam i(A67172 works by)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal
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1 2 Viral Viral : Are You the Cure? Maryanne Sam , 2018 single work drama

'Ally lives up in the flats. Things aren’t the best right now but she has big plans. She just wants a better life for her baby.

'Ally is ready to make a life changing decision. But does she have the strength to see it through? And is her community ready to support her?

'If life wasn’t complicated enough, Ally is being filmed for an explosive new documentary. One things for sure – things are about to go viral.'   (Production summary)
1 2 Coconut Woman Maryanne Sam , 2017 single work drama

'Nancy Bruce urgently needs cultural knowledge to clinch the deal of her career. Now she just has to convince the Ailan family, whom she’s never met, to help her.'

Source: La Mama (2019 production).
1 Journey Maryanne Sam , 2011 single work short story Indigenous story
— Appears in: Etchings Indigenous: Treaty 2011; (p. 38-43)
1 Indigenous Theatre To Take Flight In Sydney Maryanne Sam , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 24 October no. 412 2007; (p. 51)
— Review of Lessons in Flight Maryanne Sam , 2007 single work drama
1 2 Lessons in Flight Maryanne Sam , 2007 single work drama 'Two wildly different sisters, Menan, shy and conservative and Rita, outgoing and unpredictable, haven't spoken in years. Now in hospital with a life threatening illness, Menan looks back on a life full of regret and lost opportunities when out of the blue, the outrageous Rita shows up, turning everything on its head.' Source: www.darlinghursttheatre.com (Sighted 15/10/2007).
1 Casting Doubts Maryanne Sam , 2002 single work drama
— Appears in: Blak Inside : 6 Indigenous Plays from Victoria 2002; (p. 107-167)
1 3 y separately published work icon Blak Inside : 6 Indigenous Plays from Victoria John Harding , Tammy Anderson , Tracey Rigney , Maryanne Sam , Jadah Milroy , Richard Frankland , Playbox Theatre , Strawberry Hills : Currency Press Playbox Theatre , 2002 Z950463 2002 anthology drama (taught in 1 units)

Contains six plays.

Enuff by John Harding is a frightening and funny play about an Australian future where black patience has run out. A violent uprising is planned for Reconciliation Day – will retribution or forgiveness prevail?

I Don't wanna Play House by Tammy Anderson is the moving story of her childhood. A truly remarkable account of the triumph of the human spirit.

Belonging by Tracey Rigney recounts the taunts and temptations of a school girl, and her personal struggle to remain true to her culture, and herself.

Casting Doubts by Maryanne Sam is a funny, and at times heart-wrenching, play about an actors' casting agency with more colour charts than a paint shop, and the problems that Indigenous actors face.

Crowfire by Jadah Milroy is the story of a young, urban Indigenous Australian woman, and a man from a desert community lured into the city. The moving story of a search for identity and the need for reconciliation.

Conservations with the Dead by Richard J Frankland is a poetic and savage play that takes you into the aching sorrow of deaths in custody.
1 Oh My God I'm Black Maryanne Sam , Irine Vela , Patricia Cornelius , 1995 single work drama Oh My God I'm Black tells the story of Menan, born to a Torres Strait Islander mother and white Australian father. Following her mother's death and father's desertion, Menan and her sister are brought up in Melbourne by her grandmother. As she grows up, Menan, feeling increasingly alienated, embarks on a quest to trace her origins back to her mother's home. Much of this is expressed through Menan singing songs her mother taught her, songs from the radio of her childhood and songs from the islands — all about departure, love and belonging.


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