14 Facts About Lally Katz

Lally Katz moved with her family to Miami, and then to Canberra when she was eight and three-quarters.

Lally Katz moved to Melbourne when she was eighteen to attend university and pursue a career as a playwright.

Lally Katz graduated from the University of Melbourne's School of Studies in Creative Arts.

Lally Katz trained with the Australian Theatre for Young People in 2000.

In 2007 Lally Katz co-wrote Criminology with Australian playwright Tom Wright, which was produced by Malthouse Theatre and Arena Theatre, and two short plays Waikiki Palace and Hip Hip Hooray formed a double bill premiering at Sydney Theatre Company that same year.

Lally Katz adapted stories from the bible for The Mysteries: Genesis at Sydney Theatre Company in 2008.

In 2013 Lally Katz's one-woman show, Stories I Want to Tell You in Person, played to packed audiences at Belvoir and Malthouse Theatre.

In 2014 Lally Katz adapted Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House for La Boite Theatre Company and Brisbane Festival, directed by Steven Mitchell Wright.

Lally Katz wrote the libretto for The Rabbits, composed by Kate Miller Heidke, which premiered at Perth Festival and then had sold out season in Melbourne and Sydney festivals, going on to win several Helpmann Awards, including the award for Best New Australian Work.

Lally Katz participated in the attachment programme at the Studio at the National Theatre in London in 2009 and won a British Council Realise Your Dreams grant for 2010.

Lally Katz was a Churchill Fellow in 2010 and was appointed a Writer In Residence at Melbourne University in 2011.

In 2012 Lally Katz won InStyle Magazine's Women Of Style Award in the arts category and in 2013 she was the inaugural recipient of an Australian Writers' Foundation Playwriting Grant.

Lally Katz has written for Squinters seasons one and two and for Hit The Road starring Jason Alexander.

In 2024, Lally Katz was named as part of the writing team for Stan series Sunny Nights.