Ross Mueller

Ross Mueller is an established Australian writer. In 2002 he was the Australian playwright at the International Residency of the Royal Court Theatre in London.  In 2007, The Ghost Writer premiered at Melbourne Theatre Company and Construction of The Human Heart was short listed for the AWGIE Award for Best New Play and nominated for five Green Room Awards. 

In 2009, Concussion premiered at Sydney Theatre Company and his play Hard Core was shortlisted for the Patrick White Award. He was the winner of the Wal Cherry Play of the year 2007 for his play The Glory and the winner of the New York New Dramatists Playwright exchange for his play Concussion. 

In 2011, ZEBRA! Featuring Bryan Brown, Nadine Garner and Colin Friels premiered with a sell-out season at STC. 

In 2015 his A Town Named War Boy was produced by ATYP at the State Library of NSW and he completed his Masters in Writing For Performance at Victorian College of the Arts and he was commissioned by Malthouse Theatre to write; I Can’t Even; a monologue performed by Louise Siversen and Rhys Muldoon. 

In 2017, A Strategic Plan premiered at Griffin and Lifetime Guarantee premiered at Theatre Works. In 2018 Street Theatre and the National War Memorial commissioned him to write Epitaph, as an installation piece for the War Memorial Gallery. 

He has written six plays for Radio National and had two books for children published with Allen and Unwin.  He has been working with Vanessa Bates on the development of television series; Troubled Youth, supported by Screen Australia and Northern Pictures. 

In 2019 he was commissioned by ABC Radio Fiction to write and co-direct a four part romantic comedy series; The Right Fit. 

He is currently under commission with First Option Pictures to produce a ten part drama series for Audible and in 2020 he completed a commission for Red Stitch Theatre; A Simple Act of Kindness. In the same year he developed a new monologue for Louise Siversen; Birthday Cake. He has been commissioned by ABC Radio Fiction to write and record two monologues in response to the Pandemic. 

He has been a guest lecturer at Victorian College of the Arts, a mentor for the National Studio, he is the Fresh INK tutor for ATYP in Victoria and a regular freelance columnist for News Corp, ArtsHub and Crikey.com.