Dylan Van Den Berg is an Aboriginal Australian dramaturg, playwright and researcher, descendent from the Palawa and Trawlwoolway peoples of Tasmania. His plays include Whitefella Yella Tree (Griffin Theatre Company), Milk (The Street Theatre), Struthers (NIDA), Ngadjung (Belco Arts), The Camel (Motley Bauhaus) and Consultation (CCTA). He is a two-time recipient of the New South Wales Premier’s Award for Playwriting, winner of the David Williamson Prize for New Australian Writing, and was shortlisted for the UK’s Bruntwood International Prize for Playwriting. He is undertaking a PhD at the University of Canberra, exploring the Aboriginal Gothic on stage. Other research interests include the depiction and function of “Country” and landscapes in First Nations writing, and oral storytelling traditions.  He studied drama at the Australian National University and the State University of New York.