Tui and the Immortal won the Playwrights Association of New Zealand 5-Minute Play Competition, 2023.
Love and Acoustics won 2nd place at Words on Water Playwriting Contest, Blue Institute, Harwich, Massachusetts, 2023. Script published online
Gruesome Gift was a winner of the Spring 2023 Scratch Night, Scriptwriters & Co, Bath, UK, 2023
Video of Ryan Sett (Softy) and Holly Bodimeade (Gladys) in Gruesome Gift
Restoring Romeo won 2nd place in the William Faulkner Literary Competition: One-Act Play, New Albany, Mississippi, 2022.
Orpheus Floats won 2nd place in the Playwrights Association of New Zealand 10-Minute Play Competition, 2022.
Honest Shakespeare won 3rd place in the Playwrights Association of New Zealand One-Act Play Competition, 2022.
Henry the Seventh (If Shakespeare Was Honest) won the Surfside Playhouse 10-Minute Play Contest, Cocoa Beach, Florida, August, 2022.
Fern and Her Father was RUNNER-UP, BEST MICRO FILM, STAGE OR AUDIO SCRIPT at Scriptwriters & Co International Festival, Bath, UK, April 2022.
Phony on a Twig won the Adult Category in the Northshore Arts in Bloom Playwriting Contest, Hammond, Louisiana, 2022.
Ambitious Cutlery won the Surfside Playhouse 10-Minute Play Contest, Cocoa Beach, Florida, January, 2022.
Mason Harvey (Norm), Kathryn Hyatt (Spoonella) and Daniel Lee (Cutting) in Ambitious Cutlery
Rex McGregor won the Playwrights Association of New Zealand Outstanding Achievement Award 2021.
Rabbit Warns Gannet won first place in the Playwrights Association of New Zealand 10-Minute Play Competition, 2021.
Here are comments from the adjudicator, Emily Duncan:
Here are comments from the adjudicator, Emily Duncan:
- "Wonderful imaginative quality in this very well-written script, which offers beautiful theatrical opportunities in performance. This is a play that would appeal to all age groups with its playful rendering of the natural world."
- "Of the 25 submissions, the stand-out for me was Rabbit Warns Gannet. This writing is both a beautifully playful and solemn rendering and exploration of the natural world and our fragile and interconnected ecosystems. While it is specifically placed in Aotearoa-New Zealand, this is a work that would also have wider appeal. A clear sense of theatrical staging is forefront, without overshadowing the play’s content and characters. The opening image of Kori the Gannet bouncing on a trampoline is an immediate invitation for audiences of all ages to suspend disbelief. For these reasons I have awarded Rabbit Warns Gannet first place, and I look forward to (hopefully) hearing of a production of this script in the not too-distant future."
Julie McPhail (Sage) and Mat Hatten (Kori) in Rabbit Warns Gannet at East Coast Scribes, Evolution Theatre Company, Gisborne, New Zealand, January 22, 2022
Boot's Vacation won the Golden Ear - Short Form Award at Hear Me Out Monologue Fest: Borders, New York, NY, September 6, 2021.
Video of Daniel Strausman (Boot)
Restoring Romeo won the Surfside Playhouse 10-Minute Play Contest, Cocoa Beach, Florida, August, 2021.
Becky Behl-Hill (Charlotte), Chloe Collins (Sallie), David Hill (Edwin) and Steven J Wolf (Ben) in Restoring Romeo
Ebook Meets Treebook won the AUDIENCE FAVOURITE AWARD at Knutsford Little Theatre Play Festival, Knutsford, UK, June 5-8, 2019.
Bob Jennings (Pip) and Lucy Oliver (Ava) in Ebook Meets Treebook, Knutsford, UK
Geordie Heroine (scratch performance) Rough Cuts and Scratches, Breakwater Theatre, Cleethorpes Library, Cleethorpes, UK, March 29, 2019
Threatened Panda Fights Back was the JUDGES CHOICE Week 1 at Short+Sweet Illawarra, Harbour Theatre, Shellharbour, Australia, October 4-7, 2018.
Patrick Harrison (Ling) and Kaylee Ashton (Yan) in Threatened Panda Fights Back, Shellharbour, Australia
Rasha and Abd won the Playmarket 2018 PLAYS FOR THE YOUNG Competition - 8-12 year old category, 2018.
I Love an Earthling won the AUDIENCE FAVORITE AWARD at Summer Shorts, Theatre Workshop of Owensboro, Trinity Center, Owensboro, Kentucky, July 20, 22 & 28, 2018.
Nikki Noffsinger (Mora), Lauren Hart (Deeann) and David Roark (Zaf) in I Love an Earthling, Owensboro, Kentucky
Ebook Meets Treebook won the AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD at Stage It! Center for Performing Arts, Bonita Springs, Florida, April 28-29, 2018.
Eduardo Marin (Pip) and Kayleigh Campo (Ava) in Ebook Meets Treebook, Bonita Springs, Florida
Aleema the Boy Girl won the SCREENER'S CHOICE AWARD at the 8 in 48 Idaho Short Play Festival, Treasure Valley Children's Theater, Meridian, Idaho, September 26, 2015.
Chris Bohme (Tabesh)
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Riley Zuschlag (Azad), Sheila McCoy (Aleema) and Savannah Haislip (Mursal) in Aleema the Boy Girl (Aleema Wants a Haircut), Meridian, Idaho
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Threatened Panda Fights Back won two awards at Short+Sweet Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand, September 20, 2015.
- BEST COMEDY SCRIPT
- PEOPLE'S CHOICE
Mustaq Missouri (Ling), Georgina Silk (Mrs D), Irasa Siave (Yan), Rex McGregor (writer), Katie Burson (director). Front: Tom Wardle (Mr D)
- Rex McGregor was awarded the 2015 and 2016 DOUG WRENN AWARD for achievement in playwriting "for the numerous productions of his short comedies". The award, presented by the Playwrights Association of New Zealand, is given annually to a member of the association who has had significant success in playwriting during the year.
Playwrights Association of New Zealand (PANZ) 2014 One-Act Play Competition winners: (L-R) Rex McGregor, Colin Beardon, Bronwyn Elsmore