Micky Delahunty (formerly Sarah Delahunty) was born and lives in Wellington. They are the author of over thirty works for the stage and focusses on work for young people.
In 1984 they wrote of the motherhood experience in Stretchmarks, a musical written with composer Michelle Scullion. The play premiered at Circa Theatre in 1985, and was performed throughout New Zealand. Delahunty and Scullion collaborated on a follow-up, Lifelines, which premiered at Circa in 2002.
Since that time, Micky has been teaching, directing and writing. They have directed the premieres of their original work in Wellington Fringe Festivals. Their works include two plays for the Young & Hungry Theatre Trust. Micky has written and directed many adaptations of well-known stories for children including two seasons of Playstory, a storytelling and performance series for children at Downstage Theatre.
Two of Micky's plays have toured New Zealand secondary schools: Driving You Crazy, about driving safety for teenagers, and Another Planet, which covers issues around healthy and unhealthy relationships.
They have won Playmarket's Plays for the Young competition in 2009 and 2012 and NZ Fringe Awards in 2008 and 2013. In 2008, 2b or nt 2b was nominated for Outstanding New New Zealand Play in the Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards and was published by Playmarket in 2009 with their play Eating the Wolf.
In 1987, Delahunty won the prestigious Bruce Mason Playwriting Award. In the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours, they were appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to theatre. In 2019 they received the Playmarket Award for significant artistic contribution to theatre in New Zealand.