[2] Beautiful Words was a commissioned work written over a four-year period from 2001, leading to a full production in Adelaide in May 2006.
[3] It is described as "an inter-related trilogy of plays which explores the refugee experience through the eyes of three separate children".
[5] The first of these, Zugang was first performed as a play reading in October 2002 at Majestic Cinemas in New South Wales.
SAYarts has staged performances in DreamBIG, AGSA Neo, WOMADelaide, as well as presenting several original shows each year.
[9] Other plays written by Riley include The Sad Ballad of Penny Dreadful (presented by Windmill Performing Arts in January 2006), My Sister Violet (presented by the Urban Myth Theatre of Youth in 2005), The Last Acre (2003), and The Time of Ashes (2001).