2009
Off The Shelf # 2: Playwriting residency
Queen St Studio/FraserStudios
Sept- Nov 2009
“Of the Causes of Wonderful Things” written by Talya Rubin, directed by Nick James
“Wretched Excess” written by Stephen Graham, directed by David Adlam
“Zetland” written by Jasper Marlow, directed by Mark Pritchard
“Combat Fatigue” written by Alison Rooke, directed by Ian Zammit
Role: Project Coordinator
Brand Spanking New: a celebration of new Australian writing
New Theatre
September-October
Writers: Verity Laughton, Timothy Daly, Maxine Mellor, Jonathan Gavin, Ross Mueller, Kit Brookman, Tamara Asmar, Jessica Bellamy, Patrick Lenton, Sonal Moore, Vanessa Bates, Mary Rachel Brown, Rick Viede, Phil Spencer, Jonathan Ari Lander
Directors: Travis Green, Louise Fischer, Nick Curnow, Danielle O’Keefe, Ian Zammit, Anne-Maree Magi, Jane Eakin, Tanya Dickson, Jennifer Monk, Sarah Vickery, Scarlet McGlynn, Mark Pritchard, Augusta Supple, Scott Selkirk
Designer: Paul Matthews
Lighting Designer: Miles Thomas
Production Coordinator: Julia Lenton
Dramaturg: Augusta Miller
Assistant Director: Gavin Roach
Stage Manager: Bron Millar
Role: Season Artistic Director
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
New Theatre
June-July
Writer: Ray Lawler
Director: Rosane McNamara
Role: Assistant Director
Actors: Blair Cutting, Valentino Arico, Jan Langford-Penny, Stefanie Funnell, Emma Harris, Laura Munro, Stephen Peacocke
Off The Shelf # 1: Playwriting residency
Queen St Studio/FraserStudios
March-May 2009
Writers/Directors:
“Gravity Waves” by Will Snow, Directed by Jonathan Wald
“Yellow Brick Road” by Bridget Price, Directed by Mark Pritchard
“Retale” by Patrick Lenton, Directed by Anne-Maree Magi
“a road maybe, at night maybe” by Kit Brookman, Directed by Amy Satchell
“Boxing Day” by Phil Spencer, Directed by Scarlet McGlynn
Role: Project Coordinator
2008
Wolf Lullaby
Tap Gallery Sydney /Four Storeys Productions
Writer: Hilary Bell
Actors: Rebecca Wood, Anna Martin, Moss Halliday Hall, Anthony Di Placido
Role: Director
Brand Spanking New: a celebration of new Australian writing
Writers: Hilary Bell, Lachlan Philpott, Alexandra Cullen, Joanna Erskine, Augusta Supple, Suzanne Hauser, Noelle Janaczewska, Tom Holloway, Patrick Lenton, Jessica Bellamy, Nick Parsons, Van Badham,
Directors: Travis Green, Paul Appleby, Zoe Carides, Nick Curnow, Anne Maree Magi, Jocelyn Speight, Kate Revz, Boris Ivanoff, Mark Pritchard, Felicity Nicol, Danielle O’Keefe, Louise Fischer, Jane Eakin
Designer: Barbara Bryce
Role: Season Artistic Director
Airsick
New Directions/New Theatre
Writer: Emma Frost
Cast: Xaris Miller, Greg Hatton, Tim Allen, Katherine Warner, Catherine Robinson, Stephen Peacocke
Role: Director
The Showreel Project
Delia Films
“Chicken Casserole” and “Scenes of a Sexual Nature”
Role: Director
Cast: Bel Delia, Mary Sherman, Brendon Taylor
Naomi In the Living Room
Hotseat Theatre in association with Mardi Gras Festival
Newtown Theatre
Writer: Christopher Durang
Cast: Odile Le Clezio, Shannon Ellis, Nick Curnow
Role: Director
An Illustrated Talk
Short & Sweet Short Play Festival, Sydney
Writer: Nick Perry (UK)
Cast: Mary Sherman, Grant Moxom, Valentino del Toro
Role: Director/Dramaturge
2007
Unspoken
Art as a Weapon /New Theatre
Writer: Wayne Tunks
Cast: Morgan David Jones, Peter Flett
Role: Director/ Dramaturge
Cold Feet
Metamor/phases: new plays in Development/ Brave New Theatre
Writer: Nerida Woods
Cast: Bel Delia, Will Snow
Role: Director
Sexual Perversity in Prague
Short & Sweet Short Play Festival, Sydney
Winner “People’s Choice Award”
Cast: Toby Levins, Kate Bell
Role: Director/Producer/Dramaturge
Unhinged Play Festival
Short Play Finalist: “Barren”
Writer: Mark Hill
Cast: Jessica Chapnik, Paul Weingott, Clair Wenborn
Role: Director
2004-2005
Guelph Youth Theatre (Canada)
Designer: Barbara Bryce
Role: Founder & Artistic Director
Two Steps and a Glass of Water
(Canada)
Director: James Gordon
Writers: Members of Ontario Mental Health Association
Role: Assistant Director & Dramaturge
2004
The Gifts of Time (Canada)
Writer: Dale Hamilton
Director: John Oram, Claque Theatre, UK
Role: Assistant Director
1999
Death of A Salesman (Sydney, Australia)
Seymour Downstairs Theatre
Writer: Arthur Miller
Cast: Meredith Penman, Liz Thurbon, Tom Clayton, Chris Rawlins,
Role: Director
1999
A Doll’s House (Sydney, Australia)
Cellar Theatre, University Of Sydney
Writer: Henrik Ibsen
Role: Director
1998
A Taste of Honey (Sydney, Australia)
Writer: Shelagh Delaney
Role: Director
Playwriting- produced Scripts only
2008
Interrupting Grace (Sydney, Australia)
Brand Spanking New – New Theatre
Directed by Nick Curnow
Cast: Stephen Peacocke, Bel Delia
2007
Difference of Opinion (Sydney, Australia)
Metamor/phases: new plays in Development PACT Theatre
Directed by Morgan Healy
Cast: Greg Hatton, Jacob Thomas, Jemma Zadkovich
2007
Between the Nest and the Sky (Sydney, Australia)
Metamor/phases: new plays in Development PACT Theatre
Directed by Felicity Nicol
Cast: Felicity Burke, Ro Dempsey
2006
Your Own Place (Sydney, Australia)
Reading at Old Fiztroy Hotel
Directed by Danielle O’Keefe
Cast: Shannon Rae, Augusta Supple, Jemma Zadkovich, Jessica Tuckwell
2004-2009
Seasons Singers: A Theatrical choir for Children (Canada)
Artistic/Musical Director: Susan Smith
Design by Barbara Bryce
Director: Sue Smith/Augusta Supple/Ashley Condon
Ruby Tuesday and the Magic Carpet Ride (2004)
You Should Be Dancing (2005)
The End of Something “Bigg”(2005)
A Little Bit of Thunder (2008)
The Land of Hue(2009)
Cast: The Season Singers Theatrical Choir
(20 children between 6 and 16 years old)
2005
Ending Ending.. Wherefore Art Thou?
Guelph Youth Music Centre (Canada)
Director: Bea Benian
Cast: 55 children from the GYMC Arts Camp
2004-2005
Guelph Youth Theatre (Canada)
The Quest
The Ballet of Café Café
The Grass is Always Greener
Time Flies
Alfred’s Disco Revenge
What Goes Up Must Come Down
2003
I Know a Place (Sydney, Australia)
PACT Theatre: Zing
Curator: Michelle Outram
Cast: Augusta Supple, Damien Kuan, Andrew Filmer, Shanoah Halpin
2003
The Comfort of Old Slippers
PACT Theatre
Cast: John Kachoyan, Augusta Supple
2003
Recipe (Sydney, Australia)
Fresh Cuts
Curator: Alison Richardson
Cast: Jessica Chapnik, Meredith Penman, Robyn Edwards, Laura Witnell, Alison MacDonald
2002
A Party (Sydney, Australia)
Fresh Cuts
Curator: Alison Richardson
Cast: Adam Gelin, Matt Prest, Kate Rowley, Katy-May Hudson, Alison MacDonald
2002
The Question (Sydney, Australia)
PACT Theatre Zing
Curator: Katrina Schwarz
Cast: Shanoah Halpin, Katy-May Hudson
Scholarships
2002
Vacant Room Scholarship (Sydney, Australia)
Writing and Directing
“Healing All Wounds”
Dramaturge: Francesca Smith
Cast: John Kachoyan, Katy- May Hudson, Ed , Shanoah Halpin
2001-2002
Impact Scholarship Ensemble (Sydney, Australia)
PACT Theatre
“The Starlet Twins”
Written by Lally Katz
Directed by Caitlin Newton-Broad
Cast: Impact Ensemble
Conference Guest Speaker/Workshop Presenter
2006
This Is Not Art Festival (Newcastle, Australia)
National Young Writers Festival
“Are you Ready”: Playwriting Workshop
Role: Presenter
2006
“Of Stage and Screen: Issues surrounding Contemporary Australian Playwriting”
Role: Panel Co-ordinator and Guest Speaker
2005
Crank it up (National Radio Conference, Canada)
“Unleashing Creativity Through Theatre Technique”
Role: Presenter
2004
Contemporary Political Theatre (University of Guelph, Canada)
“Guelph’s Community Theatre Project”
Introduced by Alan Filewod
Role: Guest Speaker
2004
Sociology of Theatre (University of Guelph, Canada)
“Globalization of Theatre”
Introduced by Alan Filewod
Role: Guest Speaker
2004
International Community Theatre Symposium (Eden Mills, Canada)
“Future of Community Theatre”
Role: Guest Speaker
2003
National Young Writers Festival (Newcastle, Australia)
“The Status of the Written Word”
Role: Panelist
1999
University Of Sydney (Sydney, Australia)
For Dr Axel Kruse
Dramatic Transformations Course
“Directing Ibsen’s Doll’s House”
Role: Guest Speaker
Performer
2008
Trish (New Theatre)
By Noelle Janaczewska
Brand Spanking New 2008
2007
Master of Ceremonies (Sydney, Australia)
Gala Evening “City For Sale”
Darlinghurst Theatre
Directed by Tim Bosenquet
2004
Kickapoo Indian Medicine Tent Show (Guelph, Canada)
Written and directed by James Gordon
Role: Various Roles
2005
Guelph Kidsfest (Guelph, Canada)
Role: Mary Poppins
2002
Art of the Tyre Swan (Sydney, Australia)
Collaboration
Role: Mrs. Bruce Merman
2002
The Whitney Houston Tribute (Sydney, Australia)
Role: Sergeant Major
2001
Dysfunktion (Sydney, Australia)
Director: Alison Richardson
Written by: Rachel Purcell
Role: Policewoman Michelle
2001-2002
The Starlet Twins (Sydney, Australia)
Written by Lally Katz
Directed by Caitlin Newton-Broad
Role: Cookie & the Masochistic Nurse
2001
Savage/Love (Sydney, Australia)
Written by Sam Shepard
Directed by Regina Heilmann
Rehearsal Observer
2000
The Unexpected Man (Sydney, Australia)
Melbourne Theatre Company & Company B
Director: Simon Phillips
Writer: Yasmina Reza
1999
Quartet (Sydney, Australia)
Berliner Ensemble & Performance Studies Department
Director: Holger Teschke
Writer: Heiner Muller
Published columns, reviews and plays
2008
The Comfort of Old Slippers
Published in Herding Kites an Anthology of new Australian Writing
Affirm Press
2007- Current
www.australianstage.com.au (Australia)
Sydney reviewer and feature writer
Starting Mid October 2007
2007
www.artshub.com.au (Australia)
“Return to Oz”
Monthly Column Jan-Dec 2007
2007(March-July)
www.aussietheatre.com.au (Australia)
“Theatre thoughts”
Weekly Friday Column
Education & Relevant Courses
2009
Toolkit- Playwrighting Bootcamp
Queen Street Studio- FraserStudios
Facilitator: Josh Hecht
Toolkit- Playwrighting Masterclass
Queen Street Studio- FraserStudios
Presenter- Timothy Daly
2007
Playwriting Course
Griffin Theatre
Presenter: Hilary Bell
2006
Masterclass: Writing, Directing, Acting and The New Play
Australian Theatre For Young People
Presenter: Peter Kingston
2004
1 Day Playwriting Workshop
Belvoir Street Theatre & Goethe Institute
2003
Director’s Master class
NIDA Summer School
Tutor: Helmut Bakitis
2003
Directing Musical Theatre
NIDA Summer School
Tutor: Terry Clarke
2000
Playwriting
Centre for Performance Studies, University of Sydney
Tutor: Noelle Janaczewska
1997-2000
B.A (Honours Performance Studies)
Centre for Performance Studies, University of Sydney
Supervisor: Professor Gay McAuley
Thesis: “Audience Response to new Australian work at The Sydney Art Theatre”