Curriculum Vitae
Academic Qualifications
Master of Acting, Actors Studio Drama School, New School for Social Research - New York 2002
Bachelor of Film & Television (Writing & Directing), Victorian College of the Arts School of Film & TV - University of Melbourne 1998
Selected Directing & Teaching Appointments
2022 Director/Producer
IGNIS by Daniel Nellor, Toorak Manor, Melbourne Fringe 2022
2022 Co-Creator/Director/Dramaturg
Naomi by Patrick Livesey, Adelaide Fringe 2022. Winner Critics Circle and Mindshare Mental Health Awareness awards.
2021 Director/Dramaturg
Dirt by Angus Cameron, Producer Patrick Livesey, Adelaide Fringe 2021 and Fringeworld Perth 2022, winner Frank Ford & Critics Prizes (Adelaide) and Best Theatre (Perth).
2019 Director/Producer
Something Unspoken by Tennessee Williams, Anthropocene Play Company, Melbourne Fringe Festival.
2019 Director
Scarborough by Fiona Evans, Producer Jane Barry, The Burrow Fitzroy.
2019 Panel Member
Actors & Musicians: Preparing for Optimal Performance chaired by Dr. Zachary Dunbar, International Symposium of Performance Science, Melbourne College of Music, Melbourne University.
2016 - 2019 Lead Tutor
Part Time Program, Acting Performance Studio, Moorabin. Approaching Shakespeare, Laban & Character Work, Acting for Camera, Basic Technique.
2015 - 2018 Core Faculty
16th Street Actors Studio, Caulfield. Australian & American Scene Study, Interpreting Chekhov, Ibsen & Strindberg, Sensory.
2018 Director/Producer
The Will by Daniel Nellor, Anthropocene Play Company, Brightspace.
2016 - 2017 Director/Producer
Anthropo-Scene, Two devised plays commissioned by the City of Casey Department of Sustainability for the Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne Family Fun Day 2016 and 2017, City of Casey World Environment Day Civic Reception 2016 and 2017.
2016 Director
From Here to Maternity, Producer Mikhaela Bourke, Chapel-Off-Chapel.
2016 Workshop Leader
Drama in Action, Koorie Youth Holiday Program, Co-Leader Ra Chapman, Cuty of Casey Koorie Youth Services.
2015 Director
The Landmine is Me, 16th Street Actors Studio Youth Program, 16th Street Actors Studio.
2015 Workshop Leader
Drama in Action, Youth Holiday Program, City of Casey Youth Services.
Selected Acting Credits (New York)
2009
ST Tanya Patricia Cornelius' Love - The Production Company NY, Dir. Mark Armstrong
2008
ST Beebo Understudy, Beebo Brinker Chronicles - 37 Arts, Dir. Leigh Silverman
2008
TV Gretchen, Law and Order w/ Sam Waterston - NBC Universal, Dir. Dick Wolf
2007
ST Mrs Barry/Playwright, Mrs Barry's Marriage - 45th Street Theatre, Dir. Anna Jones
2007
ST June, Pretty Chin Up - Public Theatre/Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Dir. Michelle Chivu
2007
ST Margaret, Vartan LLP w/ Jay O. Sanders - Malona P. Badelt, Dir. Myles Price
2006
ST Claire, Proof - Bristol Riverside Theatre Pennsylvania, DIr. Susan D. Atkinson
2006
ST Corinne, Brutality of Fact - Urban Stages, Dir. Stephanie Yankwitt
2005
TV Cassandra, Law and Order: Criminal Intent w/ Vincent D'Onofrio - NBC Universal, Dir. Darnell Martin
2005
FF Barbara, Capote w/ Phillip Seymour Hoffman - Sony Pictures Classics, Dir. Bennet Miller
2005
WS Hilary, But I'm a Cheerleader - BMI Musical Theatre Workshop, Dir. Bill Augustin
2005
WS Alice, Alice in Wonderland - BMI Musical Theatre Workshop, Dir. William Wade
2003
WS Various, Uncle Tom's Cabin - New York Theatre Workshop, Dir. Jack Doulin
Professional Affiliations
2020
Artistic Associate in Directing, Theatre Works St Kilda
2016 - Present
Founding Artistic Director, Anthropocene Play Company
2017 - Present
Judge, Stage It! Play Festival, Centers for the Arts of Bonita Springs, Florida, US
2017 - Present
Judge, Schools on Stage, City of Casey Youth Services
2017
"Blanche' Tennessee Williams Masterclass, Dir. Elizabeth Kemp, 16th Street Actors Studio
2004 - Present
Member Actors Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA
2002 - Present
Life Member Actors Studio
1999 - 2017
Student of Elizabeth Kemp
2000 - 2002
Recipient, Liberace Foundation Scholarship, Actors Studio Drama School
In Rehearsal with the Anthropocene Play Company for ''Something Unspoken'
Reviews for Angus Cameron's 'Dirt' for Adeliade Fringe Festival
In Rehearsal with the Anthropocene Play Company for 'IGNIS'
June, Pretty Chin Up - Public Theatre/Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Dir. Michelle Chivu
The cast of 'Daniel Nellor's 'The Will'.
In Rehearsal with the Anthropocene Play Company for 'Something Unspoken''