Alexander Lee-Rekers Alexander is a writer , director and composer . Setting aside a career path as a classical violinist , he left the orchestra pit to study at AFTRS where he completed the inaugural year of the Foundation Diploma -- before transitioning into theatre via a two-year tenure as AV Director of the University of Sydney Arts Revue . Alexander completed his Masters in Writing for Performance at NIDA , where he studied under Stephen Sewell . Towards the end of his studies , he began to consult on shows as a dramaturg ; since graduating he has worked in this capacity for productions at Bondi Feast , The Sydney Fringe , the Old 505 and the Old Fitz Theatre . Alexander continues his work as a playwright and splits his time between theatre , television ( for which he writes the Disney Channel program “ Hanging With ”) and teaching for both NIDA and ATYP .

Gretel Vella Gretel ’ s credits include : A Period Piece for The Old 505 in Newtown and All The Glitters for the 2016 NIDA Director ’ s productions . She has been awarded the 2019 ATYP Co-commission for her play Bathory Begins and was selected for ATYP ’ s National Studio and Fresh Ink Mentoring programs for 2017 . Gretel ’ s screenplays Carking It ( TV Series ) and Elsie Shrew ( Feature ) were long listed for AWG ’ s Primetime and Insite writing competitions in 2017 . She is currently a writer on Channel Nine ’ s medical drama Doctor Doctor . She enjoyed positions with Network Ten , Spectrum Films . Gretel is currently co-artistic director of The Louise Frequency with fellow NIDA alumnus Emme Hoy . They debuted sketch comedy web series ALL WE HAVE IS NOW at downstairs Belvoir in November 2017 . She is also associate artist with Glitterbomb , Sydney who in December 2018 will premiere their new play The Hysteric , written by Gretel , at KXT .

David Stewart David is a Brisbane based writer and performer . He is the co-creator of the electro-musical comedy trio The Architects of Sound . The band ’ s latest work was commissioned by Brisbane Festival in 2016 and has since travelled to Fringe World , Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Melbourne Fringe Festival . His recent playwriting credits include Numb ( as part of Incubator at Playlab 2017 ), Non-Vegan Hoagies and Other Signs of the Impending Apocalypse ( ATYP Fresh Ink National Studio 2016 ), An Intimate Evening with the Architects of Sound ( Wonderland , Melbourne Fringe Festival ; 2015 , Woodford Folk Festival 2014 ), Slug ( Rock Surfers Theatre Company 2014 ) and The Art of Conversation ( Short + Sweet BEST COMEDY winner 2013 ). David is also a recent graduate of the NIDA Writing for Performance Masters in 2015 .

Joseph Brown Joseph is theatre maker who grew up in Armidale , NSW . He completed his bachelor degree in performing arts at Monash University . In 2016 Joseph completed his Master of Fine Arts ( Writing for Performance ) at the National Institute of Dramatic Arts . While there , Joseph completed a full length stage play titled The End of Hawke Street , as well as a full length screenplay titled 86 ’ d . Writing and directing credits include A Midsummer Night ’ s Dream ( Monash Shakespeare Company ), You Walk Away ( Melbourne Fringe ), Tuck in the Corners ( MUST , La Mama ) and Tensions : Curated Works ( MUST ).

Liz Hobart Liz is a Sydney-based writer for both stage and screen . After completing her Bachelor of Arts ( Writing ) at Macquarie University , she went on to undertake a Master of Fine Arts in Writing for Performance at the National Institute of Dramatic Art ( NIDA ). While at NIDA , her work included a feature film screenplay ( The Trove ), television pilot ( Mercy ), three short films ( The Picnic , Muddied

Matter and Spent Alone ) and a musical adaptation of Ethel C . Pedley ’ s classic novel Dot and the Kangaroo . Over the past year , Liz participated in the National Studio with ATYP , and her play Snap Season was staged as part of the Sydney Fringe Festival . In 2018 , Liz ’ s upcoming productions include ATYP ’ s Intersection 2018 : Chrysalis at Griffin and Lie With Me at The Old 505 .

Madelaine Nunn Madelaine graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts ( Theatre Practice ) from the Victorian College of the Arts ( VCA ) in 2015 , receiving the Irene Mitchell Award for an outstanding actor in her second year . Since graduating VCA she has been nominated for two Green Room Awards in the category of Best Ensemble and co-founded the female led theatre company , Three Birds Theatre . Madelaine has written for , and performed in many theatre festivals including , Poppy Seed Theatre Festival , CRACK , Metanoia and the Adelaide and the Melbourne Fringe . She was also selected to be in the 2016 Fresh Ink playwriting mentorship program with the ATYP and has toured with Regional Arts Victoria . Madelaine ’ s other credits include ; Maggie in OpticNerve ’ s production of The Mill on the Floss ( Dir . Tanya Gerstle ), Marion in Three Birds One Cock , Helene in LadyCake and Katherine in Sugar Rush .

Phoebe Sullivan Phoebe is a Perth based emerging artist , writer , and theatre-maker . Graduating in 2016 from the Performance Making course at WAAPA . Her practice extends locally and nationally , working and undertaking residencies with companies such as the Australian Theatre for Young People , Queensland Theatre , Metro Arts , Black Swan State Theatre Company , PICA , pvi collective , Playwriting Australia and The Blue Room Theatre . Phoebe ’ s ambition is to contribute to making new Australian work that explores themes relevant to contemporary culture ; recovering lost sensations , empathy , and placing it at the heart of it all .

Pippa Ellams Pippa is a Writer / Performer from Western Sydney . Her first play The Carousel was shortlisted for the Rodney Seaborne Playwright Award in 2015 . During 2016 Pippa was a Resident Artist at Shopfront Theatre for Young people . With Collaborator / Director Hannah Goodwin The Carousel was produced at Shopfront Arts Co-op in February 2017 followed by a remount at Belvoir St Downstairs theatre in June 2017 . The Carousel is set to tour in 2018 beginning it ’ s season with Merrigong theatre company in March 2018 . Pippa participated in The Propel Initiative , a program created by Q theatre and ATYP to support young Western Sydney Writers . She is also a participant in National theatre of Parramatta ’ s Playwrights of Parramatta group . Pippa was chosen as a participant in ATYP ’ s 2017 National Studio Program and from this program her piece # Nofilter was selected to be performed as part of ATYP ’ s Intersection 2018 : Chrysalis .

Julia Rorke Julia ’ s theatre credits include her acclaimed solo theatre comedy show , Don ’ t Be A C *** This Is How ( 2017 ), which she wrote , directed and performed ( Adelaide Fringe , Melbourne International Comedy Festival , Edinburgh Fringe ) and her newest show Not Another F ** ked B **** In India ( Syd Fringe Comedy , Tandanya Arts , The Malthouse ). She is currently in development with the ABC to adapt these for screen . Julia ’ s film credits include her Web Series ‘ Loose Bitch ’, ‘ Tony Fitzgerald ’ s Cult Following ’ ( Felicity Pickering , Flickrfest ) and ‘ Anti-Adult ’ ( Jason Kos ). In 2014 she directed Adam Cass ’ s Bock Kills Her Father at 107 Projects . Other theatre acting credits include Tell It Like It Isn ’ t , The One Sure Thing , Animal Farm , Bite Me at AYTP , Vernon God Little ( New Theatre ), 80 Minutes No Interval ( Red Line Productions / The Old Fitz ), Festival of New Writing ( Griffin Theatre ) Harvest Festival ( Harvest Presents / ATYP ).