PLAYWRIGHTS

Peter Beaglehole – Palaces of Montezuma Peter ’ s play Strata won the STCSA Young Playwrights Award in 2016 . In 2015 he and Back Porch Theatre were awarded a Carclew Project & Development Grant to work on his play Milkteeth . In 2014 he was part of ATYPs Fresh Ink program mentored by Nicki Bloom , and his play May Day was shortlisted for the Young Playwrights Award . Peter worked with Urban Myth Theatre Company in 2013 as an assistant tutor , a dramaturge and wrote a short musical theatre for the Come Out Festival .

Angela Collins – Blueberry Play Ang is an emerging playwright who completed her Bachelor of Arts ( Languages ) at the University of Sydney in 2016 . She completed a playwriting intensive with Young Playwrights Inc . in New York City in 2014 and has been an active member of the Sydney University Dramatic Society as a playwright , producer and dramaturg throughout her university career . Ang is a master of the unpaid arts internship and has worked on such projects as Ros Horin ’ s The Baulkham Hills African Ladies ’ Troupe and WITS ’ Festival Fatale . She is currently studying a Masters of Fine Arts ( Writing for Performance ) at NIDA .

Thomas De Angelis – Yield Thomas ’ works include Jack killed Jack ( Sydney Fringe Festival ; 2012 ), The Worst Kept Secrets - 2014 and Unfinished Works - 2016 ( Seymour Centre ). After graduating from the University Of Notre Dame ( Arts / Law ), he attended NIDA in 2015 to study a Master Of Fine Arts ( Writing For Performance ). Other writing includes : dramaturgy Jelinek ’ s Sportsplay ( NIDA Director ’ s Productions ; 2015 ) and The Cherry Orchard ( New Theatre ; 2016 ). Co-writer on HeySorryGottaGoBye ( Sydney Fringe Festival ; 2016 ) and is co-creator and dramaturg for an

original site-specific opera , Chamber Pot Opera ( Queen Victoria Building ; 2016 ), which will tour to Adelaide and Edinburgh in 2017 .

Izzy McDonald – Dive Izzy is a co-artistic director of Rorschach Beast . She graduated from the University of Western Australia in 2015 ( English and Cultural Studies ). Performing : regional touring shows with Scoopelight Theatre ( 2013-2015 ), FIRE ( 2013 ) and Fish Out Of Water ( 2014 ) for the West Australian Youth Theatre Company , Frankenstein ( 2016 ) with Second Chance Theatre and TANK ( 2016 ) with The Chaos Ensemble . Directing : Rorschach Beast ’ s show Girl in the Wood ( 2016 ) won Fringe Worlds Best Emerging Artist and the Melbourne Fringe Ready to Tour , and was nominated for the Martin Sims award . Playwright : Bus Boy ( 2017 ) ( Perth Fringe World ), it is Izzy ’ s debut as a playwright She is passionate about collaboration , and making beautifully powerful stories accessible to all audiences .

Charles O ’ Grady – Pray 4 Mojo Charles is a 22-year-old trans playwright based in Sydney . Charles has written several plays for the independent stage ( Kaleidoscope , Telescope , Before the Water Gets Cold ) and his new play Are We Awake ? will play at the Old Fitz in March . Charles is currently working as the assistant director for Declan Greene ’ s The Homosexuals at Malthouse and Griffin theatres , as well as directing high school students in a play about trans identity .

Suzannah Kennett Lister – Cassie and Saoirse Suzannah wrote and directed the original cabaret Myriad for the Adelaide cabaret festival , which was nominated for the Adelaide Theatre Guide ’ s Curtain Call Awards for best cabaret . She also worked as assistant director to Geordie Brookman in the STCSA ’ s production of Betrayal and their collaboration with the

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra Mendelssohn ’ s Dream as well as assistant directing Someone like U ’ s production of Bitch Boxer and Adelaide College of the Arts ’ production of Earthquakes in London . In 2016 she returned to Adelaide College of the arts and performed in Back Porch Theatre ’ s debut production Schmidt .

Zoe Ridgway – The Track and the Church Zoe is in her third and final year of her Bachelor of Creative Arts-Creative Writing at the University of Wollongong . She is passionate about dramatic writing , and upon graduation , wishes to continue expanding her work as a playwright as well as learn more about screen-writing . To date , Zoe has collaborated with Dramatic Studio , based at Wollongong ’ s Illawarra Performing Arts Centre , who produced her short work ‘ The Investment ’. Earlier this month was the premiere of her most recent work ‘ It ’ s Actually Hockey ’, which explored the collective experiences of those she met when travelling India . This premiered at UOW ’ s Nothing to See Here Festival2016 . She enjoys writing comedy and exploring pertinent issues to diverse and contemporary cultures .

Jordan Shea – Little Differences Jordan is a graduate of the writing course at the VCA where he earned Second Class Honours for his major work Trolley Boys and its accompanying exegesis , Following the boys . Trolley Boys is currently being developed in Melbourne and Sydney . Other work : Last Drinks ( BNW Theatre ), It ’ s been a while ( Smoking Gum ) and After Party , which was shortlisted for the MTC CYBEC read as part of ASIA Topa . He produced The Stalls , an installation piece focusing on toilet graffiti for Melbourne Fringe / Arts House and has plays in development around the country . Director : Keating ! The Musical ( Bryan Brown Theatre ) and The Shape of Things ( Sydney Fringe Festival / KXT ). Producer : Wasn ’ t Tomorrow Wonderful ? ( Ferknerkle Productions ).

He worked at the National Play Festival 2016 . He dedicates this work and most of his other work to Agnes and Michael .

Lewis Treston – Starlight Plaza Lewis is an Australian playwright whose work has been performed in Sydney , Brisbane and the Gold Coast . He is a graduate from QUT ’ s Bachelor of Fine Arts ( Drama ) and NIDA ’ s Postgraduate Diploma ( Writing For Performance ). Since completing his post-grad Lewis ’ play Reagan Kelly ( dir . Benjamin Schostakowski ) has been performed at NIDA as a third year graduation piece . He has also participated in PWA ’ s Dramaturgy Internship , collaborated with renowned director Jim Sharman ’ s production company Sunday Pictures , as well as having productions and readings of his plays presented at Anywhere Theatre Festival , The Arts Centre Gold Coast , Rock Surfers Theatre Company , QUT and Short & Sweet Festival . Other writing credits include Pre-Drinks and FAT / SNOB ( dir . Danielle Carney ), Anita Elizabeth Jenson ( cowritten with Nicholas K Watson ), Ghost Cafe and Fireworks ( co-created with Jim Sharman and Laurence Rosier Staines ). In 2016 Lewis was appointed playwright in residence at ATYP .

Honor Webster-Mannison – Bottlefeeders Honor is an emerging playwright and performance artist in Brisbane . She is currently in the process of completing her undergraduate degree at the University of Queensland where she has collaborated with directors such as Sue Rider and Rob Pensalfini . Her spoken word poetry has been broadcast on Radio National and her visual art work has been exhibited at the Gallery of Modern Art . Working with a variety of mediums greatly influences Honor ’ s performances and her interest in hybrid theatre .