Amy Sole

Amy Sole is a proud Wiradjuri/Worimi person. Amy is a playwright, director, activist, actor, and producer. They completed their Master of Theatre (Playwriting) at VCA (Victorian College of the Arts) in 2020 and are currently undertaking their Master of Fine Arts (Directing) at NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Arts). Amy also graduated from the acting program at AFTT (Academy of Film, Theatre and Television) in 2018.

In 2020 Amy was Assistant Director for RENT at the Sydney Opera House and directed a reading of Dylan Van Den Berg’s way back when at Darlinghurst Theatre Company. As a playwright Amy is currently under commission with Ilbijerri Theatre Company’s Blackwrights program and Yardstick Theatre’s Covid response. In 2019 they wrote, directed and produced DOING at KXT (Kings Cross Theatre) and were a member of KXT’s Step Up program.

As an activist Amy is primarily attracted to decolonising work in the industry and they are Equity Diversity Committee Co-Chair. They are the co-founder of Puddle or Pond Theatre Company and have vast production and rehearsal room associate experience with Yellamundie National First Peoples Playwriting Festival, Darlinghurst Theatre Company, Green Door Theatre and bAKEHOUSE Theatre. Amy is a passionate performer and creator, who is devoted to creating theatre that is inclusive to all and full of magic.

Phoebe Grainer

Phoebe Grainer is a Kuku Djungan, Muluridji, Wakaman, Tagalaka, Kunjen, Warrgamay and Yindinji woman from Far North Queensland. Phoebe grew up on her remote traditional lands Yoolboonboo, and other Aboriginal Communities and regional towns throughout the Northern Territory and Western Australia.

Phoebe studied at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, completing a Certificate IV in Aboriginal Theatre. Now based on Gadigal land, she studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art, completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting).

She has performed in Saltbush (2017), Two Hearts (2018), The Serpent’s Teeth (2018), Doing (2019) and Rainbow’s End (2019). Phoebe is also a creative producer at Sweatshop Literacy Movement, mentoring Indigenous students from the Campbelltown region and editing a new Sweatshop anthology called Racism. Her recent essays, poems and short stories have appeared in The Lifted Brow, SBS Voices, Red Room Poetry and Sweatshop Women Volume One and Two.

Phoebe has also been selected to be a part of the 2020-2021 BlackWrights program, ILBIJERRI Theatre Company’s 12-month playwriting development program bringing new First Nations work to the stages of Australia. She is also a 2021 Griffin Studio Artist at Griffin Theatre Company.