Current resident writers.

Madelaine Nunn

Madelaine Nunn is an award-winning writer/ theatre-maker/ actor and a recipient of the highly coveted ATYP Rebel Wilson Theatremaker Scholarship. Since graduating from the VCA in 2015 Madelaine has co-founded the ensemble company Three Birds Theatre, been shortlisted for the Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award, nominated for two Green Room Awards and has toured her work throughout Victoria, NSW and the US. In February this year, Madelaine’s play, Kinder Surprise is having a reading as part of Melbourne Theatre company’s Cybec Electric Program and in March she has a residency at the Bendigo Studio with Arena Theatre co.  Most recently, Madelaine’s play Unicorn Girl, was a finalist for the 2019 Martin Lysicrates Prize and her play Cactus, was shortlisted for the Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award (2018). Madelaine’s play Bin Chicken, is published by Currency Press and was presented at Griffin Theatre Company with ATYP.  With Three Birds Theatre, Madelaine is the co-writer and performer of Will This Show Take Off (Nati Frinj, 2019) Enter Ophelia (La Mama, 2018) LadyCake (Poppy Seed Theatre Festival 2016) and Three Birds One Cock, (FRISK 2015; Adelaide Fringe 2016; Metanoia 2016, RAV Regional Tour 2016-19).  Some of Madelaine’s acting credits include, Daisy in the feature Film, Two Heads Creek (Dir. Jesse O’Brian), Xan in the Red Stitch production of Desert 6:29pm (Dir. Bridget Balodis), 2 in The Three Graces (Dir. Katie Cawthorne) and Maggie in The Mill on the Floss (Dir. Tanya Gerstle).

Amarachi Okorom

Amarachi Okorom is a Nigerian born actress, spoken word poet and aspiring playwright. She grew up in Auckland, New Zealand. In 2013 she moved to Melbourne, where she studied and graduated with a Bachelor of Technology. Her passion for creating art stems from high school and being genuinely interested with the idea of creating characters and being them. She spends most of her time working at the Wyndham City Libraries and being involved with Western Edge Youth Arts. 

Amarachi played Miranda in Caliban (2018) as part of the Edge Ensemble, and performed in Wyndham Edge’s TIG (2018). She has performed her original spoken word pieces at various events across Melbourne in 2018. Amarachi has also worked as a Support Artist at Victoria University Secondary College, St Albans Edge and Wyndham Edge in 2018. In 2019, Amarachi worked with WEYA as a Support Artist for the SIGNAL program. She was a part of Lear with Skin of Our Teeth Productions in Geelong, Future Echoes: Edge Ensemble at the Arts Centre Melbourne and The Watching with Western Edge Youth Arts. She also participated in Playlist Live 2019 as a performer. Amarachi hopes she can create art which is true to her and challenges the norm in mainstream media. 

Emma McManus

Emma McManus is a theatre-maker, musician, writer and current peer for the Australia Council for the Arts. A founding member of performance collective Applespiel, she has performed at Next Wave, Sydney Festival, Performance Space, Malthouse Theatre and You Are Here. Her most recent work with Maria White, Never Trust A Creative City, premiered at the Festival of Live Arts (FoLA) at Melbourne's Arts House and then toured to Ainslie and Gorman Arts Centres, Griffin Theatre's Batch Festival and Performance Studies International Conference in Calgary, Canada.