The Secrets of the Huon Wren

Claire van Ryn (Author)
Claire van Ryn is an awarded writer who began her career as a newspaper journalist, but has also filled roles as magazine editor, communications specialist, writing teacher, blueberry picker and shoe fitter. She lives in Tasmania and extensive travels have only affirmed her love for Australia's southernmost island state. She recently spent a year travelling Australia with her husband and two children in a caravan. Creating is Claire's favourite thing: whether with words, watercolours or whatever else is close at hand.

Zindzi Okenyo (Reader)
Soon after graduating from NIDA in 2006 Zindzi was cast in THE VERTICAL HOUR and THE CRUCIBLE for Sydney Theatre Company and SCORCHED for Company B Belvoir. From 2009 to 2011 she was a member of the Residents Company at STC.

In 2012 Zindzi toured Europe and USA with A HISTORY OF EVERYTHING and began as a presenter on ABC's PLAYSCHOOL. In 2013 Zindzi won a Best Female Performer Award for her role in STCSA's RANDOM. She has performed for Griffin in ORANGE THROWER, MASQUERADE and THE GIRL IN TAN BOOTS. For STC: GRAND HORIZONS, THE GOLDEN AGE, BOYS WILL BE BOYS, A HISTORY OF EVERYTHING, MONEY SHOTS, BEFORE/AFTER, BLOOD WEDDING, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS, THE ORESTEIA, VS MACBETH, THE CRUCIBLE, THE MYSTERIES: GENESIS, THE VERTICAL HOUR. For Melbourne Theatre Company: AN IDEAL HUSBAND, DISGRACED, Belvoir: PRIZE FIGHTER, LA TRAVIATA, SCORCHED, Bell Shakespeare: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, Ensemble: THE RASPUTIN AFFAIR, GOOD PEOPLE, State Theatre Company of South Australia: RANDOM, Darlinghurst: GAYBIES, Theatre Ink: ANGELS IN AMERICA. Most recently Zindzi was Director of ORANGER THROWER at Griffin, Co-Director on Darlinghurst Theatre/Sydney Festival's highly acclaimed SEVEN METHODS OF KILLING KYLIE JENNER and Assistant Director on DEATH OF A SALESMAN for Sydney Theatre Company.

As well as PLAYSCHOOL Zindzi's television roles include, WAKEFIELD, THE CODE, HIDING, JANET KING, HARROW and GET KRACK!N (ABC) and WONDERLAND and SISTERS (Network 10). In feature films she has appeared in Abe Forsythe's LITTLE MONSTERS and Dean Murphy's THE VERY EXCELLENT MR DUNDEE.

Zindzi also performs her own music under the name 'OKENYO'

Micaela Ellis (Reader)
Raised in Griffith NSW, in the heart of Wiradjuri nation, Micaela pursued her passion for the arts from a very young age - her first one-woman show being in the living room of her grandmother's house.
Since then, she has picked up skills in painting, writing, music and coffee making, all contributing towards her ambitions as a storyteller. Before graduating from NIDA, Micaela studied at a variety of acting schools including Actors Centre Australia, Screenwise and her high school The McDonald College of Performing Arts.
Recent credits include A Play In a Day - The Changeling (Bell Shakespeare), Cool Pool Party 2: The Second (BanShakespeare), Heroes of The Fourth Turning (Outhouse Theatre Company), Experimenta of Theatre and Cinema (Riverside Parramatta) and a number of short films.

Claire van Ryn (Author)
Claire van Ryn is an awarded writer who began her career as a newspaper journalist, but has also filled roles as magazine editor, communications specialist, writing teacher, blueberry picker and shoe fitter. She lives in Tasmania and extensive travels have only affirmed her love for Australia's southernmost island state. She recently spent a year travelling Australia with her husband and two children in a caravan. Creating is Claire's favourite thing: whether with words, watercolours or whatever else is close at hand.

Zindzi Okenyo (Reader)
Soon after graduating from NIDA in 2006 Zindzi was cast in THE VERTICAL HOUR and THE CRUCIBLE for Sydney Theatre Company and SCORCHED for Company B Belvoir. From 2009 to 2011 she was a member of the Residents Company at STC.

In 2012 Zindzi toured Europe and USA with A HISTORY OF EVERYTHING and began as a presenter on ABC's PLAYSCHOOL. In 2013 Zindzi won a Best Female Performer Award for her role in STCSA's RANDOM. She has performed for Griffin in ORANGE THROWER, MASQUERADE and THE GIRL IN TAN BOOTS. For STC: GRAND HORIZONS, THE GOLDEN AGE, BOYS WILL BE BOYS, A HISTORY OF EVERYTHING, MONEY SHOTS, BEFORE/AFTER, BLOOD WEDDING, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS, THE ORESTEIA, VS MACBETH, THE CRUCIBLE, THE MYSTERIES: GENESIS, THE VERTICAL HOUR. For Melbourne Theatre Company: AN IDEAL HUSBAND, DISGRACED, Belvoir: PRIZE FIGHTER, LA TRAVIATA, SCORCHED, Bell Shakespeare: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, Ensemble: THE RASPUTIN AFFAIR, GOOD PEOPLE, State Theatre Company of South Australia: RANDOM, Darlinghurst: GAYBIES, Theatre Ink: ANGELS IN AMERICA. Most recently Zindzi was Director of ORANGER THROWER at Griffin, Co-Director on Darlinghurst Theatre/Sydney Festival's highly acclaimed SEVEN METHODS OF KILLING KYLIE JENNER and Assistant Director on DEATH OF A SALESMAN for Sydney Theatre Company.

As well as PLAYSCHOOL Zindzi's television roles include, WAKEFIELD, THE CODE, HIDING, JANET KING, HARROW and GET KRACK!N (ABC) and WONDERLAND and SISTERS (Network 10). In feature films she has appeared in Abe Forsythe's LITTLE MONSTERS and Dean Murphy's THE VERY EXCELLENT MR DUNDEE.

Zindzi also performs her own music under the name 'OKENYO'

Micaela Ellis (Reader)
Raised in Griffith NSW, in the heart of Wiradjuri nation, Micaela pursued her passion for the arts from a very young age - her first one-woman show being in the living room of her grandmother's house.
Since then, she has picked up skills in painting, writing, music and coffee making, all contributing towards her ambitions as a storyteller. Before graduating from NIDA, Micaela studied at a variety of acting schools including Actors Centre Australia, Screenwise and her high school The McDonald College of Performing Arts.
Recent credits include A Play In a Day - The Changeling (Bell Shakespeare), Cool Pool Party 2: The Second (BanShakespeare), Heroes of The Fourth Turning (Outhouse Theatre Company), Experimenta of Theatre and Cinema (Riverside Parramatta) and a number of short films.

Claire van Ryn (Author)
Claire van Ryn is an awarded writer who began her career as a newspaper journalist, but has also filled roles as magazine editor, communications specialist, writing teacher, blueberry picker and shoe fitter. She lives in Tasmania and extensive travels have only affirmed her love for Australia's southernmost island state. She recently spent a year travelling Australia with her husband and two children in a caravan. Creating is Claire's favourite thing: whether with words, watercolours or whatever else is close at hand.

Zindzi Okenyo (Reader)
Soon after graduating from NIDA in 2006 Zindzi was cast in THE VERTICAL HOUR and THE CRUCIBLE for Sydney Theatre Company and SCORCHED for Company B Belvoir. From 2009 to 2011 she was a member of the Residents Company at STC.

In 2012 Zindzi toured Europe and USA with A HISTORY OF EVERYTHING and began as a presenter on ABC's PLAYSCHOOL. In 2013 Zindzi won a Best Female Performer Award for her role in STCSA's RANDOM. She has performed for Griffin in ORANGE THROWER, MASQUERADE and THE GIRL IN TAN BOOTS. For STC: GRAND HORIZONS, THE GOLDEN AGE, BOYS WILL BE BOYS, A HISTORY OF EVERYTHING, MONEY SHOTS, BEFORE/AFTER, BLOOD WEDDING, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS, THE ORESTEIA, VS MACBETH, THE CRUCIBLE, THE MYSTERIES: GENESIS, THE VERTICAL HOUR. For Melbourne Theatre Company: AN IDEAL HUSBAND, DISGRACED, Belvoir: PRIZE FIGHTER, LA TRAVIATA, SCORCHED, Bell Shakespeare: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, Ensemble: THE RASPUTIN AFFAIR, GOOD PEOPLE, State Theatre Company of South Australia: RANDOM, Darlinghurst: GAYBIES, Theatre Ink: ANGELS IN AMERICA. Most recently Zindzi was Director of ORANGER THROWER at Griffin, Co-Director on Darlinghurst Theatre/Sydney Festival's highly acclaimed SEVEN METHODS OF KILLING KYLIE JENNER and Assistant Director on DEATH OF A SALESMAN for Sydney Theatre Company.

As well as PLAYSCHOOL Zindzi's television roles include, WAKEFIELD, THE CODE, HIDING, JANET KING, HARROW and GET KRACK!N (ABC) and WONDERLAND and SISTERS (Network 10). In feature films she has appeared in Abe Forsythe's LITTLE MONSTERS and Dean Murphy's THE VERY EXCELLENT MR DUNDEE.

Zindzi also performs her own music under the name 'OKENYO'

Micaela Ellis (Reader)
Raised in Griffith NSW, in the heart of Wiradjuri nation, Micaela pursued her passion for the arts from a very young age - her first one-woman show being in the living room of her grandmother's house.
Since then, she has picked up skills in painting, writing, music and coffee making, all contributing towards her ambitions as a storyteller. Before graduating from NIDA, Micaela studied at a variety of acting schools including Actors Centre Australia, Screenwise and her high school The McDonald College of Performing Arts.
Recent credits include A Play In a Day - The Changeling (Bell Shakespeare), Cool Pool Party 2: The Second (BanShakespeare), Heroes of The Fourth Turning (Outhouse Theatre Company), Experimenta of Theatre and Cinema (Riverside Parramatta) and a number of short films.