Grace is a playwright, director, poet, and creative producer whose work centres identity, disability, and acts of reclamation. Born in Yei River County, South Sudan, and raised across cultures, her practice navigates the intersections of race, migration, and disability with clarity, courage, and unflinching honesty.

Her artistic journey began in childhood and has evolved into a multidisciplinary practice spanning theatre, poetry, and advocacy. Grace holds a Bachelor of Arts in Contemporary and Applied Theatre and a Master of Creative Industries (Creative Production and Arts Management). Her work is deeply grounded in community engagement, using storytelling as a tool for connection, resistance, and social change.

As a playwright and director, Grace has co-written, produced, and directed four theatre works in Brisbane, including Skin Deep (Backbone Festival, 2019), Tales from the Colony (2020), and People of Colours (Melt Festival, 2021). In 2025, she made her mainstage debut as playwright and director with Resist the Switch for JUTE Theatre Company.

Beyond the stage, Grace co-founded the Youth CALD Disability Collective in 2020, creating space for culturally and linguistically diverse young people with lived experience of disability. In 2023, she served as an International Day of People with Disabilities Ambassador, contributing to national conversations on intersectionality, visibility, and representation.

Born in Tamworth, and growing up in Toowoomba, Campbell Lindsay is a Meanjin-based Producer with a passion for community-based storytelling. He has worked extensively with independent theatre companies around Brisbane and Queensland; most recently with Broad Encounters Productions as their touring Event/Stage Manager, and (most proudly) as Producer and Financial Director for YeahNah Theatre.

Spending his formative years in regional Queensland, Campbell developed a passion for stories and events that would bring the community, both local and extended, together. He wishes to explore pathways that make the arts more accessible for regional Queenslanders; whilst also building platforms and networks for emerging artists to showcase their work.

Sarah is a theatre junkie based in Magan-djin. A graduate of QUT (Theatre Studies) and VCA (Acting), she is an accomplished actor, director and teaching artist, an emerging producer and mum.

As an actor she has coalface touring experience in regional in-schools programs, commercial musicals, and main stage and major festival productions. She is Matilda and Green Room nominated and has worked with companies straddling all strata of the arts ecology including Bell Shakespeare, MTC, QTC, Malthouse, Arena, Stuck Pigs Squealing, The Hayloft Project, Counterpilot, THAT, Belloo and The Good Room. She’s managed FOH, slung tickets and poured chardys and has worked arts admin and producing roles with companies as various as Vena Cava, Gasworks, LaBoite, ILBIJERRI, and QTC.

Sarah is one half of the duo behind fresh-minted, femme-forward outfit MO Theatre who formed in 2025 to produce and perform in an award winning production of PRAMKICKER, touring Qld this June.

Heru Pinkasova is a Papuan–Australian vocalist and interdisciplinary performer, born in Port Moresby and raised in Cairns. She has studied and performed across Australia and Europe, including with Australian Dance Theatre in The Beginning of Nature, singing in the Kaurna language. In 2024, she created the role of Maria in Three Marys, a new opera by Andrée Greenwell at the Sydney Opera House, and has appeared with the internationally acclaimed collective Hot Brown Honey.

Heru works across opera, music theatre and cabaret, starring as Queenie in Show Boat and presenting Songs My Aunties Taught Me at Wynnum Fringe, a fusion of opera, beats and island storytelling. Her autobiographical cabaret Bilum Mamma premiered in Cairns 2022. In 2025, she performed for Opera Australia and Australian Museum, celebrating Pasifika cultures and 50 years of PNG independence.

Based in Brisbane on Yuggera country, Heru is a board member of Springboard Opera.

Cassandra Ramsay is a playwright, creative producer, and arts marketing specialist based in Yuwi Country/Mackay. She is passionate about connecting artists and audiences, and building confidence and curiosity in the creative process.

Cass has worked with leading Queensland organisations including HOTA, Home of the Arts, the Judith Wright Arts Centre, Brisbane Powerhouse, Metro Arts, and Brisbane Writers Festival, and co-founded the award-winning THAT Production Company.

Alongside producing independent theatre, she has delivered workshops, poetry readings, fundraising events, program launches, film screenings, and small- to large-scale marketing campaigns, championing diverse forms of storytelling and community engagement.

Her practice blends creative insight with strategic know-how, informed by over a decade of marketing leadership in Queensland’s cultural sector. With a strong focus on new Australian work and regional communities, she enjoys helping artists shape ideas into bold theatrical moments and shared creative experiences.

Born and raised in so-called Brisbane, Che Skeen has cultivated a diverse background immersed in the Arts, showcasing versatility and dedication to creative and cultural expression. Her professional engagements span multiple roles and workplaces including Digi Youth Arts, Arts Queensland and WOW Australia. Che hopes to continue being involved in the cultural landscape in Magandjin, demonstrating a commitment to fostering artistic growth and up-skilling.

Jalen Sutcliffe, originally from North Queensland with Darumbul, Kalkadoon, and Papua New Guinean heritage, is a unique blend of actor, comedian & musician. He completed his Bachelor of Music at University of Tasmania in 2023. In 2016, Jalen clinched victory in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s Deadly Funny competition. His humour often revolves around his rare condition, BBL - big, brown, and lovely.

Notable roles include acting in "Black Comedy," "Bay of Fires," and showcased his talents in TV series such as "Rosehaven”, "Paper Dolls" and various stage productions such as “Straight from the Strait” and “Eat Slay Zombie”. As a national performer Jalen has no problem with creating amazing moments on stage or camera through his artistry. Also, with his upbringing of Motown/Soul music infused with RnB and Gospel combined, He is a charismatic, soulful and comical performer who knows how to work a crowd of any capacity.

I’m an events and arts professional with a background spanning creative practice, business, and live event delivery. I have a high level of music literacy, experience and education in Business Administration, Project Management, and Event Management. I’ve been working in the events and arts industry since I was 17, particularly independent and grass roots productions, and now run my own business in the events sector.

I act as Secretary of the Kuranda Amphitheatre, a not-for-profit performing arts venue, where I support governance and the ongoing development of live performance in the region. I’m passionate about supporting regional arts and helping build strong, sustainable creative industries in regional communities.

Cherish is an emerging artist specialising in acting, directing, producing, intimacy coordination, and facilitation. She aims to make theatre more accessible and help use it to build stronger communities.

Cherish currently works with Grin and Tonic Theatre Troupe as a touring actor and facilitator, while also running her own company, MEnU Theatre Co. Her current show credits include: Macbeth, Aprils Fool, Romeo and Juliet, Wisdom, Hamlet, Othello, and many more.

Cherish has worked throughout Brisbane and regionally with various companies such as Queensland Theatre, The Empire Theatre, The Anywhere Fest, UniSQ, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre, and Lifeline.

Cherish studied at the University of Southern Queensland and graduated with a Bachelor of Theatre.