Actors

Amelia Wray

Amelia is a multi-talented actor and singer. She learned of her love of acting, music and dancing at the early age of six doing Jr. Civic Theatre and commercial work. She hasn’t stopped yet and continue’s to grow, now working in television and film as well. Amelia’s first role in an Equity theatre was that of Tiny Tim at The Indiana Repertory Theatre. She then went on to doing multiple shows at her local Jr. Civic Theatre. Unstoppable with her passion, she took on the lead roles in multiple production’s and venue’s such as small Alison in Fun Home, Mary Lennox in The Secret Garden and Little Red in Into the Woods. In the midst of all of her theatre endeavors Amelia started doing commercials and had her first chance at film. One Starry starry Night, a documentary by J. Andy Murphy, was the beginning of what would become her desire to head to Los Angeles, California. As of date Amelia is best- known for her role of Sophia in Disney Channels Sydney to the Max.

Ari Grooves

Ari Groover, a.k.a “Ari Grooves,” is known for being a “Jack of All Trades.“ Hailing from Atlanta, GA, Ari has been blessed to have worked on musicals such as; Holler If Ya Hear(Bway Debut) Half Time the Musical, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, Head Over Heels, Alice By Heart, Bare the Musical at New World Stages, and more. Her film/tv credits includes Spiderman: Homecoming, The Get Down (Netflix), Law & Order: SVU, and 72 Hours: A Brooklyn Love Story. Ari recently finished her run of the Off Broadway revival of Little Shop of Horrors, where she was nominated for a Lucille Lortel award for her portrayal of Ronnette. She then was cast in Tina the Musical. Along with performing, Ari is also a DJ/Producer providing and making an atmospheric soundscape and vibe within the Broadway community. Despite the halt of Broadway, due to the pandemic, Ari is developing an album based off her TEDxBroadway performance called “Message From A Wanderer.” A Sci-Fi story about a woman who is a wanderer with special powers has to go back in the past to the year 2020 to learn more about herself and why she was destined to be a hero! Ari is excited to share her music and stories to the world.

Brenda Saunders

Brenda is a Wiradjuri writer and artist. She has written three collections and her last book ‘Looking for Bullin Bullin’ won the 2014 Scanlon Book Prize. Her new collection ‘Inland Sea’ addresses changes to Aboriginal culture and environment since Colonization. Her poems appear regularly in anthologies and journals and in 2018 she won the ’Oodgeroo Noonuccal Prize’ (Queensland Poetry) and the Joanne Burns Award (Spineless Wonders). Brenda enjoys reading her work and has been a featured artist at several Sydney Writers Festivals, Queensland Poetry Festivals and International Poetry Events in France and the USA.

Di Bird

Di Bird a proud Gomeroi woman who is a singer/performer, grandmother and storyteller. She is the author of ‘Invisibility’ a monologue she wrote and performed at the Voices of Women live program in 2021, including at the Dubbo Fringe Festival and Ryde International Womens Day 2021. She also performed the story in the film Entanglement.

Erin Quill

Erin Quill is a Dual Citizen of the USA and Australia- with her Chinese Aussie side going back to the 1800’s. She holds a BFA from Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh, where she studied Vocal Performance. Member of the Original Bway Company of TONY Winning Musical, AVENUE Q, Madame Rita in the 50th Anniversary Production of FLOWER DRUM SONG, Lady Thiang on tour in THE KING AND I, she most recently appeared in DAVE, the musical- at Arena Stage in Washington DC. TV: The Blacklist (CBS), The Other Two (HBO), John Mulaney and The Sacklunch Bunch (Netflix), Damages (F/X), Nurse Jackie (Showtime), and many more. Films include The Mikado Project, Man On A Ledge, and Screening Party. She is thrilled to be working with these great women on this collaboration and she hopes her Great Grandma would not totally hate it.

Kaye Tuckerman

Kaye Tuckerman is an actor, director and educator. Originally from Sydney, Australia, Kaye is based in New York City, and continues to work throughout the USA, Canada, London, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, South Africa, and Kenya. Kaye was the Creative Producer/Director of The Australian Dance Awards for numerous years, Creative Director for Inglot NYC directing and designing multiple photo shoots, and fashion events, Casting Associate for Disney’s The Lion King (Australia), and Casting Director for Sydney Dance Company. She has directed multiple theater productions throughout Australia and Asia, and most recently has directed the short films: ‘Fragile’, ‘Black Canvas’, ‘Permission’, ‘Still Here’, ‘Trumped’, ‘Nana’s Room’, ‘Coping’, ‘The Last Queen’, ‘Soul Shaman’, ‘Choice’, ‘Famousland’, ‘On my Shoulder’, ‘JOE’, ‘Nil by Mouth’. Kaye is a graduate of Australia’s two most prestigious arts institutions: WAAPA – Bachelor of Arts Music Theatre and NIDA – Post Graduate Diploma Directing.

Keeley Karsten

Keeley’s television credits include Hunters with Amazon Studios and young Pam Sinclair in Evil Lives Here with Discovery Channel. Most recently, Keeley wrote and starred in the short film Viceroy which screened in 6 film festivals and won the “Award of Recognition” at the Best Shorts Competition in La Jolla, CA and the “Best Child Actor Award” at the Oniros Film Awards in Italy. Upcoming television and film projects include principal roles in commercials for NY4Kids and Geico, the movie Pretty Doesn’t Hurt, and playing Prospera in Shakespeare’s The Tempest.On Stage Keeley performed in productions of IRT’s The Technicians as Young Phoebe, and the new musical We Are Ameena, as June, at The New 42nd Street Studios. She has appeared with Pied Piper Children’s Theatre as Auntie Em in Wizard Of Oz; Mrs. Fezziwig in A Christmas Carol and Violet in A Charlie Brown Christmas. Keeley was a 2nd place Award Winner for her play Are You Coming? at the Elementary School Worldwide Plays Festival Competition in 2020 and loves playwriting, singing, and being a Ninja Warrior.

Meg Clarke

Meg Clarke is a Sydney based professional Stage and Screen actor who completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting) at QUT. Theatre credits include: Ginny in 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche (Imprint Theatricals, Powerhouse Theatre), Doctor Henry/Sister Ella Chapter in Angels in America (Dir Kate Cherry, Gardens Theatre), Judith/Sister Rosa in The Chapel Perilous (Dir Carissa Liccardello, The New Theatre), Smeraldina in Servant of Two Masters (Dir Frankie Savige & George Banders, Sport For Jove), Juliet in Measure for Measure (Dir Lizzie Schebesta, Sport For Jove), Meg in Away (Dir Nicholas Cristo, Lambert House), Jenny in Yen (Dir Lucy Clements, KXT and New Ghosts Theatre Company), Anette in The Divorce Party (Dir Alex Lee Reckers, The Old 505 Theatre), Naz in Mercury Fur (Dir Kim Hardwick, White Box Productions at KXT), Lizzie in Shandys Corner (Dir Lucy Clements, KXT and Ignite Collective) Film Credits Include: Moth (Dir Meryl Tankard), Witkacy and Malinowski (Dir John Gillies), All We Have Is Now (Dir Gretel Vella & Emme Hoy, The Louise Frequency). Meg has just finished principal photography in the lead role of Joseph Sims- Dennet’s next feature film Origin.

Melanie Nicholls-King

Melanie Nicholls-King is a Canadian/American actress with Trini roots best known for playing Cheryl in the HBO series, The Wire; Officer Noelle Williams in the ABC series, Rookie Blue; and Hazel LaCroix, in the beloved Netflix series, Anne with an E. She can also be seen in Orphan Black, The Week Of with Adam Sandler and Chris Rock, Star Trek: Discovery, Little Fires Everywhere and Your Honor to name a few. On stage, she was thrilled to be a part of the Playwright Horizons’ production of “Familiar” written by Danai Gurira, directed by Tony award winning director, Rebecca Taichman and featuring an incredible ensemble of actors. In the audio world, she can also be heard on Melissa Valentine’s searing memoir, The Names of All the Flowers. Melanie is ecstatic to be a part of this amazing project and thanks her lucky stars to be able to call Sally Paradis a friend.

Otgadahe Whitman-Fox

Otgadahe Whitman-Fox is a board member at The New Mexico Women in Film. Otgadahe works in front of and behind the camera as an actress and producer. She has worked with many film festivals in New Mexico and has accompanied The Women in Film & Television International to the Cannes Film Festival in 2018 & 2019. Otgadahe Whitman-Fox is Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara from The Fort Berthold reservation in North Dakota and advocates to tell the real storylines for Natives in the film industry.

Pooya Mohseni

Pooya Mohseni (she/her) is an Iranian-American actor, writer and transgender activist. Her latest film See You Then by Mari Walker premiered at SXSW this March to great reviews and awards and continues to make the festival rounds. Her stage performances include She, He, Me for National Queer Theater, dir. Sivan Battat, Our Town in Pride Plays, dir. Jenna Worsham, Hamlet in Play On Shakespeare festival, dir. Ellen McLaughlin, an award winning one-person show One Woman, in United Solo at The Theatre Row, dir. Joan Kane, Galatea for the WP Pipeline festival, dir. Mo Zhou and the Audible production of Chonburi Hotel & The Butterfly Club for Williamstown Theater Festival, dir. Laura Savia. She has guest starred on Law & Order: SVU, Falling Water on USA, Madam Secretary and a recurring guest star on the drama Big Dogs on Amazon Prime. She is a member of the advisory council for Ackerman Institute’s Gender and Family Project. She is represented by Headline Talent Agency

Victoria Kennedy

Victoria Kennedy is a proud member of the Wongaibon clan of south-west NSW, an actor and health professional. As an actor, she is known for Redfern Now (2012) and Bony (1992). She performed in a theatre production at the Weimar Kunst Festival Germany, and in Close to the Bone at Q Theatre. She is currently a Board member of Mooghalin Performing Arts, and continues to work within the arts community.