THE TEAM
Trudy Dunn
Trudy (she/her) is a theatre and acting educator who now combines her passions by collaborating with creatives through her work as a director and dramaturg.
Originally based in Perth, WA, Trudy was born into a very theatrical family, growing up in and around some of the greatest theatres in Australia. She toured extensively with her parents as a child, eventually continuing her own career as a performer with various companies in Western Australia.
With a deep understanding of theatre and a keen eye for detail, Trudy soon joined the Midnite Youth Theatre Company as their Artist in Residence, working as a director, choreographer, educator and production manager. It was here where Trudy first blended her combination of directing and education, travelling across Australia, the UK, Canada and Singapore delivering workshops in staging and movement.
For the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), Trudy helped to develop and design their Diploma of Acting, eventually coordinating the course delivery and staff. At WAAPA, Trudy worked as a director and assistant director on many productions including The House of Bernada Alba, The Emancipation of Alice Paws (or Bite the Hand), Birdland, Company, Heathers and Love and Information.
In 2020, Trudy moved to Melbourne to further pursue her passion for theatre and quicklybecame known for her interest in new work by involving herself in many developments with Antipodes Theatre Company, and joining the inaugural Advisory Committee for the Australian Theatre Festival in NYC. Whilst over east Trudy has directed Urinetown (VCA), Head in the Clouds (Chapel off Chapel), When There Was Forever (Melbourne Fringe) as well as the development season of One Day In September (Athenaeum Theatre) for which she is also a co-writer. She is a Green Room nominated director for Guys and Dolls(Antipodes Theatre Company) and was a development director for Melbourne Theatre Company’s Cybec Electric Reading series. Trudy has been the Resident Director for Tick TickBoom! (Storeyboard Entertainment), Grease (Crossroads Live) and Annie (Crossroads Live).
Mackenzie Dunn
Mackenzie is a producer, choreographer, writer and notable Australian performer. She trained in Music Theatre at WAAPA and has worked consistently since graduating in 2017. Mackenzie's stage credits include Dawn in Waitress (Crossroads Live), Lily St Regis in Annie (Crossroads Live), Rizzo in Grease (Crossroads Live), Penny in Hairspray (Crossroads Live), Evelyn Nesbit in the Australian premiere of Ragtime (The Production Company), Princess Fiona Understudy in Shrek The Musical (GFO), Judy in the Sydney Opera House season on A Chorus Line (Darlinghurst Theatre Company), Thoroughly Modern Mille (The Production Company), Lazarus (The Production Company) and Mabel in The Pajama Game (Neglected Musicals). Mackenzie is a passionate educator and has worked with Stage Creative, Castmates Australia, Stars and The Moon, WAAPA and HD Entertainment just to name a few. She won the Western Australian Arts Award for Best Newcomer in 2018 for her portrayal of Bubba Ryan in Summer of the Seventeenth Doll and Squeaky Fromme in Assassins with Black Swan State Theatre Company. In 2024, she choreographed the critically acclaimed development season of One Day In September. On screen, she features as Bobby in the ABC/Netflix series Why Are You Like This?
Cassidy Dunn
Cassidy is an actor based in Naarm/Melbourne and has studied at the Victorian College of the Arts and WAAPA completing degrees in Acting and Screen Performance. Her theatre credits include Rumbleskin (Dirty Pennies Theatre Company), Dryland (Flatpack Theatre Company), SPARK (Frenzy Theatre Company), and The Talk (The Last Great Hunt), for which she was nominated for the Performing Arts WA Best Newcomer Award. Most recently she toured Beyond the Neck (dir. Suzanne Chaundy) to regional Victoria with Theatreworks. Cassidy has toured Shakespeare's plays to schools across Victoria with Complete Works Theatre Company and has performed in children’s theatre shows with Melbourne Shakespeare Company and Perform Education. On screen she can be seen as Freya in the Stan series Bad Behaviour.