Me
I am a Hmong-Australian writer working across theatre, live art, audio and screen. My works explore otherness and multi-cultural and multi-ethnic identity, usually through contemporary narratives that privilege the experiences of women and people of colour.
I work and live on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation. I was born on Ngunnawal country.
Land was never ceded.
CV
Current work
Coming up
2027: Snappy (full-length play, stage), creator/writer, dir. Petra Kalive, presented by State Theatre Company South Australia and Griffin Theatre, Dunstan Playhouse
2026: Rice (full-length play, stage), creator/writer, dir. Magarita Dalamagka-Kalogirou, presented by East West Arts Centre, Athens, Greece
2026: Fall (full-length play, stage), creator/writer, dir. Beng Oh, presented by Wit Inc, Bowery Theatre and Bluestone Church Arts Space
In development
Swim to me (full-length play, stage), creator/writer, commissioned by Melbourne Theatre Company
Dawn: Teenage Shaman (TV supernatural comedy), creator/writer, developed with Cinaxiom Studios
Past work
Produced work
2026: Fitz Happens 2026 (theatre), participating writer, dir. Lucy Clements, commissioned and presented by New Ghost Theatre Co, Old Fitz Theatre
2025: These Other Things (full-length play, stage), creator, writer and performer, co-dir. Claire Granata, commissioned and presented by RMIT Culture, RMIT Capitol
2025: Playtime Pals (animated IG series), co-lead writer, creator/director Guido Ponzini, producers Steven Arriagada and Stefan Delatovic
2024: The Word (text-based work, stage), co-writer and dramaturg, dir. Nadja Kostich, commissioned and presented by St Martins Youth Arts Centre, Abbottsford Convent
2024: White Fever (TV series), writer episode 2 ‘Chilli goes through me like a freight train’, creator/writer Ra Chapman, story producer Katherine Fry, dir. Aidee Walker, Unruly Productions, Orange Entertainment, Black Sheep, broadcaster ABC
2023: How do I let you die? (theatre), creator/writer and lead artist, di. Sepideh Kian, presented by Arts House
2023: Squishy Taylor and the City-wide Ghost Plague (interactive children’s adventure played at home), remount, co-creator/performance text writer, co-creators Simon Bedford, Brienna Macnish and Clare McCracken, commissioned and presented by The Inhabitors, Melbourne Fringe Festival
2022: Town Choir (keynote live art work), participating writer, dir. Maiko Yamamoto, created by Theater Replacement (Canada) and presented by Melbourne Fringe Festival, Prahran Square
2022: ‘Orbit’ and ‘Soar’ (Tik Tok series, two 6 x 2-minute eps), writer, dir. Tahnee Maguire, commissioned and produced by Blacklab Productions
2022: Security (full-length play, stage), creator/writer and lead artist, dir. Alice Qin, presented by Darebin Speakeasy, Northcote Town Hall
2022: Rice (full-length play, stage), creator/writer, dir. Matthew Xia, presented by Actors Touring Company, UK tour
2021: The Real Housewives of Coburg (short monologue), creator/writer, commissioned and presented by Critical Stages
2021: Rice (full-length play, stage), creator/writer, dir. Matthew Xia, presented by Orange Tree Theatre and Actors Touring Company, UK premiere
2021: Squishy Taylor and the City-wide Ghost Plague (interactive children’s adventure played at home), co-creator/performance text writer, co-creators Simon Bedford, Brienna Macnish and Clare McCracken, commissioned and presented by The Inhabitors, Melbourne Fringe Festival
2021: Single ladies (full-length play, stage), creator/writer, dir. Bagryana Popov, commissioned and presented by Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre
2020-21: Broth Bitch (full-length play told as 7 x fictional podcasts), creator/writer and lead artist, dir. Ming-Zhu Hii, supported and presented by Melbourne Fringe Festival
2020-21: Single ladies now (3 x audio monologues), creator/writer, dir. Bagryana Popov, presented online by Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre
2020: Hungry Ghosts (TV series, 4 x 1-hour drama), co-writer episode 4, creator Timothy Hobart, dir. Shawn Sheet, Matchbox Productions, broadcaster SBS
2020: Retrograde (TV series, 6 x 30-minute comedy), co-writer episodes 4 and 5, creator Meg O’Connell, dir. Natalie Bailey, Unless Pictures and Orange Entertainment Inc, broadcaster ABC
2020: Single ladies (full-length play, stage), creator/writer, dir. Bagryana Popov, commissioned and presented by Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre (postponed due to COVID-19)
2019: I’m With Her (full-length play, stage), contributing writer of a short piece, creator/director Victoria Pitt-Midwinter, commissioned and presented by Darlinghurst Theatre
2019: House Sisters (full-length play, stage), creator/writer, dir. Kat Henry, commissioned and presented by Monash University, Malthouse Theatre, The Tower
2018: Refuge Hypothetical: What if? (live art), creator/writer and lead artist, commissioned and presented by Arts House
2018 & 2016: The Naked Self (live art), co-creator/text and lead artist, co-creator Tanya Dickson, commissioned and presented by Arts House, remounted by Arts House
2018: Going down (full-length play, stage), creator/writer, dr. Leticia Caceres, commissioned by Malthouse Theatre, presented by Malthouse Theatre and Sydney Theatre Company
2017: Rice (full-length play, stage), creator/writer, dir. Lee Lewis, presented by Griffin Theatre, Queensland Theatre and Hothouse Theatre
2016: Power plays (short play ‘Off Centre’, stage), creator/writer of my short play, dir. Paige Rattray, commissioned and presented by Sydney Theatre Company
2015: Going and going (short play, radio), creator/writer, dir. Tanya Dickson, commissioned and presented by the Creative Audio Unit, ABC Radio National
2014: Talon Salon (‘The Chair’, 1 x short audio play), creator/writer and lead artist, dir. Tanya Dickson, ABC Radio National
2013: Talon Salon (6 x short audio plays, live art), creator/writer and lead artist, dir. Tanya Dickson, remounted by Darwin Festival with two commissioned new plays, Beautiful Nails on Mitchell Street and Nail Lovers at Casuarina Mall
2013: Talon Salon (4 x short audio plays, live art), creator/writer and lead artist, dir. Tanya Dickson, remounted by You Are Here Festival, Gentle Nails in Garema Place
2012: Talon Salon (4 x short audio plays, live art), creator/writer and lead artist, dir. Tanya Dickson, commissioned and presented by Next Wave Festival, Paradise Nails in Richmond
2012: See how the leaf people run (full-length play, radio), creator/writer, dir. Maryanne Lynch, commissioned and presented by Airplay, ABC Radio National
2009: Love (short play, stage), creator/writer of my short play, dir. Adena Jacobs, commissioned and presented by St Martins Youth Arts Centre
Developments
2020-26: Stuck in Paradise (TV comedy, half hour), Unless Pictures, co-creator/writer, co-creator Trudy Hellier
2025: Authentically (TV comedy, half hour), creator/writer
2023-4: Chu’s Party (full-length play, stage), creator/writer
2023: The Lookalike (full-length play, stage), creator/writer
2023: Caroline’s War (TV series, drama), writer, showrunner Steven Arriagada, New Sparta
2022: Silent Retreat (podcast and TV series), writer, created by Meg O’Connell, commissioned by Unless Pictures/Audiocraft
2021-22: How do I let you die? (podcast), creator/writer, optioned by Audiocraft
2021-22: Sweet AF/My Paedophile Mother (full-length play, stage), creator/writer
2021-22: Flock (feature, drama), developed through Stage 2 of Originate, creator/writer
2021-22: Next Big Thing (TV series, comedy), creator/writer
2019-2022: The Healing Party (full-length play, stage), writer, adaptation of the novel by Micheline Lee, Malthouse Theatre
2018-2020: Going down (TV series, comedy), based on my stage play, co-creator/writer, co-creator/director Leticia Caceres, producers Stephanie Westwood and Amelia Ford, executive producer Amanda Higgs
2018-19: Secret Threads (TV series, 6 x 1-hour drama), co-writers Mike Jones and Michele Lee, creator/producer Rebecca Ingram
2012-15: Moths (full length play, stage), creator/writer and lead artist
2013: Chaste (four-part play, stage), creator/writer
2010, 2012: Headshot (full length play, stage), creator/writer
2010: Roundabout (full length play, stage), creator/writer
2010: Apple (full length play, stage), creator/writer and lead artist
2009: Fall and The watering hole (2 x one-act plays, stage), creator/writer
One-off pieces
2022: The Rest Is Up To You (audio text for interactive exhibit), Melbourne Fringe Festival and State Library of Victoria exhibition. My role was to write the audio text
2022: Official Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Welcome Speech (short piece, speech), creator/writer, commissioned and presented by the GRAA co-presidents for the 2022 Green Room Awards Association (GRAA) ceremony
2018: October – Jamal Khashoggi, The Show of the Year (short piece, stage), creator/writer for the month of October, commissioned and presented by The Wheeler Centre, Athenaeum Theatre
2015: Right one, PLAYlist (short piece, audio), creator/writer, commissioned and presented by Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre
2015: Asylum (short play, stage), creator/writer, dir. David Harrison, Apocalypse Theatre
2008 & 2009: The Cellar Children (short play, stage), creator/writer, dir. Cy Gorman, Short & Sweet Festival, Arts Centre Melbourne
Dramaturgy, script editing, story consultancy and script assessment/coverage
2026: Story consultancy or script assessment for Australian Writers’ Guild (various scripts), for Alan Nguyen (Centaurs), for Corey London (Elsewhere), for Naomi Selvaratnam (untitled script), for Drama Queen/Clare Atkins (Mira Miller Mai)
2026: Mentor for La Mama IMMERSE, for Jennifer Monk and Jun Bin Lee
2025: Dramaturg for the play Sucklings by Jem Lai
2025: Story consultancy or script assessment for Australian Writers’ Guild (various scripts)
2024-25: Script editor for Bordertown Films (Over Her Dead Body)
2024-25: Script editor for Top Rock Productions and Kea Productions (Life of Kea)
2024: Story consultancy or script assessment for Australian Writers’ Guild (various scripts), Australian Plays Transform (Untold Stories), Perpetual Entertainment and Ambidextrous Content (Majesty), and Flying Bark (Yagoona)
2023: Dramaturgy, story consultancy or script assessment for Alan Nguyen (Centaurs), Thumper Pictures (A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing), Antipodes Theatre Company (Winter Lab), Hatch Films (Bad Debt), Australian Writers’ Guild (various scripts)
2022: Story consultancy and script assessment for Unruly Productions (White Fever), Australian Writers’ Guild (various scripts), Script to Screen (various scripts), New Sparta (UK) (Caroline’s War), Unless Pictures/Audiocraft (Silent Retreat)
2021: Story consultancy and script assessment for Seven Studios/Amazon Prime (Back to the Rafters), Unruly Productions (White Fever), Fremantle/Echo Lake (USA) (The Voysey Inheritance), Lara Kose (Yaz Queens), Hatch Films (Eco Marines), Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre (script assessment) and Melbourne Theatre Company (script assessment)
2020: Dramaturg for the musical Miss Saigon Wrong by Chi Nguyen
2020: Story consultancy for Werner Film Productions (Sickos) and Unless Pictures (Apollo)
2019: Dramaturg session for the play Buried Kingdom by Kim Ho
2015: Concept development for the play Dan Choi by Daniel Han
2014: Script consultant for the live art work Home by Brienna Macnish
2012: Treatment and early draft for the play The Colour White by Gorkem Acaroglu
Awards
2025: Perennial, Queensland Premier’s Drama Award, Queensland Theatre, longlisted
2025: Snappy, Winner, Griffin Award
2024: Shoulder, Finalist, Griffin Award
2024: Squishy Taylor and the City-wide Ghost Plague, Honorable Mention, Freeplay Awards
2022: Single Ladies, Green Room Awards, finalist, Best Performer
2021: Squishy Taylor and the City-wide Ghost Plague, finalist, Best Work in Festival, Melbourne Fringe Festival
2020: Security, finalist, Patrick White Playwrights’ Award
2019: Going down, finalist, Australian Writers’ Guild Best Original Stage Play
2019: Going down, finalist, New South Wales Premier’s Literary Award, Nick Enright Prize
2019: Going down, five nominations, 2018 Green Room Awards, Best Writing, Best Performer, Best Ensemble, Best Set/Costume/AV, Best Direction
2019: Going down, finalist, Victorian Premier’s Literary Award, Drama
2018: Rice, winner, Australian Writers’ Guild Best Original Stage Play
2018: Rice, finalist, NSW Premier’s Literary Award, Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting
2018: Rice, winner, Victorian Premier’s Literary Award, Drama
2016: Rice, winner, 2016-17 Queensland Premier’s Drama Award
2015: Going down, awarded the Malcolm Robertson Prize
2013: See how the leaf people run, winner, Australian Writers’ Guild Best Original Radio Play
2013: Moths, Highly Commended for the Griffin Theatre Award & recipient of inaugural Betty Burstall Commission through Playwriting Australia
2010: Headshot, special judges’ mention, R E Ross Trust Script Development Award
2008: The Cellar Children, nominated for Best Dramatic Writing, Short + Sweet Melbourne
I have been awarded funding numerous times from the Australia Council/Creative Australia, Creative Victoria and local councils.
Residencies, fellowships and programs
2025: Ink, Red Stitch Theatre, shortlisted
2025: New Works program, Canberra Theatre Centre, recipient
2024: McGraith House residency, invited resident
2024: Leah Ryan Boost Fund commission, finalist
2023: National Library of Australia Creative Fellowship, shortlisted applicant
2023: Untold Stories, Australian Plays Transform, selected participant
2022: Writers Journey, Netflix ANZ, invited participant
2022: Digital Originals, SBS/NiTV/Screen Australia, selected recipient
2022: Duologues, Australian Plays Transform, selected recipient
2021: ORIGINATE program (Stage Two, Lab), Film Victoria/SBS/Arena Media, selected participant
2021: Sidney Myer Creative Fellowship recipient for 2022 and 2023
2021: ORIGINATE program (Stage One, Writers Seminar), Film Victoria/SBS/Arena Media, selected participant
2021: Shortlisted, Jesse Cox Audio Fellowship
2021: Shortlisted, ABC Me Kaleidoscope program
2020: On Air Audible/Australian Writers’ Guild funding recipient
2020: Vitalstatistix, Adhocracy digital residency, selected participant
2019: AFTRS Talent Camp, selected participant
2018-19: INK development program, Red Stitch Theatre, selected writer
2018: Malthouse Theatre, Tower Resident
2018: Footscray Community Arts Centre, Call to Create Resident
2017: Co-writer in residence, Union House Theatre, University of Melbourne
2016: Malthouse Theatre, Co.Lab artist
2016: The Playwrights’ Center Resident, Minneapolis, USA
2016: WrICE Early Career Fellow, China and Melbourne
2014-15: Malthouse Theatre’s Besen Family Foundation’s writers’ workshop member
2014: Hothouse Theatre Guest Resident
2012: Storylab participant
2012-13: Arts Start recipient through the Australia Council
2010: Ian Reed Foundation Resident, Radio National
2009: Asialink Literature Resident, based in Laos
Mentoring, judging and teaching
2026: Lecturer, Collarts
2026: Judge, Australian Writers’ Guild
2026: Teacher, Workshops with Wit, Playwriting
2026: Industry advisor, Creative Australia
2026: Lecturer, Central Queensland University
2026: Lecturer, Collarts
2026: Guest teacher, VCA
2025: Lecturer, Collarts
2025: Guest teacher, VCA
2025: Co-facilitator, Red Stitch Immersion at St Michaels High School
2025: Workshop presenter, South Australian playwriting group
2025: Masterclass presenter, National Play Summit
2025: Judge, Australian Writers’ Guild
2024: Guest lecturer, 6-week Scriptwriting unit, RMIT
2024: Presenter, La Mama Pathways
2024: Assessor, Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre
2024: Guest teacher, VCA
2024: Guest lecturer, VCA
2024: Assessor, Emerging Writers Award, Australian Writers’ Guild
2023: Mentor, Australian Plays Transform, Lutruwita/Tasmanian Voices
2023: Guest lecturer, 6-week Scriptwriting unit, RMIT
2023: Presenter, La Mama Pathways
2023: Mentor, Thea Jade, New Ideas Lab, Canberra Theatre Centre
2023: Assessor, Australian Plays Transform
2023: Guest workshop facilitator, week-long playwriting lab, VCA
2022: Workshop presenter, She Writes, Theatreworks
2022: Industry guest, Creative Project unit for Bachelor of Arts (Creative Writing), RMIT
2022: Judge, Shane and Cathryn Brennan Prize
2022: Guest lecturer, VCA
2022: Guest lecturer, Spark Youth Theatre
2021: Guest speaker, The Royal Central School Of Speech & Drama, UK
2021: Judge, Australian Writers’ Guild
2021: Mentor, guest speaker, Radical Acts Festival, Theatre Works
2021: Guest presenter, Masterclasses, To The Front, Static Drive Co
2021: Guest lecturer, VCA
2021: Assessor, New Voices Commission, Melbourne Fringe Festival
2020-1: Mentor, Arts Lab, Shopfront Theatre
2020: Mentor, The Hatch Lab, musical theatre residency, Salty Theatre
2020: Guest presenter, Masterclasses, Australian Theatre for Young People
2020: Judge, Griffin Award
2020: Judge, Australian Writers’ Guild
2020: Judge, Australian Writers’ Guild
2020: Guest lecturer, VCA
2020: Judge, NSW Premier’s Drama Award, Nick Enright Prize
2019: Script assessor, Queensland Premier’s Drama Award
2019: Consultant, Creative Victoria, theatre panel
2019: Judge, Australian Writers’ Guild
2019: Mentor, Women in Theatre program, Melbourne Theatre Company
2018-19: Mentor, The Next Chapter, The Wheeler Centre
2018: Script mentor, City of Melbourne Signal program
2018: Judge, Patrick White Playwrights’ Award
2017: Script assessor, Queensland Premier’s Drama Award
2017: Script assessor, Playwriting Australia
2017: Judge, Australian Writers’ Guild
2017: Mentor and tutor, Australian Theatre for Young People, National Studio
2016: Script mentor, The Ribcage Collective
2016: Script assessor, Lotus program, Playwriting Australia and Contemporary Asian Australian Performance
2015: Presenter, Writing for audio workshop, Writers’ Centre Victoria
Books and other writing
I have written prose and other non-play forms for many years. This includes writing for Women of Letters, The Wheeler Centre, ABC Online, Griffith Review and, a long time ago, for that excellent youth literary publication, Voiceworks.
My creative non-fiction memoir, Banana Girl, was published through Transit Lounge.
I am a PhD creative practice research candidate with RMIT through the School of Media and Communication.
Memberships
Australian Writers’ Guild
Australian Services Union
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