Catherine Ryan

Catherine Ryan has been working as a writer, dramaturg, director, community theatre maker, producer and performer for over ten years, for stage, radio and documentary film. She lives in Dja Dja Wurrung country (Central Victoria), just outside a town with a name, but no shop, pub or tennis court (there is, however, a gorgeous river, wedgetailed eagles and a public phone box). She has a BA in Drama and Sociology from La Trobe University (1993) and a Bachelor of Performing Arts in Animateuring from the Victorian College of the Arts (Hons - 1996). She headed bush in 2000, starting Castlemaine’s Barking Owl Theatre with three other artists, and now continues to create professional productions and community generated pieces. Her work has been a finalist in the Patrick White Award (twice), the ANPC New Dramatists Award, and the Perishable Theatre International Women’s Playwrighting Competition. In 2006 Catherine was a Melbourne Theatre Company Affiliate Writer, and the National Regional Winner of the Theatrelab Australian Voices Award.