Ross is an Australian writer/director. He has represented Australia at the International Residency of the Royal Court Theatre, London, won the Wal Cherry Play of the Year, the New York, New Dramatists Playwright exchange, has been shortlisted for an Awgie and has had many Green Room Nominations. He has had works performed at MTC and Griffin and in 2011 his play ZEBRA! premiered with a sold out season at STC.

Ross has extensive experience in working with young theatre makers, having been commissioned by St Martins Theatre, Canberra Youth Theatre and Back to Back.  He is a qualified teacherand has taught script and theatre making at Swinburne University, Ballarat University, Gordon Institute and the Victorian Writers Centre.

Ross was one of three nationally acclaimed playwrights to be invited to ATYP Fresh Ink’s National Studio in 2011.

Malcolm has worked as a manager in the arts sector for fifteen years. After obtaining his Bachelor of Education, Malcolm worked as a Drama teacher in the Western Suburbs for six years. He then completed his Graduate Diploma in Arts and Entertainment Management at Deakin University.  Malcolm has worked as Manager of the Bharatam Dance Company, Manager of the Performing Arts at the Centre for Adult Education, and more recently as General Manager of St Martins Youth Arts Centre from 2003 – 2007.  He commenced the role of General Manager at Courthouse ARTS in late 2007.

Luke has worked for Courthouse ARTS for the past 9 years. He has worked on many external productions in various roles, for companies such as Pachumpkin Productions, Somebody’s Daughter Theatre Company, Geelong Repertory Theatre Company, Artifice Productions and for shows such as Sand and Master and Servant at Courthouse ARTS. From 2007 to 2010 Luke also co-ordinated the state government funded FReeZA program for the Greater Geelong area.

Luke oversees the day to day operation of the Courthouse ARTS centre as well as providing production assistance to external hirers – he is the one to see if you wish to hire any of the wonderful spaces within the venue. Luke also looks forward to training Courthouse ARTS members in the technical aspects of our new venue through Courthouse Crew – anyone can join!

Georgina is an actor and theatre maker. She has worked with companies such as MTC, Full Tilt, StoreRoom, PlayWriting Australia, Here Theatre, Antechambre, Complete Works and La Mama, been nominated twice for Green Room Awards for performance and received the 2006 Green Room Award for Ensemble. She studied Theatre and German Literature at Monash University and the Freie Universität, Berlin and has also trained under Leisa Shelton, Richard Murphett, Mary Sitarenos and Peter Eckersall. She is based in Geelong and is employed extensively in collaborative theatre making and the development of new work both here and in Melbourne. She has many years experience working with young people, having co-ordinated creative programs at MTC and MLC and teaching her own Acting Intensives here in Geelong over 2011. In the corporate world Georgina works as a facilitator and acting coach, teaching business people the art and value of performance. She conceived and looks forward to running 6321 in its first year in 2012 at Courthouse ARTS, and co-directs the Ensemble Project with Artistic Director, Ross Mueller.

Zoe Knowles

Marketing and Membership Coordinator

Joel has been training, teaching and working as a contemporary dancer, choreographer and musician full-time since 2003. Coming from a broad range of dance styles and techniques, Joel has found a genuine passion for movement, composition and choreography. Joel has had the priviledge to work with an extensive range of Contemporary Dance Professionals, such as Gerard Van Dyke, Adam Wheeler, Shaun McLeod, Olivia Millard and Diane Reid. In 2005 Joel established a community dance teaching programme confiDANCE and has taught in meany schools around Victoria.As a musician Joel has had the honour of working with producer Marty Brown and performing with the likes of Clare Bowditch, the Victorian Orchestra and the Little Stevies in his band the Evening Cast.Completing his Bachelor of Creative Arts (Contemporary Dance and Drama) Joel aims to continue pushing the boundaries of dance making and music creating, combining his love for songwriting, choregraphy, media and poetic text into cutting edge artistic performances.

Stephen is a digital artist working with sound and image. For the past 20 years he has been exploring ambient and electronic music composition as well as other forms of digital media, including video and animation.  He has worked with Back to Back Theatre Company (Pod and Light Letters), Maryanne Coutts’ (Thirst), Sally Miller (Lost Lives), Karlheinz Stockhausen and Tanya Bethune (Spiral).He has received several commissions, for documentaries as well as sound and video for Orchestra Victoria’s recent visit to Geelong. He has collaborated with Ross Mueller in an on-going investigation of life in regional Australia with a project called This Highway Home. Story Telling and local histories have been prominent in his work with local communities. This has included recording and composition for both the Murmur and Flamefest projects.Currently he is employed by the CAE to deliver film-making and music programs within the learning precinct of  the Common Ground housing project in Melbourne. In 2010 he successfully obtained funding to run Sound Safari,  an artists in schools program currently underway at Ballarat Nth Primary School.

Amanda is a writer and painter from the Bellarine. Amanda has a Masters in painting from Victorian College of the Arts, and a Masters in creative writing from the University of Melbourne and has completed her PhD thesis on the representation of indigenous voices in Australian historical novels (1989-2006).Her fiction and non-fiction have been published in Westerly, Southerly, Meanjin, The New Antigone, Space, Strange, Antithesis and Arena Magazine, and her paintings have been shown in Indonesia and Australia.She has been the recipient of Asialink and Arthur Boyd Bundanon residencies in painting, and an Australia Council Literature Board grant for the development of a new narrative-based history of nylon.Her novel Eugene’s Falls, (Arcadia 2007) about colonial painter, Eugene Von Guerard, united her interests in the links between official art histories, biography, and cultural memory. A book of poetry, The Pallbearer’s Garden, was published by Whitmore Press in late 2007.

Amanda also designs sets for the stage and is one third of Here Theatre.

The Board of Management oversees the strategic direction, staffing and financial management and sustainability of the organisation.  The Board membership is voluntary, skills based and comprises expertise in the areas of business management, legal, marketing, financial, fundraising, government and community relations and the arts.

Mr Duncan Esler
Mr Leon Czarnach

Ms Cherylle Pell
Cr Jan Farrell
Ms Lisa Kingman

The Board. Photo by Sarah Hayes