1. Susan Prince
Objective To practice acting in theatre companies that are; professional, ethical and produce
challenging works, thereby obtaining excellence and the highest experience available
Experience 1964-1988 Amateur Performer QLD; NT
Performed in 47 Amateur plays with 7 different Amateur and Professional Groups including,
Browns Mart, Darwin Community College
Did various workshops during this time with NIDA, QTC, Bob Griffiths, David Fenton,
Andrew Buchannen, Bryan Nason, David Waters, Mike McLaren (Morris)
1982-1983 Darwin Community College Darwin, NT
Performing Arts Course
Worked with Mike McLaren (Morris) to develop the course to be used by the University, was
one of the selected participants for the 1 yr course.
Candy – ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ – examination piece
Improvisation, Characterisation, Mask, Movement, Basic Techniques
1983-1988 Darwin, NT
Teaching and Directing (Amateur)
Taught Basics in several schools pre-school – yr 7. At Berry Springs Primary
And Howard Springs Primary Schools – 2 classes per week 1 hour per class
Directed 14 plays
Started writing – Completed for production’A Sleeping Beauty’ produced by Playbox
Amateur Theatre company
1988-2001 Graft’N Arts Cairns, QLD
Professional Tutor – Arts ‘N Co, Tall Poppies, Small Popies, Poppy Seeds, TOAD
Tutored youth arts groups to performance standard
Took them remote and regional areas to perform and network
Started first deaf theatre in Regional Queensland through schools and the deaf community
Worked with Graft’N Arts with various projects throughout the years.
Worked as a workshop facilitator with JUTE from 1992 – 2002 in all workshops including skills
and development, characterisation, improvisation, Laban Efforts, Stanislavsky approach, 5 basic
body movements.
I have a workshop curriculum, (self written) that allows the participant to have an example in the
class with notes that allow them to understand the reasoning behind all exercises.
Tutor Cont. 1988-2001 Cairns, QLD
2002, I travelled to the Gulf Savannah district to assist in the development of their Arts Policy.
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2. The Croydon Council along with the Arts Council employed me to facilitate their first Annual street
parade, with participants between 4 – 11 y/o.
The second week of the project was with 12-16 y/o making a short film.
Community Cultural Development Worker
2002 Community Cultural Devlopment of the Gulf Savannah Region
Include. Croydon, Normanton, Burketown, Georgetown Mt. Molloy Julatten
2003 Croydon Poddy Dodgers Music Festival- Project Co-Ordinator of Street Parade
Directed a short film “Crossroads” – written acted and filmed by the Aboriginal Young People of
Croydon
2005 Community Cultural Development at 6 schools for their Croc Eisteddfod in the Gulf Savvanah
Including Georgetown, Croydon, Normanton, Karumba.
2006 Lockart River 3 week – page to stage with School and community elders
2007 Gulf Eistedffod - Karumba, Normanton, Croydon, Georgetown, Forsyth and Mt. Surprise to
facilitate school children – 4-12yrs for their eisteddfod, had 3 days in each town to choreograph,
make costumes and paint backdrop for performance.
CCD to the Greenvale, Homestead, Ravenswood and Charters Towers Shires.
2013 Letters Around The Towers Extravaganza at Charters Towers
Workshop Facilitator
Worked with Graft ‘N Arts as a director for a short film for their School Holiday Programme
Teach basic techniques, improvisation and characterisation at Centre Stage and Riparts
Taught voice for Trinity Anglican School for year 11 drama students
Taught at the Cairns School of Distance education for their Tournament of Minds Competition
Taught at Cairns West ‘From the page to the stage’
Employed as an actor at the World Interplay Conference in Townsville for 2 weeks
Taught two classes a week at La Luna over a 2 year period
1992-2000 JUTE Cairns, QLD
Actor, Director, Writer, Costumier, Founding Member
Worked on all performances between 1992 –1997
Guest Director to James Cook University for ‘ Dragged Screaming to Paradise’
Performed in 2 x performances of ‘Barmaids’ both the NARPACCA Tour
& the original production Cairns
Selected as a playwright in the Enter Stage Write Project 2001
Toured to Cooktown for a rehearsed read of ‘Counting Icebergs’
Performed in ‘Soapbox Suffragettes’ a monologue from 1901 suffragette
Tutored 2 x workshops – Basic Techniques and Characterisation
Assisted Stage Managers in ‘Pioneer Promonade’ then performed in same
MC for Kabaret Kamikazee
2000-2007 QLD
Self Skilled as:
Theatre Mechanist
Flyman, Mechanist, Duty Tech – Cairns Civic Theatre
Individual Performer
Performed for the Opening of ‘Connect’ collaborative 5 women acknowledging regions homes and
3. their community through assembledge mixed media and installation
Life Drawing Model – Cairns and Townsville Universities, TAFE and Privately
Voice over work for Pegasus Studio – Cairns
Playtime Radio Ad. Sea FM – Townsville
Voice over work for Ergon Energy Training by computer – Micheal Whitticker Townsville
QE1 – Mediaeval Festival - Townsville
His and Hers – life model – Tropic Sun Theatre x 3
2013 Reading of Gilgamesh with Full Throttle
Stage Manager
Stage Manager and Asst. Director of “Pushing Paradise” JUTE
“Charlie and Algernon” Tropic Sun Theatre
“Circus of the Future” La Luna
Tour/Stage Manager for ‘Oedipus” Full Throttle tour NAAPACCA and to Iwaki (Japan)
Skills.
Basic Circus, making and designing costumes, sets, masks, musical instruments. Lighting design,
Lighting operator, mechanist, producing, multi-skilling
Professional 1990-2001 Independent professional Acting
‘Tully Tanzi’, Wackadoo Staff Christmas Party’, Dimboolah’, ‘3 melodramas in one’
Fox Studios - as a swing in ‘Make-up Dept’ , ‘ TV Tour’ as ‘Phyllis’ & ‘Sound Dept’.
1992-2001 Professional Acting for JUTE/QTC/Hard Sun Cairns QLD
‘3 Women Alone’
‘Insignificance’
‘Bag ‘o Marbles’
‘Slave’
‘Innerface Interface’
Barmaids
2002 Cairns QLD
‘Bag ‘O Marbles’ QTC JUTE Collaborative Project Brisbane QLD
‘The Boys’ – HardSun Townsville QLD
‘Barmaids’ – Remount and NARPACCA Tour
2003 ‘Latitudes’ JUTE
2004 Surviving Jonah Salt – JUTE
2005 Grace – JUTE
Crackle, Snap, Pop – JUTE
2006 Zim Zoom – Tropic Sun Theatre
2008 Tiptoe – JUTE
2009 Cake – JUTE – Toured to Darwin, Townsville and Cairns
2012 Intimacy – JUTE
2013 On Golden Pond with Full Throttle – Townsville
Letters Around The Towers LATTE – Artistic Director and Performance Artist
2014 It All Begins With Love - Bundaberg
Fifteen Years - Cainrs
4. 2015 Is My Lipstick On Straight – toured Cairns and Townsville
It All Begins With love touring to 18 regional and metropolitan towns
throughout Queensland
Costumes
All JUTE costumes 1992 - 1997
Lush Cabaret 2011 -2013
Yarrabah the Musical – Opera Australia
Letters Around The Towers
1992-2006 Professional Directing
‘Love Child’ - JUTE
‘Love & Allegiance’ - JUTE
‘Truth & Vengeance’ - JUTE
‘Dragged Screaming to Paradise ‘- Theatre Up North/JCU
‘Innerface Interface’ - Ass. Director with Hilary Beaton - JUTE
Bag O Marbles – Douglas Theatre Arts Group
The Impossible Dream – JUTE
Sardines – Tropic Sun Theatre Company
The Impossible Dream (Remount) – JUTE and Karnak
Directed and Co-Produced Independent Production of ‘Impossible Dream – A Gourmet
Theatre Experience’ for M & J Dream Productions at the Shangri-La
1988-2001 Professional Writing Cairns QLD
1988 ‘Aids the Musical’ – won 4th
prize for script in Australia
1996 ‘Demolition Pile Driving Hard Hats and Donkey Dick’ Dramaturg Hilary Beaton. –
Produced by JUTE
‘Read my Lips’ – Theatre of Audibly Disability
1997 ‘The Spirit of Christmas”
2001 ‘Tom & Gerry’ part of the Enter Stage Write Programme 2001
2002 ‘Break on Through’ part of the Enter Stage Write Programme 2002/3
2003 The Ogre of Oz’ A pantomime for Riparts.
2004 ‘Crackle’ short production piece for ESW 2004 Programme produced by QTC/JUTE
in 2005
2007 ‘Keep On Busin’ a commission from La Luna, Dept. Education Arts Division a bus
behaviour video to be distributed throughout the High Schools of Qld.
2008 ‘Circus of the Future’ a movement piece for La Luna
2008 ‘P.O.W’ part of the Enter Stage Write Programme 2008/9
2011 “Is My Lipstick On Straight’ Enter Stage Write Programme produced May 2015
Interests Acting, Singing, Healing, Directing, Sewing, Working with young people, Life
Modelling, Mechanist, Flyman, Masseuse, Laughing, Writing.
Tips I work well in a team. I am a confident theatremaker. I will change my appearance as
required. I am honest and ethical. Integrity is utmost.