Current Committee

Lindsay Dunn

President

2020 - Present

Lindsay has been part of TASA since 2019. Worked in performing arts since 1976 and is an accomplished singer/guitarist. As an actor, he has worked with over 15 different community theatre companies in Adelaide, including Adelaide Rep, University Theatre Guild, Galleon, Hills Musical Company, Marie Clark, Stirling Players, St Jude’s, Therry and Red Phoenix.

Lance Morgan

Vice President

2020 - Present

Starting in 1972 as a curtain attendant in Scout Performing Arts Lance has mostly stayed behind the scenes filling roles across several City, Country & interstate TASA Member & Non-member Companies & Major Events as a Stage Crew, Design, Lighting, Construction, Fly’s, Prop’s, Make-up, FOH & Stage Management. Lance is the current President – since 2001 – of The Two Wells Melodrama Group. Currently employed in the wholesale produce industry after long career as a health & muscle technician he counts many of his closest friendships to be with fellow Theatrical enthusiast’s. The annual Christmas Pageant; Wicked & We will Rock You with MBM; Paris with Wall/Marie Clarke; Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Dusty & Beauty and the Beast with NLTC; Arena Crew Leader for the Adelaide International Tattoo and TWMG winning Local & SA Gov awards as Highlights of his time in Theatre.

Olivia Jane Parker

Secretary

2024 - Present

Olivia spent four years working at the Royal Shakespeare Company simultaneously attending their Masterclass Workshops in directing, writing, acting and stage management and performing across the UK. Highlights include Singin' in the Rain (NODA Award Winner for Excellence 2017), Supersnout: The Triple Bill (NODA Best Drama Award 2019), Lilies on the Land (2018), The Forgotten Army (2019) on the RSC's Swan Theatre stage, and directing Sex Cells for Bear Pit Theatre Company (2018). Olivia's recent Adelaide productions have been as Director of the Australian premiere of Tiny Beautiful Things for the AUTG (2022), the adaptation of All About Eve (based on the film script) for St. Jude's Players (2023), portraying Inspector Bertozzo in Accidental Death of an Anarchist (2023), Stirling Players and Harriet in The Actress (2024), Therry Theatre. Founder of For the Love of Theatre Podcast.

Jacqui Wall

Treasurer

2014 - Present

Involved in theatre since 1980, with Scout Performing Arts then later branching out to TASA companies. Jacqui has been involved in many aspects of theatre including: cast, directing, production and stage management and most other departments. Jacqui has been fortunate to learn lighting from some of the best including Bill Everett of Apollo Lighting.

David Smith

Review Coordinator

2017 - Present

David’s long involvement in community theatre began in Adelaide and continued for some decades in Port Augusta, Whyalla, Kapunda and the Barossa, and for one year, McAllen, Texas, USA. He is a performer, director, writer and former secondary school Drama teacher. He sings in the Adelaide Harmony Choir.

Andrew Broadbent

Encore Editor

A thespian for 20 years, Andrew has been committed to furthering the talents of the Murray Bridge community with The Murray Bridge Players & Singers Inc. First starting out as Assistant Stage Manager in 2006 at the age of 13, he has since undertaken numerous production roles from Director to Front of House. In addition to MBP&S, he has also been involved with Kapunda Musical Society, Green Wall Studio, PitchWhite Productions, and more recently, the Flinders University Performing Arts Society. Most recently, he directed You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown for MBP&S in May 2024, and Stage Managed The SpongeBob Musical: Youth Edition for MBP&S’ Youth Theatre in June. While freshly joining the TASA Committee, Andrew is currently on the MBP&S Committee as Secretary since 2022, and previously 2020/21, and the FUPAS committee as Treasurer. Apart from productions, he also builds the monthly newsletter for MBP&S, runs his independent blog, A Thousand Words, reviewing local community, independent and school productions in SA, and is starting a printing business that will provide an alternative option for community groups and theatres alike for their production merchandise. Andrew believes that distance is only a barrier if you let it be, happily traveling to the Adelaide Hills, Fleurieu, Adelaide, Adelaide Plains and beyond whenever the opportunity arises. He looks forward to learning how the TASA committee operates and being able to lend a hand wherever it is needed. His bucket list musicals to direct include: The Producers, Shrek, Rent and Something Rotten!

Peta Bowey

Committee Member

2020 - Present

Peta has been performing on the South Coast since she was a child. She enjoys and has experience in all aspects of theatre, including directing, costumes, performing, stage managing, production and make-up. Peta is Zest Theatre Group’s current President and has directed and co-directed the last 8 shows with Zest.

Ashleigh Merriel

Committee Member

Ashleigh has been an active member of the community theatre scene since 2002. She began her theatrical journey in Sydney with the Woolwich Theatre Society, where she took on roles such as Gwendolyn Fairfax in The Importance of Being Earnest and multiple characters in Under Milkwood. Her early experiences laid a strong foundation for a lifelong passion for the performing arts. After relocating from Tasmania to Adelaide in 2013, Ashleigh expanded her involvement in theatre beyond acting to include stage management, front-of-house duties, and backstage crew work for numerous productions across Adelaide’s vibrant theatre community. Her Adelaide credits span performances with Galleon, Independent Theatre, Stirling Players, and Adelaide Rep, in both comedic and dramatic roles. She has also performed in live radio theatre with Radio Noir Productions. Ashleigh looks forward to continuing her journey in Adelaide’s thriving theatre community.

Annabel Whitford

Committee Member

2024 - Present

Annabel’s passion for the theatre began probably even before playing a very young Mary in the Christmas nativity. Klutziness led to enrolment in dance classes; Annabel is a keen tapper especially. She holds a Diploma in Performing Arts, has acted in sporadic productions, and is occasionally the Stage Manager. She has dabbled in teaching dance and is a member of the Dragonfly Dance performing company. Roles in school plays and pantomimes, plus her affection for sitcoms confirmed her love of laughter. In her spare time she occasionally co-hosts and produces a podcast on her favourite TV show, or contributes to the For The Love of Theatre podcast, as she enjoys interviewing actors, producers, writers and directors. She works as a domestic assistant and is an experienced Bridge caddy. Since January 2021, Annabel has been Administrator (and Secretary, Treasurer, Publicist, Volunteer Coordinator, FOH Manager, etc) of the University of Adelaide Theatre Guild.

Tegan Gully-Crispe

Committee Member

Tegan Gully Mon, Jun 16, 10:06 PM (11 hours ago) to me Tegan has been performing since the age of nine, with notable roles including Annie in Annie, Lois/Bianca in Kiss Me Kate, Ariel in Footloose, Lucy T Slut in Avenue Q, Rizzo in Grease, Calamity Jane, Elle Woods in Legally Blonde, and Julia in The Wedding Singer. She spent five years as a lead performer at The Night Train and has been the lead singer for Adelaide band Jungle Jooce for 17 years. Tegan has worked professionally as a children’s entertainer, dancer, and performer with Essential Talent and Ricarp productions both locally and internationally. She co-wrote, choreographed, and performed in Villain-Ville, a sold-out musical at the 2015 Adelaide Fringe. Recent credits include Princess Fiona in Shrek, Tracy in High Society, Mayzie La Bird in Seussical (2018), Eva Perón in Evita (2021), Holly in The Wedding Singer (2024), Sherrazade in Twisted (2024), and her first play role as the Woman in The Other Place (2025). Tegan has a Bachelor of Arts and Education from Flinders University in Drama. After years of teaching performing arts, in 2019, she started to focus exclusively on teaching students with intellectual disabilities. Tegan is a Northern Light Theatre Company committee member and supports various aspects of theatre production.

Mark Wickett

Committee Member

Mark has worked in Adelaide theatres for over twenty years, for most of that time in video projection design for professional and community theatre productions such as Elegies: A Song Cycle (Six Foot Something Productions & SINGular Productions, 2008), Next to Normal (Six Foot Something Productions, 2012), Oliver! (G&S Society of SA – 2013, 2014), and Don Juan in Soho (UATG – 2019). For the last twelve years, Mark has been directing for the screen, creating corporate and educational video with clients ranging from Headspace to Bendigo Bank, and designing projections for high schools, on productions such as Singin’ in the Rain, Matilda, The Book of Everything, and Where Words Once Were. Mark supports South Australia’s performing arts as a critic for Australia’s Stage Whispers magazine, as sometime-host of the For the Love of Theatre podcast, and through serving on the Board of the University of Adelaide Theatre Guild. He was Assistant Director for the Guild’s 2023 production of The Tempest and directed The 39 Steps for them in 2024. He will be Assistant Director to Lesley Reed for St. Jude’s 2025 production of Neighbourhood Watch

Kodi Jackson

Committee Member

Kodi began her theatre journey in Adelaide’s youth scene in 2007 and made her community theatre debut in 2013 as a member of Fagin’s Gang in Oliver! with the G&S Society of SA. Since then, she’s appeared in dozens of productions with companies including AYT, Adelaide Theatre Academy, Deadset Theatre Company, Hills Musical Company, Stirling Players, St Jude’s Players, The Met, and G&S SA, as well as various independent Adelaide Fringe projects, filling roles from performer to director, grant writer to percussionist. She trained for 12 of her schooling years with the Australian Girls Choir, touring nationally and internationally, and later passed on her love of the arts as a Performing Arts Teacher and Vocal Coach at Theatre Bugs (2017–2020) and volunteer Dance Teacher at Revelation Dance (2015–2020). By day, Kodi works in fundraising and events in the not-for-profit sector, and her passion for accessible opportunities carries into the theatre world; helping foster the community spirit that underpins SA’s performing arts scene. She served on the Hills Musical Company committee (2024–2025) and is proud to now offer her time and skills to the TASA Committee. Kodi believes theatre thrives when everyone feels welcome, whether that be onstage, backstage, or in the audience.

Warren McKenzie

Webmaster

2019 - Present

Warren has been involved in theatre for more than thirty years, during which he has enjoyed being involved in many aspects of bringing a show to the stage, from acting, producing, directing, sound and lighting, to set construction. He did stints as Treasurer and President of the Whyalla Players, and he is one of their Life Members. Warren has directed numerous musicals, plays, pantomimes and theatre restaurant productions, including The Phantom of the Opera for the Whyalla Players in 2014. He has directed numerous shows for Galleon Theatre Group. Warren co-wrote and directed the Mystic Dr. Drake radio plays that were displayed on The Adelaide Repertory YouTube channel in 2020. He works professionally in Information Technology.

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