School Holiday Acting Workshops for kids

Rebecca Attanasio – Acting Teacher

Rebecca is a NIDA graduate and has been working both as an actor and a teaching artist for the past few years.

Rebecca’s recent acting credits include touring Macbeth with Bell Shakespeare, The Tempest with Sport for Jove, The Wind in the Willows with Australian Shakespeare Company – her screen credits include Home and Away (Seven) and Doctor Doctor (Easy Tiger).

As a Teaching Artist, Rebecca toured Australia performing school incursions in The Players for Bell Shakespeare. Rebecca has continued her work with Bell as a teaching artist running seminars, workshops and auditioning for their regional scholarship. Rebecca also teaches regularly with ATYP and has run extensive workshops and seminars with Sport for Jove. With an affinity for Shakespeare, Rebecca has also run modules on improvisation, devised work, script analysis, physical theatre and musical theatre. Rebecca loves to help build confidence in young performers and encourage imaginative play and discovery.

Gracie Friend – Acting and Short Film Teacher

Gracie is a writer and theatre-maker with a passion for finding the extra hiding within the ordinary. Some of their recent credits include: ‘Shrek: The Musical’ (Associate Director) for Holroyd Musical & Dramatic Society, 2022; ‘The Tea Party For Sad People’ (Writer) which was awarded Top Three People’s Choice in Sydney’s Short & Sweet Festival 2021, and was adapted by the talented Michael McLennan into a short film that won Best Of The Fest at the 2021 Die Laughing Film Festival; the world premiere of ‘The Lost Voice Of Anne Bronte’ (Featured Lead & Script Consultant); and ‘Trojan Barbie’ (Featured Lead) as part of Sydney Fringe Festival 2019.

Gracie also has years of hands-on experience in the world of short films and educational videos. They have had nearly every role: from scriptwriter to project manager, to lighting and sound operator, to continuity, camera assistant, editor and director, and sometimes all of them at once!