Updates – Page 2 – Maryann Wright

EP LAUNCH

I’m excited to share my EP ‘Something’s Bound To Begin’ with everyone today! These 5 tracks mark the beginning of my professional journey to finding my voice and building as an artist. It’s my foundation; my launching platform; my first step of faith from which I hope to build and grow over years and years. I…
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Equity Atlantic Scholarship

I was privileged to be awarded the 2016 Equity Atlantic Scholarship this week to study at Atlantic Acting School in New York. In July, thanks to the Equity Foundation, Atlantic Theatre Company and Foxtel (who have donated $8,000 to cover flights and accommodation in NYC) I will study the Summer Intensive program and advance my acting…
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In the recording studio

2016 is off to a flying start with me hitting the recording studio this week to lay down three tracks, beautifully produced by Jim Hare and accompanied by Kym Parrish. Have a listen here: Liza Minelli is a big inspiration of mine and Sally Bowles is a character I’ve always wanted to play. ‘Maybe This Time’…
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Women in Theatre and Screen (WITS)

The women to men ratio in the performing arts is roughly 3:10. The percentage of female writers and directors in Australian theatre is 30%. The stats are even lower in film and television. That, in my opinion, is a disgrace. How can 50% of the population have a maximum 30% of the voice? Art is…
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Hey, Ms Producer!

Halfway through the year… and it has been a whirlwind. Where I was once the person knocking on doors, it’s now the flip side and I’ve been scatter-gunned, taking opportunities left, right and centre. That has made for a wonderful but BUSY six months! Here’s a brief snapshot of some of the things I’ve been working…
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Hyde the Movie, NIDA and marketing

2015 has whipped around in no time at all! Kicking off the year I was cast in Hyde The Movie – an action drama set in the 1980s. I get to put my athletic and acting chops to the test as I play a dark avenging angel who battles her opponents in underwater fight scenes…
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Pilot television series

This week I started filming new Australian pilot TV series Subject To Change playing the co-lead character, Karly. Subject To Change is a high school drama that featuring same sex attracted lead characters. According to this year’s National Survey of Australian Secondary Students and Sexual Health Report, more than one in five Australian high school…
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premiering new compositions and devised theatre

October has been a busy, busy month with three shows on one after the other! First up was Broadway Bound, a cabaret of contemporary musical theatre at The Seymour Centre. Produced by Edgewise Productions, the show featured musical work by under 25-year-olds. A combination of New York and Australian composers’ compositions were showcased and I…
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New Australian musical

In May I had the privilege of workshopping a new Australian musical, Heart of a Dog. Written and produced by Jim McGrath and helped along by a grant from the Australian Arts Council, Heart of a Dog made it’s Australian premiere in Canberra at The Street Theatre. Three-weeks of intense rehearsals paid off when working with…
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Cabaret. Life is a…

It has been a very cabaret beginning to the new year – it’s the second week of 2014 and I’ve already performed my show, NUTS, six times. A great way to kick-off the year, too, which will be the first time (since I was five) that I’m not studying full-time. Instead, I’m chasing that roller-coaster…
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