Marni is a director, actor, and dramaturg living and working in Naarm (Melbourne). She is a graduate of the Australian National University and the Victorian College of the Arts and has worked extensively as an independent artist in Naarm, and in her hometown of Canberra. Among others, she has worked with La Mama Theatre, Red Stitch Actors Theatre, fortyfivedownstairs, Theatre Works, The Street Theatre, Canberra Theatre Centre, Canberra Youth Theatre, Shakespeare by the Lakes, the National University Theatre Society, and Screen Canberra. Recent directing credits include the critically acclaimed world premiere of Trophy Boys by Emmanuelle Mattana, and the Melbourne premieres of MinusOneSister by Anna Barnes and The Camel by Dylan Van Den Berg. Marni is the 2024 Red Stitch Actors Theatre Hansen Graduate Director and is thrilled to be making her debut with Melbourne Shakespeare Company on this production.