The Theatre of Others believes the play watches the audience.

The audience is necessary and they are witnesses to what happens.

We believe that space is psychology and informs the ways in which an audience interacts and reacts to what is presented for them. We create uniquely theatrical events in bespoke sensory performance spaces crafted to encourage curiosity and grant the audience permission to commune with the play.

We produce plays that both welcome and challenge the audience. We are committed to international collaboration and are a laboratory that helps artists grow through intensive study of their craft.

The Theatre of Others creates a shared community of artists and audiences for the purpose of exploring the most profound issues of our lives and times.

Adam Marple is the Co-Artistic Director of the internationally recognized The Theatre of Others and the co-host of The Theatre of Others Podcast (with listeners in over 80 countries and in the top 5% of podcasts worldwide),
Adam has directed over 50 productions and interdisciplinary works Regionally and Off-Broadway in the Americas, Europe, The Middle East/North Africa (MENA), Australia, and South East Asia. He has directed over half of Shakespeare’s canon and frequently adapts classic texts for modern audiences. He was the Company Manager and Director for THE DREAM RESPONSE, a tri-partite collaboration between Chulalongkorn University (Thailand), Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts (Hong Kong), and LASALLE College of the Arts (Singapore) in exploring a response to Shakespeare’s A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM in celebration of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death. The finished response toured theatre schools around the Asia-Pacific region and the modes of Collaboration were shared and taught at the 9th Annual Pacific Bond of Theatre Schools at the National School of Drama (India)
He has written, devised, or adapted 16 new works. His latest production The Earth Turns- a Climate-Inspired Performance for COP27, a performance and action event, was selected by The Global Stocktake as an official side event performed in the UN-controlled Blue Zone for delegates in the Tonnino Lamborghini International Conference Center of the COP27 Climate Conference held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. It was additionally invited to perform for the public in the Peace Pavilion amphitheater of the Green Zone.
He is also the founder of The Sustainable Theatre Network, an organization dedicated to not only addressing resource management and practices but also creating sustainable models for creation without losing aesthetic value. Receiving funds from The British Embassy Gulf Strategy Fund and The British Council Creative Commissions Fund, the Sustainable Theatre Network is an international partnership of over 15 theatre schools and organizations from every continent dedicated to researching, creating, codifying, and amplifying less wasteful theatre practices worldwide for use at all levels of theatre-making, from large State-run National theatres to small student-led projects. Accessible as an Open Source/Creative Commons website (https://www.sustainable-theatre.org) dedicated to sharing best practices in sustainable theatre-making alongside a platform where the theatre schools and organizations from the network each share their own research and productions, with performances created for COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt and COP28 in Dubai, UAE.
A frequent interdisciplinary collaborator, he was the Project Leader on “The Space Project”, a collaborative project between LASALLE College of the Arts and Carnegie Mellon University (USA) an interdisciplinary collaborative project amongst Theatre, Dance, Fine Arts, Arts Management, and Interior Design students at LASALLE College of the Arts, Architectural and Lighting Design students at Carnegie Mellon University with Cindy Limauro, and Master Scenographer Jean-Guy Lecat to identify and answer questions of space in the presentation of artistic mediums and the creation of portable performance, art, and community space. He often works with the audio-visual improvisational electronic music duo Black Zenith and Serbian composers, piano, and electronic music duo who invented the Hybrid Piano LP Duo.
He was the Festival creator and Artistic Director of Solo Festival, an annual festival designed to showcase performer’s self-devised pieces, provide a platform for new solo work and ideas, and for professionals to highlight the strength of one-person shows and he continues to mentor and teach composition and directing to young theatre-makers around the world from the Yale School of Drama, Accademia Teatro Dimitri, The Juilliard School, and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) amongst others in his own workshops.
He has been on the faculties of the School of Dance and Theatre at LASALLE College of the Arts in Singapore where he taught in the Acting, Dance, Musical Theatre, and Music programs, he was a Visiting Professor of Theatre at Universidad de las Américas Puebla (UDLAP) in Mexico, was Assistant Professor of Directing at American University in Cairo, and is currently Visiting Professor of Devising at The University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA). He has taught and/or directed internationally at the Tony Award-winning Lincoln Center Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, as well as at the Center for Cultural Decontamination (CZKD)- Serbia, Orvieto Sperimentazione Teatro- Italy, La MaMa Umbria-Italy, Kyoto University of Art and Design-Japan, Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts, Chulalongkorn University- Bangkok, National School of Drama-India, Goldsmiths University of London, The Victorian College of the Arts at University of Melbourne, The American University of Beirut, The University of Tennesee, and Texas A&M.
He has been practicing and teaching The Viewpoints for over twenty years having worked with its founders Mary Overlie, Anne Bogart, and Tina Landau. His research centers on the expansion and testing of The Viewpoints as an Interdisciplinary and Transcultural pedagogy. Published: The Viewpoints as Transcultural Pedagogy in Western Theatre in Global Contexts: Directing and Teaching Culturally Inclusive Drama around the World (Routledge) and Applying the Viewpoints to Multimedia Performance (Global Performance Studies)
He holds a B.F.A in Acting from the Professional Actor Training Program at Wright State University, and an M.F.A in Directing from Columbia University in the City of New York
adam@theatreofothers.com
Instagram: @boots_and_sunglasses

Meet the Team

Co-Artistic Directors

Dr. Budi Miller is the Co-Artistic Director of The Theatre of Others. He is the Director of Advanced Training at the Fitzmaurice Institute. He is a Lead Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework, a certified integrative studies practitioner, and a UNESCO-designated master teacher of mask work. His practice intersects with Balinese Performing Arts Training (BPAT), Mask Work, Fitzmaurice Voicework, Michael Chekhov, Clown, Viewpoints, Grotowski, and Self-inquiry brought to the world by Ramana Maharshi. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Melbourne and a B.F.A. in theatre from NYU Tisch School of the Arts.
He has been an actor-director-writer-teacher in the United States, Australia, Singapore, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taipei, Malaysia, Vietnam, India, and Indonesia since 1992. He is a Balinese mask dancer and the first teacher to bring Fitzmaurice Voicework to Denmark, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taipei, Malaysia, and Indonesia.
He coached Michelle Williams for her Academy Award-nominated performance in Ang Lee's movie Brokeback Mountain, Jonathan Majors Lovecraft Country: HBO, Creed III, Ant-Man III: Marvel Universe and collaborates with Julian Elijah Martinez (Wu-Tang: An American Saga: Hulu). He has had the privilege of coaching and inspiring actors in many mediums: Broadway, HBO, Netflix, Showtime, major international film markets and theatres around the world, and the Indonesian Film Festival (Judge, 2020).
He was the Head of Acting from 2017-2023 at the Victorian College of the Arts at the University of Melbourne. He has been on the faculties of The Chautauqua Theater Company from 2004-2021, and LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore 2009-2017. He has taught at Yale School of Drama, The Juilliard School, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, The Actors Center, Wayne State (MFA), The New School (MFA), SUNY Purchase College, University of Southern California, The Bill Esper Studio, Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts, The National Theatre Institute, Howard University, Western Michigan University, The National University of Singapore, The Queensland Theatre Company (Brisbane), Curtin University (Perth), and the Michael Chekhov Conference 2002.
He was the Executive Director of the International Antonin Artaud Fringe Theatre Festival 2008. He was a featured presenter at the International VASTA conference in Mexico City in 2010 and London in 2014. He was the conference director for the first VASTA conference in Asia (Singapore) in 2017.
Published Work:
de Roza, E., & Miller, B. (2018). The Lion and the Breath: Combining Kalaripayattu and Fitzmaurice Voicework Techniques Towards a New Cross-Cultural Methodology for Actor Training. Journal of Embodied Research, 1(1), 1 (20:41). DOI: http://doi.org/10.16995/jer.6
Miller, B (2023) “Whose body is dis: taksu, ase, Black queer intersections, and the awakening of the actor’s spiritual practice,” Stages of Reckoning: Antiracist and Decolonial Actor Training, (Edited) Amy Mihyang Ginther, Abingdon, New York, Routledge.
budi@theatreofothers.com
Instagram:@millerbudi
https://www.budimiller.com/

Resident Playwright and Dramaturg
Steven is a Brooklyn-based playwright. His plays include Bright Light Burning, A Thousand Ships at the Bottom of the Sea, Limb from Limb, Negligence, and Adam’s Dream, among others. His plays have been performed in New York, Singapore, Dubai, and Baku, Azerbaijan. He is the resident playwright and dramaturg for The Theatre of Others, which has produced three of his plays. His work has also been developed by Chautauqua Theatre Company and Theatre for a New Audience.
Most recently, Bright Light Burning, Steven’s immersive piece about a group of climate migrants in the year 2099, was performed by The Theatre of Others in Dubai at COP28 and by local high school students in Baku at COP29. He provided mentorship and direction for the high school students and led panel discussions at COP29.
Steven co-founded The Theatre of Others’ annual Audio New Play Festival and serves as dramaturg for the festival’s 3-4 selected playwrights each year. He’s also mentored dozens of playwrights since 2021 through TOO initiatives including 2-3 month-long playwriting workshops and Work with Others, a free monthly playwriting event combining communal writing and discussion about the art and craft of playwriting. In total, he has served as a dramaturg for 25+ plays in the past 4 years through his work with TOO and his freelance dramaturgy practice.
B.A.: Davidson College, M.F.A.: Columbia University.
steven@theatreofothers.com
Instagram: @stevengaultney
stevengaultney.com
Director of Musical Theatre Engagement
Jhansi is a multifaceted musical theatre director, performer, lyricist, composer, and producer from India. She earned her BA (Hons) in Musical Theatre Performance from LASALLE College of the Arts in Singapore. Now a new immigrant to the United States, Jhansi brings a wealth of experience from her extensive work on stage and screen in India. Her notable credits include performing in Disney India's Aladdin and appearing on Queens of Comedy on Amazon Prime.
In addition to her performance career, Jhansi has collaborated with Freestyle Love Supreme as their Indian Ambassador, bridging cultures and artistic practices. Her creative output often reflects her commitment to addressing political, social, and women's issues, which she has highlighted through powerful music videos shared across various platforms.
Jhansi is a lyricist at the prestigious BMI Musical Theatre Workshop and the newest cast member of Broad Comedy, a celebrated U.S.-based comedy troupe. She also spearheads an ambitious project: developing the first-ever Desi Musical Theatre Songbook. This groundbreaking collection showcases songs that explore the multifaceted South Asian experience, offering invaluable resources for the global diaspora and broader audiences.
A strong advocate for inclusion and representation in the arts, Jhansi is part of the current cohort of Theatre Producers of Color in New York City. Her dynamic artistry and dedication to storytelling make her a vital voice in contemporary musical theatre.
tanvi@theatreofothers.com
Instagram: @jhansidramaqueen
Composer/Sound Designer/Podcast Producer
JACK BURMEISTER is an award-winning sound designer and composer who specializes in theatre and film, exploring the dynamic interplay between music and other art forms to create bespoke, immersive experiences. He holds a Bachelor of Music (Interactive Composition) from the University of Melbourne/Victorian College of the Arts (UOM/VCA).
Jack’s notable sound design credits include ILARUN: The Cutting Comb (dir. Effie Nkrumah), The Whale (Melbourne Shakespeare Company), La Belle Époque (dir. Budi Miller), and NIUSIA (dir. Kathryn Yates) at Motley Bauhaus, which received the Melbourne Fringe Industry Ready award. His work with Frenzy Theatre Co. includes PIPER and The Roof is Caving In. His film score for With Everything I Am earned him Best Score at the Geelong Independent Film Festival.
Jack also serves as the producer of The Theatre of Others Podcast, which boasts over 30,000 listeners in 95+ countries and ranks among the top 5% of podcasts worldwide. He was the lead designer of The Earth Turns, an acclaimed audio play for COP27, and performed Bright Light Burning (dir. Adam Marple) at COP28 in Dubai as part of the United Nations Climate Change Conference.
As the sound designer and composer for The Theatre of Others Audio New Play Festival, Jack has helped develop and produce 13 innovative audio plays from Australia, Singapore, Egypt, and the United States. His contributions include Making Dinner, Prayers of Mourning, and Ragas of the Rooted Heart (2024); Firespeak, Barrelhouse, Sob Story, and Meet Me at Liberation (2023); Whale Song, Success in Contemporary Corporate Praxis, Beautiful, and Sugarbag (2022); and Thief, Galatea, and Tales from Arcadia (2021).
jack@theatreofothers.com
@jack_burmeister

Digital Technical Director
Joshua Waterstone is an award-winning director, digital producer, actor, fight choreographer, filmmaker, and educator. He holds an MFA in Directing for Stage and Screen and currently serves as the Digital Technical Director for The Theatre of Others.
A committed ensemble theatremaker, Joshua has been a company member of foolsFURY Theatre Company and Ragged Wing Ensemble. His extensive teaching and directing portfolio includes collaborations with the Berkeley Repertory School of Theatre, Foothill College, The Yat/Bentley Centre for Performance, and Google Arts. His professional work spans engagements with prominent organizations such as California Shakespeare Theatre (Cal Shakes), San Francisco Youth Theatre, San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, Georgia Shakespeare, Alliance Theatre, and American Conservatory Theatre.
Joshua’s regional teaching and directing career has taken him across the United States, including California, Nevada, Georgia, North Carolina, Nebraska, and Illinois. His international experience includes work in Dubai, UAE, and Baku, Azerbaijan, contributing to his global perspective on performance and storytelling.
An Associate Member of the Society of Directors and Choreographers and a certified member of the Society of American Fight Directors, Joshua is also a 200-hour Classical Yoga Teacher, bringing a holistic approach to his craft. His work reflects a dedication to blending traditional and contemporary practices, creating transformative theatrical experiences.
joshua@theatreofothers.com
Instagram: @joshuawaterstone
Creative Producer
Born and raised in Hong Kong, Christie Chang is a multihyphenate—actress, TV host, singer, musical theater writer, and creative producer. Holding a BFA in Drama from New York University - Tisch School of the Arts, she completed her training at the New Studio on Broadway for Music Theatre and has a minor in the Business of Entertainment Media and Technology. As an emerging creative producer, Christie aspires to craft groundbreaking, original works that bring together talents worldwide, weaving authentic narratives that resonate with audiences. Her career has led to collaborations with theater companies and festivals in New York, Toronto, Shanghai, and Hong Kong, reflecting her steadfast commitment to nurturing global artistic connections. In a world where creativity flourishes boundlessly, Christie invites everyone to join her on this exciting journey of exploration and inspiration.
christie@theatreofothers.com
Instagram: @christie_chang
Production Stage Manager/Company Manager
Jade is a South African Theatre Maker, Writer, Stage Manager, and award-winning Violinist, Dancer, and Actor. Having been in the performing arts for most of her life, she came to Melbourne in April of 2023 to further her career and is currently studying a bachelor of performing Arts [Stage Management] at Collarts. Jade has been playing violin since the age of five, playing in the Simfonia Juventi orchestra, and performing in various showcases and events across the country, being mostly known for her unique combination of contemporary violin pieces and dance. She has been trained in dance styles such as Ballet, Spanish, Contemporary, Musical Theatre, and Jazz.
In South Africa, her work as an actor includes: Prins van die Towerfluit, Bloed-Nyl, Krop, and Boksie. As well as competing and winning awards in the South African Championships of Performing Arts in various genres.
Since coming to Australia, she has embraced more work as a Stage Manager and lighting and sound operator. Recent works include Prisoner At The World's End, La Belle Epoque, and DREDGE. She also worked as an Assistant Stage Manager and operator on The Roof Is Caving In, and PIPER.
Jade continues to write poetry and plays in her mother tongue (Afrikaans). Hoping to one day be able to bring more South African theatre to international audiences, exposing the talent buried in the soil of the Southern parts of Africa. Teaching the land's complex history and having a hand in telling the stories that have gone untold for too long. Acknowledging her place in history through art.

Creative Producer
Dolores Avery Pereira is a Creator, Producer, and Artivist of Black and Puerto Rican descent, fondly referring to herself as Afro Boríquenia. She is based out of Harlem NY and is currently working in the Legal Cannabis market diligently working on bridging consumption and theater in an effort to destigmatize and celebrate cannabis and what it means for Black and Brown communities. A graduate of Syracuse University’s School of Visual and Performing Arts, she furthered her training at Maggie Flanigan Studio in NYC. Dolores is passionate about using theater and theatrical experiences as a social justice tool and community builder, specifically focused on communities of the Global Majority. Dolores has worked as a facilitator at A.R.T NY, leading Sexual Harassment Prevention Training for Theater Makers across New York City. She acted as Co-Chair of Culture and Accountability for The Fled Collective. Producer Credits Include Radio Fled Podcast (Host/Creator), Step Kids (a new hip-hop musical) at The Flea Theater, Genetic Memory: A Journey with The Ancestors (Immersive Reading), and 48hrs in El Bronx(Associate Producer).
Eugene Ma is an instigator of interdisciplinary and third-culture live works. With his new company, Deliberate Collision, he investigates Asian-centric third-culture voices and places them into contexts of international discourse via international productions, performance training, and cultivating new work incubation and thought leadership.
Trained as a director at New York University, the works he helmed have been seen all over America, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Hong Kong – from new works to modern classics to physical performances to new musicals and operas. He has also developed numerous new texts for performance, with particularly close collaborative relationships with Lisa Clair, Cherry Lou Sy, and Penny Pun. Wild, his recent work with the Hong Kong City Chamber Orchestra, played at the Rose Theater (UK) and garnered a 5-star review and warm reception from HRH Prince Edward. The New York Times also lauded his work on Clair’s The Making of King Kong, “I found it moving when the production, directed by Eugene Ma, pulled another switch at the end.” Eugene was a resident director at the Flea Theatre, NY.
Also a lauded actor, Eugene performed under MacArthur-Genius Mary Zimmerman, and Christopher Bayes, and as the comic lead in auteur Stan Lai Sheng Chuan’s English Language premiere of Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land 暗戀桃花源. He also appeared in long runs at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Theatre for a New Audience, Yale Repertory Theatre, Seattle Rep, Berkeley Rep, and The Wallis in Los Angeles. A composer since childhood, Eugene was vetted by Yamaha to perform at their quadrennial composers’ showcase in Tsumagoi, Japan at the tender age of ten. He music directed and composed for the Public Theater and Yale School of Drama, with one of his scores garnering a nomination at the Drama Desk Awards alongside Steve Martin!
An acclaimed acting teacher, Eugene completed his apprenticeship at Yale and Juilliard under Prof. Christopher Bayes. He has since held faculty positions and directed at Columbia’s School of the Arts (Assistant Professor, Adjunct) and Yale School of Drama (Visiting Assistant Professor) in their MFA programs, and a handful of undergraduate programs. In Beijing, he coaches celebrities and major screen projects with the Dome Studio; and in Canada, he founded Performance Atelier Toronto, an acting studio and pedagogy research lab from 2022 to 2024
Marketing and Social Media Manager
Jahnavi is excited to work in Marketing for Theatre of Others, bringing eight years of experience in sales and marketing across education, energy sales, and consulting into the arts. Since beginning her actor training in 2023, she has embraced her newfound identity as an actor and thespian by growing her craft and self-awareness in a disciplined and intentional way. This year, she has enjoyed exploring clown, mask, BMTT, BPAT, Fitzmaurice Voice, and many other trainings and workshops, including the Theatre of Others Taksu Theatre Workshop at Geoks Arts Center in Bali.
Jahnavi is passionate about leveraging her transferable business skills to support the arts sector, combining her strategic communication expertise with a focus on storytelling and human connection. A fun fact about Jahnavi: she has worked in Montreal, Chicago, Santiago, Chile, and Melbourne—experiences that have refreshed her mindset and challenged her understanding of cultural norms. She is thrilled for the faces and lessons yet to come as she continues merging her professional expertise with her love for acting and the performing arts.

Fabio Motta is an award-winning performer, theatre maker, director and teaching artist who has performed and devised theatre in Australia, Italy, and the United States.
Working extensively as an actor in Australia and abroad with companies like the Australian Shakespeare Company, Polka theatre, Born in a Taxi, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival and The Russian Arts Theatre (Theatre 86). He also has multiple TV and film credits to his name including Ronny Chang International student, Utopia season 4, Carla Cametti PD, Warnie, Slant and Little Tornados. His critically acclaimed solo-show SPOT had a sold-out season in 2021 at Theatre Works and raving reviews in his return season in 2022. He received a Green Room Award for ‘Best Performer’ for SPOT in 2022. Most recently he directed 'C*NT’ (a Bouffon solo show by Sophie Power) which won ‘best comedy’ at Melbourne Fringe Festival 2024, and ‘Sunday Roast’ by Thomas Sainsbury which also won ‘Best show at Adelaide Fringe’ in 2023.
Fabio is a certified Associate teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework® and the regional coordinator for Australia and New Zealand. He teaches clown, mask work, Fitzmaurice Voicework® and Complicité. He has taught at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, HB studio, the Ume Group (Physical Theatre Ensemble New York), St. Martin’s Youth Theatre, the National Theatre Drama School, Tamasha Theatre company (UK), the Victorian College of the Arts, University of West Virginia, The Actors Studio MFA program, 16th Street Actors Studio, Brave Studio, St. Martins Youth theatre. He is the Founder and Director of The Clowning Workshop in Melbourne, a school dedicated to the art and practice of clowning and related disciplines.
Future D. Fidel is an African Australian playwright, screenplay writer, and novelist originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo. In 1996, Future was forced to flee as an orphan stowaway to Tanzania. He tried desperately to trace his surviving family; he was finally reunited with his sister six years later. Future spent eight years in Nyarugusu, a Tanzanian refugee camp, before being accepted as a refugee in Australia where he now lives. Future’s theatre journey started as an actor in the production of I am here (Brisbane PowerHouse 2012, Queensland Theatre Company 2013); later, he became a playwright in residence at Laboite Theatre. Future’s debut play Prize Fighter was featured in both the Brisbane and Sydney Festivals. Prize Fighter was nominated for Best New Australian Work and Best Production at the 2016 Helpmann Awards.