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Meet the Education & Families Team

Meet the team behind our award-winning education program, connecting young people and teachers to Melbourne’s home of theatre through access, insight and creativity.

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Jeremy Rice

Director of Education & Families

Jeremy joined Melbourne Theatre Company in 2016. He was previously the artistic director of Barking Gecko Theatre Company in Perth, Corrugated Iron Youth Arts in Darwin, and Shopfront Arts Co-Op in Sydney, and has worked in television as a director and drama coach. He has a Master of Creative Arts from the Western Australian Academy of the Performing Arts on the topic Taboo Theatre for Teenagers.

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Nick Tranter

Learning Manager

Nick manages direct engagement programs for young people at Melbourne Theatre Company and works collaboratively with theatre-makers, students and educators to create a suite of digital resources and live experiences that enrich the theatre experience.

Nick holds a Master of Teaching from the University of Melbourne. He won the Master of Teaching Research Prize and the Hugh Childers Memorial Prize from the Melbourne Graduate School of Education in 2017. In his previous role as a secondary school teacher, Nick taught drama across years 7-12 and established funded partnerships with local independent theatre companies.

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Emily Doyle

Education Content Producer

Emily has over a decade of experience teaching Media and Drama in Victorian secondary schools. She is an active member of the Australian Teachers of Media (ATOMVic) professional teaching association, being on the Education Committee and is currently the Deputy Chair of the Board.

Emily designs, develops and delivers digital performing arts experiences and education resources that enhance the experience and appreciation of live performance at Melbourne Theatre Company. She collaborates with the Education team to create a range of digital resources that provide insight into professional theatre practice and inspire creative thinking for theatre-lovers of all ages.

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Emma Holgate

Deadly Creatives Project Officer

Emma Holgate (she/her) is a proud Mandaburra woman, born and raised on Ngarigo Country, NSW. Prior to working in the arts, Emma worked as a Student Learning Support Officer and completed a Certificate IV in Education Support. Since moving to Naarm in 2021, Emma completed a Production Traineeship with a Certificate III in Live Production and Technical Services at Arts Centre Melbourne, specialising in Sound & Vision. She subsequently won Trainee of the Year at the 2024 Victorian Training Awards, and Australian Trainee of the Year Runner Up at the 2024 Australian Training Awards, and she has gone on to become an influential ambassador for on-the-job learning within live performance. 
 
Emma is passionate about advocating for ways to inspire and empower First Nations companies and creatives as she pushes for a more culturally and gender diverse arts industry. Working in a wide range of Production and Design roles, Emma has worked as a Production Coordinator for BlakDance on Bunyi Bunyi Bumi for AsiaTOPA (2025). In 2024, she was also Lightning Designer for Scar Trees (ILBIJERRI Theatre Company), and a Design Associate on Blak In The Room, and curator of the accompanying exhibition Blak in the Lounge (ILBIJERRI Theatre Company and Melbourne Theatre Company).

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Izabella Yena

Schools Engagement Project Officer

Izabella is a two-time Green Room award nominee for her lead roles in Melbourne Theatre Company’s production of Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes and the one woman show kerosene, (TheatreWorks and fortyfive downstairs) which also won the 2021 Green Room Award for Best Direction and Best Independent Production. 

Recent works include Ballkids (La Mama), Timon of Athens (Bell Shakespeare, Play in A Day), Bernhard/Hamlet and Home, I’m Darling (Melbourne Theatre Company). Izabella made her feature film debut in Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears (2020), playing the role of Shirin Abbas.

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Teresa Moore

Education Access Project Officer

Teresa Moore is a proud Noongar and Yamitji woman who graduated from Western Australia Academy Performing Art’s Bachelor of Arts (Acting) in 2018, during which she has had the pleasure of performing roles such as Tituba in The Crucible, ‘Eunice’ in A Streetcar Named Desire and Condoleezza Rice in Stuff Happens. Theatre and Stage credits include Emu in the Sun (Blak in the Room: ILBIJERRI x Melbourne Theatre Company); Sista Girl and Panawathi Girl (Yirra Yaakin Theatre); Wundig Wer Wilura (Western Australian Opera) and Bran Nue Dae (Opera Australia). Television credits include Mystery Road (season 1), Black Comedy (season 5), Doctor Doctor (season 5) and Play School. Teresa was previously an Associate Artist at Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company, for which she had the pleasure to be the creative producer and writer of the Ngalaka Daa Ensemble 2023 program. Teresa also produced the WOOLAH! exhibition for Yirra Yaakin’s 30th anniversary and was a part of Yirra Yaakin Writing Festival as a narrator. 

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