Anna Molnar
Anna Molnar was born on the Lands of the Turrbal and Jagera people, and now lives and works on the Country of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung, Boonwurrung and Bunurong people of the Kulin Nations. Anna has worked at Arts Centre Melbourne as Associate Producer, Access & Inclusion since 2022, supporting the delivery of performing arts programming that engages with Deaf and Disabled artists and audiences.
Anna’s grounding in disability arts practice draws from personal lived experience and professional expertise. She facilitated accessible workshops for disabled young people and delivered inclusive original theatre productions as Co-Director and Workshop Co-Facilitator of The Light Ensemble for Backbone Youth Arts. Anna has appeared as a panel speaker at Meeting Place (Arts Access Australia) and has participated as an artist in residencies with Arts Access Victoria and DADAA.
Anna’s production credits includes roles such as: Director of the play readings Rare and Chimera (HATCH Performing Arts Incubator, Frankston Arts Centre); Director of CROSSROADS (La Mama Explorations); Assistant Director of Caucasian Chalk Circle (dir. Michael Kantor, VCA Theatre Practice and Production); Producer of EVE by Margi Brown Ash (Metro Arts and the nest ensemble); and Dramaturg on works in development by Belinda Locke (Adelaide Fringe and Crack Theatre Festival).
Anna has studied at the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) in the Masters of Directing for Performance, and holds a Bachelor of Creative Industries (Drama) from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT). Other training includes a directorial attachment at Melbourne Theatre Company, dramaturgy secondments at Queensland Theatre, group facilitation training with Contact Inc. and internships with Playwriting Australia and Brisbane Festival.
Having also participated in a directing internship with Rawcus in 2017 during the creative development of Song for a Weary Throat, Anna is thrilled to have joined the Rawcus board in July 2024.