Wit Kids Teachers
All staff have working for children checks and are passionate about sharing the arts
Madeleine Magee Carr:
Lead Teacher & Manager
Maddy is an actor and teacher. She grew up singing and dancing her way through life in northern NSW, dreaming of a career in the arts. Trained in musical theatre at Academy of Film, Theatre and TV in Sydney and The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London, Maddy has worked regularly as a dance and drama teacher alongside acting. She adores kids and loves to approach drama from a place of fun and joy, while developing skills along the way.
In her career, Maddy has worked broadly on both stage and screen. She toured London playing Drizella in the schools tour of Cinderella (Panto in a Day, 2018) and played Vanessa in the musical comedy ‘Inconvenient Miracle’ at BEAM 2018 (MMD, MTN) and Signal concert at the Hospital Club, London.
She was awarded best actress at Canberra Short Film Festival (2021) for her performance as Jacquie in ‘This River’ (dir. Naomi Fryer, AFTRS) which can be streamed on ABC iview.
She played Meg in Wit Incorporated’s May 2021 production of ‘Every Second’ (dir. Emma Drysdale) and Hen in ‘Bleached’ by Laura Collins (dir. Ruby Rees, 2023). Most recently, she played the titular role in the critically acclaimed ‘Flit’ (dir. Ruby Rees, 2023) in Melbourne Fringe Festival at Theatreworks.
Mitch Ralston
Mitch (they/them) is a world-class performer hailing from Melbourne, Australia, and has been entertaining professionally since the age of 10. A proud graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts in Music Theatre, Mitch has a deep passion for acting with extensive experience on both stage and screen. Mitch joined the Melbourne Shakespeare Company troupe in 2016 and acted in their critically acclaimed productions of The Tempest, A Comedy of Errors and Twelfth Night. Local music theatre credits include children’s productions of Beauty and the Beast (Williamstown), Cinderella (Make Believe Theatre) and Jungle Bungle (Theatreworks). International credits include leading roles in Jersey Boys and Priscilla; Queen of the Desert (Creative Studios by NCLH). Mitch also created and produced Duets for the Melbourne Cabaret Festival and independently launched their one-person show Feeling Good: The Michael Bublé Tribute Show in 2022. They tour on a regular basis in festivals, theatres, cruise ships and clubs all over the world.
Mitch’s ambition is to tell stories that matter and make a positive impact, with a focus on supporting minority artists in bringing their stories to life.
Sarah Frencham
Sarah is a teacher, performer, writer and director. With experience teaching overseas, Sarah’s passion for theatre extends to teaching and working with children, using drama and theatre to help build confidence, explore creativity and fun, all while building skills along the way.
After completing her Bachelor of Music Theatre at Federation University she has gone on to work broadly in Melbourne’s theatre scene, taking part in Homegrown development workshops, script readings and touring nationally with children’s theatre company Alpha Shows as Ariel in The Little Mermaid (2020).
As well as this, Sarah co-hosted the monthly revue Mixed Bag at Club Voltaire where she featured artists and her own original songs and writing, collaborated on with Sol Summers. Sol and Sarah have also collaborated on multiple cabarets such as Chaos the Cabaret, and a Manic Pixie Dream Cabaret which debuted at the HMST Student Theatre Fest (2019). Sarah’s directing credits include Dan Hillman’s The Dam (First Drafts Festival, 2019), Ryan O’Connor’s The Silent War (Theatia Podsie, 2021) and [Title of Show] with Be You Productions (opening September 2021).
Rebekah Carton
Rebekah is a performer and theatre maker based in Melbourne/Naarm. A graduate of the National Theatre Drama School, she was recipient of the 2019 Florence Young Scholarship donated by the Tallis foundation. She most recently co-wrote and performed the critically acclaimed ‘Cygnets’, an original work performed at Theatreworks in 2023 and is a co-founder of ‘Hot Lunch’, an up and coming ensemble dedicated to creating provocative and playful theatre.
Her theatre credits include: Alice This Is Living (Gavin Roach 2023), Barbara The Perfectionist (Cast Productions 2023) Miss Forsythe Death of a Salesman (Hearth Theatre 2022) Her directing credits include: For Our Next Trick (MFF 2020) Wednesday Morning 3am (Ass. Dir Melbourne Fringe 2018), Ordinary Australians (Ass. Dir. BYTE 2019)
As well as performing, Rebekah’s work has included running PD with music and drama teachers throughout regional Victoria and New South Wales, as well as mentoring Primary and Secondary aged students in the Performing Arts with a focus on vocal health.
Jennifer Tran
(Masterclass: Prop/Set Making, Craft-ernoon)
Jennifer is a designer and community arts worker born on the lands of the Boon Wurrung and Woi Wurrung peoples of the Eastern Kulin Nation ie Footscray. She graduated in Arts and Community Engagement from the VCA, Interior Design from RMIT and Industrial Design (Honours) from Swinburne University.
Since 2010, she has been working in the performing arts sector collaborating with various artists and diverse community groups. She has created children’s workshops at Footscray Community Arts Centre, ArtPlay and various councils. She has worked with disability theatre company Weave Movement Theatre and Description Vitoria for people who are Blind or have low vision. She has also delivered set designs at Arts Centre Melbourne, Arts House, La Mama Theatre, Theatre Work, fortyfivedownstairs and Brunswick Mechanics Institute. Internationally, she has produced a large scale outdoor set design with an Indonesian ensemble of dancers and musicians (2016); a site-specific installation with professional designers at the World Stage Design festival in Taipei, Taiwan (2017); and an eco-performance installation with international designers at the renowned Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space (PQ) event in Prague, Czech Republic (2019). Currently she is developing a set design with children’s theatre Polyglot for their Pram People project.
Sol Summers
(Masterclass: Songwriting/Pianist)
Sol Summers is a Melbourne-based Music Director, teacher, and performer.
Since graduating from Federation University with a Bachelor of Music Theatre, Sol has been a Music Director for [Title of Show] with Be You Productions, and was assistant Music Director for Exquisite Corpse with Federation University.
Sol has a passion for making music and performing accessible and exciting for everyone, and he is very excited to be working with Wit Kids.
