BIOGRAPHY AND SHOW CREDITS

From age six Rebecca studied speech and drama privately and, later, also within the secondary school system in Biloela in Central Queensland. She completed a BA Degree (Acting) with QUT in 1997.

Some acting roles include parts in the NIDA Director’s Showcase, The Mask of Night with The Company of Players, As You Like It, at PACT, The Decameron at The Old Fitzroy and King Lear with Shakespeare Globe Company Australia. Short film work includes The Storyteller with Louis Nowra, Pleased to Meet You, and Father's Day for Metro film. Rebecca’s TV appearances include Water Rats and Home & Away, along with numerous TVCs.

She has written poetry, short stories and for theatre. Her short story, The New Arrival, was published in There’s So Much More to Life Than Sex & Money (Penguin). In 2003 she was involved as a writer for Belvoir B Sharp’s 24-Hour Theatre.

Rebecca performed her one-woman show, Unspoken, at the Old Fitzroy Theatre in Woolloomooloo in 2005. The script and Rebecca’s performance were awarded at the 2005 Sydney Theatre Awards. She toured Australia with the show in 2006. She also performed a smaller 2007 tour and recorded the show for ABC Radio National’s Airplay that same year.

In 2007 she began a Masters in Research (Playwriting) with QUT online. She was also a part of Hothouse Theatre’s Month in the Country, the AWG Mindframe Stage and Screen workshop and a MEAA John Bell Masterclass.

Further to acting and playwriting, Rebecca has supplemented her career with work as a independent audience researcher for TV Networks and producers such as ABC, Ten and Southern Star, an administrator for Playworks, acting Production Development and Marketing Manager for the Seymour Centre and, more recently, an event manager for the Australian Director’s Guild. She also works as a freelance arts journalist for Arts hub and Screen Hub.

2005 Show Credits
Writer/Performer - Rebecca Clarke, Director - Wayne Blair, Dramaturgy - Peter Matheson and Mary Anne Gifford/Playworks, Producer - Katie Millington, Production Designer - Genevieve Dugard, Lighting Designer - Stephen Hawker, Sound Designer - Basil Hogios, Stage/Production Manager - Eliza Maunsell, Assistant Director - Sama Ky Balson, Publicity - Kar Chalmers, Poster Image - Mark Rodgers, Performance photography - Mark Gafen, Performance recording and editing - James Ford, Website design - Mark Nelson

2006/07 Show Credits
Writer/Performer - Rebecca Clarke, Original Director - Wayne Blair, Tour Director 06 – Teresa Bell, Tour Director 07 – John O’Hare, Producer – Nina Bonacci, Performing Lines, Production Manager – Tristan Taylor, Performing Lines, Stage Manager – Anna Reece, Production Designer - Genevieve Dugard, Lighting Designer - Stephen Hawker, Sound Designer - Basil Hogios, Performance photography - Shane Reid, Performance recording and editing - James Ford, Website design - Mark Nelson