Jacqueline is a Gadigal-based interdisciplinary artist and advocate, as well as the full-time Administrator and Accessibility Manager for Darlinghurst Theatre Company (DTC). As a filmmaker, her short films have screened internationally. Her short film “RED FUR” won Bronze at the Horror Movie Awards in LA for Best Short Film. In her work for DTC she has helped ensure that disabled audiences and artists have genuine access and inclusion in the theatre. This has included working on the DTC Access, Equity and Inclusion policy, lobbying the City of Sydney to improve access infrastructure in and around the venue, and creating safe inclusive spaces for employees and the community to engage with Darlo meaningfully. In May 2022, Jacqueline produced the Sydney premiere of “Benched”, an intimate performance that ruminates on athleticism within a disabled body, written and starring award-winning playwright and actor Jamilla Main.
In 2021 Jacqueline was shortlisted for the Arts Access Australia National Leadership Award. In 2022 she graduated from the University of Sydney with a Graduate Certificate in Creative Writing.
Being chosen to participate in this program is an honour and an exciting chance to lean into my leadership potential.