Liza-Mare Syron is an Australian Indigenous theatre maker, academic, and arts leader specialising in Indigenous performing arts and theatre studies. She has family connections to the Biripi (Birrbay) people from the Mid North Coast of New South Wales. Syron is both a creative practitioner—such as a director, dramaturge, and producer—and a university researcher and lecturer. She has authored numerous works on Indigenous performance and theatre. Her book, Rehearsal Practices of Indigenous Women Theatre Makers: Australia, Aotearoa, and Turtle Island (2021), explores the creative processes of Indigenous women playwrights.

She is currently an Indigenous Scientia Associate Professor in the School of Arts and Media at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), and also serves as Co-Associate Dean (Indigenous) in the Faculty of Arts, Design & Architecture. Her research focuses on Indigenous theatre practices, First Peoples storytelling, and performing arts training. She lectures on First Peoples theatre practices at UNSW and at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA).

Syron is a founding member of Moogahlin Performing Arts, an Aboriginal-led theatre company in Sydney. She has worked as a director, dramaturge, and producer on theatre productions such as The Fox and the Freedom Fighters (2015), Broken Glass (2018), The Weekend (2019), Rainbows End (2019), Gods Country (2021), and The Visitors (2020 and 2023). She was also the producer of Koori Gras, a performance program celebrating First Nations queer artists.