Maryanne Sam - a founding member of Ilbijerri Theatre COmpany - has worked in numerous capacities, including Administrator, Production Manager, Director, Project Coordinator and Executive Board Member. Her acting credits include Miracles (Playbox); Magpie, Up The Ladder, Hanoi/Melbourne and Last Drinks (Melbourne Workers Theatre); Blood Sister (The Tide); and Opa—A Sexual Odyssey (OPA Productions). Her writing includes Oh My God I’m Black, devised with Irine Vela and Patricia Cornelius (MWT), and a national Handbook on the issues of Family Violence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities. Sam continues her work in the Arts and as a playwright.
