Joanna Erskine is a playwright, producer, teacher, arts education specialist and Head of Education at Bell Shakespeare. A graduate of NIDA, Joanna is a two-time winner of the Silver Gull Play Award, and the founder and director of Storytellers Festival, a showcase and celebration of unproduced Australian writing at Kings Cross Theatre (KXT). She is passionate about writing for, and working with, young audiences and has written for Bell Shakespeare, Camp Quality, Poetry In Action and the Australian Theatre For Young People (ATYP).