Meet the Team

  • Mia Boonen

    CEO

    Mia Boonen is an educator, theatre maker, writer and performer with a degree in theatre from the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA). She began as a student at Dramawerkz in 2007 and under the guidance of Dramawerkz’s founder, Lisa Collins, she trained in Drama and Speech with Trinity College, London before taking over the organisation in 2019. As a director, their credits include numerous regional tours of works, programming in Melbourne Fringe and Stratford Shakespeare Festival, and over a dozen works created by and for young people. As a performer, Mia’s recent credits include Peacemongers by The People (Darebin Arts Speakeasy), B**CH by Water Closet Co (VCA) and performance roles in domestic violence training videos for youth workers and educators. Mia’s work has also taken them into the mental health sector, working with young people across the state to consult on reform initiatives led by the 2021 Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System, as well as in acute settings, and completing a Graduate Diploma of Counselling (Monash University) in 2025. In 2023, Mia was named Young Citizen of the Year for Hobson’s Bay.

  • Christopher Rothwell

    DIRECTOR OF MUSIC

    Christopher Rothwell is a Dramawerkz alumnus with a Grade 8 certificate in Acting with Trinity College, London. He has a double degree in Music and Education at Monash University and outside of Dramawerkz, works as a schoolteacher. With over a decade of performance experience, including regional tours and sold-out concerts, Chris combines his immense musical ability as a singer and pianist with his experience as an actor and love of British panel shows to provide well-rounded and exciting lesson plans for our students.

  • Photograph of Scarlett performing as Ivy Webber in 2025 Dramawerkz Production of Ivy and Sylvia (Pictured October 2025)

    Scarlett Rose

    DIRECTOR OF DESIGN

    Scarlett Rose is a Dramawerkz alumnus who has gone on open her own company, RAWs CREATIVE, selling social media management and services to businesses amongst Melbourne’s Western Suburbs. Scarlett has been apart of the Dramawerkz Theatre Inc since 2017 and the Director of Design since 2021. In her acting career, Scarlett originated the character of Ivy Weber in Ivy and Sylvia. Ivy and Sylvia was in the top 10 audience pleasing shows for Melbourne’s Fringe Festival 2025 and performed alongside Dramawerkz CEO, Mia Boonen, who originated Sylvia in the same play.