KATRINA FOSTER
Graduate from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1978.
THEATRE
THE STRANGE CASE OF PAPRIKA STEAD Role: Justice Joanne Milne. Beyond Empathy workshop
MUMS THE WORD II – TEENAGERS Role: Robin. Dir: Kaarin Fairfax / New Theatricals.
THE UNITED STATES OF NOTHING Role: Jackie. Dir. Stephen Sewell / Griffin Theatre.
THROUGH THE WIRE Role: Doreen. Dir: Ros Horin / Performing Lines.
MUM’S THE WORD Role: Deborah. Dir. Kaarin Fairfax / New Theatricals.
THE QUARTET FROM RIGOLETTO Dir. George Ogilvie / Ensemble Productions.
HOTSPUR Role: Julie. Dir. Simon Phillips / Sydney Theatre Company.
CARAVAN Role: Monica. A Peter & Ellen Williams Production.
HOTEL SORRENTO Role: Meg. Dir. Aubrey Mellor & David Berthold / QTC
TWELFTH NIGHT Role: Olivia. Dir. Rodney Fisher / QTC
CARNIVAL IN KINGAROY Role: Charlotte Flip. Dir. Aubrey Mellor / QTC
THE HEIDI CHRONICLES Role: Jill/Lisa/Clara. Dir. David Berthold / QTC
STEAMING Role: Jane. Gary Penny Productions. Dir. Rodney Fisher.
THE AUNT'S STORY Role: Theodora Goodman. Dir: Adam Cook / NIDA Company.
MACBETH/DREAMS IN AN EMPTY CITY Role: Lady Macduff / Karen. Melbourne Theatre Company.
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE Role: Stella Dir: Robin Le Fevre. John Nicholls/ Adrian Bohm Prod./ Syd & Tour.
AS MUCH TROUBLE AS TALKING Dir: Helen Grace. Belvoir Street Theatre.
HARP IN THE SOUTH Role: Various. Dir: Amanda Morris / Sydney Theatre Company.
SIESTAS IN A PINK HOTELRole: Meg. Dir: Robyn Nevin. Sydney Theatre Company.
A LIE OF THE MIND Role: Sally. Dir: Jim Sharman / Belvoir Street Theatre.
VOYZECK Dir: Phillip Keir. Sydney Uni Theatre Studies Unit
TORQUATO TASSO Dir: Phillip Keir / Sydney Theatre Company.
SHORTS AT THE WHARF Sydney Theatre Company.
PERFECT MISMATCH Role: Zoe. Dir. Robyn Nevin.
LATE ARRIVALS Role: Fiona. Dir. Wayne Harrison.
THE BOURGEOIS WEDDING Role: Sister. Dir. Phillip Keir.
PLAYING WITH FIRE Role: The DaughterinLaw. Dir. Michael Jenkins.
THE DOCTOR IN SPITE OF HIMSELF Role: Lucinda. Dir. Rex Cramphorn.
THE MARGARINE CONSPIRACY Role: Helen. Dir. Carol Woodrow.
SWALLOWING IS A VERY PRIVATE THING Role: Narrator.m Dir. Anne Harvey.
THE BLIND GIANT IS DANCING Role Janice Lang. Dir: Philip Keir / Sydney Theatre Company.
TRAVELLING NORTH Dir: Judi Farr / Marian Street Theatre
SUMMERTIME BLUES Dir: Peter Kingston / Stables Theatre
THE REMOVALISTS Role: Kate. Dir. Brent McGregor / Hunter Valley Theatre Company
THREE SISTERS Role: Masha. Dir. Bruce Myles / Melbourne Theatre Company.
1982 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL PLAYWRIGHTS’ CONFERENCE
WELCOME THE BRIGHT WORLD Dir. Neil Armfield / Nimrod Theatre.
YOU NEVER CAN TELL Dir. Terry Clarke. Marian Street Theatre.
OUTSIDE EDGE Dir. Richard Michalak / Marian Street Theatre. .
INSIDE THE ISLAND Dir. Neil Armfield / Nimrod Theatre.
LOVE AND THE SINGLE TEENAGER Stables Theatre.
DISCOVERING AUSTRALIA Dir. Peter Kingston / Griffin Theatre Co.
MRS QUEEN Role: Emma. State Theatre Company of South Australia.
THE SHAUGHRAUN Role: Arte O'Neill. State Theatre Company of South Australia.
HAMLET Role: Handmaiden/Player. State Theatre Company of South Australia.
TELEVISION
RAKE 4 Role: Mary. ABC / Rake 4 Pty Ltd
ALL SAINTS Role: Denise Beck. Dir. Ian Watson / Seven Network.
ALL SAINTS Role: Leila White. Seven Network.
SEACHANGE Role: Hilary Tonks. Dir. Ben Lewin / Artist Services.
THE SUGAR FACTORY Role: Mrs Berne. Dir. Robert Carter / Imagine Films Entertainment.
A DIFFICULT WOMAN Role: Rita Ferrars / West Street Productions P/L.
BIG SKY Role: Guest. West Street Productions P/L.
WATER RATS Role: Rose Thomas. Quicksilver Productions
HEARTBREAK HIGH Role: Jill Byrd. Gannon Television.
GP Role: Belinda. Roadshow Coote & Carroll. Dir. Peter Andrikidis.
MOTHER AND SON Role: Solicitor. ABC TV.
NEWLYWEDS Role: Margot. Crawford Media International Pty Ltd.
THE GIRL FROM TOMORROW PART TWO: TOMORROW’S END Role: Mrs Holloway. Film Australia.
LIPSTICK DREAMS Role: Jo. Beyond International Group. (Pilot)
G.P. Role: Madeleine. Roadshow Coote & Carroll.
RAFFERTY'S RULES Role: Margot Hewison. Amalgamated Television Services.
COOPERS CROSSING Crawford Productions.
PRIME TIME Crawford Productions.
RESTORATION PIECE ABC TV.
LEARNED FRIENDS ABC TV.
TAKING AWAY Australian Film & Television School.
THE MESSENGER Australian Film & Television School.
COP SHOP Crawford Productions.
THE DISMISSAL Kennedy Miller Entertainment.
THE GIRL WHO MET SIMONE Australian Film & Television School. Dir.
DE BEAUVOIR IN PARIS Richard Wherrett.
GARY'S STORY AFTRS l / Dir:Richard Michalak.
THE RESTLESS YEARS Reg Grundy Productions.
FILM
THE SUGAR FACTORY Role: Mrs Berne. Dir. Robert Carter / Imagine Films.
LILIAN'S STORY Role: Agnes Armstrong. Dir: Jerzy Domaradzki / CML Productions.
THE BIT PART Role: Helen Thornton. Dir. Brendan Maher / Comedia Ltd.
TAKING AWAY Australian Film & Television School.
BRONCO Women's Film Unit. Dir. Deborah Kingsland.
CITY'S EDGE Role: Co lead. C.B. Films.
RADIO
Various ABC Radio Plays.
WRITING
Regular writer for NEIGHBOURS and HOME AND AWAY (2009-2011)
HOME AND AWAY script editor (2002)
NEIGHBOURS script editor (2001)
NEIGHBOURS storyliner (2000)
Completed NIDA Playwrights’ Studio (1999)
Script Assessor for the Australian National Playwrights' Centre (1993-97)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Writing for Performance - UTS
NIDA Open Program Teacher
Performance Studies - University of Sydney
Actors Centre
Private Tutoring
Newtown Performing Arts High School
OTHER
2006 Company B Belvoir – Literary Manager
2006 AWGIE Award Nomination - God's Will Be Done, Neighbours.
1989 Received Australia Council grant to travel to the USSR