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SDT Team 2009
Committee of Management
| Chairperson | Dr. Lloyd O’Brien AO |
| Vice-Chair | Maud Clark AM |
| Treasurer | Margaret Tormai |
| Secretary | Margi Lardi |
| Public Officer | Phoebe Shalash |
| Ordinary Members | Kharen Harper, Carey Lai |
| Community Member | Zoe Hewison |
| Public Fund | Peter Clareborough |
Reference Group Members
| Elizabeth Cham | Senior Fellow in Philanthropy University of Melbourne |
| Vernon Knight | AM Executive Director Mallee Family Care Incorporated |
| Ian Roberts | Harold Mitchell Foundation |
| Brendan Money | Director, Prison Services Corrections Victoria |
| Norman Huon | Chair SDT Finance/Business |
| Margaret Hunter | Manager, Youth and Family Services - Gateway Hume Community Health |
| Patron Julie Kantor |
Artistic Director Maud Clark AM |
Director Kharen Harper | Visual Artists Joseph De Lutiis Kate Osborne |
Music Director Greg Sneddon Set Design & Lighting John Beckett |
Emerging Artist/Mentor Felicia Mitchell |
| Artists Karen Taylor Catherine Frith Lydia Shalash Carolyn Diaz |
Reporting/Research/Evaluation Jan Osmotherly Giving Manager Margi Lardi Debriefing Samantha Darnell |
Sessional Artists Andrew McSweeney Kaaren Vale Karen Roben Matt Campigli |
Somebodys Daughter Theatre Background
Background : Somebody’s Daughter Theatre is a unique company working in art, music and drama with women in prison and post release, and fostering artistic endeavours with disempowered youth at risk in rural areas. A major focus of the company’s current work is the intergenerational cycles of poverty, abuse and disadvantage which lead to addictions, self-destructive behaviour, criminal behaviour and thus institutionalisation.
Under
the leadership of Artistic Director Maud Clark, women ex-prisoners with a history
of addictions are working work with at risk youth, who are in the early stages
of the anti-social behaviour, substance abuse, poverty cycle. These young people
are 16 years and under but not at school and many are, or have been homeless.
The reasons for their precarious situations are predominantly related to histories
of abuse and family trauma. The core of the program, now named HighWater, consists
of workshops in drama, music and art and is supported by a full-time teacher from
the Victorian Department of Education and Training, who works one to one with
participants on literacy and numeracy and in negotiating pathways back into education
or training. A young person’s advocate, employed and supervised by Upper
Hume Community Health Service attends to the health and welfare needs of each
young person.
The public creative outcome of this extraordinary program is high quality theatre, art and music which give voice to their stories. A unique feature of the Company is its skill in facilitating transformational discussions and workshops based on the many social issues raised in the performances.The public creative outcome of this extraordinary program is high quality theatre, art and music which give voice to their stories. A unique feature of the Company is its skill in facilitating transformational discussions and workshops based on the many social issues raised in the performances.
Over the past 10 years, the Company has performed and run workshops/discussions at
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Secondary schools, Community Education Providers, TAFE and Universities
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State, National and International conferences on issues such as Early Intervention; Crime Prevention; Education; Drug & Alcohol Abuse; Suicide Prevention; Social Justice; Women’s Health
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Community and Government Organisations including Community Health Services; Youth Service Providers; Centrelink; Department of Human Services; Department of Education & Training; Department of Justice; Centre Against Sexual Assault; Domestic Violence Networks; Rehabilitation Centres.