Thea Jade is an award winning writer and arts administrator hailing from Ngunnawal Land, Canberra.
She holds a Master of Fine Arts (Dramatic Writing) from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), where she was the recipient of the Prime Video Scholarship. Diagnosed with Autism at age nine, her work is shaped by her perspective as a disabled and neurodivergent young woman.
Through her training at NIDA and the Australian Writers’ Guild’s First Break NSW program, she has developed extensive skills as both a note-taker and script coordinator.
Alongside her writing, Thea has worked passionately in youth arts as a core team member of Canberra Youth Theatre, as well as advocacy and engagement roles in The Youth Coalition of the ACT and NSW Youth Action.
After relocating to Sydney in 2023 she worked in the marketing, publicity and client management teams at Michael Cassel Group, contributing to the national and international tours of major commercial productions including Hamilton, The Picture of Dorian Gray and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
