Caitlin Baker (she/her)

Caitlin Baker is a director, dramaturg, and actor living and working on Ngunnawal/Ngambri land. With a focus on feminist narratives, and reinvented classics, Caitlin’s work seeks to interrogate the position of young women and young people at the intersections of politics, sex, and adaptation in contemporary Australia.

Her recent directorial credits include Karen Vickery’s new translation of Anton Chekhov’s Seagull (2024), the award winning world premiere of Joanna Richard’s philosophical thriller You Can’t Tell Anyone (2023), and the Australian workshop premiere of Sophie McIntosh’s biting black comedy macbitches (2023), as well as Shakespeare’s The Tempest (2021). As an assistant director, Caitlin has worked on the award-winning productions of Donald Margulies’ Collected Stories (2022) and Kate Walder’s Soul Trading (2022), as well as Cathy Petocz’ The Initiation (2022).

As a dramaturg, Caitlin most recently worked on You Can’t Tell Anyone’s development, as well as Julian Lanarch’s AWGIE nominated How to Vote. She has recently completed her 2023 English Honours Thesis on Sarah Kane under Dr Rebecca Clode. She was a 2022 Canberra Youth Theatre Resident Artist, and her performance history encompasses companies such as Canberra Youth Theatre, Canberra Rep, ACT Hub, and later this year, Echo Theatre.

Productions

• Julius Ceasar (July 2025)