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It was only three years ago that Courtney Stewart brought to life Michelle Law s hit domestic comedy,
Single Asian Female, at the Belvoir Theatre.
But as the new Richard Wherrett Fellow, awarded by the Sydney Theatre Company to new or emerging directors, Stewart doesn t mind if her future is off the stage rather than on it. I love developing new work so much more than acting because you are involved in the conversation so much earlier, Stewart said. There is something amazing about working with a writer who is living, who is muscling together this thing that they want to say and you get to be a part of that. It s such a massive privilege because it s a really vulnerable position for them to be in to then invite someone else in, who they may or may not know, to contribute and make that piece stronger.