Wendy Lasica

After decades of producing across the performing arts, Wendy retrained as an urban planner and in 2014 established a niche practice working at the intersection of cities and culture with a client list including ISPT, Burbank Properties, and Creative Clunes. She is an award-winning theatre producer with a 20-year history of producing and touring new work with internationally renowned theatre maker Brian Lipson. She also produced the colossal Demolish as part of the Regional Centre for Culture 2018 in Bendigo, and Two Jews walk into a theatre with Lipson and Gideon Obarzanek, which went on tour to the Sydney Opera House. Wendy has been a director and board member of Next Wave, chaired funding panels for Creative Victoria, managed a playwrights’ award for State Library Victoria, been general manager for Stonnington Symphony, and was commissioned by the Australia Council to research a how-to book for emerging artists. Wendy worked extensively in New York, including founding The Field, an organisation that supports the development of emerging artists. Wendy has contributed to forum discussions for the Wheeler Centre, MPavilion, Planning Institute of Australia, Open House and Arts House on aspects of the city and culture.