Donna Abela

Donna Abela (she/her) is a playwright, dramaturge, and educator. She is the author of award-winning play, Jump For Jordan, which now features on the HSC Drama Syllabus. A long time writing teacher and mentor, most recently, Donna taught scriptwriting at Excelsia College, and the Page to Stage course at the National Theatre of Parramatta. She is a founding member, and co-chair, of PYT Fairfield, a founding member of the playwrights’ alliance 7-ON, and in 2016-2017, worked as a Narrative Writer with the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.