Sonya is a multidisciplinary performer, director and arts leader: for 20+ years she's run grass-roots projects, led independent orgs and worked within major companies, most recently as a returning director for Hayes Theatre Co and an Artistic Associate of MTC. Her credits run the gamut from Pinter to Puccini with a healthy dose of film, TV and music theatre in the mix.

Sonya is the founder of award-winning Sondheim repertory company, Watch This, and shares GRA nominations with Dean Drieberg for Best Direction of Sunday in the Park with George, and with Melanie Hillman for Production of the Year, Into the Woods. She has also received nominations for her work in MTC's Melbourne Talam, in Polyglot Theatre & Papermoon Puppet Theatre's Cerita Anak, and multiple festival nominations for her fantasy adventure pilot, The Quest, which earned her a Best Supporting Actress award at Melbourne WebFest and Best Children’s Film award at Wild Indie SciFi & Fantasy Film Festival (London).

In 2023, Sonya received the ASAC Stellar Women Award for Arts & Culture and was an APOC Community Champion Finalist. Her and Vidya Makan's bold new musical The Lucky Country debuted the same year at Hayes Theatre Co and this year, tours to Melbourne and Brisbane.

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