Egan Sun-Bin
Egan is a storyteller based in Meanjin (Brisbane). He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts majoring in Acting from the Queensland University of Technology.
Earlier forms of artistic training stem from his time being a part of Queensland Theatre’s Youth Ensemble from 2015-2017. His theatre credits include working with Queensland based companies including Queensland Theatre, Debase, Shock Therapy Productions, Shake and Stir and La Boite.
As a playwright, Egan has worked on initiatives with Australian Theatre of Young People participating in the Roomworks collaboration in 2020 and their Fresh Ink Mentoring Program in 2022. In 2021, he was awarded best new script for More of Us at Short + Sweet QLD Gala Finals and has received funding from the AQ’s Individual Fund to work on his play Blue Iris.
In May 2023, Egan was announced as a recipient of APT’s Untold Stories Lab writers retreat program which provides ongoing support for young writers to develop new work. Egan will be working on his play Kung Pow Cambodia (Working Title) inspired by his family’s and others accounts of Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge Regime.