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Rhys Velasquez

Rhys Velasquez

Casting Director, Staff

Rhys Velasquez (they/she) is a casting director and consultant, having started in the industry as a performer and choreographer after graduating from the Arts Academy, Ballarat in 2013. 

Malthouse Theatre: Casting Director (2025 - Current); Casting Manager (2024 - 2025). 

Other Theatre: Casting Director highlights include In the Heights, Little Women, City of Angels and Bonnie & Clyde (Joshua Robson Productions); Flat Earthers: The Musical (Griffin Theatre Company/Hayes Theatre Co.); Choir Boy (NTofP) and Casting Associate for Melbourne Theatre Company (2022 - 2024). 

Film: Casting Director for Black Trans Miracle and Coming & Going. 

Rhys is a two-time Casting Guild of Australia Award Winner. 

Instagram: @rhyonce___ /@evolutioncastingau

Headshot by Liv Morrison Photography

 

Shows worked on

Truth

Truth

Casting Director 2025

Current as of March 2025. 

Rhys Velasquez has worked with...

Erica Browne

Erica Browne

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen and 1 other

Patrick Jones

Worked with on The Birds and 1 other

Rosemary Osmond

Rosemary Osmond

Worked with on The Birds and 1 other

Peter Adams

Peter Adams

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Tane Williams Accra

Tane Williams Accra

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2024)

Paula Arundell

Paula Arundell

Worked with on The Birds

Immanuel Bartz

Immanuel Bartz

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Rike Berg

Rike Berg

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Meri Blazevski

Meri Blazevski

Worked with on Truth

Annie Bourke

Annie Bourke

Worked with on Truth

Michelle Brasier

Michelle Brasier

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Lyall Brooks

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2024)

David Campbell

David Campbell

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Kat Chan

Kat Chan

Worked with on The Birds

Anna Clock

Anna Clock

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Patricia Cornelius

Patricia Cornelius

Worked with on Truth

Gideon Cozens

Gideon Cozens

Worked with on The Birds

Susie Dee

Susie Dee

Worked with on Truth

Omar Elerian

Omar Elerian

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Bernadette Fam

Bernadette Fam

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2024)

Louise Fox

Louise Fox

Worked with on The Birds

Jan Fran

Jan Fran

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

J. David Franzke

J. David Franzke

Worked with on The Birds

Justin Gardam

Justin Gardam

Worked with on Truth

Nadine Garner

Nadine Garner

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Lyndall Grant

Lyndall Grant

Worked with on Truth

Stan Grant

Stan Grant

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Emily Havea

Emily Havea

Worked with on Truth

Spencer Herd

Spencer Herd

Worked with on Truth

Harrie Hogan

Harrie Hogan

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2024)

Jonathan Homsey

Jonathan Homsey

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2024)

Kirsty Housley

Kirsty Housley

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Claudia Howarth

Claudia Howarth

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2024)

Ethan Hudson

Ethan Hudson

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Paul Jackson

Paul Jackson

Worked with on Truth

Tomáš Kantor

Tomáš Kantor

Worked with on Truth

Alpha Kargbo

Alpha Kargbo

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2024)

Jess Keepence

Jess Keepence

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Kudakwashe

Kudakwashe

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2024)

Ben Lawson

Ben Lawson

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Axel Lischke

Axel Lischke

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Joe Paradise Lui

Joe Paradise Lui

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2024)

Daphne du Maurier

Daphne du Maurier

Worked with on The Birds

Pia Miranda

Pia Miranda

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Marni Mount

Marni Mount

Worked with on The Birds

Effie Nkrumah

Effie Nkrumah

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2024)

Matthew Lutton OAM

Matthew Lutton OAM

Worked with on The Birds

James O'Connell

James O'Connell

Worked with on Truth

Niklas Pajanti

Niklas Pajanti

Worked with on The Birds

Katja Rivas Pinzon

Katja Rivas Pinzon

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Jorge Andres Rivas Pinzon

Jorge Andres Rivas Pinzon

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Masego Pitso

Masego Pitso

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2024)

Stewart Pringle

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Eva Rees

Eva Rees

Worked with on Truth

Derek Richards

Derek Richards

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Zoë Rouse

Zoë Rouse

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2024)

Kelly Ryall

Kelly Ryall

Worked with on Truth

Lotta Sahlstedt

Lotta Sahlstedt

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Eva Seymour

Eva Seymour

Worked with on Truth

Jackie Shemesh

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Nassim Soleimanpour

Nassim Soleimanpour

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Amy Todd

Worked with on Truth

Kwame Tosuma

Kwame Tosuma

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2024)

Bayley Turner

Bayley Turner

Worked with on Truth

Rebecca Vincent

Rebecca Vincent

Worked with on The Birds

Ashleigh Walwyn

Ashleigh Walwyn

Worked with on Truth

Karina White

Worked with on Truth

Matilda Woodroofe

Matilda Woodroofe

Worked with on Truth

David Wotherspoon

Worked with on The Birds

Sidney Younger

Sidney Younger

Worked with on The Birds

Jimmy Zhu

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2024)