Ziggy Resnick is an actor, writer and educator honoured to be telling stories on gagidal land.

Sovereignty was never ceded.

Ziggy is an actor, writer, a queer, jewish, first generation “australian” with roots that bind them to places from Greece to Lithuania and family that leads them to many, many more. Ziggy, often feeling like they belong everywhere and nowhere, made a home on the stage. 

Ziggy graduated the NIDA BFA (acting) in 2020 where they worked with acclaimed directors Jim Sharman, Leticia Caceres and Imara Savage and also won the Hazel Treewek Shakespeare award. Since graduating Ziggy has gone on to perform on some of australia’s most prestigious stages including Griffin Theatre Co, Belvoir 25A, The Old Fitzroy Theatre, The Sydney Opera House and work on new and classical text with some of australia’s most exciting directors including Priscilla Jackman, Jessica Arthur, Miranda Middleton. In 2025 they will be starring in Sydney Theatre Company’s The Shiralee, a new adaptation by Kate Mulvany and directed by Jessica Arthur.

They also co-wrote a new work ‘Pear-Shaped’ which had it’s first season at Theatre Works Naarm in 2022 with more developments and seasons underway. Ziggy has some exciting projects underway which you can check out under upcoming.

Ziggy has starred in multiple short films including MIFF selected short film ‘OI' as well as writing and acting in a new, queer short film to be produced early 2025.

Ziggy toured with the Bell Shakespeare’s Players in 2022 and performed in youth theatre shows for ATYP and Redline Productions. Young people are our most perceptive, intuitive and brilliant change makers and it is Ziggy’s mission to ensure theatre is apart of our young people’s discourse.

This mission extends to their work as an drama teacher and coach. Ziggy has worked closely with ATYP, NIDA and Bell Shakespeare as a teaching artist for the last three years while also offering private coaching for young people. You can read more about what Ziggy offers and testimonials under ‘education’.

Ziggy continues to create art that speaks to ever-changing so-called “australian” landscape, and forges a way for inclusive, innovative, accessible art practice that prioritises the unheard voices, and unseen bodies and makes space for young, queer, gender fluid humans. For us, by us.