Rhys Velasquez

Casting Director, Company

AUS

Rhys Velasquez (they/she) is a casting director, creative and consultant, having started in the industry as a performer and choreographer.

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

Other Theatre: As Casting Director - FAN GIRLS (Belvoir); FLAT EARTHERS: THE MUSICAL (Griffin Theatre Company/Hayes Theatre Co.); IN THE HEIGHTS (Nat'l Tour), LITTLE WOMEN, CITY OF ANGELS and BONNIE & CLYDE (Joshua Robson Productions); CHOIR BOY (National Theatre of Parramatta). Previous to Malthouse, Rhys was the Casting Associate for Melbourne Theatre Company (2022 - 2024) and lead the 2024 Australian casting tour for Norwegian Cruise Lines.

Film: As Casting Director - COMING & GOING (dir. Andy Johnston) and BLACK TRANS MIRACLE (dir. Tinaye Nyathi).

Awards & Nominations: CGA Award for Best Casting for a Short Film (2024, Black Trans Miracle); CGA Award for Best Casting in a Theatre Production (2023, Choir Boy) and further three nominations including for Achievement in Casting (2025, ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen).

Training: University of Ballarat, Arts Academy (Musical Theatre).

Rhys is a proud member of the Casting Guild of Australia, and was named one of IF Magazine's RISING STARS in the industry in 2025.

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Headshot: Liv Morrison Photography

Current as of March 2025.

Shows worked on

Rhys Velasquez has worked with...

Erica Browne

Worked with on Game. Set. Match. and 4 others

Rosemary Osmond

Worked with on Black Light and 3 others

Lyndall Grant

Worked with on Game. Set. Match. and 2 others

Patrick Jones

Worked with on Black Light and 2 others

Jess Keepence

Worked with on Black Light and 2 others

Tane Williams Accra

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025) and 1 other

Jessica Arthur

Worked with on Game. Set. Match. and 1 other

Paula Arundell

Worked with on Troy and 1 other

Annie Bourke

Worked with on Black Light and 1 other

Lyall Brooks

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025) and 1 other

Amy Cater

Worked with on Game. Set. Match. and 1 other

Bernadette Fam

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025) and 1 other

Blair Hart

Worked with on Black Light and 1 other

Harrie Hogan

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025) and 1 other

Jonathan Homsey

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025) and 1 other

Claudia Howarth

Worked with on Troy and 1 other

Paul Jackson

Worked with on Troy and 1 other

Alpha Kargbo

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025) and 1 other

Kudakwashe

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025) and 1 other

Joe Paradise Lui

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025) and 1 other

Effie Nkrumah

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025) and 1 other

Masego Pitso

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025) and 1 other

Zoë Rouse

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025) and 1 other

Kelly Ryall

Worked with on Black Light and 1 other

Kwame Tosuma

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025) and 1 other

Keziah Warner

Worked with on Game. Set. Match. and 1 other

Megan Wilding

Worked with on Game. Set. Match. and 1 other

Peter Adams

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Ciline Ajobong

Worked with on Troy

Jada Alberts

Worked with on Black Light

Rachael Maza AM

Worked with on Black Light

Henrietta Amevor

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025)

Danny Ball

Worked with on Troy

Dann Barber

Worked with on Troy

Immanuel Bartz

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Rike Berg

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Elizabeth Blackmore

Worked with on Troy

Meri Blazevski

Worked with on Truth

Michelle Brasier

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

David Campbell

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Rainbow Chan

Worked with on Game. Set. Match.

Kat Chan

Worked with on The Birds

Marco Cher

Worked with on Troy

Anna Clock

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Patricia Cornelius

Worked with on Truth

Gideon Cozens

Worked with on The Birds

Rick Davies

Worked with on Game. Set. Match.

Susie Dee

Worked with on Truth

Harry Dowling

Worked with on Game. Set. Match.

Omar Elerian

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Tahlee Fereday

Worked with on Black Light

Dale Ferguson

Worked with on Black Light

Ella Ferris

Worked with on Black Light

Louise Fox

Worked with on The Birds

Jan Fran

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

J. David Franzke

Worked with on The Birds

Justin Gardam

Worked with on Truth

Nadine Garner

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Stan Grant

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Worked with on Troy

Worked with on Troy

Worked with on Truth

Worked with on Black Light

Spencer Herd

Worked with on Truth

Suzanne Heywood

Worked with on Black Light

Jodi Hope

Worked with on Troy

Kirsty Housley

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Ethan Hudson

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Tomáš Kantor

Worked with on Truth

Ben Lawson

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Amelia Lever-Davidson

Worked with on Game. Set. Match.

Axel Lischke

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Daphne du Maurier

Worked with on The Birds

Lisa Maza

Worked with on Black Light

Ian Michael

Worked with on Troy

Pia Miranda

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Trisha Morton-Thomas

Worked with on Black Light

Marni Mount

Worked with on The Birds

Paula Nazarski

Worked with on Black Light

James O'Connell

Worked with on Truth

Matthew Lutton OAM

Worked with on The Birds

Niklas Pajanti

Worked with on The Birds

tomas parrish-chynoweth

Worked with on Black Light

Katja Rivas Pinzon

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Jorge Andres Rivas Pinzon

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Lyndie Li Wan Po

Worked with on Troy

Stewart Pringle

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Diana Quarshie

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025)

Eva Rees

Worked with on Truth

Derek Richards

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Lucy Roleff

Worked with on Troy

Lotta Sahlstedt

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Eva Seymour

Worked with on Truth

Isla Shaw

Worked with on Game. Set. Match.

Jackie Shemesh

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Nassim Soleimanpour

Worked with on ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

Amy Todd

Worked with on Truth

Bayley Turner

Worked with on Truth

Rebecca Vincent

Worked with on The Birds

Worked with on Truth

Worked with on Troy

Worked with on Truth

Worked with on Troy

Worked with on Troy

Worked with on Truth

Worked with on The Birds

Tom Wright

Worked with on Troy

Sidney Younger

Worked with on The Birds

Jimmy Zhu

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2024)

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Rhys Velasquez

Shows worked on

Game. Set. Match.

Black Light

WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025)

Troy

ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen

The Birds

Truth

WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2024)

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