Sharmini Kumar is the founder and Artistic Director of 24 Carrot Productions and a producer of AustenCon, an annual Jane Austen celebration, now in its fifth year. She has adapted Persuasion and Pride and Prejudice for the stage, Emma for online performance during Covid, and she mostly recently co-wrote and directed the original musical adaptation of Sense and Sensibility. She is currently working on a stage adaption of Mansfield Park. Sharmini has written, directed, and produced many performance pieces and short films including Shakespeare in Therapy and The Regina Monologues, as well as radio documentaries for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. When she's not writing and directing, she works as a doctor and teaches medicine.
