JEAN TONG is a Naarm-based writer, dramaturg, director, and Associate Artist with Melbourne Theatre Company. For theatre, Jean’s writing credits include: the critically acclaimed Flat Earthers: The Musical (Griffin Theatre Company/Hayes Theatre co); Hungry Ghosts (Melbourne Theatre Company); and Green Room award nominee Romeo is Not the Only Fruit. Their directing work includes Dying: A Memoir (Melbourne Theatre Company); Caught (Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre) and Oh No! Satan Stole My Pineal Gland! (Melbourne Fringe). For screen, Jean’s writing credits include Heartbreak High S2 (Netflix/Fremantle), Safe Home (SBS/Kindling Pictures), Erotic Stories (SBS/Lingo Pictures), and 100% Wolf S2 (ABC). They were the script co-ordinator for New Gold Mountain (SBS/Goalpost) and are currently developing original works for film and television with Photoplay, SBS and Screen Australia. Jean was the inaugural 2023 Melbourne Theatre Company NEXT STAGE Fellow, and the Belvoir St Theatre Philip Parsons Writing Fellow in 2020. In 2025, Jean was selected by Australians in Film and Screen Australia to take part in their Talent Gateway program.