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Caroline Wake is Senior Lecturer in Theatre and Performance, a member of the Forced Migration Research Network��and associate of the .��Her research focuses on the relationship between theatre and history: how theatre responds to and represents history and, conversely, how theatre’s own history is archived and recounted, especially in Australia. She has a particular interest in artists, genres, and organisations that have typically been excluded from Australian theatre history, including artists with refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds, genres such as theatres of the real, and organisations like , a Sydney-based establishment that has been at the forefront of contemporary art since the early 1980s.

She is the author of over 40 journal articles and book chapters, including an award-winning paper for . She is also the editor of three books— (Currency Press 2024, with Tania Cañas), (Routledge 2023, with Suzanne Little and Samid Suliman), and (Museum Tusculanum Press 2013, with Bryoni Trezise)—and seven journal issues, including a special issue on “” for Research in Drama Education (2018, with Emma Cox). In 2022, according to Stanford University’s citation analysis, she was ranked in —the only Australia-based researcher on the list. Non-traditional research outcomes include producing a for AusStage, the national performing arts database; working with the ���������¼� Library, National Library of Australia, and RealTime arts magazine to digitise RealTime's ; and honouring that same publication in a durational performance. She has also written over 50 theatre reviews for publications such as , , and , as well as two submissions to parliamentary committees, one of which she also appeared at in person.

Caroline is a passionate advocate for the arts and cultural sector, and often collaborates with industry. Three of her involve working with organisations like the National Institute of Dramatic Art, Performing Arts Heritage Network, Sydney Theatre Company, and the Arts Centre Melbourne. She also served on the Board of first as a regular member (2017-18) and then as Chair (2019-21). Caroline currently serves as an Associate Editor of , one of the discipline’s leading journals, as well as on the editorial board of Liverpool University Press’s series. She has also served as a Board Member of , the discipline’s peak body, and Editor of , an open-access, peer-reviewed journal devoted to contemporary theatre, performance and visual art in the Asia-Pacific.