Broadway BUZZ

Max McKenna recently completed the run of The Heart at the famed La Jolla Playhouse. The new musical chronicles the 24 hours after a young surfer dies and his parents’ difficult decision whether to donate his organs. Max starred as Juliette, the surfer’s heartbroken girlfriend. They recently starred in the Australian limited dramedy series While The Men Are Away for SBS. Set in 1940s rural Australia when the men are off fighting and the women are now running the show, Max played Gwen who, after getting rejected from the Women’s Air Force, joins the Land Army eager to prove themself as more than a spoiled rich girl. They previously completed performing the Australian national tour of the musical Jagged Little Pill with music by Alannis Morissette and book by Diablo Cody. Max starred as Jo, the love interest of their best friend Frankie. They also starred in the national tour of the Tony Award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen. Max played Zoe Murphy, Evan Hansen’s longtime crush who grows closer to Evan after her brother’s suicide. Additional credits include playing the lead role of Muriel in the Sydney Theatre company’s musical adaptation of the hit movie Muriel’s Wedding. Max’s performance earned them the Best Newcomer Award at the 2017 Sydney Theatre Awards.