The new artistic director and chief executive officer is Luke Rogers and the new general manager is Anaise Maro.

CYT's chairwoman, Karen Vickery, has welcomed the appointments and says both Rogers and Maro have extensive histories in the arts.

Vickery says CYT is all about helping "young people to find their voice through the practice of the theatre" and thinks Rogers and Maro will help in this endeavour and expand it. Both new appointees have extensive histories in the arts.

Rogers, 37, graduated from Theatre Nepean (University of Western Sydney) Bachelor of Arts - Performance in 2002 and completed a Graduate Diploma in Dramatic Art - Directing in 2012 at the National Institute of Dramatic Art. He's been artistic director of theatre companies - most recently Stories Like These - a lecturer and a director of both children's and adults' theatre. Rogers has directed production of well-established classics such as Death of a Salesman and Waiting for Godot but says his background is largely in new work: he has a particular interest in working with Australian playwrights to create new theatre.

Regarding his aims, he says, "Initially I'm going to be learning. I'm a bit of a sponge learning from people."

He wants to learn from and about the wider theatre community - "I'm definitely interested in some of the other collaborators" - as well as CYT.

As for the future, he says he would like to expand CYT, bringing in new theatre practices through cross-collaborations - both in Canberra and interstae - and getting it more involved in the wider community. He also wants to create artistic programs. productions and workshops.

"I want to help build upon the legacy of Canberra Youth Theatre as a theatre company that puts young people centre stage, challenges its audiences to see the world from a different perspective, and supports the development of emerging artists so they can create the change they want to see in the world."

His contract at CYT is for three years: after that, he says, "We'll see what happens."

Rogers grew up in Wollongong: the new general manager, Anais Maro, comes from much further away. Born in France, she completed a Masters Degree in History at the Sorbonne. She moved with her Australian husband and their three children to Australia from Ethopia, where she was a UNESCO consultant and a consultant at the engineering firm AECOM for the European Commission.

In between she's amassed a lot of experience in several fields. She's been an actor, a theatre director for children and adults, director of the Alliance Française de Brunei, a cultural attache for the French embassy, co-director of the French theatre company Le Rugissement de la Libellule and a board member of another company, Paris's Theatre de l’Oeuvre, just to name a few of her credits.

"I have a lot of experience teaching young people," she says.

She says working at CYT is an exciting opportunity and, like Rogers, wants to help CYT make connections with the wider community, "challenging each and raising the bar".

More information on Canberra Youth Theatre: cytc.net.