Adam Yee is a composer, Head of Music at King David School and Melbourne University. He wrote his first opera Don’t Open the Door at age 17 just after finishing his final VCE exam. He is a graduate of the VCA, Melbourne University and the RMIT Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory, and is currently a PhD Candidate in the Education Faculty at Monash. He has been a contributor to VCE curriculum development since 2005. Carmilla is his fifth stage work. Adam’s previous shows at La Mama include Don’t Open the Door (1992), The Road to Hell is Paved With Slaughter (1993) and Bangers (1994).