Kruckemeyer was born in 1981[1] in Cork, Ireland, of a German father and Irish mother.
[2] Kruckemeyer honed his skills working with Independent Theatre and Brink Productions in Adelaide, before moving to Tasmania in his mid-twenties to pursue a career as a playwright.
[3] He was the recipient of the 2015 David Williamson Prize for Excellence in Australian Playwrighting (a category in the AWGIEs[9]).
Finegan has been a speaker at the Ubud Writers Festival in Bali, Indonesia, the Edinburgh International Children’s Theatre Festival (Scotland), TYA USA National Conference, and the ITYARN Conference (Argentina), among others.
[3] He was one of 21 selected worldwide for the ASSITEJ Next Generation (young leaders in children’s theatre), and has sat on numerous arts boards including the Australian Script Centre and Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board, Arts Tasmania’s Assistance to Individuals, Tas Literary Awards and Artsbridge panels, and the Story Island Project board (promoting youth literacy and empowerment through storytelling with marginalised young people).