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WRITER

Harrison David Rivers is the winner of the 2018 Relentless Award for his play the bandaged place (New York Stage & Film), Selected plays and musicals: When Last We Flew (GLAAD Media Award, NYFringe Excellence in Playwriting Award), Sweet (AUDELCO nomination for Best Play), Where Storms Are Born (Berkshire Theatre Award nomination for Best New Play, Edgerton Foundation New Play Award), Five Points (MN Theatre Award for Exceptional New Work, BroadwayWorld Minneapolis Award for Best New Work), This Bitter Earth (MN Theatre Award for Exceptional New Work, Joseph Jefferson Award nomination for Best Production), To Let Go and Fall (Theatre Latte Da) and Broadbend, Arkansas (Transport Group/Public Theater). Harrison was the 2016 Playwright-in-Residence at the Williamstown Theatre Festival and is an alum of the Public Theater's Emerging Writers' Group and Lincoln Center Directors' Lab. He is a NYTW Usual Suspect and a member of the Playwright Center's Board of Directors.

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DIRECTOR

Margot Tanjutco is a writer, actor, director, and comedian. Their experimental digital show psyche404error won Best Work In Festival at Melbourne Fringe 2021, as well as Best Emerging Writer and Best Adaptation from Stage To Screen. Her solo show Vanity Fair Enough played at The Malthouse for MeMICF 2019 where she was nominated for the Golden Gibbo. With Melbourne Theatre Company, she was the Associate Director for Benjamin Law's play Torch The Place, Assistant Director on The Truth, and developed her own play for Cybec Electric 2021. She has performed original songs at Mardi Gras, Midsumma Festival, and with the MSO for Eddie Perfect's The Perfect End To 2020. She also developed a new musical with CAAP/Hayes Theatre and appeared in Romeo is Not the Only Fruit, Polygamy, Polygyou: A new musical (Melbourne Fringe) and Citizen Theatre's Forgotten Places (Chapel Off Chapel).

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CHOREOGRAPHER

Jonathan Homsey is an arts maker and manager interested in the intersection of street dance, visual art, and social engagement. He has a passion for community outreach using the moving body as a source of empowerment. Born in Hong Kong and raised in the United States of America, he immigrated to Australia in 2010 where his award-winning choreographic practice has evolved from a theatrical context to interdisciplinary installations across Australasia and Japan.

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SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER

Karine's most recent work includes Costume Design for Nothing (an adaptation of Janne Teller's novel by Fleur Murphy, directed by Alonso Pineda Garcia), Mark Ravenhill's Pool (No Water) (directed by Leticia Cãceres) and Project F (choreographed by Prue Lang). Currently, Karine is participating in the Besen Family Artist Program 2021 in Set and Costume at The Malthouse Theatre.

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HAIR, MAKEUP AND WIG DESIGNER

Nisal Atapattu is a South Asian hair and makeup artist living in Naarm who is in love with everything art and beauty. He has been pursuing his career in the beauty industry professionally since 2020, and has always had a passion for hair and makeup from a young age. Nisal loves the way in which makeup can amplify and add detail to a person's face/body, and how it can always be washed off at the end of the day to be re-created the next. Nisal is a very big believer in self-expression, self-love and individuality, and loves being able to help accentuate these qualities in other people through his work.

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LIGHTING DESIGNER

Ikshvak Sobti is an emerging lighting designer and technician based in Naarm/Melbourne, and a recent graduate of the BFA (Design and Production) at the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA). While at the VCA, Ikshvak focused on lighting design for contemporary dance; working with acclaimed choreographers such as Daniel Riley, Amrita Hepi, Danielle Micich, Antony Hamilton, and Linda Sastradipradja. Outside of the VCA, Ikshvak works extensively in the freelance lighting sector with leading arts organisations such as MTC, Dancehouse, La Mama, Union House Theatre, Theatreworks, Adelaide Fringe, Melbourne Fringe and Midsumma Festival.

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SOUND DESIGNER

Olivia McKenna is a sound designer and arts manager, originally from Sydney and now based in Melbourne. They recently began studying a Master of Arts and Cultural Management at the University of Melbourne after completing a BFA (Design and Production) at VCA in 2021. Olivia is interested in the adaptation of traditional theatre techniques and pieces to meet the expectations of modern audiences and the psychological impact of sound in performance by manipulating everyday sounds. They have recently worked as an audio designer for the VCA productions of pool (no water) (dir. Leticia Cacéres) and Earthquakes in London (dir. Sarah Goodes). Their other professional credits include audio designer for Hedda GablerGablerGabler (dir. Mary Angley) and Sam I Am (dir. Dan Graham).

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TEXT COACH & DIRECTING MENTOR

Jennifer Sarah Dean trained at the Guildford School of Acting and later at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, London. Jennifer is currently working as the Resident Director on Moulin Rouge and is the Artistic Director of the Melbourne Shakespeare Company where she has directed 10 productions. Jennifer's Australian directing credits include the national tour of Ghost Stories, Stoppard's Travesties at fortyfivedownstairs. The Haunting at Melbourne's Athenaeum Theatre, Festen at the Ripponlea Ballroom and Tom

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PRODUCER & PRODUCTION MANAGER

Brandon Pape is the Artistic Director for Antipodes Theatre Company. Melbourne producing credits: Ghost Quartet, #Really?! with Mel and Peppy, Bowie Ball, Mad World, and From: New York, For: Him. NYC credits: the world premieres of Only You Can Prevent Wildfires, Happily After Ever (also Edinburgh Fringe), Gordy Crashes for Ricochet Collective (which he also co-founded) and several projects as resident producer with The Orchard Project and The Drama League. Brandon will return to Meat Market Stables this September to direct the Victorian premiere of Stephen Karam's The Humans.

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BALL CONSULTANT: HOUSE OF ALEXANDER

The trail blazing activist, dancer, multi disciplinary artist and pioneering mother of the Meanjin Ballroom scene, Ella Ganza has been not only performing but a leader in the POC Creative community since a young age. Becoming the leader of the successful and inclusive Runway Dance Crew in her young adulthood, she now is the founder and creatively directs Runway Movement, an all LGBTQIA+ persons of colour performance activist collective, she is also the Mother to the pioneering Kiki House of Alexander, the first Ballroom house in Brisbane and is a member of Thicc Shake, Australia's first all drag HipHop Crew. Her accolades include most recently being awarded Activist of the Year and Performer of the Year at the 202l annual Queens Ball Awards in Meanjin, Brisbane.

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STAGE MANAGER

Teri Steer is a Melbourne-based stage manager who trained in both Brisbane and Toowoomba. Her performing arts career began on the stage, studying classical voice and flute from a young age. She studied a Bachelor of Creative Arts at the University of Southern Queensland, majoring in theatre, with a minor in technical theatre and scenography. Since moving to Melbourne, she has extensively worked as a freelance stage manager. This is her first time working with Antipodes Theatre Company.

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ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER

This is Ellie's first role as ASM after graduating from Melbourne Polytechnic with the Diploma of Live Production and Technical Services. Ellie also has a Bachelor of Music from Victoria University and has worked at Disney World in Florida, US as an attractions hostess. In addition to her theatre work, she also works for an AV hiring company called CVP. During 2021, Ellie worked with Melbourne Shakespeare Company on their productions of 'King Lear' and 'Comedy of Errors. Ellie is excited to be working with Antipodes Theatre Company for the first time.

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CASTING DIRECTOR: EVOLUTION CASTING

Rhys Velasquez has worked professionally as a performer, creative and casting director since graduating from the Ballarat Arts Academy. Performance credits: Shrek the Musical (GFO), Once On This Island (Altitude Theatre), Thoroughly Modern Millie (TPC), Carrie the Musical (ghostlight), and several tours with Life Like Touring. Choreography credits: The Full Monty, Titanic and Dreamgirls (StageArt). In 2021, Rhys established Evolution Casting to make the arts industry more equitable and inclusive. Casting credits: Bonnie & Clyde (Joshua Robson Productions), Music of the Night (Spears Entertainment), re-casts and consultation for Darlinghurst Theatre Company's A Chorus Line and Once, and key casting collaborator for all Antipodes Theatre Company projects, including their remount of Ghost Quartet.