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WRITER

Samantha Hill (Playwright) is a Melbourne-based actor, writer and teacher. Her plays include Merry Christmas, Bitches!, Little Moth and the Broken Giants, and She works hard for (no) money. Her work has been developed at Playwriting Australia’s national conference, the World Interplay playwriting festival, and through the Fresh Ink Emerging Writers Program at ATYP. In 2016, she was commissioned to write Binary Stars & Best Lives for the Old Fitz Theatre and previously had Dancing Dogs commissioned by the St. Martin’s Youth Ensemble. In 2017, Samantha was awarded the inaugural playwriting Hot Desk Fellowship through the Wheeler Centre. Acting credits include the indie comedy-noir feature film Trench for which she was nominated for a Best Emerging Talent Award at the Ozflix awards, and has performed regularly with SNAFU Theatre and Boutique Theatre Ensemble.

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DIRECTOR

Brandon is the Artistic Director for Antipodes Theatre Company. Melbourne credits: GhostQuartet, #Really?! with Mel andPeppy, Bowie Ball,Mad World, From: New York, For: Him.NYC credits: the world premieres of Only You Can Prevent Wildfires, Happily After Ever (also Edinburgh Fringe), and Gordy Crashes for RicochetCollective (which he also co-founded)and several projects as resident producer with The Orchard Project andThe Drama League. Favorite directing credits include The Last Five Years, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Shape of Things, and Big Love. @midwestrunaway

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READER ‘Bette Davis’

Caroline Lee has worked professionally as a theatre, television, film and voice actress for over thirty years. She has worked with Malthouse, Sydney Theatre Company, Melbourne Theatre Company, Bell Shakespeare, Back to Back Theatre, Red Stitch Actors Theatre, Chamber Made Opera, MKA, Finucane and Smith, HeLD Productions, Hildegard, Playbox and La Mama. She is a proud ensemble member of the Red Stitch Actors Theatre where she most recently appeared in Escaped Alone by Caryl Churchill (dir: Jenny Kemp), Dance Nation by Clare Barron (dir: Maude Davey) and Suddenly Last Summer by Tennessee Williams (dir: Stephen Nicolazzo).

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READER ‘Margo’

Kinloch Anstiss studied musical theatre in New Zealand, and since graduating NASDA has performed regularly on stages in Christchurch, Auckland, London, and Melbourne. This year he improvised in Improv Attacks Humanity in Adelaide and Melbourne, the led the cast of Seussical (Western Arts Theatre) as The Cat in the Hat. His other favourite roles to date include Earnest (The Importance of Being Earnest), Peter (Company), George (The Drowsy Chaperone), and Bitzer Maloney (Hairy Maclary).

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READER ‘Kathryn’

Melissa David is a Northern California native who moved from NYC to be with her Australian husband in Melbourne. She is a graduate of the University of Tennessee, currently ranked 11th in the world among graduate schools with an acting degree. Favorite roles include New Shoes (Off-Broadway debut, Drama League), RENT (Maureen) and The Threepenny Opera (Lucy). She is a founding member of Antipodes Theatre Company (where she recently appeared in the Australian premiere of Ghost Quartet) and Artistic Director of Brooklyn Runaways (where, with her creative partner Peppy Smears, she has written and performed in four cabarets). www.melissadavid.com

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READER ‘BD Hyman’

Katrina Mathers was a regular writer/performer for the Channel 10 TV sketch series The Wedge (Network 10), most widely known for the Sandra Sultry newsreader character. She was also a co-creator and regular writer/performer for the comedy series Flipside (ABC TV) alongside the Curry brothers. Katrina played a lead role in the telemovie Economy Class (Network 7) and was a Moosehead recipient for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival show Footy Chicks. Katrina has also performed in a host of indie theatre and films and played lead guest roles on the TV shows Wilfred, All Saints, City Homicide and Blue Heelers. She appears as the nurse in the original Saw short film.

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READER ‘Nurse Gagnon’

Rebecca Morton trained at WAAPA. She has worked in opera, theatre, musical theatre, circus, Shakespeare, and 60s rock and roll. She toured her own shows, including The Sparrow and the Showgirl and C’est Si Bon, a love story. In 2016/17 she played an Arab mother, an 'English rose', a French cripple, 'God' and a suburban Aussie mum. In 2018/19 she played Liliane Lafleur in Nine, a Princess in Love’s Labours’ Lost, and Karla in Uked!, the first ever play-along ukulele musical. She is also trained in Breathwork - a powerful healing modality.

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READER ‘Doctor Souris’

John Voce trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. Film includes Crush, A Waste Of Shame, Penelope, Art Party, and The Infiltrator. TV includes Dr Who, Jonathan Creek, Miranda, The Great Train Robbery, Doctors, Holby City (BBC), two appearances in Downton Abbey, Grantchester, Primeval (ITV), Sons of Liberty (The History Channel), and Neighbours. Recent theatre work includes Fawlty Towers Live and Calendar Girls. John is also an accomplished comedy improviser and recently made his Melbourne debut with Impro Melbourne in At The Movies (Melbourne International Comedy Festival). John was born near Oxford and now resides in Melbourne.

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STAGE DIRECTIONS

Originally a performer from Canberra, Kristy holds a Cert IV in Performing Arts from Brent Street Studios, Sydney, a BA (Hons) in Musical Theatre from Lasalle College of the Arts, Singapore and a MA in Arts and Cultural Management from Deakin University. Kristy has worked professionally since 2007 in all facets of performing and creative/production team roles in both Singapore and Australia. She is also a highly experienced educator, teaching Dance and Drama in secondary and tertiary courses, and at her own dance school Griffin Dance Studio.