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A GOLEM STORY JUNE 10 - JULY 2 2011

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Malthouse Theatre presents

A GOLEM STORY .....

By Lally Katz Director Michael Kantor Set & Costume Designer Anna Cordingley Lighting Designer Paul Jackson Musical Director & Vocal Arrangement Mark Jones Jewish/Religious Consultant Michel Laloum Performed by Nicholas De Rossos, Joshua Gordon, Mark Jones, Michel Laloum, Brian Lipson, Dan Spielman, Greg Stone, Yael Stone Stage Manager Darren Kowacki Assistant Stage Manager Tia Clark Sound Designer And Operator Alistair Stobo Lighting Operator Michele Bauer Lighting Secondment Julia Knibbs Yiddish Songs Advisor Elisa Gray Set & props constructed by Malthouse Theatre Workshop Costumes created by Malthouse Theatre Wardrobe

A Malthouse Theatre Commission A Golem Story opened in the Merlyn Theatre on 15 June, 2011

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MERLYN THEATRE, JUNE 10 – JULY 2 2011

The Golem .....

Golem (GO-lem) is the Hebrew word for “shapeless mass.” In the Bible (Psalms 139:16), a form of the word describes mankind before creation: “Thine eyes did see my substance (galmi), yet being unperfect.’ In the Talmud, the word denotes anything imperfect or incomplete. Even the unconscious and soulless Adam is referred to as a Golem.

In Jewish tradition, to create life is to approximate the power of God. The making of a Golem could be done only by the most pious and righteous man, who must be an expert in the Kabbala (KAB– ah–lah), a mystical body of knowledge aimed at understanding the hidden nature of God. According to Kabbala’s sacred text, the Sefer Yezirah, the giving of life was achieved by reciting combinations of the letters of the Hebrew alphabet. Because these twenty-two letters derive from the Tetragrammaton, the unspeakable name of God, they possess mystical power. Kabbalistic teachings suggest that since God used these letters in uttering the words that created the universe, humans can wield the same forces by manipulating combinations of these letters.

Judah Loew ben Bezalel (1513-1609 C.E), Chief Rabbi of Prague in the late sixteenth century and also known as the Maharal, was a renowned Kabbalist. As a rabbi, he wrote extensively about religious issues, and was a savvy politician and

defender of his people against the religious and racially inspired attacks that the Jews of this period suffered. Much of his fame rests upon his supposed connection with the Golem.

Prague at this time was filled with alchemists and necromancers, many of them on the payroll of Emperor Rudolf II. The Emporor was fascinated by the supernatural, and had moved his residence from Vienna to Prague to feed this obsession.

He met with Rabbi Loew on February 23, 1592, possibly to discuss political matters or the virtues of astrology. Legend has since made the encounter a debate over the fate of the Golem.

The story of the Golem serves as a cautionary tale about the limits of human power. The tale may even prove prophetic — as the fields of computer science, robotics, and gene manipulation advance, technological Golems may arise in our culture. But the Golem has perhaps its greatest resonance in folklore. Considering the Jewish people’s long history of conflict and suffering, it is no surprise that the legend of the Golem, in which massive physical strength defeats overwhelming persecution, remains one of the most powerful traditional stories.

This note has been adapted from the children’s book Golem by David Wisniewski, published in 1996. This and other books about the Golem are currently for sale in the Malthouse Bookshop.

GLOSSARY

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Bashart – loved one Blood Libel – the false accusation that Jews killed Christian children and drained them of their blood to use in the making of the matzoh Dybbuk – a spirit which may possess another body Matzoh – unleavened bread used for Passover Passover – Pesach, a celebration and commemoration of the exodus from Egypt and the revelation of the Torah.

The Last Supper was regarded to be a Pesach meal.

Rabbi – a teacher, community leader and sometimes judge Shiva – period of mourning after burial Tallit – a ritual prayer shawl, with tassels to represent the 613 commandments Talmud – discussion and commentary on Jewish law and practise compiled in 200 C.E. Torah – the Jewish bible, commonly referred to as the Old Testament

MUSIC REFERENCES ....

Hashivenu – Traditional / Anon. Text from Selichot (Penitentiary) service Shtiler Shtiler – music by A. Volkoviski, lyrics by S. Kaczerginski Ikh Vel Vart'n Oyf Dir – music by A. Ellstein, lyrics by I. Lillian Undzer Yidish Folk – music by A. Ellstein, lyrics by J. Jacobs Kuckuck – Traditional Hot Rachmones Oif Di, Milchomeh Korbones – music by A. Bernstein, lyrics by S. Frug A Pastoch'l, A Troimer – music by J. Rapaport, lyrics by Z. Weinper Translations of some of the songs performed in A Golem Story are available online at www.malthousetheatre.com.au/page/A_Golem_Story

TIA CLARK ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER Malthouse Theatre: A Golem Story, Baal (with STC). Other theatre: The Production Company: The King and I, The Boy From Oz, Sugar (Some Like It Hot). Victorian Arts Centre: The Marriage of Figaro, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Buzz Dance Theatre: At The Beach, Behind The Veneer. Spontaneous Insanity: The Hidden Forest. Shakespeare WA: A Midsummer Nights Dream. WA Ballet: The Nutcracker. Events: VicMoves 2010, Pipe Organ Plus Concerts, WA Youth Week Launch 2008, Northbridge Festival 2007. Education: Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (Stage Management).

ANNA CORDINGLEY SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER Malthouse Theatre: A Golem Story, ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore, Sappho... in 9 fragments, Human Interest Story (as Realising Designer), The Threepenny Opera (as Costume Designer), Elizabeth – Almost By Chance A Woman, Furious Mattress, One Night the Moon, Knives in Hens, Happy Days, A Commercial Farce, Rogue, Woyzeck (as Assistant Designer), Not Like Beckett, Autobiography of Red. Other theatre: MIAF: Hidden Republic - The Black Arm Band. VCA/Daniel Schlusser: Peer Gynt. HotHouse Theatre: The Glory. Red Stitch: The Pain and the Itch, Bug. Melbourne Opera: Barber of Seville, Carmen, The Italian Girl in Algiers. Storeroom: Mile in Her Shadow, Conversations in a Brothel. Peepshow Inc.: Slanting into the Void. National Institute of Circus Arts/ Sydney Opera House: The New Breed. Black Box: Wounds to the Face. Installations & Public Art: Bambuco: The Eighth Bridge over the River Tyne (UK), Ephemera for Spine, Ludo and Rue Faidherbe, Lille 2004 (France). Well: The Great Wall of Books (Macau). Exhibitions: Baltic Contemporary Art Centre/ Sage Gateshead: An Account of Bridges (UK).

Den Haag Sculptuur Exhibition 2007: Colony – facilitation

for Brook Andrew (The Netherlands). Events: Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games: Opening Ceremony (Indigenous Section) and Closing Ceremony (Marvelous Melbourne). As Assistant Designer: The National Theatre of Prague: The Death of Klinghoffer (Czech Republic). MIAF: Remembrance of Things Past. Melbourne Workers Theatre: 1975. Awards: John Vickery Scholarship (2003), Australian Student’s Prize (2000). Education: Victorian College of the Arts (Bachelor of Dramatic Art, Production Design).

Melbourne University (Masters of Curatorship - ongoing).

Currently: Resident Artist at Malthouse Theatre. Archival project of the work of the late Trina Parker at the Victorian Performing Arts Collection.

NICHOLAS DE ROSSOS ONDRUS* Malthouse Theatre: A Golem Story. Other theatre: Victorian Opera: The Cockatoos. The Production Company: King and I. Melbourne Grammar School: Seussical The Musical. Dance: Australian Ballet: Nutcracker. Choir: Melbourne Grammar School Chapel Choir, Brandenburg Orchestra. Awards: Kathleen Gorham Ballet Award 2010. School: St Michael’s Grammar School Year 8. Training May Downs School – Ballet, Jazz, Acrobatics, Hip Hop, Singing.

JOSHUA GORDON ONDRUS* Malthouse Theatre: A Golem Story. Other theatre: Victorian Opera: The Magic Flute. St Leonard’s College 2011: Oliver. Sandringham House 2010: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Firbank Grammar 2009 Centenary at Hamer Hall: Solo Performance. Choir: St Leonard’s College 2011, Firbank Grammar 2010, 2009, 2008. Orchestra: St Leonard’s College 2011, Sandringham House 2010, 2009, 2008. Training: Voice: Miss Judith Dodsworth, St Leonard’s College, Miss Marcelle *The role of Ondrus will alternate between Nicholas and Joshua for each performance.

Knapp. Dance: Ballet, Jazz, and Tap at Jane Moore Academy of Ballet. School: Year 7, St Leonard’s College.

PAUL JACKSON LIGHTING DESIGNER Malthouse Theatre: A Golem Story, ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Trial, Sappho...in 9 fragments, Human Interest Story, The Threepenny Opera, Elizabeth – Almost By Chance A Woman, Furious Mattress, Knives in Hens, Happy Days, Optimism, Woyzeck, Vamp, Through the Looking Glass, Venus & Adonis, Moving Target, Tartuffe, Criminology, Sleeping Beauty (also as co-creator), The Pitch, Anna Tregloan’s BLACK, Babes in the Wood, Eldorado, The Ham Funeral, Journal of the Plague Year, The Odyssey, Boulevard Delirium. Playbox Theatre Company: The Frail Man, Babes in the Wood, This Way Up, The Fat Boy, Double Bill. Other theatre: Melbourne Theatre Company: Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Madagascar, Enlightenment, Ghost Writer, Frozen, The Recruit, Dinner, Cruel and Tender. Chamber Made Opera: Crossing Live, The Hive, Teorema, The Possessed, Recital, Walkabout, Corruption. Also includes: Victorian Opera, Australian Ballet, West Australian Ballet, Bell Shakespeare, Black Swan State Theatre Company, Ballet Lab, Not Yet It’s Difficult, New Zealand Ballet, The Production Company, Lucy Guerin Inc, Melbourne Workers Theatre. Awards: 2007 Gilbert Spottiswood Churchill Fellowship. Green Room Awards: Lighting for Drama 2006, Lighting for Opera 2004, Design Cabaret 2005.

Award Nominations: 20 Green Room Award nominations, Bulletin Magazine 2004 Smart 100, 2005 & 2008 Helpmann nominations, 2008 & 2009 Sydney Theatre Critics’ Circle Award nominations. Currently: Resident Artist (Lighting) at Malthouse Theatre. Lighting Designer with Melbourne based firm, The Flaming Beacon. Founding member of Not Yet It’s Difficult performance group.

MARK JONES MUSICAL DIRECTOR & VOCAL ARRANGEMENT/ EMPEROR Malthouse Theatre: A Golem Story, Elizabeth – Almost By Chance A Woman, Goodbye Vaudeville Charlie Mudd (with Arena Theatre Company), And the Coloured Girls Go… Playbox Theatre Company: What’s a Girl To Do?, Confidentially Yours. Other theatre: Anthill/Chapel Off Chapel: Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living in Paris. Melbourne Comedy Festival/Adelaide Cabaret Festival: The Beautiful Losers – Fresh Filth. National Tour: Good Evening – The Sketches of Peter Cook & Dudley Moore. Edinburgh Fringe/Adelaide Cabaret Festival: Rosa Waxes Lyrical. Adelaide Cabaret Festival/National Tour: Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except For Me And My Monkey. Adelaide Cabaret Festival/Chapel Off Chapel: Three Weill Men. Adelaide Cabaret Festival: The Divine Cabaret. Melbourne Comedy Festival: I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. Korean Tour: Eurobeat. Awards: Green Room Awards: Male Actor in a Play 2009 (Goodbye Vaudeville Charlie Mudd), Composition and Sound Design 2009 (with Jethro Woodward) (Goodbye Vaudeville Charlie Mudd), Cabaret Ensemble 2006 & 2007 (The Beautiful Losers), Cabaret Ensemble 2002 (Me & Mr Jones), Musical Direction 2001 (Three Weill Men), Best Cabaret 2000 (Jacques Brel).

MICHAEL KANTOR DIRECTOR Malthouse Theatre: A Golem Story, The TellTale Heart (as return season Director), The Threepenny Opera, Elizabeth – Almost By Chance A Woman, Happy Days, Optimism (with STC and Edinburgh International Festival), Woyzeck, Vamp, Through the Looking Glass, Sleeping Beauty, Babes in the Wood, Not Like Beckett, The Odyssey, The Ham Funeral, Journal of the Plague Year. Playbox Theatre Company: Babes in

the Wood, Meat Party, Natural Life (and presented later as Natural Life 2). Other theatre: Adelaide Festival of Arts: Excavation, Moon Spirit Feasting (touring to Melbourne International Arts Festival, Berlin and Tokyo). Belvoir: The Caucasian Chalk Circle, The Ham Funeral, Macbeth.

Melbourne Festival: Lenz, Ubu (with Belvoir). STC: Howard Katz. Perth International Arts Festival: The Burrow (touring to Sydney). Chunky Move: Tense Dave (for Melbourne Festival, Perth International Arts Festival, Sydney Festival and Dance Theatre Workshop, New York). Collaborated with Barrie Kosky’s Gilgul Theatre, performing in The Dybbuk, Es Brent, The Wilderness Room, The Operated Jew. Currently: Artistic Director of Mene Mene Theatre. Training: University of Melbourne (1986-90), L’Ecole de Phillipe Gaulier, Paris (1988). Other: Michael was Artistic Director of Malthouse Theatre from 2005 – 2010.

LALLY KATZ WRITER Malthouse Theatre: A Golem Story, Goodbye Vaudeville Charlie Mudd (with Arena Theatre Company), Criminology (With Arena Theatre Company). Other theatre: Stuck Pigs Squealing: The Black Swan of Trespass, The Eisteddfod, Lally Katz and the Terrible Mysteries of the Volcano. Belvoir: Neighbourhood Watch. MTC: Return to Earth, The Apocalypse Bear Trilogy (with Melbourne Festival and Stuck Pigs Squealing). STC: The Mysteries: Genesis, Waikiki Palace, Hip Hip Hooray, Frankenstein. The Production Company: Goodbye New York, Goodbye Heart. The Gaiety School of Acting/Dublin Theatre Festival: When The Hunter Returns. Storeroom Theatre: Smashed. Lally is currently under commission with Arena Theatre Company to write a new play for children.

TV: Spirited, The Elephant Princess. Award Nominations: QLD Premier’s Award for Best Drama Script (Frankenstein).

Awards: Louis Esson Drama Prize, Victorian Premier’s Literary Award 2009 (Goodbye Vaudeville Charlie Mudd).

Producer’s Choice Award, New York International Fringe (The Black Swan of Trespass). Green Room Awards: Best Independent Production 2004 (The Eisteddfod), Best Writing and Best Independent Production 2005 (Black Swan of Trespass). Lally is a British Council Realise Your Dreams recipient and has been awarded a Churchill Fellowship.

Training: Lally has studied playwriting at London's Royal Court Theatre, participated in the attachment programme at the Studio at London’s National Theatre, and is a graduate of VCA's Creative Arts School.

DARREN KOWACKI STAGE MANAGER Malthouse Theatre: A Golem Story, ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Trial, The Threepenny Opera, Elizabeth – Almost by Chance A Woman, Africa, Knives In Hens, A Commercial Farce, Goodbye Vaudeville Charlie Mudd, Venus & Adonis, Kitten, Tartuffe, Exit the King. Malthouse Melbourne touring: Die Winterreise, Knives in Hens, The Trial, Optimism, The Spook, The Tell-Tale Heart. Other theatre: The Production Company: The Boy From Oz, The Store Room & Melbourne International Arts Festival: The Dictionary of Imaginary Places. Chamber Made Opera: The Children’s Bach.

Chapel off Chapel: Shadow Passion. McLaren House: Fully Committed. Her Majesty’s Theatre: Miss Saigon, Cabaret.

Lano & Woodley: Goodbye (Australian Tour). Dave Hughes: Dave Hughes Live (Adelaide Fringe Festival). St Martins Youth Arts Centre: Pretty White Lies & The Velveteen Undertow, Radicals & Misanthropes, The Wild Blue, When Sand Becomes Glass. Polyglot Puppet Theatre: We Built This City. Events: Mariner Theatre Events, 2009 AFL Grand Final Breakfast (CFMEU), Nickelodeon Events, 2007 Australian Jamboree, St Kilda Festival. Launches: Grease the Arena Spectacular (SEL), Chicago the musical (GFO). Training: Victorian College of the Arts (Production). Other: Lighting designer for La Mama: She’s Not Performing, St Martins, Oz

Opera, VCA, CVP, Scouts Australia. Production Manager for St Martins Youth Arts Centre (2005 - 2007).

MICHEL LALOUM JEWISH AND RELIGIOUS CONSULTANT/CANTOR Michel Laloum has worked as a Cantor and spiritual leader in Australia, Israel, America, France, White Russia and most recently in China. A Golem Story is Michel’s second theatrical role after performing in Daniel Kahn’s Mendel Beilis Blood Libel. Choral and singing credits include: the Fay Dumont singers, Melbourne Chorale, Tudor Choristers, the Tel Aviv Opera, Zamarey Cameran, the Israel Philharmonic under Zubin Metah and Daniel Barenboim, the Jerusalem Great Synagogue Choir with Naphtalie Hershtig, and Pro Arte Chorale. Michel also presented his own scholar in residence program on Music and Kabbalah in New York, Connecticut, Jacksonville, and Lyon, France, all based on his thesis Music and Kabbalah: Music as the Vehicle for Mystico-emotional Expression of the Jews.

Michel graduated from the University of Melbourne Conservatorium.

BRIAN LIPSON RABBI Malthouse Theatre: A Golem Story, A Large Attendance in the Antechamber. Playbox Theatre Company: The Goldberg Variations, 7 Days of Silence, Svetlana in Slingbacks, Ancient Enmity, Hotel Sorrento. Other theatre includes: MTC: Life Without Me, Apocalypse Bear Trilogy, Grace, The History Boys, Dinner, Fred, Pride And Prejudice, Absurd Person Singular, The Herbal Bed. Belvoir: The Power Of Yes, Scorched.

Chunky Move: Two Faced Bastard. STC/Thin Ice: The Duel.

Stuck Pigs Squealing: Lally Katz And The Terrible Mysteries Of The Volcano. MIAF: Berggasse 19 – The Apartments Of Sigmund Freud (also writer and designer). Sydney, Adelaide

and Edinburgh festivals plus US tour: A Large Attendance In The Antechamber (also writer and designer). Eleventh Hour: Krapp’s Last Tape, Fear And Misery In The Third Reich.

National Theatre London: In Savoy, The Skriker, Mountain Giants, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme. Old Vic: A Flea In Her Ear, As You Like It. Royal Court: Double Wedding. Gate: Seven Doors, Don Gill Of The Green Breeches. Television includes: After The Deluge, The Games, EastEnders, The Bill.

Film includes: The Tragedy Of Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, Stephen King’s Nightmares and Dreamscapes, The Only Person In The World, Howard’s End. Direction and Design includes: Eleventh Hour: Song of the Bleeding Throat. Full Tilt and 2011 National Tour: The Harry Harlow Project. Stuck Pigs Squealing, MTC and MIAF: Apocalypse Bear Trilogy (co-director). Melbourne Botanic Gardens: Love, Death, Music and Plants (also librettist) Awards include: Australia Council Fellowship 2011/12, Green Room Awards for Best Production and Best Actor 2000 (A Large Attendance in the Antechamber).

DAN SPIELMAN AMOS Malthouse Theatre: A Golem Story, Knives in Hens, The Ham Funeral, A Journal of the Plague Year. Other theatre: STC: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Art of War, Season at Sarsaparilla, The Bourgeois Gentleman, The Lost Echo, Mother Courage and Her Children, The Cherry Orchard, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Attempts on Her Life. MTC: The Seagull. Keene/Taylor Theatre Project: Homeland, Untitled Monologue, Custody, Beneath Heaven, Mysteries, The Ninth Moon, Dog, Half and Half, The Fire Testament, The Share. Eager Seamstress: Ivanov. TV: Offspring, My Place, Darwin’s Brave New World, Satisfaction, Raw FM, Wildside, In the Realm of the Hackers, Secret Life of Us, Mary Bryant. Film: The Hunter, One Perfect Day, Tom White. As Dramaturg: THE RABBLE: Cageling. As Writer: STC Wharf2Loud: Manna Visual Art: My Doubtful

Mind (group show), Linden Gallery 2008, The Bedroom Project, Linden Gallery 2010. Awards Nominations: AFI: Best Actor 2004 (One Perfect Day), Best Supporting Actor 2004 (Tom White). IF Award for Best Actor 2004 (One Perfect Day). Awards: FCCA Award for Best Supporting Actor 2004 (Tom White), Tropfest Best Actor Award 1999. Positions/ Fellowships: Founding member of STC’s Actor’s Company (2006-7) and the Keene/Taylor Theatre Project (1997-2001).

2002 Churchill Fellow. Associate Artist of THE RABBLE. GREG STONE GUARD Malthouse Theatre: A Golem Story. Eldorado.

Playbox Theatre Company: Julia 3, Myth Propaganda and Disaster in Nazi Germany And Contemporary America, Rapture, A Return to the Brink, Miracles, Head Of Mary, Good Works, The Emperor Regrets. Other theatre: MTC: Life Without Me, Poor Boy, Blackbird, Love Song, Madwoman of Chaillot, The Pillowman, Cloud Nine, The Seagull, Born Yesterday, A Little Night Music, Lady Windemere’s Fan, Assassins, Angels in America. Belvoir: Stuff Happens. STC: The Beauty Queen Of Leenane, Stones In His Pockets, Merrily We Roll Along, Summer Rain. Bell Shakespeare: Wars Of The Roses. The State Theatre Company of South Australia: Honk If You Are Jesus, Don’s Party. Black Swan Theatre Company: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Life x 3. Griffin Theatre: All The Black Dogs, McNeil. Hothouse Theatre: The Berry Man. Television: Underbelly Telemovie; Tell Them Lucifer Was Here, Winners and Losers, City Homicide, Librarians, Blue Heelers, MDA, Stingers, Marshall Law, Shock Jock, Halifax FP, State Coroner, Seachange, Good Guys Bad Guys, Janus, Neighbours, The Man From Snowy River, Phoenix, Chances, A Country Practice, Boys From The Bush, Skirts, E Street, Country Practice, Shout! Film: Swerve, Oranges and Sunshine, Sunset Six, Van Diemen’s Land, Boytown, The Bank. Award Nominations: Green Room Awards: 2008

(Blackbird), 2007 (Winter’s Tale), 2000 (Beauty Queen of Leenane), 1999 (Keene/Taylor Theatre Project), 1998 (Little Night Music), 1995 (Angels In America). Helpmann Awards: 2008 (Blackbird). Awards: Helpmann Award for Best Actor 2006 (Stuff Happens), Green Room Award for Best Actor 2005 (Stuff Happens). Training: NIDA Graduate, 1983.

NIDA Bachelor of Drama, 2000. Other: Artistic Associate of Playbox Theatre 2004; Founding Member of Keene/Taylor Theatre Project.

YAEL STONE AHAVA Malthouse Theatre: A Golem Story. Other theatre: Belvoir: The Diary of a Madman (Sydney and BAM New York), The Book of Everything, Scorched. Brink Productions: Harbinger. STC: Honour, Elling, Frankenstein. Small Things Productions: Ladybird.

Frog Battleship/Stables Theatre: Stoning Mary. Griffin: The Kid. Television: Spirited, All Saints, The Farm. Film: West, Me Myself, I, Jailbirds (short). Award Nominations: Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play 2010, 2009, (The Book of Everything, Scorched.) SMAC Best Performer 2009. Awards: Sydney Theatre Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role 2010 (Diary of a Madman), 2008 (The Kid). Sydney Theatre Award for Best Newcomer 2008 (The Kid, Frankenstein). Training: NIDA, 2006.

Malthouse Theatre would like to thank John Safran, Penelope Thomson and David Bernshaw for their assistance with A Golem Story.

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We extend our heartfelt thanks to the following donors: URANIA (Muse of the Stars) Anonymous (1) CLIO (Muse of History) Berry Liberman & Daniel Almagor

THALIA (Muse of Comedy) John & Lorraine Bates, Daniel & Danielle Besen, Eva Besen AO & Marc Besen AO, John & Janet Calvert-Jones, Debbie Dadon, Roger Donazzan & Margaret Jackson, Neilma Gantner, Colin Golvan SC, Peter and Anne Laver, Richard Leonard, Elisabeth and John Schiller, Philanthropy Squared, Trawalla Foundation MELPOMENE (Muse of Tragedy) Beth Brown & Tom Bruce AM, Terry Cutler, D.L & G.S Gjergja, Tim & Lynne Sherwood, Neil & Barbara Smart, Thomas Wright, Anonymous (1) EUTERPE (Muse of Music) Ingrid Ashford, Ingrid and Per Carlsen, Dominic Dirupo & Natalie Dwyer, Carolyn Floyd, Brian Goddard, Scott Herron, Ian Hocking & Rosemary Forbes, Michael Kingston, Naomi Milgrom AO, Dame Elisabeth Murdoch A.C., D.B.E., Rae Rothfield, Marshall Segan, The Bardas Foundation, The Pratt Foundation, Leonard Vary & Matt Collins, Simon Westcott, Phil & Heather Wilson TERPSICHORE (Muse of Dance) Graham & Anita Anderson, Sally Browne, Diana Burleigh, Min Li Chong, Rev Fr Michael Elligate, Taleen Gaidzkar, Leonie Hollingworth, Brad Hooper, Susan Humphries, Graeme & Joan Johnson, Ann Kemeny & Graham Johnson, K & J Lindsay, Pamela McLure, James Penlidis & Fiona McGauchie, Robert Peters, Rosemary Ricker, Robert Templar, Gina Stuart, Jenny Schwarz, Fiona Sweet and Paul Newcombe, Robert Sessions & Christina Fitzgerald, Dr. Victor & Dr. Karen Wayne, Angelika & Peter Zangmeister ERATO (Muse of Love) John Carruthers, Diane Clark, Chris Clough, Patricia Coutts, Callum Dale, Doreen Dempster, Peggy Hayton, Shirley Hickey, Irene Irvine, Irene Kearsey, Ruth Krawat, Anna Lozynski, Brad Martin, Gael & Ian McRae, Dr. Kersti Nogeste, John & Margot Rogers, Karen Russell, John Thomas, Ann Tonks, Rosemary Walls, Bruce Wapshott & Daryl Moon, Jan Watson, Joanne Whyte, Dr. Roger Woock & Fiona Clyne, Barbara Yuncken, Anonymous (11) To find out more about the Malthouse Theatre Muse program, please contact Philanthropy Manager Tamara Harrison on 03 9685 5162 / tharrison@malthousetheatre.com.au.

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