Queensland Theatre In association with Queensland Performing Arts Centre present
By Shakespeare
28 April - 19 May
The 2018 Season transports us to places we wouldn’t otherwise encounter (or even imagine). The eight plays traverse centuries of time, the breadth of our country, the expanse of the globe, and the inner workings of diverse and brilliant minds. In the remaining shows of the year, you can still revel in the greatest sporting triumph of all time, wrestle with a Kafkaesque bureaucracy in Tehran, help solve a 1960s murder mystery in the Western Australian Wheatbelt, and become entangled in the 17th Century scientific feud that changed our universe forever. Be part of the magic of theatre. Be part of the 2018 Season at Queensland Theatre. Sam Strong Artistic Director
1 — 17 Feb
24 Feb — 28 Mar
A razor sharp rom-com that blends Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner with Meet the Fockers
Tongue-in-cheek noir thrills as four actors deliver hundreds of characters and thousands of laughs
In-law Xmas
Food Fight
Prada
Riotous
Skulduggery
Farce
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28 Apr — 19 May
26 May — 23 Jun
Tim Finn writes new songs for Shakespeare’s dark comedy
One football club, one family, and one unforgettable NRL grand final
Live Music
Classic
Gender Bender
Queenslander
JT
Take the team
12 — 4 Aug
28 Jul — 18 Aug
An irreverent but tender memoir of a father, a son and a question of faith
The smash-hit stage adaptation of the classic Australian coming-of-age mystery
Not PC
Quarter-life Crisis
True Story
Australiana
Normie Rowe
Whodunnit
6 Oct — 3 Nov
10 Nov — 8 Dec
David Williamson meets Isaac Newton on the verge of his greatest scientific discovery
Ibsen’s fiercest leading lady lands poolside on the Gold Coast
Egos
Legends
Alchemy
Pistols
Glitter Strip
Underbelly
Synopsis Orsino, Duke of lllyria, is in love with the Countess Olivia. She has forsworn men's company while she mourns the death of her brother, and is refusing all of his advances. Nearby, Viola, a young woman, laments the loss of her twin brother after being shipwrecked, but resolves to fend for herself by dressing as a boy and working as a page to Duke Orsino.
Orsino sends his new page Cesario (Viola in disguise) to court Olivia for him. Cesario/Viola goes unwillingly as she has fallen in love with her master Orsino. Olivia once again rejects Orsino, but falls in love with Cesario, believing he is male. Meanwhile, Olivia's uncle Sir Toby Belch, her servant Maria, and Sir Toby's friend Sir Andrew Aguecheek, plot to expose the self-love and aspirations of Olivia’s head steward Malvolio, who disapproves of their hard partying. Together, they write a letter to Malvolio tricking him into thinking that Olivia loves him. The letter demands that Malvolio appear in yellow stockings, cross-gartered, and smiling. Meanwhile, Viola's twin brother, Sebastian, who has also survived the shipwreck has made his way to Illyria, followed by his new found companion Antonio, a notable pirate. Sir Andrew’s affections for Olivia lead him to be jealous of Cesario, and he decides to declare a duel between them. Thanks to a prank by Sir Toby, both Andrew and Cesario believe that their opponent intends to fight to the death.
Antonio enters mistaking Cesario for Sebastian, intervenes to defend his friend, and is arrested by Orsino's men. Later, Sebastian comes along and is attacked by Sir Andrew, thinking him to be Cesario. Olivia intervenes and invites Sebastian into the house, thinking him to be Cesario, and Olivia and Sebastian are married that night. Malvolio, held in a dark room for being a madman, is psychologically tortured by Maria, Sir Toby, and Feste, the court fool, who dresses up as a priest to convince Malvolio that he is in fact mad. Antonio is brought to Orsino, and upon seeing Cesario, he accuses him of betrayal. Then, the real Sebastian arrives to apologise for fighting Sir Toby. The twins see each other and discover that they are both alive. The play ends with Orsino approving the union between Olivia and Sebastian and, realising his own attraction to 'Cesario', promising that once she is dressed as a woman again, they will be married as well. Malvolio enters and finding Maria's letter to be fraudulent, promises revenge.
If music be the food of love, play on — TWELFTH NIGHT, ACT 1 SCENE 1
Mistaken Identity
Autumnal
Classic
Gender Bender
Live Music
Eros
Twelfth Night
By Shakespeare Directed by Sam Strong Original music by Tim Finn
VENUE
CAST Liz Buchanan............................................................... Olivia Sandro Colarelli........................................................... Feste James Dobinson.......................................................... Curio Jason Klarwein................................................ Duke Orsino Kathryn McIntyre....................................................... Maria Christen O’Leary.................................................... Malvolia Kurt Phelan.............................................Antonio/Valentine Bryan Probets............................................... Sir Toby Belch Colin Smith.....................................Sir Andrew Aguecheek Kevin Spink........................................................... Sebastian Jessica Tovey................................................ Viola/Cesario CREATIVES Sam Strong...............................................................Director Tim Finn................................................................Composer James Dobinson. ……...Music Supervision/Orchestration and Arrangements Tracy Grant Lord................................................... .Designer Ben Hughes............................................. Lighting Designer Michael Waters......................………………. .Sound Designer Travis Dowling......................................... Assistant Director Vilma Mattila. ........................................Assistant Designer Marnie McDonald. .................................... Stage Manager Kat O’Halloran...............................Deputy Stage Manager Ella Gordon................................ Assistant Stage Manager MUSICIANS James Dobinson.............................Conductor/Keyboards Alanna Ritchie........................................Drums/Percussion Arun Roberts................................................. Basses/Guitar Dominic Woodhead.................................................Guitars
28 April - 19 May Playhouse, QPAC ATTENDANCE INFORMATION Twelfth Night will run for approximately 2 hours 40 minutes, including a 20 minute interval.
WARNINGS This production contains haze, use of replica guns and electronic cigarettes. The use of photographic or recording equipment is not permitted inside the theatre. Cover Photo: Tim Jones ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY Queensland Theatre would like to acknowledge the Jagera and Turrbal people who are the Traditional Custodians of this land. We would like to pay our respects to their Elders both past and present, and to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. RECYCLE THIS PROGRAM Support Greening Queensland Theatre and recycle this program after the performance in the recycling bins provided in the foyer. Read the program before the show at queenslandtheatre.com.au
CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS NJ Price...............................................Fight Choreography Andrew Stafford..................................... Responding Artist Kurt Phelan................................ Additional Choreography Bronte Larsson.................................. Director Observation Elizabeth Ward................................. Director Observation
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Dear friends It is a great pleasure to welcome you to the theatre in my new role of Executive Director and to thank you for your warm messages of congratulations. Amanda Jolly Executive Director
As many of you know, I have been working at Queensland Theatre for several years now as Deputy Executive Director and Philanthropy Manager and have been privileged to get to know some of you personally. I am immensely proud of the contribution we make to the cultural life of Queensland and I look forward to many more passionate foyer conversations about our productions and our company. Tonight you will experience Sam’s magnificent, new production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, a show destined to be a highlight in our company’s interpretation of the Bard. In a play which opens with “If music be the food of love, play on; give me excess of it…” you would expect this element to be central, and you will not be disappointed. We have once again teamed up with Tim Finn (responsible for the beautiful music for Ladies in Black), who has written a suite of exquisite new songs to deepen our enjoyment of this work. Tim is joined by another outstanding New Zealand creative talent, designer Tracy Grant Lord (working with us for the first time), who has skilfully brought to life the magical realm of Illyria. Add to this mix a cast complete with many of Queensland’s finest actors, musicians and creatives and you will see why this production is a standout. A work of this scale would not be possible without our partners, QPAC and Griffith University. We are now in our 17th year of partnership with Griffith, a relationship based on our mutual commitment to supporting the career pathways of young people, especially in the arts. QPAC are again joining us on this production with Tim Finn, following their partnership on Ladies in Black. Above all, this production is a sensual experience – from the sheer beauty of its music and language, to the visually dazzling world of Ilyria and the humour and humanity of the story. Sit back, let yourself be enchanted and transported by the power (and pain) of love in all its stages and guises. Amanda
Christen O'Leary, Jessica Tovey, Liz Buchanan, Kurt Phelan, Kevin Spink, Sam Strong, Ben Hughes, James Dobinson, Elizabeth Ward, Kathryn McIntyre, Bryan Probets, Jason Klarwein, Colin Smith
Tim Finn, Marnie McDonald
Bryan Probets, Colin Smith
Message from QPAC's Chief Executive Welcome to QPAC and to this performance of Queensland Theatre’s Twelfth Night.
John Kotzas Chief Executive, QPAC
The first recorded performance of William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night was in 1602, more than 400 years ago. The production you’re about to see has the same sense of madcap adventure, mistaken identity and unrequited love. Directed by Queensland Theatre’s Artistic Director, Sam Strong, this production also features new songs by legendary composer Tim Finn. Twelfth Night is one of Shakespeare’s darker comedies, it is a testament to the genius of the work that four centuries after it first appeared, the play continues to be a popular choice in the repertory of theatre companies. As always, on behalf of all at QPAC, it is our very great pleasure to work with our creative colleagues from Queensland Theatre to present our audiences with superb theatre experiences. The theatre is a special place where thought is free*, where we take a brief holiday from our everyday lives; it’s a place for us to affirm our beliefs, or perhaps challenge what we thought we knew. I hope you enjoy this performance of Twelfth Night and look forward to welcoming you back to QPAC again soon. * Act I, Scene iii
Mistaken Identity
Autumnal
Classic
Gender Bender
Live Music
Eros
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Sandro Colarelli, Liz Buchanan, Christen O'Leary, Kevin Spink, Kathryn McIntyre
Kurt Phelan
Christen O'Leary
Sam Strong
Jason Klarwein
Jessica Tovey
Director's Note Twelfth Night is so rich and complex, that working on it is like directing multiple plays at once. Sam Strong Director
On the one hand, it’s deliciously funny. In this, his final and most exquisite comedy, Shakespeare has honed the tropes he has employed across other plays – cross-dressed wooing, mistaken identity, and characters being tricked. On the other hand, if Twelfth Night is a comedy, it is deeply melancholy. For all the beautiful romantic couplings of the finale, there are others who are left behind or forgotten. The profoundly moving reunion of the twins is offset with a lingering unease about how far the ‘sport royal’ has been taken. Grief and mortality cast a shadow over – and give a certain reckless energy to – the last days of the party (the time of year that the Twelfth Night traditionally represented). For a play that is 400 years old, Twelfth Night also feels remarkably contemporary. The surtitle, What You Will, neatly captures the play’s fluid approach to gender and sexuality – a fluidity we have taken even further in this production. It also captures the way the action is driven by desire. Even the comic scenes of Twelfth Night are shot through with the energy of someone wanting someone else.
Twelfth Night was Shakespeare’s most musical play long before we got to it. Exploring the extent of the musical universe with Tim Finn (and Music Supervisor, Orchestrator and Arranger James Dobinson) has been delightful. Such is Tim’s connection with the material that he seems to be writing music and lyrics from within Shakespeare’s play – so much so that it can be difficult to spot where Finn begins and Shakespeare ends. I think this is due to the perfect fit between Tim’s preoccupations and range as a songwriter and the tonal fluctuations of the play. Both Tim and Twelfth Night are able, in the course of one evening, to traverse the thrill of falling in love, the pain of loss, and the mischievous silliness of drunkards. The design team and I have resisted the idea of setting Twelfth Night in too concrete a time or place. Rather, our Illyria is closer to what the name might have conjured for a Shakespearean audience – a magical and slightly dangerous ‘other’ world, in our case part classical Adriatic and part the crumbling sexiness of Havana. One of the greatest pieces of advice I ever received was that the mood of a rehearsal room will show up on stage. If this is the case, then given the level of play, invention and joy that has gone into the making of Twelfth Night, you’re in for a treat. If music be the food of love, play on indeed. Sam
Mistaken Identity
Autumnal
Classic
Gender Bender
Live Music
Eros
Composer’s Note Sam Strong asked me if I’d like to compose for Twelfth Night. I had neither seen nor read the play. I found a copy and fell in love. Tim Finn Composer
My first self-imposed task was to set the beautiful lines Shakespeare had written for Feste to sing. “O Mistress Mine” happened to sit well over a tune I had been playing only that morning. “Come Away Death” and “Hey Ho The Wind And The Rain” soon followed. I recorded quick demos and sent them to Sam who shared my excitement. He also vigorously encouraged me to write new songs as I responded to the text. The next few weeks were productive. I read Peter Ackroyd’s brilliant biography and immersed myself thoroughly in Shakespeare’s world. Ackroyd seemed to be saying, to me at least, that it was important to collaborate in the spirit of the Elizabethan age. To work in a white heat. I was fascinated to read in the introduction of my Oxford version that it was a “common theatrical experience that around the middle of the play the rhythm seems to falter, especially in the very long 3.4.”
Kurt Phelan, Kevin Spink
I thought, “How could Shakespeare get anything wrong?” I took a good look at the section and decided to engage. “There’s No Remedy” was my humble attempt to join the long procession of “editors” who have been inspired to make an incursion. Finally, I was excited to read that some consider Shakespeare to be the father of music-theatre. He obviously loved music and knew its invisible powers intimately. And Twelfth Night, being thought of as one of his most musical plays, has felt like a good place for me to try my hand. Thanks Queensland Theatre for offering me another rich experience. To quote Nabokov, I feel like I have been invited into a realm of “aesthetic bliss.”
James Dobinson
Act 1
Act 2
All This And More
Autumn Comedy
Abandoned 1
Abandoned
Out Of Season
Lady Ho Ho
Had A Home 1
There’s No Remedy
Keeping Up
Hey Robin Jolly Robin
O Mistress Mine
Adieu Goodman Devil
Farwell Dear Heart
It’s A Beautiful Day
Come Away Death
Had A Home 2
Falling Into Love
Hey Ho The Wind And The Rain
Tim Finn, Sam Strong
Responding Artist note “If music be the food of love, play on!” Andrew Stafford Responding Artist
This command, the opening line by Duke Orsino in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, has resonated for centuries. Perhaps you’ve heard or used those words yourself down the years, without knowing their origin. I say that because – as a musical glutton as well as a writer who, somehow, managed to avoid Shakespeare growing up – I know that I have. “Give me excess of it, that surfeiting, that appetite may sicken, and so die,” Orsino continues. This production of Twelfth Night has hooked me for life. It’s part sexual farce and part musical, with music for Shakespeare’s original snatches of verse provided by Split Enz and Crowded House legend Tim Finn, who also contributes a few entirely new songs of his own. Finn’s songs are both tender and playful, alternately celebrating love and reflecting back our contemporary debates around gender identity, sexual fluidity and the pace of social change. Feste sings a song that pokes gentle fun at the bewilderment of an older world-view: Once upon a time it was clear Who I was and how I got here Now I’m not so sure anymore The new normal Sounds a bit queer! These songs underline the real message of Twelfth Night: that the human heart is a glutton, too, and that it wants what it wants. Just to add extra twist to this masterpiece of multiple mistaken identities, there’s an additional switcheroo: the character of Malvolio is re-cast as a woman, giving the play a delicious new angle. These changes serve to both bring Twelfth Night into the present and underline the timelessness of its theme in an age of both resistance and radical acceptance that love is indeed love. So, play on, indeed. Or, in the words of a 20th century bard: Everybody’s got a hungry heart.
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Sam Strong
Tim Finn
DIRECTOR
COMPOSER
Queensland Theatre: Noises Off (with Melbourne Theatre Company), Once In Royal David’s City (with Black Swan State Theatre Company). Other Credits: Melbourne Theatre Company: Jasper Jones, Double Indemnity, The Weir, Endgame, The Sublime, The Speechmaker, Private Lives, The Crucible, Other Desert Cities, Madagascar; Sydney Theatre Company: Les Liaisons Dangereuses; Sydney Festival/Griffin Theatre Company/STCSA/Melbourne Festival: Masquerade; Sydney Festival/Griffin Theatre Company: The Boys; Griffin Theatre Company: The Floating World, Between Two Waves, And No More Shall We Part, Speaking in Tongues; Company B Belvoir: The Power of Yes; Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre: Red Sky Morning, Faces in the Crowd; B Sharp: Thom Pain (based on nothing). Positions: Artistic Director, Queensland Theatre; Associate Artistic Director, Melbourne Theatre Company; Artistic Director, Griffin Theatre Company; Literary Associate, Belvoir; Dramaturg in Residence, Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre. Awards: Sydney Theatre Awards - Best Direction of a Mainstage Production The Floating World; Sydney Theatre Awards Nominations - Best Director The Boys, The Power of Yes; Greenroom Awards Nominations – Best Direction Jasper Jones, The Sublime, Red Sky Morning; Helpmann Award Nominations – Best Direction The Floating World, The Boys.
Regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of his generation, New Zealand native Tim Finn continues to embrace the true definition of a renaissance man while fuelling an allinclusive, creative fire that constantly drives him onwards and upwards. Having established himself in the early 1970s as a founding member of art-pop-rock pioneers Split Enz and later as a member of the internationally successful band Crowded House (alongside brother Neil), Finn has penned some of the most treasured songs in contemporary music. The likes of I See Red, Poor Boy, My Mistake, Dirty Creature, I Hope I Never and Six Months In A Leaky Boat immediately come to mind. His time in Crowded House, established around the recording of the acclaimed Woodface album, was mostly co-written with his brother and included the timeless classics Weather With You, It’s Only Natural and Chocolate Cake. Add to this, an incredibly successful solo career that continues to mature and has delivered songs such as Fraction Too Much Friction, Made My Day, Persuasion and Not Even Close. Finn has toured the world and worked with some of the industry’s most accomplished artists and producers.
Sam Strong, Marnie McDonald
In recent years Finn has been helping develop new work for theatre. This has included the successful musical Ladies in Black, which received a Helpmann Award for Best Australian New Work. Finn, along with NZ playwright Ken Duncan and film-maker Sue Healey has co-written and performed in the one-man show White Cloud, a poetic examination of family and identity; The Fiery Maze, a raw and provocative song cycle written with the late Dorothy Porter, which had its premiere at Malthouse Theatre in 2016, and was picked up for inclusion in the 2017 Sydney Festival. He is currently developing a number of other music, film and theatre projects for release in 2019/2020. Who knows what is next for Tim Finn? One thing is for certain, he is showing no signs of slowing and the desire to create, write and perform is as strong as it ever was.
Kathryn McIntyre, Liz Buchanan
Jessica Tovey, Jason Klarwein, Vilma Mattila, Travis Dowling, Tracy Grant Lord
James Dobinson
Ben Hughes
MUSIC SUPERVISION/ORCHESTRATION
LIGHTING DESIGNER
AND ARRANGEMENTS/CONDUCTOR/
Queensland Theatre: Scenes from a Marriage, An Octoroon, Noises Off! (with Melbourne Theatre Company), Constellations, Switzerland, Much Ado About Nothing, The Seagull, Happy Days, Grounded, HOME, The Button Event, The Effect (with Sydney Theatre Company), The Mountaintop, Black Diggers (with Sydney Festival), Design for Living, 1001 Nights, The Lost Property Rules, Orbit, Mother Courage and Her Children, The Pitch & The China Incident, Kelly, Head Full of Love, Fractions
KEYBOARDS/CURIO
Queensland Theatre: Debut. Other Credits: As Music Supervisor/ Orchestrator: Lynn Redgrave Theatre, NYC: The View UpStairs; JUTE Theatre/ Brisbane Powerhouse: Joh For PM!. As Music Director/Arranger: New World Stages, NYC: Clinton: The Musical; Australian National Tour: Often I Find That I Am Naked. As Music Supervisor: Sheen Center, NYC: Gods & Kings. As Music Director: Vital Theatre, NYC: Fancy Nancy; Studio 54, NYC: Mann...and Wife in Concert; Twelfth Night Theatre: Dumped; Crown Uptown (Wichita, Kansas): Hairspray, Shrek, Spring Awakening, White Christmas; Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma: Mann..and Wife. As Orchestrator: 2015 USA National Tour: Guys And Dolls. As Associate Conductor: Moonshadow Australia: Moonshadow. Television: As Orchestrator/Assistant Music Director: Carols in the City [2011-2013]. Recordings: Broadway Records: The View UpStairs; Ghostlight Records: Clinton, Fancy Nancy.
Tracy Grant Lord DESIGNER
Queensland Theatre: Debut. Other Credits: Recent projects include: New Zealand Dance Company, Auckland and New Zealand Festivals: OrphEus; Seattle Opera and Opera Queensland: The Barber of Seville; Auckland Theatre Company: Billy Elliot the Musical; Royal New Zealand Ballet and Queensland Ballet: A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Opera Australia: Rigoletto; Scottish Ballet: Cinderella; Melbourne Theatre Company: Private Lives. Exhibitions: Prague Quadrennial, World Stage Design. Awards: Olivier Award Nomination – Best New Dance Production Romeo and Juliet; Helpmann Award Nominations In the Next Room, The Importance of Being Earnest. Training: Winston Churchill Fellow; Bachelor of Spatial Design, Auckland University of Technology.
(with Hothouse Theatre), Orphans, An Oak Tree, Sacre Bleu, Let The Sunshine (with Melbourne Theatre Company), Fat Pig, The Crucible, 25 Down, Stones in His Pockets, I Am My Own Wife, John Gabriel Borkman, The Estimator, Private Fears in Public Places, Man Equals Man, Waiting for Godot, Eating Ice Cream with Your Eyes Closed, The Exception and The Rule, Ruby Moon. As Associate Lighting Designer: Toy Symphony, Heroes. As Co-Director/Designer: Trollop. Other Credits: Highlights include Sydney Theatre Company: Black is the New White; The Danger Ensemble: Caligula, The Wizard of Oz, Sons of Sin, Loco Maricon Amor, The Hamlet Apocalypse; La Boîte Theatre Company: A Streetcar Named Desire, Snow White (with Opera Queensland & Brisbane Festival), Medea, A Doll’s House, Cosi; Expressions Dance Company: Converge, Mozart Airborne (with Opera Queensland), The Host, Carmen Sweet, Propel; Queensland Ballet: Flourish, Giselle, A Classical Celebration, ...with Attitude; As Associate Lighting Designer: Elision Ensemble: The Navigator; Meryl Tankard: The Oracle; Positions: Affiliate Artist, Queensland Theatre (2014 & 2011); Resident Lighting Designer, Queensland Theatre (2013); Associate Artistic Director - The Danger Ensemble; Professional Member, Association of Lighting Designers; Accredited Member, Australian Production Design Guild. Awards: 2011 Groundling Award – Outstanding Contribution to Lighting Design.
Michael Waters
Vilma Mattila
SOUND DESIGNER
ASSISTANT DESIGNER
Queensland Theatre: Ladies in Black. Other Credits: As Sound Designer: Opera Australia: The Rabbits, My Fair Lady, Anything Goes, The King And I; The Gordon Frost Organisation: Dream Lover - The Bobby Darin Musical, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, Annie, An Officer And A Gentleman (World Premiere), Doctor Zhivago (World Premiere); LW&A: Mamma Mia!; TML: Fiddler On The Roof; Dainty Consolidated Entertainment: Singin’ In The Rain, Hugh Jackman’s Broadway To Oz; Ben Gannon: The Boy From Oz with Todd McKenney/Hugh Jackman; Backrow Productions: Priscilla - Queen of The Desert (World Premiere); NewTheatricals: The Woman In Black; Dennis Smith: Dusty – The Original Pop Diva (World Premiere); Jacobsen’s: Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story on Stage (World Premiere), Saturday Night Fever; DAE: Singin’ In The Rain. As Soundscape Designer: Dreamingful Productions: ATOMIC – The Musical (Australia, New York). Awards: Helpmann Award - Best Sound Design The King and I, Dusty - the Original Pop Diva, The Woman in Black; Helpmann Award - Best Sound Design nomination Fiddler on the Roof, Anything Goes, Boy From Oz (with Hugh Jackman), Singin' In The Rain; Green Room Award - Best Sound Design Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage; Green Room Award nomination - Best Sound Design My Fair Lady, The King and I, A Funny Thing Happened on The Way to the Forum, Saturday Night Fever.
Queensland Theatre: As Designer: 600 Ways to Filter a Sunset, Constellations (Queensland Theatre Senior Youth Ensemble 2017). As Assistant Designer: Scenes from a Marriage. As Design Assistant: An Octoroon. Other Credits: As Designer: Festival 2018: Tide (with The Farm Company); La Boîte Theatre Company: The Dead Devils of Cockles Creek, A Streetcar Named Desire; The Farm Company: Frank Enstein; Helsinki Theatre Academy’s Kookos Theatre: Platonov, They Shoot Horse’s Don’t They, Violent Society. As Costume Designer: The 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony: Birralee Voices, Many Lands, One Place; Festival 2018: Ninth Wave (with The Farm Company). As Assistant Designer: Helsinki City Theatre: Armi; Alexander Theatre: Antigone. Positions: Resident Designer, Queensland Theatre. Training: Master of Arts studies in Scenography, Aalto University; Bachelor of Arts in Scenography, Aalto University School of Art, Design and Architecture (exchange at QUT and Griffith University).
Travis Dowling ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Queensland Theatre: As Director: Six Hundred Ways to Filter a Sunset, Riley Valentine and the Occupation of Fort Svalbard, Love and Information, Constellations (Queensland Theatre Senior Youth Ensemble 2017), This Hollow Crown. As Assistant Director: Much Ado About Nothing, Macbeth, Thom Pain (based on nothing). Other Credits: As Director: Grin and Tonic Theatre Troupe: Versus, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Warning Small Parts, I am Romeo and Juliet, Heart fail, Absurd, Epic; HotHouse Theatre: Between The Clouds, The Pyjama Girl, The Duck Variations, Macbeth; Metro Arts: Lazarus Won’t Get Out of Bed, Furious Angels; Backbone: A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Vena Cava: Oh The Humanity; Ignations: The Last Five Years. Positions: Associate Director, Queensland Theatre; Associate Director, HotHouse Theatre; Associate Director, Grin and Tonic Theatre Troupe.
Marnie McDonald STAGE MANAGER
Queensland Theatre: As Stage Manager: Queensland Premier’s Drama Awards 2016, Love & Information (Queensland Theatre Junior and Intermediate Youth Ensemble 2016), Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Honour, After The Ball (1998 remount and 1997 national tour). As Assistant Stage Manager: The Marriage of Figaro, After The Ball (1997), Julius Caesar (with Melbourne Theatre Company). Other Credits: As Stage Manager: Playbox Theatre Company: Competitive Tenderness, Pacific Union; Handspan Puppet Theatre Company: Dante: Through the Invisible; Bharatam Dance Company: Buddha – The Light of Asia, Boddhisatva, Krishna: The Celestial Dancer, Odissi: The Sensuous Spirit, The Speaking Tree, The Golden Lotus; Millennium Productions: Two. As Production Manager/ Stage Manager: Handspan Puppet Theatre Company: Viva La Vida! Frida Kahlo (including national tour); Bharatam Dance Company: The Churning of the Ocean; Arena Theatre Company: Electro Diva (including tour), Malache (including tour); Stable Productions: The Supper. As Production Manager: Handspan Puppet Theatre Company: The Kangaroo Tale. As Assistant Stage Manager: Melbourne Theatre Company: My Father’s Father. Positions: Project Manager, St. Martin’s Youth Arts Centre Melbourne.
Kathryn McIntyre, Sandro Colarelli, Colin Smith, Bryan Probets
Kat O’Halloran DEPUTY STAGE MANAGER
Queensland Theatre: As Stage Manager: The 39 Steps, Rice (with Griffin Theatre Company), Once in Royal David’s City (with Black Swan State Theatre Company), Switzerland, Happy Days, Treasure Island, An Oak Tree, Hurry Up and Wait! As Assistant Stage Manager: Scenes from a Marriage, An Octoroon, Tartuffe (with Black Swan State Theatre Company), Quartet, The Seagull, God Of Carnage, Rabbit Hole. Other Credits: As Stage Manager: Creative Regions: It All Begins With Love; Brisbane Powerhouse; QPAC; Out Of The Box; State Library of Queensland: National Play Festival. As Event Coordinator: Sydney Festival - Seymour Centre, Carriageworks, AAMI Ferrython, Festival First Night. As Assistant Stage Manager: SpoonTree Productions: The Man The Sea Saw; Sydney Festival - Domain Concert Series; Queensland Ballet. Positions: Technical Coordinator, Brisbane Festival. Training: Bachelor of Fine Arts (Technical Production), QUT.
Ella Gordon
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER
Queensland Theatre: As Secondment: An Octoroon. Other Credits: As Stage Manager: Short+Sweet Queensland Gala Finals 2016, Short+Sweet Brisbane Strands 2016, Short+Sweet Queensland Gala Finals 2015; Shake & Stir Theatre Company: A Midsummer Night’s Dream; QUT: Little Revolution; Underground Productions: 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Out of the Box Festival: Amy and Louis, Sarah’s Heavy Heart (with QUT). As Assistant Stage Manager: Sydney Festival 2018; Short+Sweet Festival Brisbane Strands 2015; La Boîte Indie: Dangerfield Park (with Pentimento Productions), Angel Gear. As Deputy Stage Manager: QUT: Dance16. As Production Stage Manager: QUT: Detroit, Eurydice, The Motherfucker With The Hat. As Secondment: Queensland Ballet: Raw; Sydney Festival 2017. Training: BFA (Technical Production) & BFA (Drama), QUT.
Liz Buchanan OLIVIA
Queensland Theatre: The 39 Steps, Much Ado About Nothing, Grimm Tales. Other Credits: La Boîte Theatre Company: The Year Nick McGowan Came to Stay, Operator, Red Cap (with Queensland Music Festival), Long Gone Lonesome Cowgirls; QPAC: Eurobeat – Almost Eurovision, Women in Voice 17, Phantoad of the Opera, Sherwoodstock; Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts: Women in Voice 21, One in Seven, Handle with Care (with Joymas Creative); Harvest Rain Theatre Company: Guys and Dolls, Hairspray, The Caucasian Chalk Circle; Oscar Theatre Company: [Title of Show], The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre: Vikram and the Vampire; Imaginery Theatre/World Theatre Festival: Horrendo's Curse; Queensland Cabaret Festival: Seven on Sinatra; Joymas Creative: Recall. Television: Hoges, The Gruen Transfer, Reef Doctors, Terra Nova, Prank Patrol, H20 - Just Add Water, Sea Patrol, Mortified, FarmKids, The Sleepover Club, Monarch Cove, Fat Cow Motel, Medivac, Pacific Drive, Paradise Beach. Awards: Matilda Award – Best Female Actor in a Lead Role Long Gone Lonesome Cowgirls. Training: Bachelor of Arts – Drama (Acting), QUT.
Sandro Colarelli FESTE
Queensland Theatre: The Alchemist (with Bell Shakespeare Company), Seeding Bed, A Christmas Carol, The Venetian Twins, Shopping And F$$$ing, Summer Rain, Oz Shorts, MODD 2000 - The Dream, Eight, Shoot-Get TreasureRepeat. Other Credits: La Boîte Theatre Company: The Narcissist (with Sydney Theatre Company and Merrigong Theatre Company), Emma Celebrazione!, Milk And Honey, Freedom Ride, Scattered Lives, A Beautiful Life (with Matrix, Brisbane Festival and Performing Lines National Tour), Red Cap (with Queensland Music Festival); Opera Queensland: The Adventures of Figaro; Griffin Theatre Company: Dr Akar’s Women; 4MBS: Twelfth Night, Julius Caesar, Cribbie; Zen Zen Zo: The Odyssey, Cabaret (with QPAC), Vikram and the Vampire; Brisbane Festival: The Lady of the House of Love (with Queensland Music Festival and Metro Arts), Till Death Do Us Part (with Brides of Frank), 1347, King and the Corpse (with Matrix); Bleach Festival: Hotelling; Queensland Music Festival: DragQueensLand; Brisbane Cabaret Festival: Tom Waits for No Man (Queensland Arts Council, ArTour and NORPA), Vive Jacques Brel, A-Z of Cabaret; Brisbane Powerhouse: The Seven Seas (with The Good Ship), The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust (with Electric Moon, Melbourne Cabaret Festival, Queensland Cabaret Festival and MELT Festival), The Warm Room (with Queensland Cabaret Festival and Electric Moon), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (with Electric Moon and MELT Festival), Transformer (with Queensland Cabaret Festival, QPAC and Wonderland); Queensland Folk Federation: Boadecia - the Rock Opera; Fractal: My Love Has a Black Speed Stripe; Canto Coro: 1975; Jo&Co: Mercy Thieves (with Dennehy
Productions); Coalface: Scattered Lives. As Co-creator and Performer: La Boite: X-cess Baggage (with Belvoir St). Film: DevsDating, Inspector Gadget II, Hobson’s Choice, The Keys, Welcome to the Lucky Country, Black Fury, Gettin’ Squared, Solutions at Hand, Big Date, Superb Satans, Gino and Time Trax. Television: Family Law, Hoges, Secrets and Lies, The Strip, Mortified, Cybergirl. Awards: Matilda Award – Best Male Actor in Supporting Role The Odyssey, Venetian Twins. Training: Bachelor of Arts - Drama (Acting) QUT.
Jason Klarwein DUKE ORSINO
Queensland Theatre: As Actor: Once in Royal David’s City (with Black Swan State Theatre Company), Riley Valentine and the Occupation of Fort Svalbard, The Odd Couple, The Seagull, Macbeth (with The Grin and Tonic Theatre Troupe), Design For Living, Elizabeth - Almost By Chance a Woman, Fractions (with HotHouse Theatre), Faustus (with Bell Shakespeare Company), An Oak Tree, Macbeth, Thom Pain (based on nothing), A Streetcar Named Desire, God is a DJ, Phèdre, The Fortunes of Richard Mahony, Bash, Mad Hercules, The Tragedy of King Richard the Second, Shopping and F$$$ing, The Skin of Our Teeth. As Director: My Name is Jimi, The 7 Stages of Grieving (with The Grin and Tonic Theatre Troupe - National 2017 Tour and Origins Festival, London), St Mary’s In Exile, Much Ado About Nothing, Oedipus Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, A Dream within A Dream, Orbit, This Hollow Crown. Other Credits: As Actor: Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Peter and the Wolf, The Happiness Box, Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, The Carnival of the Animals, Tubby the Tuba; Bell Shakespeare: Henry IV; Sydney Theatre Company: A Streetcar Named Desire; Belvoir St Theatre: Paul, Capricornia, Maralinga; La Boîte Theatre Company: The Glass Menagerie, Half and Half, Cosi; Adelaide Festival Centre: A Thing Called Snake; The Grin and Tonic Theatre Troupe: The Trial, Monkey, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Othello, Richard the Third, The Winter’s Tale, Henry the Sixth, Romeo and Juliet, Seasons. As Director: The Arts Centre Gold Coast: Oh the Humanity and Other Exclamations; The Grin and Tonic Theatre Troupe: April's Fools, Hoods, Lunatic, The Lover and The Loon, LIVID, I Am Macbeth, Sunburn, Island Home, Revolt, Inferno, VS, Super/Natural, Romeo and Juliet, The Zoo Story, The Trial, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Film: Celeste, The Baby Whisperer. Television: The Devil’s Playground, Illusion 5, Slide, Sea Patrol, Australia Remembers, Cybergirl. Positions: Resident Director, Queensland Theatre 2014-2015; Artistic Director, The Grin and Tonic Theatre Troupe 2010 – current; MEAA Queensland Branch Council 2011 - current, MEAA National Performers Committee 2013 – current, MEAA Federal Council Board Member. Awards: Helpmann Award Nomination – Best Male Actor Once in Royal David’s City; Logie Award – Most Outstanding Miniseries The Devil’s Playground.
Kathryn McIntyre
Kurt Phelan
MARIA
ANTONIO/VALENTINE
Queensland Theatre: 600 Ways to Filter a Sunset, Ladies in Black, Much Ado About Nothing, One in Seven (QPDA Shortlist Play Reading). Other Credits: Joymas Creative: Recall, Handle with Care; An Old Fashioned Production Company: Bendigo to Broadway, Becoming Bill; Judith Wright Centre: Gimme Gimme - Tales of an Eternal Optimist; Dianne Gough Productions: Macbeth the Contemporary Rock Opera; Arts Centre Gold Coast: Boy
Queensland Theatre: Debut. Other Credits: As Actor: Melbourne Theatre Company: The Myth Project; Burley Theatre: The Important of Being Earnest; Griffin Theatre Company: Uncanny Valley, Return to Earth; La Boîte Theatre Company: Tender Napalm; Cellblock: Women of Troy, Suddenly Last Summer; Gordon Frost Organisation: Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story Onstage; Wax Lyrical: The Last Five Years; JUTE Theatre Company: Joh For PM! (with Brisbane Powerhouse and
From Oz; Queensland Conservatorium of Music: Our Turn 2013, Miss Saigon, And the World Goes Round, Elegies for Angels Punks and Raging Queens, Con 2 the Cabaret, Fiddler on the Roof, Summer of the Aliens. Training: Bachelor of Music (Musical Theatre), Queensland Conservatorium of Music.
Queensland Music Festival); Brisbane Powerhouse: Gaybies; Shake & Stir: American Idiot; Opera Queensland: Kiss Me Kate; Moonshadow Australia: Moonshadow; Backrow: Priscilla Queen Of The Desert, The Musical; ICA: Saturday Night Fever; Opera Australia: The Merry Widow; Cameron Mackintosh: The Witches of Eastwick; IMG: Singin’ in the Rain. As Writer and Performer: Festival2018: Songs of Love (And Pizza); Cheaper than Chips (national tour), Louder than Words (national tour), Phelan Groovy (national tour and New York). As Writer: Adelaide Festival: A Nightmare On Love Street, The Bitter End. As Choreographer: Sydney Theatre Company: Boys Will Be Boys; Melbourne Theatre Company: The Myth Project, Twin, Dangerous Liaisons; Brisbane Festival: Psycho Beach. Television: Dancing with the Stars, Sydney Olympics Opening and Closing Ceremonies, Plonk, Toasted TV. Training: NIDA.
Christen O’Leary MALVOLIA
Queensland Theatre: Scenes from a Marriage, Much Ado About Nothing, Ladies in Black, The Seagull, Gloria, End of the Rainbow, Bombshells, The Marriage of Figaro, The Game of Love and Chance, The Crucible, Seven Little Australians, The Cherry Orchard, A Month in the Country, Gilgamesh, The Woman Before, The Sunshine Club, Threepenny Opera, The Beaux Stratagem, Fuente Ovejuna. Other Credits: La Boîte Theatre Company: Blackrock, Medea, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Melbourne Theatre Company: Assassins, The Rover, Cosi, Wednesday to Come, Gift of Gorgon, Ruby Moon, Don Juan in Soho, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The World’s Wife, Urinetown, Hinterland, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Man the Balloon, Company, The Comedy of Errors, A Little Night Music; The Production Company: The Boy From Oz, High Society, Hello Dolly; Malthouse Theatre: Ruby Moon, Tear From a Glass Eye, The Goldberg Variations, Porn Cake, Goodbye Vaudeville Charlie Mudd; Sydney Theatre Company: Threepenny Opera. Film: Australia Day, Pinch Me. Television: Hoges, Wentworth, Rush, Neighbours, Blue Heelers, MDA, Worst Best Friends, Crashburn, Seachange, State Coroner, Raw FM. Awards: Helpmann Award – Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Gold Matilda Award – End of the Rainbow; Green Room Award – Best Female Actor in a Featured Role Company, A Little Night Music. Training: Diploma of Arts (Creative), USQ.
Bryan Probets SIR TOBY BELCH
Queensland Theatre: The 39 Steps, 600 Ways to Filter a Sunset, St Mary’s in Exile, Much Ado About Nothing, The Odd Couple, Australia Day, Design for Living, Pygmalion, Waiting for Godot, The Alchemist (with Bell Shakespeare Company), The Importance of Being Earnest, Private Fears in Public Places, A Christmas Carol, The Venetian Twins, Scapin, The Lonesome West, Mano Nera, The Cherry Orchard, Road to She-Devil’s Salon. Other Credits: Shake & Stir Theatre Company: George’s Marvellous Medicine, Tequila Mockingbird, 1984, Animal Farm; La Boîte Theatre Company: Edward Gant’s Amazing Feats of Loneliness (with Sydney Theatre Company), As You Like It, The Wishing Well, The Danger Age, The Year Nick McGowan Came to Stay, Operator, Creche and Burn, Way Out West, Milo’s Wake, Hermes and the Naked Flame (with Queensland Arts Council); Opera Queensland: Ruddigore, Candide, Kiss Me Kate; Zen Zen Zo: Vikram and the Vampire; Queensland Music Festival: Credo the Innocence of God; Queensland Ballet: The Amazing Magician Goes Troppo; Harvest Rain Theatre Company: The Woman in Black; Hot House Theatre Company: Australia: The Show. Film: Don’t Tell, Celeste, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, The Railway Man, Tracks, The Great Gatsby, Singularity, Punishment, Daybreakers, Subdivision, Triangle, Hildegarde, The Proposition, Nim’s Island, A Heartbeat Away, The Horseman. Television: Monarch Cove, Starter Wife, Fat Cow Motel, Pyjama Girl, Love Weights.
Positions: Queensland Theatre: Emerging Artist (2003), Artistic Associate (2004-2006). Awards: Matilda commendation The Lonesome West, Road to the She-Devil’s Salon; Matilda Award – Best Supporting Actor As You Like It, Gold Award Body of Work. Training: Acting, USQ.
Colin Smith SIR ANDREW AGUECHEEK
Queensland Theatre: An Octoroon (with Brisbane Festival), The Odd Couple, Black Diggers (with Sydney Festival and Brisbane Festival). Other Credits: Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble: The Tempest, Mary Stuart, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Bombitty of Errors, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Shakespeare’s Shorts: Express Macbeth, Instant Romeo and Juliet, The Half-Hour Hamlet, Midsummer’s Mechanicals, The Merchant of Venice, Richard III, As You Like It, Food of Love: A Shakespeare Cabaret, Twelfth Night, Metamorphoses, Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare’s Briefs or Let’s Kill All the Lawyers; Queensland Ballet: Vis-à-vis: Moving Stories; La Boîte Theatre Company: A Streetcar Named Desire; 4 Stage Productions: Wogs In Love; Brisbane Writers Festival: Carpentaria: A Performance; Room to Play: One Was Nude One Wore Tails; Brisbane Arts Theatre: Monstrous Regiment, Night Watch, The Fifth Elephant, Men At Arms; Short Film: Meekin Park, The Last Aussie Hero 3: The Search for Kip, Episode 1.5: Lord of the Philosopher's Stone. Television: Secrets & Lies, Sea Patrol, Mortified. Awards: Matilda Award – Best Male Actor in a Leading Role An Octoroon.
Kevin Spink SEBASTIAN
Queensland Theatre: St Mary’s In Exile, Kelly (national tour), Gloria, Macbeth. Other Credits: Queensland Symphony Orchestra/4MBS: A Midsummer Night’s Dream; The Good Room: Rabbit; 23rd Productions: The Ugly One, My Night with Harold; La Boîte Theatre Company: Colder; DeBase Theatre: Ithaca Road; Harvest Rain Theatre Company: The Awfully Big Adventures of Peter Pan; Imaginary Theatre: Tashi; The Forward Movement: Magda’s Fascination with Wax Cats; Three Sister Productions: Bronte; The Restaged Histories Project: The Last Days of the New Theatricals; and moor Theatre: Beautiful; Springboard Theatre: The Laramie Project; Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre: Dracula, Romeo & Juliet. Film: Celeste. Short Film: Poster Boy, A Bus Knight, Doing Time, The Alpha, Cigarettes, A New You and Photo Booth. Television: Mako Mermaids, Parer’s War, Heartbeat.
Jessica Tovey VIOLA/CESARIO
Queensland Theatre: Constellations. Other Credits: Bell Shakespeare Company: The Merchant of Venice; Melbourne Theatre Company: Double Indemnity; Q Theatre: Truck Stop; New Theatre: Seven Little Australians; Television: Wolf Creek, Movie Juice, Wonderland, Mr and Mrs Murder, Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo, Cops Lac, Panic at Rock Island, Wicked Love, Rescue Special Ops, Dance Academy, Home & Away, Underbelly, Wicked Science. Film: Tracks, Lemon Tree Passage, Adore, Beast No More. Awards: Logie Awards nominations – Best New Talent, Silver Logie Actress; IF Award nomination – Out of the Box.
Alanna Ritchie DRUMS/PERCUSSION
Queensland Theatre: Debut. Other Credits: Queensland Conservatorium: Rent, Godspell, Fame; Savoyards Musical Comedy: How to Succeed in Business, Nice Work if You Can Get it, Miss Saigon; Ignatians Musical Society: Company, Into the Woods; Brisbane Arts Theatre: Little Shop of Horrors; Blue Fish Theatrical: Spamalot, Chicago; Empire Theatre: Legally Blonde; JUTE Theatre Company: Joh for PM. Training: Advanced Diploma of Music, Brisbane's Jazz Music Institute.
Arun Roberts BASSES/GUITAR
Queensland Theatre: Debut. Other Credits: Brisbane Arts Theatre: Avenue Q, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change; Blue Fish Theatrical: Jeckyll & Hyde; Twelfth Night Theatre: Dumped! The Musical; Ignatians Musical Society: Miss Saigon. Film: Water on the Brain, Forging Ned Kelly. Music: Ella Hooper, Full Flower Moon Band, Gabriella Cohen, Ben Salter, Dirt Hand, Oh Ye Denver Birds, The End. Recordings: The End: The End; Oh Ye Denver Birds: Good Ivy; Dirt Hand: The Dirt Hand EP; Full Flower Moon Band: Chinatown; Gabriella Cohen: Pink is the colour of unconditional love; Dirt Hand: The Thorn Variations; Jessie L Warren: Untitled. Modelling: The Boho Photo Series, Gucci Cruise 2018 Fashion Show.
Dominic Woodhead GUITARS
Queensland Theatre: Debut. Other Credits: As Musical Director: QLD Conservatorium: Little Women, The Life, Edges, Sweet Charity, Con2Cabaret; Promac Productions: Pirates of Penzance; Underground Broadway: Broadway Bound, Underground Broadway: Broadway Rebooted; MAPA/Pratt Foundation/Monash University: Servant of Two Masters; Understudy Productions/ MELT/Powerhouse: Boys of Sondheim; Adelaide Fringe Festival: #FirstWorldWhiteGirls - Botox Party; Wax Lyrical: Carrie; Brisbane Powerhouse/Yakkana/Accolade Productions: Song the Story of a Girl, a Bird, and a Teapot; Harvest Rain Theatre Company: 35mm (Aus Premier); Virago Theatre Company: Villains; Studio 188: Studio 188 Concert Series; Sue Rider: One Last Trip. As Accompanist: JTM Productions: A Fine Romance; Promac Productions: Great Composers of London’s West End; Matt Ward Productions: Rent; QPAC: Heathers (with Working Management); Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Raiders of the Lost Ark; Melbourne International Comedy Festival: Songs for Sarah Connor; QLD Pops Orchestra: QLD Pops “Broadway”; Underground Productions: Underground Broadway – Spring, Underground Broadway - Premier; Qld Cabaret Festival/Brisbane Powerhouse: I See Me & Meryl Streep; QLD Conservatorium: A Chorus Line, Rent, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, A Musical Theatre Christmas, Into the Woods, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, Hair, Carousel; Benedict Braxton-Smith: Stranger Songs.
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