LUNA GALE

Rebecca Gilman’s plays include BOY GETS GIRL, SPINNING INTO BUTTER, BLUE SURGE, THE GLORY OF LIVING, THE SWEETEST SWING IN BASEBALL, THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER, DOLLHOUSE and THE CROWD YOU’RE IN WITH.

Among her many awards have been a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Harold and Mimi Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award, the Harper Lee Award, the Scott McPherson Award, the Prince Prize for Commissioning New Work, the Roger L. Stevens Award, the Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright, and the George Devine Award. BOY GETS GIRL received an Olivier nomination for Best New Play and she was a finalist for the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for The Glory of Living. She received her MFA in playwriting from the University of Iowa and is an associate professor of playwriting and screenwriting at Northwestern University. She is an Artistic Associate at the Goodman Theatre, Chicago, where LUNA GALE received its world premiere in 2014.

Recent productions: Darlinghurst Theatre Company: HYSTERIA by Terry Johnson. Ensemble: TRIBES by Nina Raine. CDP Productions: SNUGGLEPOT & CUDDLEPIE (adapted by Monkey Baa). NIDA: TOP GIRLS by Caryl Churchill. Illuminate Educate: NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH by Lally Katz. Sport for Jove: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM. City of Sydney: THE HUNGRY GHOST created with Mei Tsering. Bell Shakespeare Company: Resident Director 2014, INTIMATE LETTERS (AD), TARTUFFE (AD), HENRY V (AD). Sydney Theatre Company: THE LONG WAY HOME by Daniel Keene (Assistant/Tour Director), IN A HEART BEAT created with Jo Turner, Education Resident Artist 2012. Griffin Independent: GIRL IN TAN BOOTS, by Tahli Corin. Belvoir: SUMMER OF THE  SEVENTEENTH DOLL by Ray Lawler (Assistant Director), THE KISS by Anton Chekhov, Kate Chopin, Peter Goldsworthy and Guy de Maupassant, YELLOW MOON by David Greig. Graduate of Trinity College, Dublin (BA), UNSW (MA) and NIDA (Grad Dip in Directing).

Since graduating from NIDA Michelle has worked extensively as an actor, singer and voice over artist.

She is well known on the Australian stage with theatre credits including ARCADIA, DEAD WHITE MALES, THE WHARF REVIEW, THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISSOCIA and AFTER DINNER for Sydney Theatre Company; A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC for Melbourne Theatre Company and IMG; THE WINTER’S TALE (1997 & 2014), A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, MEASURE FOR MEASURE, THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, MACBETH and ROMEO AND JULIET for the Bell Shakespeare Company; JAPES, BIRTHRIGHTS, WARNING: EXPLICIT MATERIAL, CAMP, CRUISE CONTROL and ABSENT FRIENDS for Ensemble Theatre; Nine productions for Marian Street Theatre including MRS WARREN’S PROFESSION, SEPARATION, TALKING HEADS AND CRIMES OF THE HEART; STORIES FROM SUBURBAN ROAD and THE CORPORAL’S WIFE for Perth Theatre Company; MACK AND MABEL at the State Theatre and FALLING FROM GRACE for Playbox. Other productions include THE VENETIAN TWINS, ELEGIES, THE VILLAIN OF FLOWERS, FOLLIES IN CONCERT, LOUNGE ROOM CULTURE, THE KING OF LAUGHTER and AFTER DINNER for the Edinburgh Festival, THE ONE DAY OF THE YEAR, THE CAT LADY OF BEXLEY and SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE BABIES PROMS: MEETING MOZART for CDP and UAE and China tour, the Australian musical THE HATPIN for White Box/Neil Gooding Productions and THE HANSARD MONOLOGUES for the Seymour Centre.

Lucy Heffernan trained at the University of Wollongong, graduating with a Bachelor of Performance. Her theatre credits include: SINGLE ASIAN FEMALE (Belvoir St/ La Boite Theatre Company), 4.48 PSYCHOSIS (Workhorse Theatre Company/ Redline Productions), BLACKROCK (White Box Theatre), ENCOUNTER (Woodcourt Art Theatre), the premiere production of MINUSONESISTER (Stories Like These/ Griffin Independent), A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, THE CRUCIBLE AND THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (Sport for Jove), AS I LAY DREAMING (Shopfront Theatre), THE REMOVALISTS (Rock Surfers Theatre Company), and MACHINE (Old 505). Her television credits include: DEADLY WOMEN and DOCTOR DOCTOR. Lucy is thrilled to be making her Ensemble Theatre debut playing the role of Karlie.

Scott Sheridan’s stage credits include Barking Gecko’s IN A DARK DARK WOOD; Griffin Theatre’s THE WITCHES; RUPERT for Melbourne Theatre Company; Critical Stages STONES IN HIS POCKET; THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, ARCADIA, WHEN THE RAIN STOPS FALLING and A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM for Black Swan State Theatre Company; MACBETH, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, THE TEMPEST, CYRANO DE BERGERAC, THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, LOVE’S LABOURS LOST, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, OTHELLO, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS, for Sport for Jove Theatre; Bell Shakespeare’s HAMLET and ACTORS AT WORK program, and Darlinghurst Theatre’s DRAKE THE AMAZING;

Screen credits include PETER ALLEN: NOT THE BOY NEXT DOOR, CARELESS LOVE, MARLEY SOMEONE. Scott is a creative with General Legends, writing and featuring in festival short films UNDEADICATED (Austin Film Festival) and UNWANTED FRIEND (Tropfest). Scott is a WAAPA Graduate and has trained at the iO Theatre and The Second City in Chicago. Proud member of Equity.

Jacob’s theatre credits include: PUSS IN BOOTS for the City Recital Hall, THE MERCHANT OF VENICE and ROMEO AND JULIET for Bell Shakespeare; ON THE SHORE OF THE WIDE WORLD for Griffin Theatre Company/Pantsguys; SNUGGLEPOT AND CUDDLEPIE for CDP Productions/Monkey Baa; ORFEO ET EURIDICE for Spectrum Festival; DAYLIGHT SAVING for Darlinghurst Theatre Company; and THE BLOCK UNIVERSE for Old 505. Screen credits include the feature film HACKSAW RIDGE and for television, DR FEELGOOD and SISTERS. In 2016 Jacob received a Best Actor nomination at the Sydney Theatre Awards. He is a proud member of MEAA.

David is a NIDA graduate with over 35 years’ experience on stage and screen.

Recent theatre includes: RELATIVELY SPEAKING (Ensemble); DRACULA, 1984 (Shake & Stir); MONKEY: JOURNEY TO THE WEST (Theatre of Image); HAMLET, HENRY 4, THE DUCHESS OF MALFI, THE ALCHEMIST, MACBETH, AS YOU LIKE IT, THE TEMPEST, ROMEO AND JULIET (Bell Shakespeare); SAINT JOAN, CYRANO DE BERGERAC, MRS WARREN’S PROFESSION, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, SUMMER RAIN, DARLINGHURST NIGHTS, WOMAN IN MIND (STC); THE POWER OF YES (Belvoir); CHO CHO (National Theatre of China). An accomplished music theatre performer, David credits include FUNNY GIRL IN CONCERT (SSO), THE MERRY WIDOW, MY FAIR LADY – directed by Dame Julie Andrews (Opera Australia), FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, ROCK OF AGES, DAMN YANKEES!, MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT, MAN OF LA MANCHA, SUNSET BOULEVARD, THEY’RE PLAYING OUR SONG, THE PRODUCERS, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, THE WIZARD OF OZ, CHESS and A CHORUS LINE.

TV appearances include: A PLACE TO CALL HOME, LOVE CHILD 3, WONDERLAND, FATAL HONEYMOON, HOME & AWAY, and MCLEOD’S DAUGHTERS. David’s is also a familiar voice to viewers of ABC TV’s MEDIA WATCH.

Nick has been an independent lighting designer since graduating from WAAPA in 1999. He has worked across all genres in all states and for most companies. Nick is not only a Lighting Designer, but a photographer and film-maker. He has worked extensively for Ensemble Theatre and was a nominee for the Best Lighting Design Award, Sydney Theatre Awards for his design for FRANKENSTEIN. Nick and his partner moved to Tasmania after working on a show and falling in love with the state. He just hopes that no-one else finds out how wonderful it is here!

Marty is a composer and sound designer for the stage and screen. He graduated from AFTRS in 2011 where he studied Screen Music. As a composer and sound designer for theatre his credits include THE PRIDE, DEATHTRAP and CONSTELLATIONS (Darlinghurst Theatre Company), AWKWARD CONVERSATIONS WITH ANIMALS I’VE FUCKED (UNHAPPEN), ON THE SHORE OF THE WIDE WORLD, SWEET NOTHINGS and THE KNOWLEDGE (Pantsguys Productions), COMPASS (ATYP), THIS IS WHERE WE LIVE (Griffin Independent), 4000 MILES (Mophead/Catnip Productions), GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS (seriousboys) and GREAT EXPECTATIONS (ATYP Under the Wharf). Marty also composes for film as well as trailers and documentaries for Belvoir, Griffin and Darlinghurst Theatre Company.

Rebecca is a graduate of NIDA (Production).

As Stage Manager: For Ensemble Theatre: BUYER AND CELLAR, TWO, RELATIVELY SPEAKING, THE GOOD DOCTOR, MOTHERS AND SONS, EDUCATING RITA, DREAM HOME, BLUE/ORANGE, RICHARD III, CLYBOURNE PARK, CAMP; MY FIRST TIME (Kay & McLean Productions/SOH), SONGS FOR THE FALLEN (Arts Centre Melbourne/Critical Stages), THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR SHOW-SOH, Brisbane, Adelaide (Michael Sieders Presents), Darlinghurst Theatre Company, Performing Lines, The Hayloft Project/Critical Stages, Dead Puppet Society, Return Fire Productions, Sydney Chamber Opera, Red Line Productions, MKA, Milk Crate Theatre, Q Theatre, TRS. As Assistant Stage Manager; DANCE BETTER AT PARTIES, AUSTRALIA DAY, BLOOD WEDDING, ZEBRA!, TRUE WEST and THE COMEDY OF ERRORS (Sydney Theatre Company), INTERPLAY-International Tour, COUNTERMOVE (Sydney Dance Company), STRANGE INTERLUDE, THYESTES (Belvoir), BLOOD WEDDING (Malthouse Theatre). As Production Manager; CYRANO DE BERGERAC – IPAC & Seymour Centre (Sport for Jove), KAGE/Chunky Move/Adelaide Cabaret Festival, MTC Neon, fortyfivedownstairs, Little Ones Theatre, TheatreWorks, As Production Stage Manager: Griffin Theatre Company. As Technical Stage Manager MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL.