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PRESIDENT’S NOTE
Earlier this year, CLOC Musical Theatre pulled out all stops to present
the world amateur premiere production of The Phantom of the Opera.
The season was one of CLOC’s biggest successes ever, selling out
and garnering unprecedented glowing reviews and audience feedback.
CLOC is justifiably very proud of this production and very grateful for the
outpouring of admiration and appreciation shown by audiences.
DIRECTORS’ NOTES
“Guys and Dolls gives musicals a bad name……”; a sentiment often
repeated because of its phenomenal record of re-runs and revivals
throughout America and, presumably the western world…. like Ethel
Merman’s iconic “No Business like Show Business,” the music and
lyrics of Guys and Dolls is immediately recognisable. It is this nostalgic
anticipation that still makes it a ‘must do’ in productions worldwide.
Originating from a series of short stories by Damon Runyon, its unique
and quirky dialogue and one liners based on the sharp tongued
street-wise of New York West Side soon set the pattern for the great
American ‘wise crack’ comedians of the 40’s through to the present,
and in fact the characters and settings’ cartoon-like dimensions create
an irresistible medium on all levels of stage interpretation.
We have assembled an inspirational cast from an impressive pool of
auditionees. Their enthusiasm comes from the respect for the show
itself in its obvious opportunities for personal interpretation.
You can’t really go wrong – as Sky Masterson says “It’s chemistry”.
CHRIS & LYNETTE WHITE / PHILLIP OSBORNE
Direction Team
For our current show, we decided to lighten up and completely switch
gears from the intensity and high drama that marked Phantom. We
thought we needed a show with joy, laughter, comedy, big song and
dance routines, bright and colourful costumes and sets, and a show that
will have audiences leaving the theatre smiling and humming some wellloved and familiar tunes.
What better choice than Guys and Dolls - a show that CLOC produced
34 years ago in 1979, that has stood the test of time, a multi-Tony award
winning true classic from the Golden Age of American Musical Comedy
and well overdue for a new production? Guys and Dolls is a fabulous
light-hearted confection that will banish any woes - you will laugh, you will
know every song, and I guarantee you will have a fantastically entertaining
night.
Once we had the show, we needed a production team that would do
justice to the light-hearted, comic and larger than-life feel of the show
and its characters. We looked no further than Lynette and Chris White,
who, as co-directors (both), choreographer (Lynette) and set designer
(Chris), along with their good friend Musical Director Phillip Osborne,
are the complete package. As well, we have reunited costume designer
Vicky Horne and lighting designer Brad Alcock so that we have the same
production team that worked with CLOC in 2011 on Fiddler on the Roof,
which was another huge success for us.
Obviously we are coming up to a very exciting time as we count down
towards our next production in May 2014 – our 100th show. We wanted
to celebrate this event by remounting one of our earlier productions: one
with laughter, joy and doing what we at CLOC do best – sing, dance and
have fun in a show full of spectacle, sequins and smiles. In going back
through the CLOC archives, it wasn’t hard to find the right show to fulfil
all these criteria. 42nd Street, produced in 1996, remains one of CLOC’s
biggest successes and most popular shows ever, for both performers and
audiences. So it wasn’t difficult to choose this wonderful and exhilarating
show as our 100th production, to so aptly represent our first 50 years,
with a storyline which is itself about the joy of musical theatre. We look
forward to your presence to help us salute this special occasion.
Until then, though, let’s roll the dice, rock the boat, kick up our heels and
sing along with the Guys and Dolls of Runyonland!
GRANT ALLEY
President
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A Musical Fable of Broadway
Based on the story and characters of Damon Runyon
Music and Lyrics by
FRANK LOESSER
Book by
JO SWERLING & ABE BURROWS
with
Jon Sebastian, Kelly Windle, Scott Hili, Sarah Watson, Michael Butler, Jason Mill,
Barry Baker, Peter Smitheram, Peter Maver, Adrian Vanda, Christine James,
Noel Ledgerwood, Bianca Bramham, Stephanie Burt, Mikaila Cass, Josh Cinco,
Fiona Copland, Cassandra Elliget, Bianca Friedman, Amelia La Rosa,
Nathaniel Lamond, Bianca Lauria, Rachel Ledgerwood, Matt McDonald,
Anna Meadows, Susannah Middleton, Cara Richards, Chris Rogers, David Sly,
Tamblyn Smith, Benjamin Stokes, Michael Vayro, Vanessa Wicks, Robbie Wilton
Chris White
Co-Director & Set Designer
Lynette White
Co-Director & Choreographer
Phillip Osborne
Musical Director
Victoria Horne
Costume Designer
Brad Alcock
Lighting Designer
Marcello Lo Ricco
Sound Designer
Sandra Davies
Stage Manager
Grant Alley
Technical Director
Debbie Osborne
Production Manager
Directors’ Assistant
Bernard Hedger
Stage Director
Victoria Horne, Melinda Peebles
Costume Co-ordinators
Jodie Lawson, Sarah Nichols
Props Co-ordinators
October 4 - 19, 2013
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Phillip Osborne
Musical Director
Chris White
Co-Director/Set Designer
Chris has been involved in theatre for over 40 years, having started out as Publicity
Designer for J.C. Williamson, Melbourne
Theatre Company and The Australian Ballet.
This led to on-stage performances in musicals,
as well as direction and design in professional
and amateur theatre. He has produced,
directed and designed over 35 musicals in as many years.
Since retiring from a long-standing teaching
career, Chris is now a full-time professional
artist and designer. He has won over 60 major
awards for his work, including the Streeton
award (twice), the McCubbin award (three
times), the Heysen Prize, and has had work
selected for the Archibald Prize exhibition
for portraiture on the three occasions he
has entered. His work is represented in
many private collections, as well as public
collections, both here and overseas.
Chris has been nominated for awards for his
set designs on numerous occasions, and
has won the Music Theatre Guild Award four
times. Some of his noted direction and/or
designs include Steel Pier (CLOC), Sweeney
Todd (CLK Musical Theatre and more recently
Nova Musical Theatre), Joseph & The Amazing
Technicolour Dreamcoat (Whitehorse), Into
The Woods (Dandenong), and Les Miserables,
Anything Goes and Oklahoma! (all for
Catchment). In 2008, he directed Whitehorse
Theatre Company’s outstanding production of
Seussical, the Musical, which was nominated
for an incredible sixteen awards, winning eight,
including Production of the Year, as well as
for both Chris’ Direction and Set Design. For
CLOC, he and Lynette co directed Dusty in
2010 (which received 10 Guild nominations)
and Fiddler on the Roof (2011), which received
a Design nomination. Chris also painted
stunning backdrops for several of our recent
productions, including All Shook Up and The
Phantom of the Opera.
We welcome Chris back to CLOC, again doing
double duties as Director and Set Designer.
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Lynette White
Co-Director/Choreographer
For over 30 years, Lynette has been a major
force in choreography and direction in the
Melbourne music theatre scene, working
with major theatre companies and being
recognised by the Music Theatre Guild with
twelve nominations and four awards. These
include Whitehorse (My One and Only 1992–
award, Gypsy 1994–nomination, Joseph
and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat
2002–nomination, Beauty and the Beast
2006–nomination) and Catchment (Grease
1995–nomination). With husband Chris, she
has also co-directed and choreographed many
shows, including Oklahoma! (Guild nomination
for both direction and choreography), Sweeney
Todd (twice), Anything Goes, Oliver!, Les
Miserables, Into the Woods, Pippin, and in
2008, Seussical for Whitehorse, which was
recognised with an amazing tally of eight Guild
and four Lyrebird awards, including Production
of the Year (Guild) and Direction (Guild and
Lyrebird) for both Lynette and Chris. For CLOC,
Lynette choreographed our 1998 production of
A Chorus Line (for which she was again named
Choreographer of the Year by the Music Theatre
Guild) as well as our 2009 premiere blockbuster
Miss Saigon. In 2010, she choreographed and
co-directed Dusty with husband Chris, followed
by Fiddler on the Roof in 2011.
Lynette also enjoys working in the corporate
world, and has staged a number of professional
gigs at convention centres in most capital cities.
She has worked extensively with the Education
Department, staging many musicals, taking
on the challenge of Rock Eisteddfods,
and mentoring students as part of that
process. Working alongside husband
Chris is unique in itself, and the
teamwork in making a production
of this scale work, although
demanding, is always satisfying.
Enjoy!
Phillip is a graduate of the Victorian College
of the Arts School of Music where he majored
in Group Instrumental Performance and
Direction. His principal instrument was Voice
studying under the direct tutelage of the late
Dame Joan Hammond.
Phil performed onstage for many years and
in fact was recognized with a Lyrebird award
as Best Supporting Actor when he played
Nicely-Nicely Johnson in Windmill’s 1999
production of Guys and Dolls. He moved
into the role of musical director, working with
theatre companies including Geelong Lyric
Theatre, Geelong Musical Comedy Company,
PLOS, Nova, Dandenong, Windmill and
Whitehorse. With these companies Phillip
has developed a repertoire of musical
direction credits for shows that include Cats,
Les Miserables, Chess, Chicago, A Chorus
Line, Man of La Mancha, Gigi, Return to the
Forbidden Planet, Fiddler on the Roof, 42nd
Street (for which he was nominated for a
Lyrebird award in 2012) and Sweeney Todd,
to name just a few. In 2008, Phillip received a
nomination as Best Musical Director from the
Victorian Music Theatre Guild for his work on
Whitehorse’s award winning Production of the
Year Seussical, when he again collaborated
so successfully with Chris and Lynette.
Phillip is delighted to be working alongside
not only his close friends Chris and Lynette
but also his beautiful wife Debbie, who is
the Directors’ Assistant and
Production Manager.
Victoria Horne
Brad Alcock
Lighting Designer
Brad has been working in professional
theatre for over seventeen years and is
currently the Technical Manager of the Besen
Centre in Burwood. He also works closely
with his rapidly growing company BAAC
Light, through which he has been involved
with CLOC for several years.
In amateur theatre Brad designed the
lighting and projection for several Whitehorse
productions - Beauty and the Beast, The
Producers, Seussical, Aida and Rent. After
studying at the VCA, Brad went on to
specialize in the television and corporate
sectors. Productions he has been involved
with include RocKwiz, Melbourne Comedy
Festival, Are You Smarter Than a 5th
Grader? and Comedy Slapdown. Brad is
also a highly sought after lighting designer
by production companies and corporate
clients, including some of Australia’s top tier
corporations.
This is Brad’s third CLOC show as
lighting designer, after Fiddler on the
Roof in 2011 and last year’s All Shook
Up. He also provided technical help,
expertise and equipment for the
film segments in
our 2012
production,
Sunset
Boulevard.
Costume Designer
Vicky has been designing and creating
costumes for secondary school musicals,
dance schools and calisthenics competitions
for over twenty years, before moving
successfully into adult musical theatre. She
received Guild nominations for the two PLOS
shows she designed – Cabaret (2006) and
Thoroughly Modern Millie (2008). For CLOC,
Vicky started on the sewing team for SHOUT!,
and then either designed and/or co-ordinated
costumes for Hot Shoe Shuffle (2008-Guild
nomination), Miss Saigon (2009), All Shook
Up (2012- Guild nomination) as well as two
previous shows directed by Chris and Lynette
- Dusty (2010-Guild nomination) and Fiddler on
the Roof (2011). Guys and Dolls marks Vicky’s
seventh CLOC show in which, as you are about
to find out, she has had no trouble in keeping
up her tradition of ensuring each costume has
at least one sequin on it somewhere.
Marcello Lo Ricco
Sound Designer
Marcello studied Performing Arts at
Monash University before completing Audio
Engineering studies at SAE Institute and
has worked extensively in theatre sound
design. His most recent designs include
Flowerchildren – the Mamas and Papas Story
(Magnormos), Les Miserables (Footlight),
The Secret Garden (PLOS), Grease (Encore
– Tasmania), Margaret Fulton: Queen Of The
Dessert (Present Tense), Hairspray (PLOS
& Catchment), Next To Normal (WMTC),
Cats (Footlight), Avenue Q (JYM), Oz Made
Musicals (Comedy Theatre), Young Australian
Broadway Chorus (CPCA, National Theatre)
and Music Theatre Guild of Victoria Awards.
Marcello has received awards for best sound
for productions of Cats, Miss Saigon, Into The
Woods and Sweeney Todd. Away from theatre
Marcello has engineered many studio and live
recordings for a variety of projects, recently
recording and mixing Rhonda Burchmore’s
“Cry Me A River – The World of Julie London”.
Guys and Dolls is Marcello’s second show
with CLOC, following his stunning work in The
Phantom of the Opera earlier this year.
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Scott Hili
Nathan Detroit
Kelly Windle
Jon Sebastian
Sky Masterson
Jon and CLOC have a long shared history,
which spans the last fifteen years. After initially
joining CLOC to star as Don Lockwood in our
1998 production of Singin’ in the Rain, Jon
then proceeded to appear in four more CLOC
productions over the next ten years – A Chorus
Line, Jekyll & Hyde, The Scarlet Pimpernel, and
he starred as Peter Allen in our 2008 premiere
production of The Boy from Oz. Interspersed
with these shows were lead roles with several
other major companies (including Lumiere
in Beauty and the Beast, the German tenor
in The Producers, and Zoser in Aida, all for
Whitehorse). He then relocated to Sydney for
work for three years, returning to Melbourne
just in time to take up the role of Monsieur
Reyer in our production of The Phantom of the
Opera. Jon is very excited to return to where
he started with CLOC fifteen years ago, as the
all-singing, all-dancing romantic leading man.
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Sarah Brown
Kelly has had a varied performing career
covering drama, film, cabaret, improvisational
theatre and music theatre. Amongst her most
noted theatrical highlights are two appearances
in both Oklahoma! (Ado Annie-Loyola,
Laurey-Nova) and Into the Woods (CinderellaWilliamstown, Baker’s Wife-Phoenix). Kelly will
be remembered for her 2009 starring role as
Tracy Lord in CLOC’s record-breaking season
of High Society, our final production at The
Alexander Theatre, before our relocation to
the National. After a four year absence, we
have welcomed Kelly back to CLOC with open
arms – firstly as part of our wonderful Phantom
of the Opera cast earlier this year, and now as
the beautiful, innocent and honey voiced Sister
Sarah Brown.
Scott has straddled the worlds of professional
and non-professional theatre for many years.
Some of his professional roles have included
the Sydney season of Billy Elliot, Sugar for
the Production Company and Doctor Zhivago
(original cast). Scott has also made his mark
as a performer, choreographer, designer and
director in the Melbourne music theatre scene.
He has received several nominations for
both Lyrebird and Guild awards for direction,
choreography and set design (including Jesus
Christ Superstar PLOS, Joseph and the
Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat Dandenong,
There’s No Business Like Show Business
Dandenong, Urinetown MUMCo). In 2006 he
won Best Supporting Actor for his madcap
performance as Lefou, in Whitehorse’s Beauty
and the Beast. For CLOC Scott has appeared
in A Chorus Line, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Miss
Saigon, Sunset Boulevard and most recently,
he played the opera manager Monsieur Firmin
in our world premiere production of The
Phantom of the Opera earlier this year. This
is Scott’s second appearance in one of his
favourite shows – he last appeared in Babirra’s
2004 production, playing Nicely-Nicely
Johnson, for which he was again gonged as
Best Supporting Actor by the Music Theatre
Guild. He is thrilled and delighted to
have the opportunity to play the
lovable larger-than-life rogue,
Nathan Detroit.
Michael Butler
Nicely-Nicely Johnson
Sarah Watson
Adelaide Adams
A primary Performing Arts teacher and a
long-time resident of the beautiful Mornington
Peninsula, Sarah has performed in the
ensemble of many PLOS shows, as well as
playing the lead roles of Georgie Bukatinsky in
The Full Monty (2005, for which she received a
Guild nomination as Best Supporting Actress),
Sally Bowles in Cabaret (2006), Rizzo in Grease
(2009) and a Dynamite in Hairspray (2012). For
other companies, she has played Eponine in
Les Miserables (Windmill 2009), Diane in Bare
(SHooSH! 2008), Lisa in A New Brain (Monash
University 2003), Annie Oakley in Annie Get
Your Gun (Aspect 2000), and also appeared in
the premiere seasons of Rent and Paris, both
for Stella Entertainment. This is Sarah’s second
appearance with CLOC, after being part of the
Nevada singing group in Dusty (2010), also
directed by Chris and Lynette. Sarah has been
more than happy to make the commute from
the Peninsula for this show, as it is a role she
has long coveted.
Michael has been involved with all facets of
theatre for many years, as a performer, a
director and also a committee member for a
number of companies. Some of his featured
roles include The Baker in Into the Woods
(Limelight), Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar
(MDMS), Paul in Rent (Whitehorse), Krupke
in West Side Story (Babirra), Dr Madden
in Next to Normal (Williamstown) and four
appearances with Fab Nobs – as Sammy
in The Wedding Singer, Drake in Honk!, the
appropriately named Michael in tick tick…
Boom! and Mr Earlanson in A Little Night
Music. Michael makes his third appearance
with CLOC, after roles as Philippe Tussaud
in The Scarlet Pimpernel (2006) and Artie in
Sunset Boulevard (2012). A financial analyst
by day, Michael also teaches performance at
Stage Left Performing Arts School.
Jason Mill
Benny Southstreet
Jason has experience as a performer in
theatre, opera, television, film, commercials
and even as a Disney performer in Hong
Kong and Taiwan. In recent years, he has
played roles in Grease (Roger), The Wizard
of Oz (Scarecrow), Cats (Rum Tum Tugger),
West Side Story (Action) and earlier this year,
Fiddler on the Roof (Perchik) for MDMS.
In 1999, Jason appeared in CLOC’s Crazy
for You, and unbelievably, it has taken him
fourteen years to return to a CLOC stage.
We welcome him back.
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Barry Baker
Rusty Charlie
Barry is one of the veterans of the music
theatre scene, who seems to go from show
to show with almost every major company
in Melbourne. His CV is so extensive that
even he is not sure how many shows he has
appeared in – we think over 40, including
three previous productions of Guys and Dolls
over the last 30 years (playing a different
role each time!). Some of his highlights have
included lead roles in The Sound of Music
and The Full Monty (Phoenix), Annie Get
Your Gun, Fiddler on the Roof, The Pajama
Game and Hello Dolly! (Babirra) and Gigi,
Little Women, and Oklahoma! (Nova). This
is Barry’s third production with CLOC, after
Mack & Mabel (2004) then Steel Pier (2005).
It has taken eight years for Barry to return
to CLOC, and we are delighted to welcome
him back for his fourth outing in one of his
favourite shows.
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Peter Maver
Arvide Abernathy
Peter is a multi-award winning and well known
actor, who has worked in both dramatic and
musical theatre, film, video, radio, ads and
television, where he has featured in some
of Australia’s most loved series/mini-series.
He has been recognised with five awards
for Best Actor/Best Supporting Actor, for
roles including Same Time Next Year, Torch
Song Trilogy, Journey’s End, Cosi and The
History Boys. In musical theatre, Peter has
played Amos in Chicago (Catchment), Bert
in 42nd Street, Horace Vandergelder in Hello
Dolly! (both with Whitehorse), Henry Higgins
in My Fair Lady (OSMaD) and most recently
President Roosevelt in Annie (Babirra). Peter
has long wanted to work with both CLOC and
Chris/Lynette so is delighted to finally have the
opportunity to do both.
Peter Smitheram
Harry the Horse
Peter has a vast thirty plus year history of
performing in many facets of entertainment
(music theatre, cabaret, theatre restaurants,
television). He worked in professional theatre
for many years, performing in the Australian
touring companies of Camelot, Pirates of
Penzance, Evita, Applause and Irene. He
also performed in John Hancock’s Theatre
Restaurant and the Tivoli Rock ‘n’ Roll
Restaurant, took his cabaret show cruising
with P & O and appeared on television on the
Mike Walsh Show, the Don Lane Show and
the ABC’s Saturday Show. He then decided
to switch careers and became a travel agent
(from which he has recently retired), while
still performing lead roles with companies
such as MLOC (Kiss Me Kate-Petruchio),
Aspect (South Pacific-Emile de Beque),
Babirra (Pajama Game-Prez, Sweet CharityHerman-Lyrebird nomination) and MDMS
(How to Succeed…-J. B. Biggley-Lyrebird
nomination). He also appeared as the lovable
but slightly tipsy Uncle Willie in our smash hit
High Society in 2009.
Adrian Vanda
Big Jule
Since the 1970s, Adrian’s music theatre
experience has covered lead roles in a number
of productions, including South Pacific,
Brigadoon, Half a Sixpence, Sweet Charity
and Man of La Mancha. Adrian is just as adept
at straight dramatic theatre, having appeared
in plays with Peridot (Arsenic and Old Lace),
Heidelberg (Biloxi Blues) and Williamstown
(Amongst Barbarians). Two highlights were
the challenging role of quadriplegic Ken in
Whose Life Is It Anyway? as well as Chief
Bromden in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s
Nest, both for Mitcham Theatre, the latter
attracting a Lyrebird Best Supporting Actor
nomination. A founding member of Spellbound
Productions, Adrian also directed their first
two productions Godspell and Grease. During
the 1990s, Adrian relocated to the Gold
Coast to play Commandant Lassard in Movie
World’s live production of Police Academy,
and also appeared in a number of television
commercials. Unbelievably, after over 40 years
in both professional and non-professional,
musical and dramatic theatre, this is Adrian’s
first show with CLOC, and we welcome him.
Christine James
General Matilda Cartwright
Originally from the UK, Christine arrived in
Australia over twenty years ago. Having
performed in many regional productions in
the UK, Christine took up where she left off,
and has worked with several Melbourne
companies, including Dandenong (Carousel
2004, Sweeney Todd 2007, Cabaret-Fraulein
Schneider 2009), SLAMS (Les MiserablesMadame Thenadier 2004, The Witches
of Eastwick-Greta 2005) and Babirra (Me
and My Girl-Mrs Brown 2005, Oliver!-Mrs
Bedwin 2012). Christine’s two previous CLOC
appearances were also directed by Lynette/
Chris (Dusty (2010), in which she played
Dusty’s mother Kay O’Brien, and Fiddler on
the Roof (2011)), as was her most recent
stage appearance in Nova’s production of
Sweeney Todd (a show obviously near and
dear to Christine’s heart, as she has now
done it three
times!).
Noel Ledgerwood
Lt Brannigan
Married to Rachel, our tall and leggy
Hot Box Doll, Noel had over 20 years’
experience in both professional and amateur
theatre in New Zealand, from where both
he and Rachel arrived in 2011. Some of
his performing highlights include touring
throughout New Zealand in the professional
company of Evita in 2004, touring NZ as a
member of a children’s theatre company,
being nominated for a NAPTA (Northern Area
Performance Theatre Award) three times and
winning one as Best Lead Male in a Musical
for his portrayal of Mickey in Auckland’s
North Shore Music Theatre production of
Blood Brothers in 2002, as well as lead roles
in The Pirates of Penzance and The Witches
of Eastwick. Since being in Melbourne, Noel
has enjoyed sharing the stage with Rachel,
firstly playing the man of few words Sherriff
Earl in CLOC’s All Shook Up, then
appearing in MLOC’s Big and
now returning to the CLOC
stage once more with
Rachel.
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Bianca Bramham
Edith, Hot Box Doll
Bianca is a singing and dancing
dynamo who has performed as a
featured dancer in many big song
and dance shows with companies
such as Mountain District (Hot
Mikado, Oklahoma!), Babirra
(Calamity Jane, West Side Story),
Whitehorse (Anything Goes, Rent),
Catchment (The Wizard of Oz),
PLOS (Thoroughly Modern Millie),
Williamstown (Chicago), and most recently, All Shook Up in 2012, her first
CLOC show. Bianca had such a wonderful time with that show that she
was super excited to return to CLOC and repeat the experience.
Stephanie Burt
Sadie, Hot Box Doll
Stephanie is currently studying for
her Bachelor of Music in Classical
Voice at Monash University, and has
also studied piano and jazz dance.
Whilst at school, Stephanie featured
in her school musical Fiddler on
the Roof and then appeared in Top
Class 2011, a showcase for top
VCE performers. Her first foray into
the world of adult musical theatre
was in 2011’s Aspects of Love (CPAC), followed in quick succession
by Sunset Boulevard (CLOC), The Drowsy Chaperone (Fab Nobs), and
Annie (Babirra). Next month, Stephanie will play the principal role of
Cathy in the two hander The Last Five Years at Monash University.
Josh Cinco
Crapshooter, Cuban Dancer
Josh is well remembered by CLOC
for auditioning and being cast in our
2009 production of Miss Saigon
only three weeks after arriving in
Melbourne to live. This experience
reinforced Josh’s passion for the
performing arts, having worked in
the Philippines as a singer, dancer,
choreographer and MC for various
shows, school productions, choirs
and corporate events. After Miss Saigon, Josh
appeared in They’re
Playing our Song
(2011-Malvern/
Lilydale) and
Hairspray (2012PLOS). He is delighted
to be returning to the
place where he had
such a memorable and
special experience four
years ago.
Mikaila Cass
Ensemble, Mission
Mikaila is an Arts student at
Melbourne University who is making
her CLOC and musical theatre debut
with this show. With several years
of training in both singing and all
forms of dance, she appeared in
lead dancing roles for several school
musicals while she was a student at
Carey Grammar, including Grease,
Chicago and 42nd Street. We
welcome Mikaila to her first ‘adult’ show.
Fiona Copland
Ensemble, Mission
Fiona is a midwife by day who is
trained in all forms of music theatre
performance (singing, dancing
acting). While studying in Albury,
she performed in a number of
productions (The Wiz, Cosi, Sweet
Charity). Fiona made her Melbourne
performing debut earlier this year
when she appeared as a member of
the cast of Sweeney Todd for Nova
(also directed by Chris/Lynette). Between work and rehearsing, Fiona is
currently doing an acting course right here at the National Theatre.
Cassandra Elliget
Carol, Hot Box Doll
Cassandra hails from the Mornington
Peninsula, where she performed
both with Padua College, and with
locally based theatre companies.
She featured as a dancer (The
King and I, Aladdin, HMS Pinafore,
Grease, Singin’ in the Rain) as well
as a lead performer (Fiddler on the
Roof-Chava). From 2008-2010, she
appeared in several productions
as part of her Bachelor of Applied Music (Musical Theatre) with Box Hill
Institute. She has continued her performing studies with both the Screen
and Television Actor’s Workshop, as well as the 16th Street Actors Studio.
Like many others, Cassandra makes her CLOC debut with this show.
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Bianca Friedman
Bernice, Hot Box Doll
Bianca first graced a CLOC stage in
2003, when she was completing Year
12, and danced her way through our
Production of the Year, Pippin. Fast
forward nine years to this time last
year, when Bianca, now a high flying
corporate lawyer (and having taught
dance and drama all the way through
university), decided to make time in
her schedule to return to her love of
onstage performance, by appearing as part of the ensemble in another
Production of the Year, our multi-award winning All Shook Up. She had
such a fabulous time that she couldn’t wait to come back and do it all
again, thankfully without waiting nine years this time.
Amelia La Rosa
Annabelle, Hot Box Doll
Amelia has had a long-standing
interest in the performing arts, and
was involved in several productions
with M2 Theatre Company (a
collaboration between Marcellin and
Our Lady of Mercy Colleges), as
performer, choreographer, producer
and co-director. Her performance
in 2011 as Mrs Pearce in My Fair
Lady earned her a Junior Supporting
Actress nomination with the Music Theatre Guild. She has also had roles
with Heidelberg Theatre Company, Eltham Theatre and Hartwell Players.
Last year, Amelia completed the foundation theatre course at the Victorian
College of the Arts, and is now in the first year of a three year Advanced
Diploma of Acting right here at the National Theatre Drama School.
Nathaniel Lamond
Crapshooter, Cuban Dancer
Nathaniel is the owner/director of
the Australian Academy of Dance
in Malvern, teaching classical ballet,
contemporary, jazz and tap. He has
worked as a dancer and model on
television, for corporate events, in
music videos, for Disney (in Australia
and South East Asia) and for Princess
Cruise Lines, where he worked for
four years as a featured dancer on
cruise ships. Nathaniel made his music theatre debut in CLOC’s 2010
production of Dusty, and followed this up with an appearance in the cast
of Kiss of the Spiderwoman for SHooSH productions in 2011, then as
part of last year’s fabulous dance ensemble in CLOC’s All Shook Up.
Bianca Lauria
Betsy, Hot Box Doll
The third of our dancing Biancas,
Bianca is making her ‘grown
up’ musical theatre debut after
appearing in a number of school
productions with Genazzano/Xavier
College, including playing the title
role in their 2011 production of
Annie. Now studying veterinary
sciences at University, Bianca is
delighted to make her CLOC debut.
Rachel Ledgerwood
Mimi, Hot Box Doll
Before moving from New Zealand
to Melbourne in 2011 with husband
Noel (our Lt Brannigan), Rachel
had nearly 20 years of experience
in theatre, film and television, with
featured roles including Velma Kelly
in Chicago, Lucy in Snoopy the
Musical, Bricktop in Red, Hot & Cole,
Fraulein Kost in Cabaret and one of
the Gumbie Cat Trio in Cats. Soon
after she arrived in Melbourne, Rachel was cast as the sexy Miss Sandra
in All Shook Up, our 2012 Music Theatre Guild Production of the Year,
for which she was nominated as Best
Supporting Actress. Most recently,
she appeared as Mrs Baskin
in MLOC’s production of Big.
Having such fond memories
of her first experience with us,
Rachel is delighted to be
returning to CLOC.
Matt McDonald
Drunk, New York Policeman
Like many performers,
Matt was bitten by
the performing bug
while a student. At
Brighton Grammar,
he appeared in
starring roles in
several musicals
(Grease, Seussical,
The Boyfriend, Honk!).
While at school, he also appeared as Gavroche in SLAMS’
production of Les Miserables. He continued his involvement
with theatre while at University, performing in Dirty Rotten
Scoundrels with MUMCo. After taking a break, he has returned
to perform in his first CLOC show.
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Anna Meadows
Agatha, Mission Band
Anna has studied song and dance,
and performed in both musical and
straight theatre since her high school
days. After high school, she worked
with peninsula based companies
Frankston Theatre Company,
Mornington CEF Players and PLOS,
where she played Lorraine in 42nd
Street and Dolores in Sweet Charity.
She then spent several years overseas.
After she returned to Melbourne, she did some cabaret work, worked as
an actor and in art production for several independent short films and also
performed as part of the dance ensemble in Hello Dolly! (Whitehorse).
For CLOC, Anna was part of the ensemble for Mack & Mabel (2004) and
Dusty (2010). Since then, she has been busy with a much bigger and more
important production – the birth of her son now aged 2½. We welcome
Anna back for her first on-stage appearance since becoming a mum.
Susannah Middleton
Martha, Mission Band
Like so many of our cast members,
Susannah is trained and talented
in acting, singing and dancing,
having performed featured roles as
both dancer (The Pajama Game –
MLOC, Thespis-Gilbert and Sullivan
Society), and singer (The Sound of
Music-Whitehorse, Barnum-MLOC
in which she played Jenny Lind, An
Evening at Beaumaris Theatre, Get
Animated!-Waterdale). Susannah is delighted to be making her CLOC
debut with such a great opportunity to use her training in all three areas.
Cara Richards
Ensemble, Mission
Cara is a graduate of the
National Theatre Drama and
Musical Theatre Schools,
and has a Bachelor of Arts
in Musical Theatre from
the Ballarat Arts Academy.
Performance highlights
have been as Anne (A Little
Night Music), the Witch
(Into the Woods), as a cast
member in a Sondheim review and two shows with OSMaD
(My Fair Lady, and the world premiere production of Normie
in which she played the dual roles of Freda and Lady Bird
Johnson). Perhaps the most exciting appearances Cara has
made have been as a choir member for Carols by Candlelight
and even more impressive, the AFL Grand Final!
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Chris Rogers
Angie the Ox
Chris is a CLOC and musical theatre
veteran, having appeared in over 40
productions over the last 27 years,
including seven previous CLOC
productions (Funny Girl, Barnum,
42nd Street, A Funny Thing...
Forum, Crazy for You, SHOUT!,
and most recently All Shook Up).
Chris was also a regular participant
in Whitehorse Musical Theatre
productions (eight, including one memorable turn as Cinderella’s ugly
step-sister during their summer pantomime), and has also worked with
many other companies around Melbourne, from SLAMS (Hairspray) to
Nova (Hello Dolly!) to Mountain District (How to Succeed.., Fiddler on
the Roof). He has even dabbled in straight dramatic theatre (The Front
Page, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest) and backstage work, but
keeps returning to his first love of dancing front of stage.
David Sly
Master of Ceremonies,
Liver Lips Louie
David’s passion for theatre was
ignited only eight years ago, but
since that time, he has jumped
in with both feet, completing
an acting course right here at
the National Theatre, as well as
performing a number of roles with
different companies, including
Farouk in The Castle (Fab
Nobs 2006), Reg Willoughby in The Full Monty (Phoenix 2008), Dr
Grimwig in Oliver! (MDMS 2008), Ike Skidmore in Oklahoma! (MDMS
2009), Luther Billis in South Pacific (Nova 2009) and Jonas Fogg in
Sweeney Todd (Nova 2013). In 2010, David played Mr O’Brien in
our production of Dusty and then Label the farmer in 2011’s Fiddler
on the Roof (both directed by Chris/Lynette). For his third CLOC
appearance, David has been reunited not only with Chris/Lynette but
also with his old mate Christine James, who has now shared a stage
with David in five productions (and they have even appeared in an ad
together, playing husband and wife!).
Tamblyn Smith
Society Max, Joey Biltmore
Tam is at University studying for
a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in
Performance and Art. Since his
teenage years, Tam has gone from
show to show, numbering nearly
twenty shows in six years, which is
not bad for a 24 year old. His work
has focused mainly with companies
based in the Eastern suburbs
such as Babirra (Calamity Jane,
Sweet Charity, West Side Story, Pajama Game) and Mountain District
Musical Society (Oklahoma!, Jesus Christ Superstar, Seven Brides for
Seven Brothers, Fiddler on the Roof). He has also ventured further
with Octave Theatre (Once on this Island), Players Theatre (The
Witches of Eastwick, Identity), Phoenix (A Funny Thing…
Forum) and BUSTCo (Rent). His most recent gig was as
choreographer and Assistant Director for Diamond Valley
Singers’ production of The Pirates of Penzance.
Michael Vayro
Calvin, Mission Band
Benjamin Stokes
Crapshooter, Waiter
Ben has danced for 21 of his
24 years, and has also studied
singing and acting – a real triple
threat, which he has managed
to display in roles such as
Mungojerrie and Mr Mistoffelees
(in two different productions of
Cats, with Altona and Nova),
Doody in Grease (Altona), Andy
Lee in 42nd Street and Rolf in
The Sound of Music (both with Nova) and most recently, the comic
role of Cosmo (‘Make ‘Em Laugh’) Brown in ARC’s production of
Singin’ in the Rain from which Ben literally leapt straight into Guys and
Dolls. So keen was Ben to be part of this production, his first
CLOC show, that he gladly made the two hour round trip
from his home in Melton to rehearsals three times a week.
Michael arrived at CLOC
for our last show, The
Phantom of the
Opera, rolled
up his sleeves,
and became an
invaluable part of our set
building and then backstage
crew. We were very much
looking forward to
having him back again as part of our crew for this
show as well, when he successfully auditioned
to be part of the cast. Although we were
initially extremely disappointed that this would
rule him out of helping us behind the scenes,
Michael assured us that he could manage
both rehearsals and set building – and he has
been true to his word. So Michael has been
an integral part of the set building
team, as well as making his
onstage debut.
Vanessa Wicks
Violet, Hot Box Doll
Originally from Wodonga,
Vanessa began performing
with the Albury-Wodonga
Theatre Company
(Grease, Beauty and the
Beast), Livid Productions
(Little Shop of Horrors,
Spamalot), and Instinct
Entertainment (where she
appeared in a new musical
Strange Bedfellows) before moving to Melbourne in 2011.
Without missing a beat, Vanessa continued to perform, joining
Nova Theatre Company for three shows - Beauty and the Beast
(again!), Miss Saigon and earlier this year, Sweeney
Todd, directed by Chris and Lynette. Vanessa had
such a wonderful experience in this show that she
followed Chris and Lynette to CLOC to have the
opportunity to work with them again.
Robbie Wilton
Crapshooter, Waiter
Robbie is studying for a
Bachelor of Creative Arts (in
Visual Communication Design),
and is also a graduate of
the one year full-time dance
course at Patrick Studios. He
has performed as a dancer
in many big song and dance
shows – High School Musical
(Whitehorse), Pippin (Waterdale),
Cats and Hairspray (both with PLOS), Hair (Stage Art), and has also
played roles in Annie (Rooster-Waterdale) and Little Shop of Horrors
(Orin/Dentist-Old Paradian Theatre Company). Robbie has had great
fun playing “the man who cannot see without his thick glasses”!
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D
Guys and Dolls originated as an amalgamation of a number of short stories by Damon Runyon,
the American newspaperman and author who was best known for his short stories celebrating
the gritty world of Broadway and New York that grew out of the Prohibition. These stories, written
in the 1920s and 1930s, concerned gangsters, gamblers, and other characters of the New
York underworld, but focusing on the charm and eccentricities of the characters instead of the
unpleasant side of their activities.
Conceived by producers Cy Feuer and Ernest Martin, Frank Loesser, who had spent most of
his career as a lyricist for movie musicals, was signed on as composer and lyricist. George S.
Kaufman was hired as director and Michael Kidd as choreographer. When the first version of the
show’s book, written by Jo Swerling, was deemed unusable, Feuer and Martin asked radio
comedy writer Abe Burrows to write a new version of the book.
The show opened on Broadway on November 24, 1950, starring Robert Alda (father of
MASH’s Alan Alda) as Sky Masterson, Sam Levene as Nathan Detroit, Isabel Bigley as
Sister Sarah and Vivian Blaine as Miss Adelaide. It ran for 1,200 performances and won
five Tony awards – Best Musical, Director (George S Kaufman), Choreographer (Michael
Kidd), Lead Actor (Robert Alda) and Featured Actress (Isabel Bigley).
Guys and Dolls was selected as the winner of the 1951 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
However, because of writer Abe Burrows’ troubles with the House Un-American Activities
Committee (HUAC), the Trustees of Columbia University vetoed the selection, and no
Pulitzer for Drama was awarded that year.
The musical has had ten Broadway and London revivals, as well as a 1955 film adaptation
starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons (using their own voices, despite neither being
known for their singing voices), Frank Sinatra and Vivian Blaine reprising her role as
Miss Adelaide. In 2008, a successful Australian version opened in Melbourne starring
Lisa McCune, Marina Prior, Garry McDonald, Ian Stenlake, Shane Jacobson, Wayne Scott
Kermond, and Magda Szubanski (playing the male character Big Jule), and ran at the
Princess Theatre, before transferring to Sydney.
The show has garnered admiration and praise whenever it has appeared - “an artistic
triumph”, “ a work of easy and delightful humour,” “ funny without being self-conscious
or mechanical”, “spontaneous with form, style and spirit”, and probably the best
that can be said about a show –
“In all departments, Guys and Dolls is a perfect
musical comedy.”
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C
DELI
Broadway, Times Square, late 1940s – a world inhabited with colourful characters and a motley crew of
eccentrics, non-conformists, ne’er do wells and do-gooders. Gamblers, hustlers, actors, gangsters,
chorus girls, con men, missionaries all live and work together in a teeming melting pot of bustling
activity.
CLUB
Sergeant Sarah Brown, of the Save-a-Soul Mission, is vainly trying to spread the Word, and make
a difference to the sin and depravity of the streets. Nathan Detroit is desperate to find a location for
his floating crap game. Showgirl Miss Adelaide, who has been engaged to Nathan for fourteen years,
yearns to swap her life as a chorus girl for a husband and a house with a white picket fence. And the
coolest high roller of them all Sky Masterson is looking for any bet that will turn a profit.
Nathan needs to come up with a thousand dollars quickly, so he finds a sure fire winner – he wagers
that Sky cannot persuade the beautiful and pious Sergeant Sarah to fly with him to Havana. Sky, ever
the cool talker, uses his considerable charm to convince Sarah that he is a reformed sinner, and that he will deliver
a dozen sinners to her Mission if she will have dinner with him at his favourite restaurant. She reluctantly agrees, without
realising that the restaurant is in Cuba.
Adelaide still hopes that Nathan will give up his shady lifestyle, and that their fourteen year long engagement will soon end
in wedding bells. However, Nathan shows no signs of any change in his mode of employment, and during Sky and Sarah’s
absence in Havana, organises his crap game in the Save-a-Soul Mission itself. To convince the local policeman that the
gathering of gamblers is entirely legitimate, Nathan is forced to announce that he and Adelaide are eloping that evening.
In Cuba, Sky sees Sarah in a completely different light, and despite the undoubted opportunity, the better side of his nature
prevails. As they return from Havana, the crap game is raided, and Sarah runs from Sky, believing herself to have been used in
order to get her away from the Mission.
Nathan doesn’t show up for the elopement because he’s still running the crap game and Adelaide soon realizes that Nathan has
stood her up yet again. Sarah confesses to her uncle and fellow Salvation Army member Arvide Abernathy that she has fallen in
love with Sky, but refuses to have anything more to do with him. Arvide expresses his faith in Sky’s inherent goodness and urges
Sarah to follow her heart. He also insists that Sky fulfil his promise to deliver twelve sinners to the Mission. At the crap game,
Nathan offers to pay up on his bet about Sarah and Havana, but Sky gives Nathan a thousand dollars, saying
that Nathan won the bet, and implies that Sarah refused to go to Havana with him. Sky,
determined to get the dozen sinners he promised Sarah, bets every man at the
game a thousand dollars against their souls. If he loses, everyone gets a thousand
dollars each, but if he wins, they must all attend the revival at the mission. He rolls
the dice, wins the bet, and the gamblers head towards the mission.
Adelaide forgives Nathan on condition that they elope, but Nathan has the most
unbelievable excuse of all - a prior engagement at the prayer meeting. At the meeting
the gamblers reluctantly confess to their previous sins, Sarah’s mission is saved from
closure, Nathan finally admits his love for Adelaide and Sarah decides to go with her
heart and marry Sky.
All ends happily as Nathan and
Adelaide marry at the Mission
now run by newly-weds
Sister Sarah and Brother
Sky Masterson.
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Principals
Sky Masterson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jon Sebastian
Sarah Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kelly Windle
Nathan Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott Hili
Adelaide Adams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sarah Watson
Nicely-Nicely Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Butler
Benny Southstreet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jason Mill
Rusty Charlie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barry Baker
Harry the Horse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peter Smitheram
Big Jule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adrian Vanda
Arvide Abernathy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peter Maver
General Matilda Cartwright. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christine James
Lt Brannigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Noel Ledgerwood
Hot Box Dolls / Female Company
Edith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bianca Bramham
Sadie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stephanie Burt
Carol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cassandra Elliget
Bernice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bianca Friedman
Annabelle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amelia La Rosa
Betsy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bianca Lauria
Mimi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Ledgerwood
Violet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vanessa Wicks
Mission Band / Company
Agatha. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anna Meadows
Martha. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susannah Middleton
Calvin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Vayro
Female Company / Mission
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mikaila Cass
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fiona Copland
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cara Richards
Crapshooters / Male Company
Crapshooter/Cuban Dancer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Josh Cinco
Crapshooter/Cuban Dancer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nathaniel Lamond
Drunk / New York Policeman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matt McDonald
Angie the Ox. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Rogers
Master of Ceremonies / Liver Lips Louie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Sly
Society Max/Joey Biltmore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tamblyn Smith
Crapshooter/Waiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Benjamin Stokes
Crapshooter/Waiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robbie Wilton
Orchestra List
Reed 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ashlee Kumar
Reed 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrew Corbel
Reed 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Melissa Edwards
Reed 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Naomi Absolom
Reed 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ashleigh Yeates
Horn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bruce Ikin
Trumpet 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daimon Brunton
Trumpet 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sue Cook
Trumpet 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jenny Stengards
Trombone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rob Burns
Percussion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Keith Morgan
Violin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrew Cook
Violin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katie Hardcastle
Violin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Chan / Simone Kux
Violin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Li-Na Yeoh
Cello. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margarita Lourgaeva
Bass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Darryl Barron / Ben Pisani
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ACT 1
Scene 1 - Times Square/Broadway
Runyonland (Company)
Fugue For Tinhorns (Nicely-Nicely, Benny, Rusty Charlie & Company)
Follow The Fold (Sarah, Arvide & Mission Band)
The Oldest Established (Nathan, Nicely-Nicely, Benny & Crapshooters)
Scene 2. Interior of the Save-A-Soul Mission
I’ll Know (Sarah & Sky)
Scene 3. A Phone Booth
Scene 4. The Hot Box Nightclub
Bushel And A Peck (Adelaide & Hot Box Dolls)
Adelaide’s Lament (Adelaide)
Scene 5. Street Off Broadway
Guys and Dolls (Nicely-Nicely, Benny & Company)
Scene 6. Mission Exterior
Scene 7. Street off Broadway
Scene 8. Havana, Cuba
Havana (Sky, Sarah & Company)
Scene 9. Outside El Café Cubano
If I Were A Bell (Sarah)
Scene10. Mission Exterior
My Time Of Day (Sky)
I’ve Never Been In Love Before (Sky & Sarah)
ACT II
Scene 1. The Hot Box Nightclub
Take Back Your Mink (Adelaide & Hot Box Dolls)
Adelaide’s Second Lament (Adelaide)
Scene 2. 48th Street
More I Cannot Wish You (Arvide)
Scene 3. Sewer
The Crap Game Dance (Crapshooters)
Luck Be A Lady (Sky & Crapshooters)
Scene 4. Street off Broadway
Sue Me (Nathan & Adelaide)
Scene 5. Interior of the Save-A-Soul Mission
Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ The Boat (Nicely-Nicely & Company)
Follow The Fold (Mission Meeting Group)
Scene 6. Times Square/Broadway
Marry The Man Today (Adelaide & Sarah)
Scene 7. Broadway
Guys & Dolls (Company)
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CLOC Patron
CLOC Musical Theatre is a
member of the Music Theatre Guild
of Victoriaw
John-Michael Howson
OAM
CLOC Committee Members
President
Grant Alley
Secretary
Barry Venning
Committee
Patsi Boddison
Administrator
Sandra Davies
Treasurer
John Davies
Committee
Janet Cameron
CO-DIRECTORS : Chris White, Lynette White
MUSICAL DIRECTOR : Phillip Osborne
CHOREOGRAPHER : Lynette White
PRODUCTION MANAGER : Debbie Osborne
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR : Grant Alley
STAGE MANAGER : Sandra Davies
ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR : Debbie Osborne
SET DESIGNER : Chris White
SET PAINTING : Chris White
BASE PAINTING : Joel Berman, Naomi Boddison-Gray, Tina Boddison-Gray
TECHNICAL DESIGNER : Grant Alley
SET CONSTRUCTION : Grant Alley, Chris White
ASSISTED BY : Patsi Boddison, John Davies, David Hobbs,
Malcolm Lutchner, Peter Turley, Michael Vayro, Barry Venning
SOUND DESIGNER : Marcello Lo Ricco (LSS Productions)
SOUND OPERATOR : Steve Cooke
RADIO MICROPHONE TECHNICIAN : Dana Samuel
ASSISTED BY : Natalie Coleman
SOUND EQUIPMENT : LSS Productions Pty Ltd
LIGHTING DESIGNER : Brad Alcock (BAAC Light)
ASSISTED BY : Andrei Chlebniowski (BAAC Light)
LIGHTING BOARD PROGRAMMER : Brad Alcock
LIGHTING BOARD OPERATOR : David Boddison-Gray
FOLLOW SPOT OPERATORS : Patsi Boddison, Naomi Boddison-Gray,
Tina Boddison-Gray
LIGHTING CREW : Brad Alcock, Patsi Boddison, David Boddison-Gray,
Matthew Silk and Linda Hum of The National Theatre
COSTUME DESIGNER : Victoria Horne
COSTUME CONSULTANT : Nancy Matthews
COSTUME CO-ORDINATORS : Victoria Horne, Melinda Peebles
ASSISTED BY : Carol Humphrey, Allan Paul
MILLINERY : Denia Emerson, Tina Scott
COSTUME ASSISTANTS : Ruth Benney, Jacqueline Day, Maree de Petro, Lorna English, Eva Fabian, Delwyn Poyser, Cheree Sexton, Zoe Thompson, Blanche White, Faye White, Susan Windle
MEN’S SUITS : Made by Danielle and Giovanni Carbone
SWINBURNE PRACTICAL PLACEMENT STUDENTS : Laura Dunnington, Karina Meijs
WIG DESIGN & MAINTENANCE : Jodie Drago
ASSISTED BY: Jenny Barratt, Chloe Ledgerwood, Madeline Notley
Committee
Carol Humphrey
Committee
Debbie Osborne
MAKE-UP CONSULTANT : Jodie Drago
ASSISTED BY : Natalie Della Grazia
MAKE-UP TEAM : Sarah Bielefeld, Tessa Kilner
STAGE DIRECTOR : Bernard Hedger
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER : Gemma Hedger
FLOOR MANAGERS : Paul Belli, Robert Griffin
FLY MANAGER : Tony Hall
DRESSERS’ CO-ORDINATOR : Melinda Peebles
ASSISTED BY : Janet Cameron, Hannah Campbell, Karen Warrington
Committee
Allan Paul
Committee
Melinda Peebles
CLOC Musical Theatre
PO Box 3250 Mentone East Vic 3194
Ticket Enquiries: 1300 362 547
Web: www.cloc.org.au
Email: [email protected]
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PROPS CO-ORDINATORS : Jodie Lawson, Sarah Nichols
ASSISTED BY : Karen Greenwood, Beth Stryk, Tegan Vincent
STAGE CREW : Gordon Bull, Rosie Curtis, Craig Dixon, David Hobbs,
Mark Houghton, Nikki Imberger, Matt McLaughlin, Jackie Mates,
Bianca Milewski, Nici Moller, Ian Simmonds, Natalie Vincent, Erin Williamson
THANKS ALSO TO : Michael Curtis, Heidi Crook, Damien Calvert,
Rohan Fotheringham, Peter Leed, Fyfe Meggs, Allan Paul, Craig Symons, Peter Thompson, Neville West
MARKETING CO-ORDINATOR : Sandra Davies
MARKETING TEAM : Grant Alley, Craig Dixon, Karen Greenwood,
Bianca Milewski, Cameron Osborne, Jan Sheppard, Trudi Sheppard,
Frank Simcox, Peter Stanbrook
PROGRAM : Sandra Davies, Karen Greenwood
GRAPHIC ART/DESIGN : David Clark at The Wizarts
PHOTOGRAPHY : Richard Crompton, Carlos Ramirez,
Stephen Ransom, Denise Damianos
PRINTING : Fineline Printing, Miss Print
ADMIN SUPPORT : Janet Cameron, Karen Greenwood,
Debbie Osborne
TICKET SALES : Carol Humphrey, Cheryle Osborne, Fay Lutchner,
Malcolm Lutchner, Peter Miller, Jan Sheppard
FRONT OF HOUSE CO-ORDINATOR : Meryl Withers
BOX OFFICE MANAGER : Grant Alley, Barry Venning
ASSISTED BY : Carol Humphrey, Cheryle Osborne
DUTY MANAGERS : Ian Carlsson, Jan Sheppard, Meryl Withers, Peter Witney
CATERING : Paul Belli, Tony Hall, Kelly Hall, Lincoln Judd,
Maggie Judd
FIRST AID : Ian Simmonds
REHEARSAL PIANISTS : Simon D’Aquino, Danny Forward,
Ben Martin, Tony Toppi, Tim Verdon, Jerome Walles, Martine Wengrow,
Heather Wickes
CLOC PATRON :
John-Michael Howson OAM
CLOC COMMITTEE :
PRESIDENT : Grant Alley
ADMINISTRATOR : Sandra Davies
SECRETARY : Barry Venning
TREASURER : John Davies
COMMITTEE : Patsi Boddison, Janet Cameron, Carol Humphrey,
Debbie Osborne, Allan Paul, Melinda Peebles
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS :
Thanks to Assistant to the Treasurer-Mike Strahan
Jackson Harnwell
Sarah Lawson
Ziva & Mike Rayman
Julian Dunham
Colin Robinson, Victorian Re-Enactment Society
Melbourne Brass & Woodwind, 578 North Rd., Ormond 9578 3677
Lindsay Cox, Salvation Army Heritage Centre,
69 Bourke St., Melbourne
Thanks to all friends of CLOC who work Front of House
Thanks to the staff of The National Theatre
Frank Simcox for Audio Visual Services
CLOC acknowledges the support of Wendy Black from Swinburne
University of Technology.
Congratulations to the winners of the CLOC Costume Award
Winner : Anastasia La Fey
Honourable Mentions : Chloe Neyland, Renee Guiliano,
Kieran Powell
CLOC acknowledges the support of the City of Kingston
VALE Pip Smibert
We honour the memory of Pip Smibert, CLOC performer in
six productions - A Little Night Music, Gigi, Jekyll & Hyde,
The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Boy from Oz, High Society. All
six productions were directed by Chris Bradtke, who Pip
so admired and enjoyed working with. In early 2012, Pip
was to appear in his seventh CLOC production directed by
Chris, Sunset Boulevard, playing Cecil B De Mille, until ill
health forced his withdrawal. The last 18 months of his life
were spent dealing with his disease, its treatment and side effects. He did this with the
diligence, intellect and sagacity that he applied to every aspect of his life. Throughout this
time, he was a regular and enthusiastic face in the foyer of CLOC productions, always
delighted and excited to see his many theatre friends on both sides of the footlights. Pip’s
enthusiasm for watching and/or performing in theatre, both musical and non-musical,
was infectious and joyous. We send our deepest sympathies to Pip’s wife Catie, children
Sophie, Charles and Georgina and grandchildren Rose and George. We will miss him.
VALE Bruce McBrien OAM – ‘Sir’ Bruce
1926-2013
The Melbourne theatre community is a sadder and darker
place as we mourn the loss of its patriarch and one of its
leading lights, greatest supporters, promoters and all round
gentleman.
Bruce McBrien, affectionately known by all as ‘Sir Bruce’,
was a larger-than-life legend in the Melbourne non-professional theatre community. He first appeared on
stage in 1952 with Heidelberg Theatre Company, before making the move to musical
theatre, where he appeared in over 150 productions with almost every company
around – Lyric, Festival, Whitehorse, PLOS and CLOC, where he performed in 18
productions, starting with Can-Can in 1975, and finishing with Mack & Mabel in
2004. When he was not appearing onstage, he could either be found on a committee,
working front of house, or as an always enthusiastic and passionate audience
member, supporting his colleagues and friends in every company. He never missed a
CLOC show, and was last seen in the foyer of the National, full of effusive praise and
admiration after a performance of The Phantom of the Opera.
In 1986, Bruce founded the Music Theatre Guild of Victoria, which now embraces over
80 companies and hosts the annual Music Theatre Guild awards, affectionately called
the Bruce Awards in his honour. For many years Bruce was the President of the Guild,
the driving force of the organisation, and one of its judges, travelling all around Victoria
to see and adjudicate shows and performances. The importance and value which the
Victorian non‑professional musical theatre community regards the Guild awards is a
testament to Bruce’s hard work and dedication and a priceless legacy he has left us all.
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Director Alan Burrows
Choreographer Susan Lewis
Musical Director Bev Woodford
MUSIC
Harry Warren
BOOK
Michael Stewart & Mark Bramble
LYRICS
Al Dubin
Based on a novel by BRADFORD ROPES
Original Direction and Dances by GOWER CHAMPION
Originally Produced on Broadway by DAVID MERRICK
MAY 16 – 31, 2014
The National Theatre, St. Kilda
Booking Enquiries 1300 362 547
Book online at www.cloc.org.au
Ticket Sales open Monday Feb 24, 2014
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