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Martin Bell – DON PEDRO, VERGES
Since playing Prince Florizel in The Winter's Tale in the early 80's, Martin has pursued an ever growing love of Shakespeare’s works. His roles have been as diverse as Angelo from Measure For Measure, Posthumous Leonatus in Cymbeline, Bottom in A Midsummer Nights Dream to Berowne in Loves Labours Lost. His more recent efforts have included a directorial debut with Richard III at the Zenith Theatre in 2005 and playing Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing at the Star of the Sea Theatre in Manly in 2006.
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Jennifer Jean Davis - HERO
Since graduating with a Bachelor Degree in Drama from Wesley Institute's Acting Course in 2003, Jennifer has done Theatre in Hyde Park 2004, has performed in the Cranston Cup Theatre Sports competition and has performed in the plays Manly Mates, Gaslight, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Jennifer also teaches drama to high school and primary school students.
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Kurtis Gee – LEONATO
Kurtis has been performing for 12 years on stage and in film. His most recent work has been in "Australian Faust" a short play in the "Journey into Sin" collection of short plays which were performed at the Newtown Theatre. Kurtis is also involved with "Take Away Theatre" in the production of original Greek/Australian plays.
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Penny Hall – MARGARET, WATCHPERSON 1, MESSENGER
A graduate of Nepean in 2006, Penny has been keeping the juices flowing post-drama school with performances in the Short and Sweet Festival 2007 (in which she was a top 10 finalist), Meta.mor/phases at the Pact Theatre, numerous short films in particular at AFTRS, and by working with directors Kate Gaul in the Griffin’s Professional Actor workshop and John Bell in the Bell Shakespeare Workshop. At Nepean, she played: Bess in The Song of the Yellow Bittern, an Irish tale directed by Maeliosa Stafford; Hecuba in Trojan Women: A Love Story directed by Lee Lewis; Cerimon in Pericles directed by Sean O’Shea (for whom she was Assistant Director of The Caucasian Chalk Circle); and many strange and wonderful characters in a devised piece called Beyond Measure directed by Carlos Gomes.
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Richard Hilliar - CLAUDIO
Originally from Newcastle, Richard is currently in his third year of study at Theatre Nepean. Recent credits include A Midsummer Nights Dream (No White Elephant Productions), Cosi (RLE), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (RLE), The Underpants (CHP), The Children's Hour (No White Elephant Productions), The Imaginary Invalid (CHP) and Dangerous Liaisons (Factory Space Theatre).
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Shane Imbert – DON JOHN, BALTHASAR, SEXTON
Shane is a Theatre Nepean 2002 graduate. His stage productions include Westside Story, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Troilus and Cressida, Julius Caesar, A Little Like Drowning, Dog's Breakfast, Hot Young Things, Fear and Misery of The Third Reich and The Possibilities. His TV appearances include the recent FOX8 Dangerous, Home and Away, Gotcha!, Vidiot, Australia's Most Wanted and a number of corporate videos and short films.
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David Jeffrey – BORACHIO, FRIAR FRANCIS
A graduate of the Actors College of Theatre and Television (ACTT) in 1999, David has been acting in Sydney for 16 years and has performed in over 20 theatrical productions. His most recent performances include Serial Killers by James Griffin, Departures and Arrivals by Carol Shield, The M Word by Alan Ball, Boys Life by Howard Korder, The Dining Room by A. R. Gurney, After Dinner by Andrew Bovell and Two by Jim Cartwright, all for Go Theatre, which he also co-founded. Previous productions include Mothers and Fathers by Joseph Musaphia at the Stables, A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare for Darlinghurst Theatre, One Flesh by Fiona Samuel and Lovepuke by Duncan Sarkies at the Harold Park Hotel, both of which David also co-produced.
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Cherilyn Price – URSULA, WATCHPERSON 2
Cherilyn has been acting for over 15 years. Recent theatre productions include Serial Killers by James Griffin in 2005 and Two by Jim Cartwright in 2006, both for Go Theatre. In 2002 she appeared in a US version of Short and Sweet called Short Shorts, Wasatch Theatre. In 1999, Cherilyn performed in the popular Lovepuke by Duncan Sarkies for Exordium at the Harold Park Hotel. For Darlinghurst Theatre from 1996 to 1999 she featured in La Voix Humaine by Jean Cocteau, The Next Big Thing by Jeff Nolan, Late Arrivals by Pamela Van Amstel and Death Comes to Us All, Mary Agnes, by Christopher Durang.
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Roger Adam Smith – ANTONIO, DOGBERRY
Roger has been acting professionally since 1998. In 2002 he appeared in Ivan Sen’s seminal AFI-award winning film Beneath Clouds as an irate farmer. He has appeared in many independent feature films and in over fifty short films, including Of Middle Eastern Appearance, directed by Paula Aboud, and Meaningful Touches directed by Sarah Steele. He appeared in the Short and Sweet Short Plays Festival 2004 in Ready To Fit Pergola Kit, which was voted the Overall People’s Favourite Play; and in numerous stage plays, including Peter Young’s Mum’s the Word, Sam Shepherd’s Icarus’ Mother and Alex Broun’s Rumpole of The Sydenham Line. Roger most recently appeared as Methuselah in Last of the Knucklemen.
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Matthew Stewart - BENEDICK
Matthew spent 20 years as a professional actor in Sydney and was the General Manager of Darlinghurst Theatre Company and Darlo Drama acting school, both of which he co-founded. He moved to Canberra in 2004 where he appeared in The Dog Logs (stories told by dogs), Six Pack at the Childers Street Theatre and as Roo in Summer of the 17th Doll for Free Rein Theatre Co. His most recent Sydney performance was the 2003 production of Talking Dirty at the Seymour Centre. As a songwriter he is the recipient of an honours award in the John Lennon Song writing contest, and the American Internet Children’s award for best album 3 to 5 year olds. Matthew is the founder and director of "Act Corporate Drama Training", using acting techniques for presentation and interpersonal skills in the workplace.
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Deborah Thomson - BEATRICE
Deborah graduated from Theatre Nepean in 2000. She was most recently seen in the role of Mercy Montebello in The Man from Mukinupin for the New Theatre directed by Mary-Anne Gifford. Other theatre credits include Cant in The Castle, Widow Quin in Playboy of the Western World, Queen Isabel and Harry Percy in Richard II, Regan in King Lear, Olivia in Twelfth Night, Red Queen and Cook in Alice's Adventures Underground and Valjoy and Miss Belmont in the NSW tour of Hating Alison Ashley (Theatre South). Musicals include roles in Jerry's Girls, Dames at Sea, On the Wallaby, Into the Woods and South Pacific to name a few. TV credits include All Saints, Supernova (directed by Little Britain director Matt Lipsey for BBC and UKTV) as well as several TV commercials.
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Crew
Director: Julie Baz
Designer: David Jeffrey
Production Manager: Kylie Strudwick
Graphic Designer: Kristine Ballard, Dobson’s Intelligent Print
Web Design: Kahrina Chan, Alicante
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