Orphans 2022

ORPHANS ByDennis Kelly

21 November - 2 December

THEATREiNQ 50 Allen Street, South Townsville Produced Off-Broadway by David Stone, Willa Shalit, Nina Essman, Dan Markley/Mike Skipper, and The Araca Group.

Originally produced by HOME for Contemporary Theatre and Art at HERE Randy Rollison, Artistic Director; Barbara Busackino, Producing Director in association with Wendy Evans Joseph.

Cast

ORPHANS ByDennis Kelly

Liam.......................... Lachlan Stevenson Helen......................... Brittany Santariga Danny........................James Thomasson Shane..................................Gus Loveday

Production Director/Lighting Operator.......................................... Terri Brabon Stage Manager...........................................................Daniel Lobley Sound Operator........................................................... Xara Holmes Crew..............................................................Fionn Baker-Goodson Set Design & Construction................................. Brendan O’Connor Lighting Design.................................. Terri Brabon & Daniel Lobley Sound Design/Composer............................................. Terri Brabon Production Assistants..........................................Brittany Santariga .......................................................................... Lachlan Stevenson ........................................................................... James Thomasson Event Team.........................................................Anne-Marie Smith ............................................................................Emma Lamberton ......................................................................................Paris Walsh ............................................................................. Michael Gleeson ..................................................................................... Keely Pronk ...........................................................................The Bridge Project Marketing Co-ordinator.......................................Emma Lamberton Orphans Artwork Design..............................................Will McNeill Photographer.........................................................Chrissy Maguire ‘Orphans was first presented by Birmingham Repertory Theatre Company and Traverse Theatre Company in association with Paines Plough at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh on 31 July 2009.’

Thank You Susan Brabon / Nita Vasilescu / John & Beth Honeycombe / Chris, Lindsay & Charlie Nobile / Claude & Karen Nobile / Heath Roberts / Nick Rose / NQOMT

Synopsis Helen is happily married to Danny, with a young child and another on the way, but when her brother Liam arrives on their doorstep, covered in blood, events are set in motion that will have a lasting impact on all their lives.

A TheatreiNQ Co-production with Stacks On Theatre

TheatreiNQ is supported by the Regional Arts Development Fund. The Regional Arts Development Fund is a partnership between the Queensland Government and the Townsville City Council to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland.

Lachlan Stevenson

THEATREiNQ: Blood Will Have Blood, The White Rose and the Red, Alice Through The Looking Glass, Hamlet, One Man, Two Guvnors, Twelfth Night, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Private Ginger Mick at Gallipoli, Romeo and Juliet, The Crucible, Two Weeks With The Queen, Macbeth; Crew: What is the Matter with Mary Jane?, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Sylvia OTHER THEATRE: New Theatre: Animal Farm; WAAPA: Atlas, The Seagull, the Two Gentlemen of Verona, Ajax in Afghanistan, Romeo and Juliet, When the Rain Stops Falling, The Misanthrope, An Ideal Husband, Motortown, Birdland OTHER: Founding Member of Stacks On Theatre, Sydney TRAINING: WAAPA - Bachelor of Arts (Acting); TheatreiNQ’s THE BRIDGE PROJECT AWARDS: Martin Gibson Medal (2016)

James Thomasson THEATREiNQ: Blood Will Have Blood, Othello, Twelfth Night, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Private Ginger Mick at Gallipoli, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Sylvia, Romeo and Juliet, The Crucible, Two Weeks With The Queen, The Shape of Things, Macbeth, The Importance of Being Earnest, X-Stacy, King Lear, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Richard III OTHER THEATRE: WAAPA: The Spook, The Election, A Dream Play, The Blind Giant is Dancing, As You Like It, Momentum, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Crucible, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Stuff Happens; Poetry In Action 2020-2021 OTHER: Assistant Drama Coach MULKADEE (2013-2014); Founding Member of Stacks On Theatre, Sydney TRAINING: WAAPA Graduate - Bachelor of Arts (Acting); TheatreiNQ’s THE BRIDGE PROJECT; Howard Fine (2015) AWARDS: Martin Gibson Medal (2013)

Brittany Santariga THEATREiNQ: Othello, The Shape of Things, Macbeth, The Importance of Being Earnest, X-Stacy, King Lear, The Merry Wives of Windsor OTHER THEATRE: WAAPA: Away, Marat Sade, Much Ado About Nothing, The Good Doctor, The Mill on the Floss, 13, Coriolanus, A View from the Bridge, A Tale of Two Cities, The Beat Generation; Bard Work: As You LIke It FILM & TELEVISION: Foxtel: Fighting Season; Seven Network: Home and Away; WA Screen Academy: Not Like Us OTHER: Founding Member of Stacks On Theatre, Sydney TRAINING: WAAPA Graduate – Bachelor of Arts (Acting); Bell Shakespeare Regional Scholarship (2013); TheatreiNQ’s THE BRIDGE PROJECT; Props Youth Theatre AWARDS: LAGRAL/Jackman Furness Foundation for Performing Arts: Chris Edmund Scholarship Recipient

Gus Loveday THEATREiNQ: This is Gus’ first performance with TheatreiNQ OTHER THEATRE: Townsville City Council’s Carols

by Candlelight (2019 & 2021); Circus Performances with Cajam Circus OTHER: Currently learning the Double Bass TRAINING: Acting with Arminelle; Cajam Circus

From the Director Ten years ago, we started on a journey with a bunch of aspiring young actors called The Bridge Project. It’s hard to believe that ten years later, I would be here directing a cast of those ‘Bridge Kids’, filled with pride at how bloody good they are. I’m not really a party person, so when thinking of ways to celebrate this milestone of The Bridge Project, I knew I didn’t want a party - what I wanted to do was ‘work’.

During the Covid lockdown of 2020, we reconnected with a bunch of Bridge Alumni now scattered around the country, doing online training and one of the plays we worked on was Orphans by Dennis Kelly. I had wanted to do this play for many, many years and when I saw Brittany, James & Lachlan work on these characters, I was really excited by the prospect of working with them on this script. But I also wanted to build something more than just a show. I wanted to offer them an opportunity to learn how to start developing work for themselves, to form their own ensemble and to give them the confidence to do, well, basically, what Brendan and I did with TheatreiNQ. And from this idea, the mentorship experience began and Stacks On Theatre was born. This little team have helped build the studio you are watching the show in, literally from the ground up. By day, they helped Brendan transform an empty, cement floored warehouse space into a black box theatre studio and by night, they rehearsed with me to create this incredible show. The past five weeks have been incredible. Exhausting and exhilarating all at once.

Words cannot express how proud I am of The Bridge Project.

x Terri

In 2022 we celebrate 10 Years of

THE BRIDGE PROJECT TheatreiNQ is justly proud of our Training Division, The Bridge Project, which aims to guide regional talent towards a career in the professional industry.

Devised by Terri Brabon and Brendan O’Connor, The Bridge Project is a unique place-and-train model created by theatre professionals for the development of young, emerging performing artists. The training package incorporates structured learning, immersion training, one-onone mentoring and informal learning opportunities.

What makes The Bridge Project unique is the variety of opportunities TheatreiNQ offers and the personal attention every ‘Bridgee’ receives.

Members of the program are set up to succeed and are supported every step of the way by industry professionals. Former Bridge Project members are always considered part of the TheatreiNQ family and continue to be mentored through the next phases of their training and/or careers, whilst offering mentorship to the next generation of Bridge Project Actors.

Through a series of masterclasses with guest industry professionals from Sydney & Melbourne, ongoing professional development, and involvement in professionally-driven local productions with TheatreiNQ, The Bridge Project aims to give our promising emerging talent the best start possible, on-going guidance and mentorship throughout their careers. Graduates of the Project have gained acceptance into some of the most prestigious training courses in the country, including NIDA, WAAPA, Victorian College of the Arts, QUT, Griffith University and Actors Centre Australia, whilst others are now working professionally in the industry. www.theatreinq.com

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by Bertolt Brecht

adapted & directed by Terri Brabon

11 - 21 May 2022

The ClubHouse - 22 Cottell Street, Hyde Park

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