Company Actors cont...

JOHN GOODSON Stephano

FOUNDING ENSEMBLE MEMBER

SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: This will be John’s 18th appearance on the garden stage. His first was in Macbeth (1996). Notable roles include: Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2017), Feste in Twelfth Night (2015), Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor (2011)

THEATREiNQ: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, The White Rose and the Red, The Blood of Kings, The Weir, The Vagina Monologues, First Born, Frankenstein, One Man, Two Guvnors, The Crucible, X-Stacy

FILM: Departure Lounge for Lucky Country Productions

OTHER: Teacher, Puppeteer, Author, Musician; Music Coach The Culture Club; Actor - Tropic Sun Theatre; Musician - The Astronaut Launch Party

TRAINING: Bachelor of Theatre

AWARDS: Jean Pierre Award (2011)

ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2017

SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: Blood Will Have Blood, Much Ado About Nothing, Othello, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

THEATREiNQ: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, The White Rose and the Red, The Blood of Kings, Alice Through the Looking Glass, DNA, The Vagina Monologues, First Born, Alice in Wonderland, X-Stacy

OTHER THEATRE: Mulkadee Drama Coach (2021-22)

ADVERTISING: Pickerings

TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s The Bridge Project; Victoria Stanborough Vocal Studio (2003-08); Susan Grinsell Singing Studio(2009-12)

AWARDS: Martin Gibson Medal (2020)

Hollie Sams

Spirit

ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2019

SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: This is Hollie’s first Shakespeare Under The Stars production

THEATREiNQ: The Blood of Kings, Alice Through the Looking Glass, Christmas in Wonderland 2018 & 2019

OTHER THEATRE: The Inquisitive Princess, Samantha the Prankster

ADVERTISING: Georgio Clothing, Townsville City Council, Mount Margaret; Ephemera (TCC); Museum of Tropical Queensland

TRAINING: Acting with Arminelle

MICHAEL SAMS Antonio

ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2014

SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: Blood Will Have Blood, Othello, Romeo and Juliet

THEATREiNQ: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, The Blood of Kings, The Crucible

OTHER THEATRE: Over 60 productions with QTC, Matrix Theatre, 4MBS Trocadero Productions, Soup Theatre Company, Metro Arts, Grey Rose, Full Throttle Theatre Company

FILM &TV: Beastmaster, Brizbin Boy/Canberra Girl, Cybergirl, Flipper, Departure Lounge, Insomniac, Kiss Me Stupid!, Scooby Doo

ADVERTISING: Coles-Myer, Footlocker, K-Mart, Mount Margaret, Qld Govt, Remax, Ruralquip, Toyota, YourHub, Museum of Tropical NQ, TCC, Polar Air

OTHER: Published short story and play writer, Regional Literary Manager (Short & Sweet Festival)

TRAINING: Bachelor of Arts (Drama) QUT; Masters Creative Writing

Macquarie University; Playlab Incubator Program

AWARDS: Best Director/Actor (S&S 2018), Best Actor (FOOAP 2017), Adjudicator’s Award (FOOAP 2016)

EMMA SMITH Ariel

FOUNDING ENSEMBLE MEMBER

SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: Blood Will Have Blood, The Comedy of Errors, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, King Lear, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Richard III, Henry V

THEATREiNQ: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Alice in Wonderland, What is the Matter with Mary Jane?, The Crucible

OTHER THEATRE: Noye’s Fludde (AFCM)

TRAINING: TheatreiNQ’s The Culture Club (2015-17), The Culture Crew; CAJAM Circus

AWARDS: John De Feu Award (2021)

Robert Street

Gonzalo

ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2013 SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: This is Robert’s 13th appearance on the garden stage. He performed in the first ever Shakespeare Under The Stars as Fabian in Twelfth Night (1992). Notable roles include: Edward III in Blood Will Have Blood (2021), Don Pedro in Much Ado About Nothing (2020) and Peter Quince in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2017)

THEATREiNQ: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, First Born, The Crucible

OTHER THEATRE: Various musicals for NQOMT & TCOS; Original Cast Member of Shakespeare Under the Stars

DANCE: Professional dancer - DanceNorth (1999 - 2005); Ulysses (20112013)

TRAINING: Bachelor of Theatre

AWARDS: John du Feu Award (2016)

ANNA VELLA-SAMS

Queen Alonsa

ENSEMBLE MEMBER SINCE 2015

SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS: Twelfth Night

THEATREiNQ: The White Rose and the Red, The Blood of Kings, The Vagina Monologues, First Born, One Man,Two Guvnors, Twelfth Night

OTHER THEATRE: La Boite: Emma Celebrazione!; On Giant’s Shoulders: The Owl and the Pussycat went to See; Trocadero Productions: Titus Andronicus, Henry the Fifth, Measure for Measure, The Seagull; Schonell Theatre: The Last Supper; Arts Theatre: Deadly Embrace; Groundlings: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, TV: Medivac

TRAINING: Bachelor of Theatre (JCU)