Tuesday, 29 November 2016

An Unspeakable Cast and Crew

INTRODUCING THE CAST AND CREW FOR HOLY CROSS COLLEGE'S 2017 SENIOR SCHOOL PRODUCTION OF 'AN UNSPEAKABLE TRIUMPH OF SUPREME BRILLIANCE'


Front Centre: Jamie Evans (Dave)
Front: Jeighten Finch (Stage Hand), Anthony Menegola (Sound Designer), Gaby Van Der Linde (Hair and Makeup Designer), Calvin Thiel (Bob), Chloe Ryan (Tilly), John Botha (The Intern) and Laila Davies (Audrey).
Middle: Abbey'Lee Quantock (Loren), Zoe Paluszak (Svetlana Gustarfson/Student Assistant Director), Brianna Armstrong (Delilah), Lloyd Matias (Samson), Lexi Pether (Front of House), Chloe Andrews (Front of House) and Chardonnay Mitchell (Leticia Mordecai-Walker)
Back: Aimee Sorensen (Front of House), Breannah Rigoli (Saboteur), Jasmin Horsten (Saboteur), Jodie Murphy (Stage Manager), Maddison Sultana (Hair and Makeup Designer), Isobella McPherson (Front of House) and Alex Smilovitis (Assistant Stage Manager)
Absent: Daniel Docker (Media and Promotion Manager), Austen Staples (Assistant Stage Manager), Maria Bravo (Costume Manager), Tristan Hall (Stage Hand), Aran Burke (Lighting Designer) and Michelle Karuga (Costume Assistant)

Monday, 28 November 2016

Challenges Ahead

The exciting part of a Senior School Production is that we can lay down challenges that we haven't done before. We are very excited to have acquired the services of Julia Moody, who is Head of Vocal Studies in Acting at the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts. Julia will be running three workshops with the cast on mastering the distinctive Minnesotan accent, which is where Unspeakable Triumph is set. Accents which are not native are tricky to master and our cast will be able to challenge themselves to nail these accents as part of their colourful characters. See if you can master it!

Sunday, 27 November 2016

Sneak Peek of Unspeakable Triumph Talent

If you would like a sneak peek of some of the amazing talent of the cast of An Unspeakable Triumph of Supreme Brilliance, then be sure to come along and see them perform in Ellenbrook Theatre Company's Production of Cinderella this December! Lloyd Matias, Chardonnay Mitchell, John Botha and Breannah Rigoli will be part of the Cast and Mr Chris McRae has directed the show and Mr Guy Jackson will be involved behind the scenes. Former students Giordarna Rigoli (2014) and Max Hughes (2016) are also part of the show. Come along for what is set to be a magical experience with a great HCC representation!

Wednesday, 23 November 2016

UNSPEAKABLE TRIUMPH OF SUPREME BRILLIANCE CAST AND CREW ANNOUNCEMENT

We are delighted to officially announce the Cast and Crew for the 2017 Senior School Production of 'An Unspeakable Triumph of Supreme Brilliance'. We had a lot of talent this year and are very excited with the team we have assembled for next year's show! We look forward to presenting the College's first Senior Production to the Holy Cross community next year!

CAST

SAMSON: The Flamboyant Director IMMANUEL MATIAS
DAVE: The Surprisingly Normal Playwright JAMES EVANS
AUDREY: The 7th Grade English Teacher LAILA DAVIES
TILLY: Loves doing theatre. The epitome of Minnesota nice. CHLOE RYAN
DELILAH: The grand dame of North Central Minnesota Theatre BRIANNA ARMSTRONG
LOREN: The Stage Manager ABBEY’LEE QUANTOCK
BOB: The overweight, non stereotypical male lead. CALVIN THIEL
SVETLANA GUSTARFSON: The Auteur, Artistic Director of the Red Barn Players. ZOPHIA PALUSZAK
LETITIA MORDERCAI-WALKER: The wife of the third richest man in the world. CHARDONNAY MITCHELL
THE RED BARN SABOTEURS: The cunning members of the Red Barn Players, out to sabotage Moss River BREANNAH RIGOLI
JASMIN HORSTEN
THE INTERN: The inept, bumbling, theatre loving Moss River intern. JOHN BOTHA

CREW

STUDENT ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ZOPHIA PALUSZAK
STAGE MANAGER JODIE MURPHY
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERS AUSTEN STAPLES
ALEX SMILOVITIS
STAGE HANDS JEIGHTEN FINCH
TRISTAN HALL
COSTUME MANAGER MARIA BRAVO-ECHEVARRIA
COSTUME ASSISTANT MICHELLE KARUGA 
HAIR AND MAKEUP DESIGNERS GABRIELLA ROSE VAN DER LINDE
MADDISON SULTANA
MEDIA AND PROMOTION MANAGER DANIEL DOCKER
LIGHTING DESIGNER ARAN BURKE
SOUND DESIGNER ANTHONY MENEGOLA
FRONT OF HOUSE MANAGERS AIMEE SORENSEN
LEXI PETHER
ISOBELLA MCPHERSON
CHLOE ANDREWS

Thursday, 17 November 2016

Cast and Crew In Progress

Auditions and interviews for the 2017 Senior School Production of 'An Unspeakable Triumph of Supreme Brilliance' were a great success with a large number of Year 10, 11 and 12 students expressing interest in the production. We will now begin the process of confirming the cast and crew with production and leadership staff and students will be notified very soon of the outcome. The full cast and crew will be officially announced at the end of term assembly in Week 9.


Sunday, 13 November 2016

#Production Hashtag#

Introducing the official hashtag which will be used to help promote Holy Cross College's 2017 Senior School Production. All media and promotion will feature:

#UnspeakableTriumphOfHCC



Wednesday, 9 November 2016

Cast Auditions and Crew Interviews

An Unspeakable Triumph of Supreme Brilliance will be Holy Cross College's seventh production, following the huge success of The Happiest Days of Your Life this year. It will be the College's first Senior School Production with students in Years 10-12 making up the whole cast and crew.

The journey to #UnspeakableTriumph17 begins this week with Crew interviews for the following management roles: Stage Manager, Assistant Stage Manager, Sound, Lighting, Hair and Makeup, Media and Promotion, Front of House and Student Assistant Director.

Next week will see cast auditions taking place with over 50 students signed up for auditions and interviews across two weeks.

We look forward to this process and can't wait to see the talent HCC's Senior School has to offer!




Friday, 4 November 2016

About the Playwright and Accent Coach

DON ZOLIDIS
(Writer of 'An Unspeakable Triumph of Supreme Brilliance')


Don Zolidis is an American playwright, screenwriter and secondary school teacher currently residing in Texas. He writes dramas and comedies but is more known for the latter. As of July 2015, 78 of Don's plays had been published and performed over 7500 times in 47 countries.

Professionally, his work has appeared at the Ensemble Studio Theatre, The Phoenix Theatre, The Bloomington Playwrights Project, Dallas HUB Theatre, the Purple Rose Theatre, The Victory Theatre Center, Mirror Stage Ensemble, Expanded Arts NYC, Tinfish Theatre, Studio 360, and many other places. 

(Information courtesy of www.donzolidis.com)






JULIA MOODY
(Head of Vocal Studies- Acting at Western Australian Academy 

of Performing Arts)

Julia Moody has a Bachelor of Arts from Curtin University (Perth), a Graduate Diploma in Voice Studies from NIDA (Sydney), is a fully accredited Associate teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework, and did her actor training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in the United Kingdom. Julia has performed as an actor in Theatre, Film, TV, and Radio with companies right across Australia. She has worked as a Voice trainer and Consultant in the professional media with SBS TV and Radio since 1994, and with various other companies such as Channel 10,Open Channel, Public Radio News, 5UV and 6PR. She has run specially designed voice training sessions for professional speakers in all domains: the corporate arena; education; Theatre and Film; medical professionals and many others.
Julia has lectured in Voice at the Victorian College of the Arts School of Drama, the University of Ballarat Academy of Performing Arts, and is currently Head of Voice in the Acting Department of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts at Edith Cowan University.
(Information courtesy of www.waapa.ecu.edu.au)