High Society

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Director’s Notes President’s Notes Philip Barry’s The Philadelphia Story has enjoyed many successful Nearly five decades of enthusiasm, dedication and sheer revivals since its debut in the 1930s. Most would remember it as hard work, and more than ninety major productions the smash hit film that reignited the flagging career of Katherine have made the name CLOC synonymous with excellence Hepburn. The wily Miss Hepburn, for whom Barry wrote the in musical theatre and built CLOC into one of Australia’s play and who, understandably, has much in common with Tracy most innovative and successful non‑professional music Samantha Lord, wisely retained the film rights to the Broadway theatre production companies. hit, casting two of Hollywood’s favourites as her leading men; CLOC's achievements have been built on a strong Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart. Grant, Stewart and Hepburn are tradition of consistently providing the highest quality shining examples of 1930s Hollywood style, wit, elegance and craft. productions at the lowest possible price. CLOC has The film went on to inspire a string of smash hits in the same genre a strong commitment to continue to meet your and spawned the Spencer Tracy, Katherine Hepburn relationship that expectations by staging the standard of entertainment gave rise to hundreds of Hollywood romantic comedies of the you have come to anticipate. “girl hates boy but ends up loving him” type. For those of you who sat in the audience for our first How extraordinary then that a play so quintessentially 1930s in its show of 2009 when we excitedly premiered Miss light-hearted but astute observations on marriage could be adapted Saigon, you will remember a night of high drama, so successfully to a 1950s musical film. The answer lies partly with passionate performances and heart-wrenching emotion, Barry’s original play and partly with star power. Fast forward to in a production that broke records everywhere. 1956, substitute Hepburn, Grant and Stewart with Kelly, Crosby and Tonight you are in for a very different treat – an evening Sinatra, add a Cole Porter score, move the action from Philadelphia of light-hearted humour and sophistication, romance to Long Island, playground of the rich and famous, throw in Louis and elegance, beautiful and well-known music, urbane Armstrong and rename as High Society. Bingo! Another Hollywood and witty lyrics, all brought to you by our usual first hit and three more legendary performances all sustained by Barry’s class production team, almost all of whom worked clever and charming original script. with us on Miss Saigon. In this show, there is no Further forward to the 1980s and 1990s when several stage tragedy, no onstage death, no emotional angst – versions of High Society appeared on the West End and on instead, High Society is a frothy romantic comedy Broadway. Each enjoyed some considerable success. The 1987 which revolves around one of life’s most joyous and version starred the ill-fated Natasha Richardson. The 1998 version celebratory events – a wedding. with a book by Arthur Kopit (Nine), additional Cole Porter songs and CLOC initially planned to mount High Society in May some re-written lyrics by Susan Birkenhead (Working), transferred 2008. However, due to a number of factors, it has from San Francisco to Broadway and London. It is this production taken us until October 2009 to be able to bring you that has enjoyed the most success and charmed audiences this classic piece of theatre. In the intervening time we throughout the world, including Melbourne audiences in the late have brought you three highly acclaimed and successful 1980s and again in the 90s. blockbuster non-professional Melbourne premieres, Not all the success can be attributed to Barry, Hepburn, Kelly et including two great Australian song and dance musicals al. If the plot of High Society has a certain indefinable familiarity, it with The Boy from Oz and Hot Shoe Shuffle and then might be due to the more than passing similarity to A Midsummmer the very dramatic Miss Saigon. Night’s Dream. As with Sondheim’s A Little Night Music and And so, eighteen months after we first planned to its source, Smiles Of A Summer Night, the farcical coupling and produce High Society, we have finally been able to recoupling of the lovers begins with a ‘potion’ and the subsequent bring our long-held plans to fruition with a glorious comings and goings take place, not coincidentally, in the “woods”. production full of visual splendour, scintillating dialogue In all versions the action is manipulated with wry amusement by and marvellous music– a recipe for a wonderful night’s a Puck-like character. Astute theatregoers will, I’m sure, delight in entertainment. So sit back and enjoy being a guest at spotting more similarities, parallels and references. They will equally CLOC’s society wedding of the year! delight in the cleverness of Cole Porter’s sensational lyrics superbly adapted and used to great advantage as a sparkling complement to Grant Alley Philip Barry’s subtle wit. President All together, there is no doubting why High Society has been the hit that it is. It’s a “swellegant, elegant party” and you’re invited to enjoy it just as countless numbers of audiences have for close to a century (or, in fact, several centuries). My thanks and admiration go to all at CLOC but my particular thanks go to the inspirational, creative talents of Bev Woodford, Tailem Tynan, Brenton Staples, Nancy Matthews, Alan Green and Stelios Karagiannis and a cast who can rightly feel that they have done more than justice to a much loved play and its equally loved cinematic incarnations. Chris Bradtke Director 2

Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter Book by Arthur Kopit Based on the play \"The Philadelphia Story\" by Philip Barry with Kelly Windle, Trevor Jones, Richard Perdriau, Rachel Juhasz, Peter Dennis, Peter Smitheram, Anne Pagram, Pip Smibert, Madeleine Corbel, Deeon Clark, Lauren McCormack, Deborah Marinaro, Kate Warner, Damien Calvert, Will Hanley, James Kearney, Shane Pritchard Chris Bradtke Bev Woodford Tailem Tynan Director Musical Director Choreographed Movement Brenton Staples Nancy Matthews Stelios Karagiannis Alan Green Set Designer Costume Designer Lighting Designer Audio Designer Sandra Davies Grant Alley Debbie Osborne Cameron Osborne Stage Manager Technical Director Production Manager Marketing Manager Melinda Peebles PAUL BELLI Karen Warrington Costume Co-ordinator Stage Director Props Co-ordinator October 2-17 2009 Alexander Theatre, Monash University, Clayton Additional Lyrics by Susan Birkenhead. Also based on the Turner Entertainment Company motion picture ‘High Society’. With special permission of Tams-Witmark Music Library.

Chris Bradtke 1 Cage Aux Folles, A Chorus Line, Superstar and West Side Story (all The Secret Garden, Man of La 1 Director Mancha, Beauty and the Beast, Guild award nominations). Other 2 The Producers, CLOC’s hugely productions have included Follies, Multi award-winning director successful 1993 blockbuster, Les Miserables, Annie, Joseph, and actor Chris Bradtke has Les Miserables (the first show he A Chorus Line, La Cage aux Folles, created and/or starred in some directed for CLOC and which he High School Musical, Li’l Abner and of Melbourne’s most artistically again directed for Whitehorse ten The Wizard of Oz. She has also successful and imaginative years after CLOC’s production) and twice conducted the end-of-year theatre. In a career that spans its highly acclaimed productions of awards nights for the Music Theatre all aspects of theatrical A Little Night Music, West Side Story, Guild of Victoria and looks forward production, Chris has developed Gigi and Jekyll & Hyde. In 2006, to once more raising her baton for an enviable reputation as one Chris won Guild awards for Best the awards night this December. of Melbourne’s most creative, Director and Best Production for This is Bev’s third appearance with dynamic and innovative music CLOC’s The Scarlet Pimpernel, and CLOC as Musical Director, following theatre talents. He is equally in 2008, he directed our premiere our 2007 production of SHOUT!, loved and admired by casts, production of The Boy from Oz. and Hot Shoe Shuffle in 2008. production teams and audiences. Keeping up her regular annual Back for his second successive show CLOC appearance, she will return to Chris began his theatre life after directing our sell-out season of musically direct our next production more years ago than he cares to Miss Saigon, Chris returns to direct Dusty in May 2010. remember as a performer of note High Society, a show he loves and before making the move into his eleventh production for CLOC. Tailem Tynan 3 directing over twenty years ago. Since then, his achievements have Choreographed Movement been truly outstanding – since 1987, he has been nominated Bev Woodford 2 Tailem is a CLOC veteran, having as Best Director an incredible Musical Director worked on nine previous shows. eighteen times (plus once for Best Bev completed a Bachelor of Music Although she has primarily worked Actor) and has won seven awards. at Melbourne University, where Among his credits are shows such with us as a featured dancer in she majored in piano and clarinet. many of our big song and dance as: Candide, My One and Only, On This has sown the seeds of her the Twentieth Century, Chess, La professional life, in which she has spectaculars (Anything Goes, Chicago, Mack and Mabel, Steel Pier, taught music at several peninsula Cats, Shout!, The Boy From Oz, Miss schools. She currently teaches 3 piano at St Leonard’s College Saigon), she made her production team debut this time last year as (Patterson River and Brighton Dance Captain and Choreographer’s campuses) and also privately in her own studio. Assistant for our tap extravaganza Hot Shoe Shuffle. Over the last nearly 35 years, Bev Tailem has studied a range of has been involved in approximately 50 productions, both on-stage as dance styles including ballet, tap, a performer and in a wide range jazz and contemporary dance, of other roles that have included which she integrated as part of backstage, front of house, rehearsal her Bachelor of Primary Teaching/ pianist, orchestra member and Bachelor of Arts degrees. Tailem’s 4 musical director. In addition to first theatre experience in 1994 saw her work with local companies her jumping off a house into the and schools on the Mornington arms of her suitors in Seven Brides Peninsula, Bev is also a Life Member For Seven Brothers, and since then of PLOS and has musically directed she has grown up in the world many of their most successful of musical theatre. Aside from shows, including Me and My Girl, Sweet Charity, My Fair Lady, Jesus Christ 5 6 7 4

CLOC, Tailem has also worked Brenton holds an amazing Music range of theatrical costumes, In this, his ten year anniversary of with NOVA in Singin’ in the Rain Theatre Guild award achievement Nancy worked for the Melbourne working with CLOC, it is appropriate (Dance Captain) and 42nd Street – he has been nominated for Theatre Company for fifteen years that Stelios is working on both of our (Lorraine), and with Whitehorse ‘Best Settings’ for every show he and was involved in everything productions (his tenth and eleventh in The Producers, Crazy for You, has designed and won the award from Shaw to Shakespeare, with CLOC), having just given us an (Mitzi & Dance Captain), and for six of these. In recent years, Wilde to Williamson. Since her exquisite and breath-taking lighting Hello Dolly, where she received a he has won Best Set Design for official ‘retirement’ in the early design for Miss Saigon. Guild Nomination in the Dancer’s CLOC’s Gigi in 2003 (along 1990s, Nancy has been making, Award category. with the late Les Cook), was coordinating and/or designing Alan Green 7 nominated for our 2005 costumes for almost all Audio Designer Tailem makes her CLOC production of Jekyll & Hyde, of CLOC’s productions. High choreographic debut with High and won again in 2006 for our Society marks her twenty-sixth Incredibly, Alan’s creative input Society, which has been a huge Production of the Year, The CLOC production. for High Society represents his thrill for her and very satisfying Scarlet Pimpernel. He was also Her expertise, attention to detail twenty-sixth production with CLOC, for the rest of the production nominated in 2007 for his design and creativity have been evident following his highly successful audio team, all of whom have worked of SHOUT!, and in fact, competed in the quality of her work and in design for Miss Saigon. with her as a performer many against himself and lost out to the recognition she has received Audio credits for CLOC include: times before. the other brilliant set he designed from the Music Theatre Guild, Hot Shoe Shuffle, The Boy from Oz, in 2007, for Whitehorse’s The with three previous nominations Blood Brothers, SHOUT!, Cats, The Brenton Staples 4 Producers. History repeated for her designs of A Little Night Scarlet Pimpernel, Pippin, My One Set Designer itself in 2008, when he was Music (2000), Pippin (2003) and and Only, Hot Mikado, Chicago, nominated for his set design of Jekyll & Hyde (2005). West Side Story, A Little Night Music, Brenton has had a long and CLOC’s The Boy from Oz, only to Crazy for You, Singin’ in the Rain, varied involvement in musical lose to himself as co-set designer Stelios Karagiannis 6 City of Angels, Forum, Barnum, theatre, including playing flute in (along with John Burrett) for Lighting Designer 42nd Street, Into the Woods, Les orchestras for Gilbert & Sullivan Whitehorse’s Aida. In fact, by Miserables, Funny Girl, Sunday in the operettas! Over the past twenty- winning in 2006, 2007 and 2008, Stelios has been involved in Park with George and Can Can. five years Brenton has performed we believe Brenton is the only theatre for over twenty years, Alan’s enormous contribution over in, stage managed, crewed, person to have won consecutive working in both musical and thirty years to theatre in Victoria built scenery and more recently Guild Awards three years in a row. straight drama.  Stel enjoys the has been recognised with Life designed and painted sets for We are very fortunate that challenge of working on different Membership of Catchment Players, many musical and repertory Brenton is in the midst of a styles of theatrical productions in and in 1996, Alan was presented theatre companies. He is a Life trifecta for CLOC, having designed many unusual settings all around with a special Music Theatre Guild Member and Past President of the beautiful, authentic and Melbourne including Federation award for Notable Service to Whitehorse Musical Theatre and a much-praised set for Miss Saigon Square, The Athenaeum Theatre, Non-Professional Music Theatre. Life Member of the Music Theatre earlier this year and having agreed La Mama, The Comedy Club, Guild of Victoria. to also design the set for Dusty, The Organ Factory, Chapel-off- our next production in May 2010. Chapel and Theatreworks. He is also the resident lighting designer Nancy Matthews 5 for Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre and Costume Designer Technical Director for Hoy Polloy Theatre Company. Nancy first became involved in For CLOC, Stelios has created the making of theatre costumes innovative lighting designs for when her husband’s career took Company, West Side Story, them to live in Mildura. A move Hot Mikado, Gigi, Cats, Blood to Sydney and an advertisement in Brothers and The Boy from Oz, a newspaper resulted in a position receiving Guild nominations for in the ABC, sewing costumes all seven productions. Stelios also for the television drama Rush. won consecutive Guild awards Moving again to Brisbane, for his designs in 2005 for Nancy got a job in the wardrobe CLOC’s Jekyll & Hyde and then again in 2006, for department of the Queensland our Production of the Theatre Company. Year, The Scarlet Back in Melbourne Pimpernel.   and by now hugely experienced in the production of the full DireBcitoiognra&phDieessign 5

Kelly Windle 1 Trevor Jones 2 for a Music Theatre Guild award), Tracy Samantha Lord C. K. Dexter Haven Beauty and the Beast (Melbourne High School) and Little Shop of Kelly follows in the footsteps Trevor comes to CLOC for the first Horrors (St Kevin’s College). And of two luminous movie stars time with an illustrious musical he even musically directed High who have played the role of background. Originally from Society for St Kevin’s as well, which Tracy Lord – Katherine Hepburn Western Australia, Trevor holds is where he first discovered his love (in The Philadelphia Story 1940) a Bachelor of Music Education for the show and set his sights on and, in the 1956 musical version, (Honours) in Classical Voice from playing his dream role of Dexter, for the exquisite Grace Kelly, with the University of Western Australia. which CLOC is delighted to give him whom Kelly fittingly shares Since moving to Melbourne ten the opportunity. both her name and her years ago, Trevor has been actively as as1 sophisticated elegance. involved in music in many forms. Richard Perdriau 3 An organisational psychologist He teaches music and singing at by day, Kelly has also managed the Victorian College of the Arts, as George Kittredge a varied performing career at Melbourne High School and covering drama, film, cabaret privately, with one of his students, After a fourteen year absence from and music theatre. Some of Shane Pritchard, joining him in theatre, Richard returned to the this production. He is also the stage earlier this year to play a 2 her recent music theatre roles conductor of the choir DeChorum. GI in CLOC’s production of Miss include The Wiz (Glinda – MLOC), Saigon. He enjoyed the experience Oklahoma! (Ado Annie – Loyola), Trevor has worked on both sides of so much that he is already back The Producers (usherette/ the footlights as music performer for more, this time as Tracy Lord’s ensemble – Whitehorse) and in and music director. In the former stuffy fiancé George Kittredge. 2008, she appeared as Cinderella role, he has performed with the Early non-professional theatre in Williamstown Musical Theatre West Australian Opera, in cabaret at credits include Stephen (Godspell, Company’s production of Into Chapel-off-Chapel and the Butterfly Camberwell Youth Theatre, 1989), the Woods. She has sung in Club, and in roles as wide ranging Leading Player (Pippin, Mrs several cabaret shows directed as Mary Sunshine in Chicago and Worthington’s Players, 1989), and by well-known performers (and Charlie Brown in Snoopy! As Samuel (The Pirates of Penzance, former music theatre alumni) Musical Director, he has raised his Whitehorse Musical Theatre, Melissa Langton, Susan-Ann baton for shows such as Devanesen 1990). From 1991-5, Richard Walker and Mark Jones. And just Productions’ The Last Five Years and worked professionally performing in cruise ship production shows for a change of pace, she has also CastAida (for which he was nominated worked with Impro Melbourne as part of Theatresports Melbourne. We welcome Kelly in her debut performance for CLOC. 3 Biographies 6

around the Americas, in ‘theatre in Pip Smibert 6 within a major health service, 4 education’ and in regional musical which makes us extra pleased that 5 theatre throughout the UK, where as Seth Lord she has managed to find the time 6 he was then living. Most notably, to return to CLOC, rediscover her 7 he performed in London in a Pip began his career in amateur musical roots and reacquaint with 8 Sammy Davis Jr tribute concert at theatre in 1968 while still a student many old friends. 9 the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, and at Monash University. His first major 7 in the opera La Pazzia Senila, at role was with the Toorak Players’ Madeleine Corbel 8 Queen Elizabeth Hall. Richard now in Brendan Behan’s The Hostage, works as an IT consultant. followed by leads in Witness for the as Dinah Prosecution, Sherlock Holmes and Rachel Juhasz 4 A Day in the Death of Joe Egg. He Madeleine is thirteen years old was voted the Toorak Players Best and in Year 7 at Flinders Christian as Liz Imbrie Actor on three occasions and served Community College in Carrum on their committee for many years. Downs. Even at such a young Having graduated from Melbourne In 1988 Pip moved into music age, she has a wealth of stage University with an honours degree in theatre, appearing as Captain von experience, which is hardly history and cultural studies, Rachel Trapp in Whitehorse’s The Sound of surprising, given that both her now works in Arts administration at Music. Other singing roles include parents are active in musical the Arts Centre. Jack the Ripper, (Spectrum), The theatre. Her mother Joanne This is Rachel’s second appearance King and I (Whitehorse), A Chorus has just completed a season with CLOC, having been a member of Disapproval (twice-once with performing in The Boy from Oz of the ensemble for My One and Trak Players and also just recently with PLOS, and her father Andrew Only in 2002. Since then, she has with Peridot), as well as a number not only appeared in the onstage been very busy performing roles of revue productions. Oh, and we band of our 2007 production with other companies – Forbidden mustn’t forget to mention Pip’s SHOUT!, but has also made Broadway-Greatest Hits Volume 1 stunning turn in full wig, makeup, High Society a family affair by (SHooSH), Thoroughly Modern Millie frock and padding as the evil playing saxophone and clarinet (Nova), City of Angels (PEP), Kiss Stepmother in Whitehorse’s 2007 in the orchestra pit (from where Me Kate (Park Players), and yes, summer pantomime Hansel and he will occasionally be peeking even High Society (Park Players) in Gretel (which was a memorable out to proudly watch his 2007, in which Rachel played the sight to behold). daughter). And just to complete lead role of Tracy Lord. High Society marks Pip’s sixth the Corbel family connection with As well as her theatre work, Rachel appearance with CLOC, in shows this show, mum Jo is working works as a jazz singer with a which have all been directed by backstage as Props Assistant number of bands and acts, including Chris Bradtke, with whom Pip so and also putting in a cameo Rachel Plus, Bittersweet and Double enjoys working. He created the role appearance as a wedding guest! the Diva. She is also currently of Frederik Egerman in our 2000 Madeleine has been learning developing her first solo cabaret production of A Little Night Music, dance (jazz, ballet and tap) for ten entitled My Judy Journals, featuring followed by an appearance in Gigi years and plays piano and clarinet. the songs of her idol Judy Garland. in 2003, a sympathetic portrayal of She has appeared as one of the Rachel is delighted to be back with Sir Danvers Carew in Jekyll & Hyde orphans in Annie (PLOS 2006), CLOC after a long hiatus, and even (2005), an evil Robespierre in The Young Cosette in Les Miserables more excited to return for an encore Scarlet Pimpernel (2006), and in (Panorama 2007), ensemble in performance as a different character 2008, he played the quintessential The Wizard of Oz (PLOS 2007) in one of her favourite shows. Aussie Wally Bell in our premiere and this year appeared in the production of The Boy from Oz. role of Teen Angel in her school Peter Dennis 5 In his day job, Pip works in financial musical Grease. services and international education, as Macaulay (Mike) Connor with a patient wife and three Peter Smitheram 9 bemused children. Peter returns to CLOC for his as Uncle Willie fourth production, after The Anne Pagram 7 Scarlet Pimpernel (Ozzy), CATS Remarkably, despite Peter’s thirty (Bill Bailey), and The Boy from as Mother (Margaret) Lord year history of performing in Oz (Brian Henderson/ensemble). many facets of entertainment Immediately preceding our Brian, Anne makes a long, well overdue (music theatre, cabaret, theatre Peter also played another Bryan return to CLOC and musical theatre restaurants, television), this is his (although very different, not only after an absence of over twenty first appearance with CLOC. Peter in spelling, but also in character years. In case you are wondering worked in professional theatre and appearance) in Whitehorse’s where Anne has been since for many years, performing in 2007 production of The Producers. 1988, when she last appeared the Australian touring companies Other roles include Hanna from with CLOC as Martha Jefferson of Camelot, Pirates of Penzance, in 1776 (and before that, as Evita, Applause and Irene. Hamburg in La Cage Aux Grace Farrell in 1985’s Annie), He also performed in John Folles (PLOS 2004), the answer is that she heeded Hancock’s Theatre Restaurant and Angel in Rent the call of straight drama, which the Tivoli Rock‘n’Roll Restaurant, (Stella 2006) and has constantly beckoned in nearly took his cabaret show cruising Agamenmon thirty productions for many of with P & O and appeared on in Paris (Stella Melbourne’s most well-known television on the Mike Walsh 2004), for which companies, including Peridot, Show, the Don Lane Show and he was nominated Lilydale Athenaeum, Heidelberg, the ABC’s Saturday Show. for a Guild award as Malvern and Williamstown. Some Having not quite gotten the travel of her standout appearances include bug out of him, Peter now works Supporting Actor. In 2006-7, productions of Cloudstreet, Our as a travel agent while still keeping Peter wrote and performed a Town, Molly Sweeney, Arcadia, up his passion for performance. series of one-man cabarets at the Speaking in Tongues, Shadowlands, Recently, he has performed Butterfly Club, Chapel-off-Chapel Crossing Delancey, Dancing at lead roles in amateur theatre, as for the Midsumma Festival, and the Lughnasa, Medea, and The Life and Petruccio in MLOC’s Kiss Me Kate Mechelec Festival for Williamstown Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. and as Emile De Beque in Aspect’s Musical Theatre. Anne has a demanding professional South Pacific. Most recently, Peter played Lumiere life as a physiotherapy manager in MLOC’s Beauty and the Beast earlier this year.

Damien Calvert 1 Shane Pritchard 4 Shane is especially pleased to be sharing the stage with his singing 1 as Chester (Houseman) as Stanley (House Boy) teacher, Trevor Jones (who is playing Dexter), and has promised Trevor Damien is a man of many talents Shane is yet another Miss Saigon that he will enunciate clearly and on both sides of the footlights. returnee. In 2008, he graduated breathe correctly when singing Onstage, he has appeared in a wide with a Bachelor of Media Studies during the show. variety of roles, including Honk! (Journalism) from Latrobe (Ugly), Sweeney Todd (Tobias), University. He learnt singing, Les Miserables (Jean Prouvaire), dancing and acting all through A New Brain (Mr Bungee), Baby school and university, and was Lauren McCormack 5 (Prof Wiess), Jekyll & Hyde (Spider), a member of the a capella choir 2 Follies (Young Buddy), The Scarlet Harambee, which came third as Patsy (Cook) Pimpernel (Elton), Anything Goes in 2008’s Battle of the Choirs (Sir Evelyn Oakleigh), Sugar (Sir on Channel 7. While still at high Lauren is a primary school teacher Osgood Fielding), Children of Eden school, he began to perform in who has had a long standing love (Abel), Jesus Christ Superstar (Simon musicals (Oliver!, Pippin) and once affair with musical theatre. Her most Zealotes), Assassins (twice!), Guys at university, he started to work recent performance was the lead role and Dolls and Pacific Overtures. In with other companies - Catchment of Laurey in Oklahoma! for Mountain 2007, Damien made his first onstage (My Fair Lady, The Witches of District Musical Society. Other theatre appearance with CLOC in the Eastwick), Whitehorse (Seussical) credits include Seussical (Bird Girl), ensemble of Blood Brothers. On the and Launchpad Drama, in which Aida and the Fairy Godmother in other side of the footlights, Damien he played the title role of Zanna in Cinderella (all with Whitehorse), has worked as a lighting designer the Australian premiere production CATS (Jellylorum-NOVA), City of for many companies, including of Zanna Don’t at the 2008 Fringe Angels and Urinetown (both with PEP CLOC’s 2007 production of SHOUT! Festival. Last year, Shane also went Productions), The Witches of Eastwick and most recently, Octave Theatre back to his old school, Warrandyte (Mabel Ogden-ARC), The Music Man, Company’s production Sideshow. High, to co-direct their annual A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Oliver! He also just completed work as concert Highlights and has just and Antigone. In 2005 she completed Technical Director for Boroondara completed directing their 2009 her Bachelor of Music, majoring in Theatre Company’s The History Boys. production Honk! voice at the Melba Conservatorium. And last year, he made his directorial She also has over twenty years of debut in Octave’s The Last Five dance training and experience through Years. Damien’s day job is as an IT competing in and coaching manager with the Australian Ballet. Calisthenics. High Society is Lauren’s first show with CLOC. Will Hanley 2 as Edmund (Major Domo) Will returns to CLOC following his appearance earlier this year as part of the Miss Saigon company. He is currently 3 completing a Bachelor of Creative Arts at the University of Melbourne, majoring in theatre studies and creative writing. Growing up with a love of theatre, Will was selected to perform in the 2006 VCE Season of Excellence and MUDFEST 2007. He has also appeared in Seussical and Aida (both with Whitehorse), Side Show (Octave), and Singin’ in the Rain and Little Shop of Horrors (both in Wonthaggi). James Kearney 3 as Arthur (Butler) James returns for his second consecutive CLOC show following Miss Saigon. Prior to this, he appeared in both Whitehorse’s productions of The Producers 4 and Seussical. Among his many other roles, James has played Caldwell B. Cladwell in Urinetown (PEP productions), Prez in The Pajama Game (UMMTA) and Ernst Ludwig in Cabaret (UMMTA). James has been the recipient of a Premier’s Award for Theatre Studies and has a Bachelor of Arts (Media and Communications) from the University of Melbourne. He is currently completing his Bachelor of Law, also at Melbourne University. 8

Kate Warner 6 Deborah Marinaro 7 Deeon Clark 8 5 as Peg (Upstairs Maid) as Polly (Downstairs Maid) as Sunny (Scullery Maid) 6 Kate is another newcomer to This is Deborah’s third CLOC show, Deeon is from Ararat, and CLOC, although no stranger to following 2008’s The Boy from completed a Bachelor of Arts Melbourne musical theatre and Oz and Miss Saigon earlier this (Music Theatre) at the University performing, both in her day job year. Originally from Sydney, of Ballarat. She has studied singing as a Performing Arts teacher, and she completed a fulltime music and voice for over ten years, has in her second job as a front of theatre course at the Actors taught jazz and tap dance and house attendant at the Whitehorse College of Theatre and Television. has worked as a featured dancer Centre. 2007 and 2008 were both Her previous stage appearances and choreographer’s assistant. very busy years for Kate, in which have been in Patience, Nine, In Ballarat, she appeared in she participated in a total of seven West Side Story, Rent, and straight drama (Arms and the shows. These included Annie Get Copacabana. She currently Man, A Midsummer Night’s Dream) your Gun (Winnie Tate-Babirra), as well as in productions of Sweet Bare (Stacey-SHooSH Productions), works in fashion retail Charity and Kiss Me Kate and as Children of Eden (Storyteller-One management and is Cinderella in Into the Woods. Community Church) and The thrilled to be given After moving to Melbourne earlier Full Monty (Joanie-Catchment). the opportunity to this year, she landed the lead As well, Kate was nominated role of Belle in MLOC’s Beauty for a Lyrebird award for her be part of a CLOC and the Beast and is now thrilled performance as soloist in the show once again. to have an opportunity to work concert All the New Stuff (Phoenix with CLOC. When not singing Theatre Company), and also acted or dancing, Deeon works in retail as Assistant Director for BUSTCO’s at Chadstone. 2008 concert Platform, which was nominated as ‘Best Concert’ at the annual Music Theatre Guild awards. Ensemble 7 8 9

Synopsis Cast List It is June 1938 - a glorious summer’s day in Oyster Bay, upstate New York. TRACY SAMANTHA LORD : Kelly Windle Preparations are underway at the grand Lord family estate as beautiful, chic, society C. K. DEXTER HAVEN : Trevor Jones girl Tracy Samantha Lord, is about to marry the uptight and stuffy George Kittredge. GEORGE KITTREDGE : Richard Perdriau While Tracy is ecstatic, her mother Margaret is harried and her precocious 13 year old LIZ IMBRIE : Rachel Juhasz sister Dinah is grumpy because Tracy is marrying “the dullest man on earth”, after MACAULAY CONNOR (MIKE) : Peter Dennis having divorced C.K. Dexter Haven, Dinah’s favourite person in the world. UNCLE WILLIE : Peter Smitheram Tracy’s eccentric family begins to gather for the big day, including her slightly befuddled, MOTHER LORD (MARGARET) : Anne Pagram more than slightly inebriated Uncle Willie, who lives next door. And another visitor and SETH LORD : Pip Smibert neighbour arrives unexpectedly – Dexter himself, who Tracy now detests and who has DINAH LORD : Madeleine Corbel sailed in on the boat True Love, a boat that holds painful memories for Tracy. Dexter arrives with the news that a pair of reporters from Spy magazine, Mike Connor and Liz Ensemble Imbrie, will be attending the wedding masquerading as guests. When Tracy expresses her displeasure at this news, Dexter hastily explains that this was the only way that SUNNY (SCULLERY MAID) : Deeon Clark he could prevent Spy from publishing information about the current antics of Tracy’s POLLY (DOWNSTAIRS MAID) : Deborah Marinaro philandering father Seth, who has been thrown out of the family home by his wife PATSY (COOK) : Lauren McCormack and has not been invited to the wedding. PEG (UPSTAIRS MAID) : Kate Warner Incensed by the reporters’ intrusion, Tracy mischievously CHESTER (HOUSEMAN) : Damien Calvert decides to confound the reporters and together with EDMUND (MAJOR DOMO) : Dinah, feigns exaggerated charm towards them. Will Hanley Later on, fearing the reporters may guess the real STANLEY (HOUSE BOY) : reason for her father’s absence, Tracy introduces Shane Pritchard Uncle Willie as her father. When her father then ARTHUR (BUTLER) : unexpectedly shows up, she introduces him James Kearney as Uncle Willie, and when George and Dexter arrive as well, chaos and confusion reign. As the day wears on, Tracy begins to question her feelings towards all the men in her life – George (who suddenly seems pompous), Mike (who suddenly seems likeable), her father (who she is still trying to resent for his wayward behaviour) and Dexter (who she is still trying to despise). After daydreaming about happier days with Dexter on the True Love, Tracy does something she has sworn she will never do again – she gets drunk for only the second time in her life. Her erratic behaviour appals George, who storms off, which thrills Dinah, who then goes to search for Dexter. In the meantime, Mike’s increasing affection for Tracy becomes apparent and they both head off for a moonlight swim in the pool, much to Liz’s distress. When Mike emerges carrying Tracy who is wearing only a robe, and finds both George and Dexter in the garden, George assumes the worst and leaves, this time for good. The next morning arrives - the day of the wedding - and Tracy has only a vague memory of the events of the previous night. More havoc descends but by the end of the day, all is sorted out – George is gone, Tracy’s mother and father have reconciled, the magazine’s blackmail threat is removed, Mike realises that it is Liz who he really loves and Tracy? – well, it finally dawns on her that Dexter was and always will be her True Love. With a wedding prepared and a bride ready to be married, Dexter steps in to be the groom, this time for good, and a swell party is had by all after all! 10

Orchestra List Keyboards : Danny Forward, Martine Wengrow Reeds : Kara Williams, Andrew Corbel, Neville Shade, Glenn Taylor, Hayley Blakiston Trumpet : Dean Pratt Trombone : Kenton Smith French Horn : Kevin Edwardes Violin 1 : Anne Beruldsen, Joyce Ma Violin 2 : Naomi Blanchard Viola : Marilyn Cameron Violin / Cello : Debra McLeod Percussion : Cindy Taylor Drums : Danny Baldiston, Mal Fawcett Guitar : Darryl Barron / Nicholas Roder Bass : Tony Mazziotta Mu&sicSaclenNeuLmibsters Act 1 Act 2 Oyster Bay, Long Island, Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York 1938 New York 1938 SCENE 1 – THE LORD’S HOUSE, THE GROUNDS SCENE 1 – UNCLE WILLIE’S HOUSE, THE TERRACE High Society : Household Staff High Society : Household Staff SCENE 2 – UNCLE WILLIE’S HOUSE, THE TERRACE SCENE 2 – THE LORD’S HOUSE, TRACY’S ROOM Let’s Misbehave : Tracy, Uncle Willie, Company Ridin’ High : Tracy, Household Staff I’m getting Myself Ready for You : Uncle Willie, Liz SCENE 3 – DEXTER’S HOUSE, DEXTER’S ROOM SCENE 3 – THE LORD’S HOUSE, THE VERANDA Just One of Those Things : Dexter Throwing a Ball Tonight : Mother Lord, SCENE 4 – NCLE WILLIE’S HOUSE, THE KITCHEN Tracy, Dinah, Uncle Willie, Staff Well Did You Evah? : Tracy, Liz, Uncle Willie, Staff SCENE 5 – UNCLE WILLIE’S HOUSE, THE GROUNDS SCENE 4 – THE LORD’S HOUSE, DINAH’S ROOM You’re Sensational : Mike Little One Dexter : Dinah Say it with Gin : Uncle Willie Ridin’ High : Mother Lord, Staff SCENE 5 – THE LORD’S HOUSE, THE GROUNDS SCENE 6 – THE LORD’S HOUSE, THE SWIMMING POOL Who Wants to be a Millionaire? : Liz, Mike It’s All Right with Me : Tracy, Mike SCENE 7 – THE LORD’S HOUSE, THE SWIMMING POOL SCENE 6 – THE LORD’S HOUSE, THE SOUTH PARLOUR He’s a Right Guy : Liz I Love Paris : Dinah, Tracy SCENE 8 – THE LORD’S HOUSE, THE VERANDA Wedding Bells : Household Staff SCENE 7 – THE LORD’S HOUSE, THE TENNIS PAVILION I Love You Samantha : Tracy, Dexter She’s Got That Thing : Uncle Willie, Dexter, Company SCENE 8 – THE LORD’S HOUSE, THE SWIMMING POOL I Worship You : George TRACY’S IMAGINATION True Love Dexter : Tracy 11

DIRECTOR : Chris Bradtke MARKETING MANAGER : Cameron Osborne MUSICAL DIRECTOR : Bev Woodford MARKETING TEAM : Sandra Davies, Jocelyn Clarke, CHOREOGRAPHED MOVEMENT : Tailem Tynan Karen Greenwood, Michell Patterson PROGRAM : Cameron Osborne PRODUCTION MANAGER : Debbie Osborne GRAPHIC ART/DESIGN : The Wizarts TECHNICAL DIRECTOR : Grant Alley PHOTOGRAPHY : Richard Crompton, Michael Kai STAGE MANAGER : Sandra Davies PRINTING : Fineline Printing, Just Add Water Marketing, Miss Print ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR : Debbie Osborne ADMIN SUPPORT : Janet Cameron, Karen Greenwood SET DESIGN : Brenton Staples TICKET SALES/BOX OFFICE : Carol Humphrey, Cheryle Osborne SET PAINTING : Brenton Staples FRONT OF HOUSE CO-ORDINATORS : Dorothy Tyson, ASSISTED BY : Margaret Staples Meryl Withers TECHNICAL DESIGN : Grant Alley BOX OFFICE MANAGER : Grant Alley SET CONSTRUCTION : Grant Alley DUTY MANAGERS : John Davies, Dorothy Tyson, ASSISTED BY : Patsi Boddison, John Davies, Craig Dixon, David Hobbs, Barry Venning, Meryl Withers, Peter Witney Alberto Salvato, Bruce Simons, Mike Smith, Brenton Staples, Barry Venning CATERING : Paul Belli, Janet Cameron, Yvonne Larmour, Tony Hall, Kelly Hall LIGHTING DESIGN : Stelios Karagiannis FIRST AID : Ian Simmonds ASSISTED BY : Linda Hum REHEARSAL PIANISTS : Rowland Brasche , Danny Forward, LIGHTING OPERATOR : Rohan Fotheringham Adeline Han, Bev Woodford FOLLOW SPOT OPERATORS : Patsi Boddison, David Boddison-Gray AUDIO DESIGN : Alan Green, (Greenland Audio) CLOC PATRON : John-Michael Howson OAM AUDIO OPERATION : Cail Young ASSISTED BY : Natalie Coleman, Steve Kendall , Blair Patullo CLOC COMMITTEE : PRESIDENT : Grant Alley COSTUME DESIGN : Nancy Matthews ADMINISTRATOR : Sandra Davies COSTUME CO-ORDINATOR : Melinda Peebles SECRETARY : Barry Venning ASSISTED BY : Carol Humphrey, Allan Paul TREASURER : Liz Smallridge COSTUME ASSISTANTS : Lara Conway, Lorna English, Eva Fabian, Emi Hirose, COMMITTEE : Janet Cameron, John Davies, Carol Humphrey, Janis Morgan, Cheryle Osborne, Delwyn Poyser, Erika Sudarevic Cameron Osborne, Allan Paul, Melinda Peebles MAKE UP/HAIR CONSULTANT : Louise Jenkins STAGE DIRECTOR/PROMPT MANAGER : Paul Belli Wedding Guests : ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER : Rosemary Correll Janet Cameron, Jo Corbel, Tayla Ives, OP MANAGER : Craig Dixon Allan Paul, Gordon Bull FLY MANAGER : Tony Hall ASSISTED BY : Steve Cramond, Tyrell Cramond DRESSERS CO-ORDINATOR : Melinda Peebles ASSISTED BY : Janet Cameron, Allan Paul PROPS CO-ORDINATOR : Karen Warrington ASSISTED BY : Jo Corbel, Valerie Lancashire STAGE CREW : Steve Ainley, Michael Bates, Peter Bates, Gordon Bull, David Hobbs, Tayla Ives, Bianca Milewski, Ian Simmonds, Antoinette Styrk, Beth Styrk THANKS ALSO TO : Rosie Ainley, Tracey Baird, Karen Garaway, Rod Gillett, Robert Griffin, Bernard Hedger, Gemma Hedger, Peter Jarvis, Peter Turley, Margaret Venning, Natalie Vincent, Kerryn Weidemann, Neville West, Edith Westcott Production Team 12

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS : Thanks to all friends of CLOC who work Front Of House Thanks to the staff of the Alexander Theatre Peter Gilmour (Transport) Frank Simcox for Audio Visual Services CLOC acknowledges the support of Wendy Black from Swinburne University of Technology. We congratulate the following students for their outstanding costume designs for the 2009 CLOC Costume Design Award. 1st Prize – Sarah Brunton Honorable Mentions – Carolyn Emery, Samantha Walker CLOC acknowledges the support of the City of Kingston 13

High Society comes to CLOC with an outstanding pedigree. Originally written in 1939 for the Broadway stage by Philip Barry as a play, The Philadelphia Story became a smash hit for its star Katherine Hepburn, who then produced and appeared in the 1940 film version alongside two of the era’s greatest movie idols, Cary Grant and James Stewart (who won an Academy Award for his portrayal of Mike). The play was then adapted with Cole Porter’s music and lyrics for the 1956 musical High Society, starring the sublime Grace Kelly in her final movie role, alongside Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra. It was not until 1998 that a new musical version of High Society premiered on Broadway, which was similar in plot to the original Katherine Hepburn movie with the addition of several other well-known Cole Porter songs brought in to augment the existing score. The show ran for a respectable 144 performances and received two Tony nominations and four Drama Desk nominations. And in casting designed to really make one feel one’s age, in 2005, a production opened on the West End of London featuring the glamorous, sexy and ageless Jerry Hall as Mother Lord! CLOC Patron CLOC Committee Members John-Michael Howson President Administrator Secretary Treasurer Committee OAM Grant Alley Sandra Davies Barry Venning Liz Smallridge Janet Cameron CLOC Musical Theatre PO Box 2163, Hampton East, VIC, 3188 Ticket Enquiries: 1300 362 547 Web: www.cloc.org.au Email: [email protected] 14

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