Guys and Dolls

DIRECTORS’ NOTES PRESIDENT’S NOTE “Guys and Dolls gives musicals a bad name……”; a sentiment often Earlier this year, CLOC Musical Theatre pulled out all stops to present repeated because of its phenomenal record of re-runs and revivals the world amateur premiere production of The Phantom of the Opera. throughout America and, presumably the western world…. like Ethel The season was one of CLOC’s biggest successes ever, selling out Merman’s iconic “No Business like Show Business,” the music and and garnering unprecedented glowing reviews and audience feedback. lyrics of Guys and Dolls is immediately recognisable. It is this nostalgic CLOC is justifiably very proud of this production and very grateful for the anticipation that still makes it a ‘must do’ in productions worldwide. outpouring of admiration and appreciation shown by audiences. Originating from a series of short stories by Damon Runyon, its unique For our current show, we decided to lighten up and completely switch and quirky dialogue and one liners based on the sharp tongued gears from the intensity and high drama that marked Phantom. We street-wise of New York West Side soon set the pattern for the great thought we needed a show with joy, laughter, comedy, big song and American ‘wise crack’ comedians of the 40’s through to the present, dance routines, bright and colourful costumes and sets, and a show that and in fact the characters and settings’ cartoon-like dimensions create will have audiences leaving the theatre smiling and humming some well- an irresistible medium on all levels of stage interpretation. loved and familiar tunes. We have assembled an inspirational cast from an impressive pool of What better choice than Guys and Dolls - a show that CLOC produced auditionees. Their enthusiasm comes from the respect for the show 34 years ago in 1979, that has stood the test of time, a multi-Tony award itself in its obvious opportunities for personal interpretation. winning true classic from the Golden Age of American Musical Comedy and well overdue for a new production? Guys and Dolls is a fabulous You can’t really go wrong – as Sky Masterson says “It’s chemistry”. light-hearted confection that will banish any woes - you will laugh, you will know every song, and I guarantee you will have a fantastically entertaining CHRIS & LYNETTE WHITE / PHILLIP OSBORNE night. Direction Team Once we had the show, we needed a production team that would do justice to the light-hearted, comic and larger than-life feel of the show and its characters. We looked no further than Lynette and Chris White, who, as co-directors (both), choreographer (Lynette) and set designer (Chris), along with their good friend Musical Director Phillip Osborne, are the complete package. As well, we have reunited costume designer Vicky Horne and lighting designer Brad Alcock so that we have the same production team that worked with CLOC in 2011 on Fiddler on the Roof, which was another huge success for us. Obviously we are coming up to a very exciting time as we count down towards our next production in May 2014 – our 100th show. We wanted to celebrate this event by remounting one of our earlier productions: one with laughter, joy and doing what we at CLOC do best – sing, dance and have fun in a show full of spectacle, sequins and smiles. In going back through the CLOC archives, it wasn’t hard to find the right show to fulfil all these criteria. 42nd Street, produced in 1996, remains one of CLOC’s biggest successes and most popular shows ever, for both performers and audiences. So it wasn’t difficult to choose this wonderful and exhilarating show as our 100th production, to so aptly represent our first 50 years, with a storyline which is itself about the joy of musical theatre. We look forward to your presence to help us salute this special occasion. Until then, though, let’s roll the dice, rock the boat, kick up our heels and sing along with the Guys and Dolls of Runyonland! GRANT ALLEY President 2

A Musical Fable of Broadway Based on the story and characters of Damon Runyon Music and Lyrics by Book by FRANK LOESSER JO SWERLING & ABE BURROWS with Jon Sebastian, Kelly Windle, Scott Hili, Sarah Watson, Michael Butler, Jason Mill, Barry Baker, Peter Smitheram, Peter Maver, Adrian Vanda, Christine James, Noel Ledgerwood, Bianca Bramham, Stephanie Burt, Mikaila Cass, Josh Cinco, Fiona Copland, Cassandra Elliget, Bianca Friedman, Amelia La Rosa, Nathaniel Lamond, Bianca Lauria, Rachel Ledgerwood, Matt McDonald, Anna Meadows, Susannah Middleton, Cara Richards, Chris Rogers, David Sly, Tamblyn Smith, Benjamin Stokes, Michael Vayro, Vanessa Wicks, Robbie Wilton Chris White Lynette White Phillip Osborne Co-Director & Set Designer Co-Director & Choreographer Musical Director Victoria Horne Brad Alcock Marcello Lo Ricco Costume Designer Lighting Designer Sound Designer Sandra Davies Grant Alley Debbie Osborne Stage Manager Technical Director Production Manager Directors’ Assistant Bernard Hedger Victoria Horne, Melinda Peebles Stage Director Costume Co-ordinators Jodie Lawson, Sarah Nichols Props Co-ordinators October 4 - 19, 2013 The National Theatre St.Kilda By arrangement with Hal Leonard Australia Pty Ltd Exclusive agent for Music Theatre International (NY) 3

Chris White Lynette White Phillip Osborne Co-Director/Set Designer Co-Director/Choreographer Musical Director Chris has been involved in theatre for over For over 30 years, Lynette has been a major Phillip is a graduate of the Victorian College 40 years, having started out as Publicity force in choreography and direction in the of the Arts School of Music where he majored Designer for J.C. Williamson, Melbourne Melbourne music theatre scene, working in Group Instrumental Performance and Theatre Company and The Australian Ballet. with major theatre companies and being Direction. His principal instrument was Voice This led to on-stage performances in musicals, recognised by the Music Theatre Guild with studying under the direct tutelage of the late as well as direction and design in professional twelve nominations and four awards. These Dame Joan Hammond. and amateur theatre. He has produced, include Whitehorse (My One and Only 1992– directed and designed over 35 musicals in award, Gypsy 1994–nomination, Joseph Phil performed onstage for many years and as many years. and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat in fact was recognized with a Lyrebird award 2002–nomination, Beauty and the Beast as Best Supporting Actor when he played Since retiring from a long-standing teaching 2006–nomination) and Catchment (Grease Nicely-Nicely Johnson in Windmill’s 1999 career, Chris is now a full-time professional 1995–nomination). With husband Chris, she production of Guys and Dolls. He moved artist and designer. He has won over 60 major has also co-directed and choreographed many into the role of musical director, working with awards for his work, including the Streeton shows, including Oklahoma! (Guild nomination theatre companies including Geelong Lyric award (twice), the McCubbin award (three for both direction and choreography), Sweeney Theatre, Geelong Musical Comedy Company, times), the Heysen Prize, and has had work Todd (twice), Anything Goes, Oliver!, Les PLOS, Nova, Dandenong, Windmill and selected for the Archibald Prize exhibition Miserables, Into the Woods, Pippin, and in Whitehorse. With these companies Phillip for portraiture on the three occasions he 2008, Seussical for Whitehorse, which was has developed a repertoire of musical has entered. His work is represented in recognised with an amazing tally of eight Guild direction credits for shows that include Cats, many private collections, as well as public and four Lyrebird awards, including Production Les Miserables, Chess, Chicago, A Chorus collections, both here and overseas. of the Year (Guild) and Direction (Guild and Line, Man of La Mancha, Gigi, Return to the Lyrebird) for both Lynette and Chris. For CLOC, Forbidden Planet, Fiddler on the Roof, 42nd Chris has been nominated for awards for his Lynette choreographed our 1998 production of Street (for which he was nominated for a set designs on numerous occasions, and A Chorus Line (for which she was again named Lyrebird award in 2012) and Sweeney Todd, has won the Music Theatre Guild Award four Choreographer of the Year by the Music Theatre to name just a few. In 2008, Phillip received a times. Some of his noted direction and/or Guild) as well as our 2009 premiere blockbuster nomination as Best Musical Director from the designs include Steel Pier (CLOC), Sweeney Miss Saigon. In 2010, she choreographed and Victorian Music Theatre Guild for his work on Todd (CLK Musical Theatre and more recently co-directed Dusty with husband Chris, followed Whitehorse’s award winning Production of the Nova Musical Theatre), Joseph & The Amazing by Fiddler on the Roof in 2011. Year Seussical, when he again collaborated Technicolour Dreamcoat (Whitehorse), Into so successfully with Chris and Lynette. The Woods (Dandenong), and Les Miserables, Lynette also enjoys working in the corporate Anything Goes and Oklahoma! (all for world, and has staged a number of professional Phillip is delighted to be working alongside Catchment). In 2008, he directed Whitehorse gigs at convention centres in most capital cities. not only his close friends Chris and Lynette Theatre Company’s outstanding production of She has worked extensively with the Education but also his beautiful wife Debbie, who is Seussical, the Musical, which was nominated Department, staging many musicals, taking the Directors’ Assistant and for an incredible sixteen awards, winning eight, on the challenge of Rock Eisteddfods, Production Manager. including Production of the Year, as well as and mentoring students as part of that for both Chris’ Direction and Set Design. For process. Working alongside husband CLOC, he and Lynette co directed Dusty in Chris is unique in itself, and the 2010 (which received 10 Guild nominations) teamwork in making a production and Fiddler on the Roof (2011), which received of this scale work, although a Design nomination. Chris also painted demanding, is always satisfying. stunning backdrops for several of our recent Enjoy! productions, including All Shook Up and The Phantom of the Opera. We welcome Chris back to CLOC, again doing double duties as Director and Set Designer. 4

Brad Alcock Victoria Horne Marcello Lo Ricco Lighting Designer Costume Designer Sound Designer Brad has been working in professional Vicky has been designing and creating Marcello studied Performing Arts at theatre for over seventeen years and is costumes for secondary school musicals, Monash University before completing Audio currently the Technical Manager of the Besen dance schools and calisthenics competitions Engineering studies at SAE Institute and Centre in Burwood. He also works closely for over twenty years, before moving has worked extensively in theatre sound with his rapidly growing company BAAC successfully into adult musical theatre. She design. His most recent designs include Light, through which he has been involved received Guild nominations for the two PLOS Flowerchildren – the Mamas and Papas Story with CLOC for several years. shows she designed – Cabaret (2006) and (Magnormos), Les Miserables (Footlight), Thoroughly Modern Millie (2008). For CLOC, The Secret Garden (PLOS), Grease (Encore In amateur theatre Brad designed the Vicky started on the sewing team for SHOUT!, – Tasmania), Margaret Fulton: Queen Of The lighting and projection for several Whitehorse and then either designed and/or co-ordinated Dessert (Present Tense), Hairspray (PLOS productions - Beauty and the Beast, The costumes for Hot Shoe Shuffle (2008-Guild & Catchment), Next To Normal (WMTC), Producers, Seussical, Aida and Rent. After nomination), Miss Saigon (2009), All Shook Cats (Footlight), Avenue Q (JYM), Oz Made studying at the VCA, Brad went on to Up (2012- Guild nomination) as well as two Musicals (Comedy Theatre), Young Australian specialize in the television and corporate previous shows directed by Chris and Lynette Broadway Chorus (CPCA, National Theatre) sectors. Productions he has been involved - Dusty (2010-Guild nomination) and Fiddler on and Music Theatre Guild of Victoria Awards. with include RocKwiz, Melbourne Comedy the Roof (2011). Guys and Dolls marks Vicky’s Marcello has received awards for best sound Festival, Are You Smarter Than a 5th seventh CLOC show in which, as you are about for productions of Cats, Miss Saigon, Into The Grader? and Comedy Slapdown. Brad is to find out, she has had no trouble in keeping Woods and Sweeney Todd. Away from theatre also a highly sought after lighting designer up her tradition of ensuring each costume has Marcello has engineered many studio and live by production companies and corporate at least one sequin on it somewhere. recordings for a variety of projects, recently clients, including some of Australia’s top tier recording and mixing Rhonda Burchmore’s corporations. “Cry Me A River – The World of Julie London”. Guys and Dolls is Marcello’s second show This is Brad’s third CLOC show as with CLOC, following his stunning work in The lighting designer, after Fiddler on the Phantom of the Opera earlier this year. Roof in 2011 and last year’s All Shook Up. He also provided technical help, expertise and equipment for the film segments in our 2012 production, Sunset Boulevard. 5

Jon Sebastian Kelly Windle Scott Hili Sky Masterson Sarah Brown Nathan Detroit Jon and CLOC have a long shared history, Kelly has had a varied performing career Scott has straddled the worlds of professional which spans the last fifteen years. After initially covering drama, film, cabaret, improvisational and non-professional theatre for many years. joining CLOC to star as Don Lockwood in our theatre and music theatre. Amongst her most Some of his professional roles have included 1998 production of Singin’ in the Rain, Jon noted theatrical highlights are two appearances the Sydney season of Billy Elliot, Sugar for then proceeded to appear in four more CLOC in both Oklahoma! (Ado Annie-Loyola, the Production Company and Doctor Zhivago productions over the next ten years – A Chorus Laurey-Nova) and Into the Woods (Cinderella- (original cast). Scott has also made his mark Line, Jekyll & Hyde, The Scarlet Pimpernel, and Williamstown, Baker’s Wife-Phoenix). Kelly will as a performer, choreographer, designer and he starred as Peter Allen in our 2008 premiere be remembered for her 2009 starring role as director in the Melbourne music theatre scene. production of The Boy from Oz. Interspersed Tracy Lord in CLOC’s record-breaking season He has received several nominations for with these shows were lead roles with several of High Society, our final production at The both Lyrebird and Guild awards for direction, other major companies (including Lumiere Alexander Theatre, before our relocation to choreography and set design (including Jesus in Beauty and the Beast, the German tenor the National. After a four year absence, we Christ Superstar PLOS, Joseph and the in The Producers, and Zoser in Aida, all for have welcomed Kelly back to CLOC with open Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat Dandenong, Whitehorse). He then relocated to Sydney for arms – firstly as part of our wonderful Phantom There’s No Business Like Show Business work for three years, returning to Melbourne of the Opera cast earlier this year, and now as Dandenong, Urinetown MUMCo). In 2006 he just in time to take up the role of Monsieur the beautiful, innocent and honey voiced Sister won Best Supporting Actor for his madcap Reyer in our production of The Phantom of the Sarah Brown. performance as Lefou, in Whitehorse’s Beauty Opera. Jon is very excited to return to where and the Beast. For CLOC Scott has appeared he started with CLOC fifteen years ago, as the in A Chorus Line, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Miss all-singing, all-dancing romantic leading man. Saigon, Sunset Boulevard and most recently, he played the opera manager Monsieur Firmin in our world premiere production of The Phantom of the Opera earlier this year. This is Scott’s second appearance in one of his favourite shows – he last appeared in Babirra’s 2004 production, playing Nicely-Nicely Johnson, for which he was again gonged as Best Supporting Actor by the Music Theatre Guild. He is thrilled and delighted to have the opportunity to play the lovable larger-than-life rogue, Nathan Detroit. 6

Sarah Watson Michael Butler Jason Mill Adelaide Adams Nicely-Nicely Johnson Benny Southstreet A primary Performing Arts teacher and a Michael has been involved with all facets of Jason has experience as a performer in long-time resident of the beautiful Mornington theatre for many years, as a performer, a theatre, opera, television, film, commercials Peninsula, Sarah has performed in the director and also a committee member for a and even as a Disney performer in Hong ensemble of many PLOS shows, as well as number of companies. Some of his featured Kong and Taiwan. In recent years, he has playing the lead roles of Georgie Bukatinsky in roles include The Baker in Into the Woods played roles in Grease (Roger), The Wizard The Full Monty (2005, for which she received a (Limelight), Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar of Oz (Scarecrow), Cats (Rum Tum Tugger), Guild nomination as Best Supporting Actress), (MDMS), Paul in Rent (Whitehorse), Krupke West Side Story (Action) and earlier this year, Sally Bowles in Cabaret (2006), Rizzo in Grease in West Side Story (Babirra), Dr Madden Fiddler on the Roof (Perchik) for MDMS. (2009) and a Dynamite in Hairspray (2012). For in Next to Normal (Williamstown) and four In 1999, Jason appeared in CLOC’s Crazy other companies, she has played Eponine in appearances with Fab Nobs – as Sammy for You, and unbelievably, it has taken him Les Miserables (Windmill 2009), Diane in Bare in The Wedding Singer, Drake in Honk!, the fourteen years to return to a CLOC stage. (SHooSH! 2008), Lisa in A New Brain (Monash appropriately named Michael in tick tick… We welcome him back. University 2003), Annie Oakley in Annie Get Boom! and Mr Earlanson in A Little Night Your Gun (Aspect 2000), and also appeared in Music. Michael makes his third appearance the premiere seasons of Rent and Paris, both with CLOC, after roles as Philippe Tussaud for Stella Entertainment. This is Sarah’s second in The Scarlet Pimpernel (2006) and Artie in appearance with CLOC, after being part of the Sunset Boulevard (2012). A financial analyst Nevada singing group in Dusty (2010), also by day, Michael also teaches performance at directed by Chris and Lynette. Sarah has been Stage Left Performing Arts School. more than happy to make the commute from the Peninsula for this show, as it is a role she has long coveted. 7

Barry Baker Peter Maver Peter Smitheram Rusty Charlie Arvide Abernathy Harry the Horse Barry is one of the veterans of the music Peter is a multi-award winning and well known Peter has a vast thirty plus year history of theatre scene, who seems to go from show actor, who has worked in both dramatic and performing in many facets of entertainment to show with almost every major company musical theatre, film, video, radio, ads and (music theatre, cabaret, theatre restaurants, in Melbourne. His CV is so extensive that television, where he has featured in some television). He worked in professional theatre even he is not sure how many shows he has of Australia’s most loved series/mini-series. for many years, performing in the Australian appeared in – we think over 40, including He has been recognised with five awards touring companies of Camelot, Pirates of three previous productions of Guys and Dolls for Best Actor/Best Supporting Actor, for Penzance, Evita, Applause and Irene. He over the last 30 years (playing a different roles including Same Time Next Year, Torch also performed in John Hancock’s Theatre role each time!). Some of his highlights have Song Trilogy, Journey’s End, Cosi and The Restaurant and the Tivoli Rock ‘n’ Roll included lead roles in The Sound of Music History Boys. In musical theatre, Peter has Restaurant, took his cabaret show cruising and The Full Monty (Phoenix), Annie Get played Amos in Chicago (Catchment), Bert with P & O and appeared on television on the Your Gun, Fiddler on the Roof, The Pajama in 42nd Street, Horace Vandergelder in Hello Mike Walsh Show, the Don Lane Show and Game and Hello Dolly! (Babirra) and Gigi, Dolly! (both with Whitehorse), Henry Higgins the ABC’s Saturday Show. He then decided Little Women, and Oklahoma! (Nova). This in My Fair Lady (OSMaD) and most recently to switch careers and became a travel agent is Barry’s third production with CLOC, after President Roosevelt in Annie (Babirra). Peter (from which he has recently retired), while Mack & Mabel (2004) then Steel Pier (2005). has long wanted to work with both CLOC and still performing lead roles with companies It has taken eight years for Barry to return Chris/Lynette so is delighted to finally have the such as MLOC (Kiss Me Kate-Petruchio), to CLOC, and we are delighted to welcome Aspect (South Pacific-Emile de Beque), him back for his fourth outing in one of his opportunity to do both. Babirra (Pajama Game-Prez, Sweet Charity- favourite shows. Herman-Lyrebird nomination) and MDMS (How to Succeed…-J. B. Biggley-Lyrebird nomination). He also appeared as the lovable but slightly tipsy Uncle Willie in our smash hit High Society in 2009. 8

Adrian Vanda Christine James Noel Ledgerwood Big Jule General Matilda Cartwright Lt Brannigan Since the 1970s, Adrian’s music theatre Originally from the UK, Christine arrived in Married to Rachel, our tall and leggy experience has covered lead roles in a number Australia over twenty years ago. Having Hot Box Doll, Noel had over 20 years’ of productions, including South Pacific, performed in many regional productions in experience in both professional and amateur Brigadoon, Half a Sixpence, Sweet Charity the UK, Christine took up where she left off, theatre in New Zealand, from where both and Man of La Mancha. Adrian is just as adept and has worked with several Melbourne he and Rachel arrived in 2011. Some of at straight dramatic theatre, having appeared companies, including Dandenong (Carousel his performing highlights include touring in plays with Peridot (Arsenic and Old Lace), 2004, Sweeney Todd 2007, Cabaret-Fraulein throughout New Zealand in the professional Heidelberg (Biloxi Blues) and Williamstown Schneider 2009), SLAMS (Les Miserables- company of Evita in 2004, touring NZ as a (Amongst Barbarians). Two highlights were Madame Thenadier 2004, The Witches member of a children’s theatre company, the challenging role of quadriplegic Ken in of Eastwick-Greta 2005) and Babirra (Me being nominated for a NAPTA (Northern Area Whose Life Is It Anyway? as well as Chief and My Girl-Mrs Brown 2005, Oliver!-Mrs Performance Theatre Award) three times and Bromden in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Bedwin 2012). Christine’s two previous CLOC winning one as Best Lead Male in a Musical Nest, both for Mitcham Theatre, the latter appearances were also directed by Lynette/ for his portrayal of Mickey in Auckland’s attracting a Lyrebird Best Supporting Actor Chris (Dusty (2010), in which she played North Shore Music Theatre production of nomination. A founding member of Spellbound Dusty’s mother Kay O’Brien, and Fiddler on Blood Brothers in 2002, as well as lead roles Productions, Adrian also directed their first the Roof (2011)), as was her most recent in The Pirates of Penzance and The Witches two productions Godspell and Grease. During stage appearance in Nova’s production of of Eastwick. Since being in Melbourne, Noel the 1990s, Adrian relocated to the Gold Sweeney Todd (a show obviously near and has enjoyed sharing the stage with Rachel, Coast to play Commandant Lassard in Movie dear to Christine’s heart, as she has now World’s live production of Police Academy, done it three firstly playing the man of few words Sherriff and also appeared in a number of television times!). Earl in CLOC’s All Shook Up, then commercials. Unbelievably, after over 40 years appearing in MLOC’s Big and in both professional and non-professional, now returning to the CLOC musical and dramatic theatre, this is Adrian’s stage once more with first show with CLOC, and we welcome him. Rachel. 9

Bianca Bramham Stephanie Burt Edith, Hot Box Doll Sadie, Hot Box Doll Bianca is a singing and dancing Stephanie is currently studying for dynamo who has performed as a her Bachelor of Music in Classical featured dancer in many big song Voice at Monash University, and has and dance shows with companies also studied piano and jazz dance. such as Mountain District (Hot Whilst at school, Stephanie featured Mikado, Oklahoma!), Babirra in her school musical Fiddler on (Calamity Jane, West Side Story), the Roof and then appeared in Top Whitehorse (Anything Goes, Rent), Class 2011, a showcase for top Catchment (The Wizard of Oz), VCE performers. Her first foray into PLOS (Thoroughly Modern Millie), the world of adult musical theatre Williamstown (Chicago), and most recently, All Shook Up in 2012, her first was in 2011’s Aspects of Love (CPAC), followed in quick succession CLOC show. Bianca had such a wonderful time with that show that she by Sunset Boulevard (CLOC), The Drowsy Chaperone (Fab Nobs), and was super excited to return to CLOC and repeat the experience. Annie (Babirra). Next month, Stephanie will play the principal role of Cathy in the two hander The Last Five Years at Monash University. Josh Cinco Mikaila Cass Crapshooter, Cuban Dancer Ensemble, Mission Josh is well remembered by CLOC for auditioning and being cast in our Mikaila is an Arts student at 2009 production of Miss Saigon Melbourne University who is making only three weeks after arriving in her CLOC and musical theatre debut Melbourne to live. This experience with this show. With several years reinforced Josh’s passion for the of training in both singing and all performing arts, having worked in forms of dance, she appeared in the Philippines as a singer, dancer, lead dancing roles for several school choreographer and MC for various musicals while she was a student at shows, school productions, choirs Carey Grammar, including Grease, and corporate events. After Miss Saigon, Josh Chicago and 42nd Street. We welcome Mikaila to her first ‘adult’ show. appeared in They’re Playing our Song Fiona Copland (2011-Malvern/ Lilydale) and Ensemble, Mission Hairspray (2012- PLOS). He is delighted Fiona is a midwife by day who is to be returning to the trained in all forms of music theatre place where he had performance (singing, dancing acting). While studying in Albury, such a memorable and she performed in a number of special experience four productions (The Wiz, Cosi, Sweet years ago. Charity). Fiona made her Melbourne performing debut earlier this year when she appeared as a member of the cast of Sweeney Todd for Nova (also directed by Chris/Lynette). Between work and rehearsing, Fiona is currently doing an acting course right here at the National Theatre. Cassandra Elliget Carol, Hot Box Doll Cassandra hails from the Mornington Peninsula, where she performed both with Padua College, and with locally based theatre companies. She featured as a dancer (The King and I, Aladdin, HMS Pinafore, Grease, Singin’ in the Rain) as well as a lead performer (Fiddler on the Roof-Chava). From 2008-2010, she appeared in several productions as part of her Bachelor of Applied Music (Musical Theatre) with Box Hill Institute. She has continued her performing studies with both the Screen and Television Actor’s Workshop, as well as the 16th Street Actors Studio. Like many others, Cassandra makes her CLOC debut with this show. 10

Bianca Friedman Amelia La Rosa Bernice, Hot Box Doll Annabelle, Hot Box Doll Bianca first graced a CLOC stage in Amelia has had a long-standing 2003, when she was completing Year interest in the performing arts, and 12, and danced her way through our was involved in several productions Production of the Year, Pippin. Fast with M2 Theatre Company (a forward nine years to this time last collaboration between Marcellin and year, when Bianca, now a high flying Our Lady of Mercy Colleges), as corporate lawyer (and having taught performer, choreographer, producer dance and drama all the way through and co-director. Her performance university), decided to make time in in 2011 as Mrs Pearce in My Fair her schedule to return to her love of Lady earned her a Junior Supporting onstage performance, by appearing as part of the ensemble in another Actress nomination with the Music Theatre Guild. She has also had roles Production of the Year, our multi-award winning All Shook Up. She had with Heidelberg Theatre Company, Eltham Theatre and Hartwell Players. such a fabulous time that she couldn’t wait to come back and do it all Last year, Amelia completed the foundation theatre course at the Victorian again, thankfully without waiting nine years this time. College of the Arts, and is now in the first year of a three year Advanced Diploma of Acting right here at the National Theatre Drama School. Nathaniel Lamond Rachel Ledgerwood Crapshooter, Cuban Dancer Mimi, Hot Box Doll Nathaniel is the owner/director of the Australian Academy of Dance Before moving from New Zealand in Malvern, teaching classical ballet, to Melbourne in 2011 with husband contemporary, jazz and tap. He has Noel (our Lt Brannigan), Rachel worked as a dancer and model on had nearly 20 years of experience television, for corporate events, in in theatre, film and television, with music videos, for Disney (in Australia featured roles including Velma Kelly and South East Asia) and for Princess in Chicago, Lucy in Snoopy the Cruise Lines, where he worked for Musical, Bricktop in Red, Hot & Cole, four years as a featured dancer on Fraulein Kost in Cabaret and one of cruise ships. Nathaniel made his music theatre debut in CLOC’s 2010 the Gumbie Cat Trio in Cats. Soon production of Dusty, and followed this up with an appearance in the cast after she arrived in Melbourne, Rachel was cast as the sexy Miss Sandra of Kiss of the Spiderwoman for SHooSH productions in 2011, then as in All Shook Up, our 2012 Music Theatre Guild Production of the Year, part of last year’s fabulous dance ensemble in CLOC’s All Shook Up. for which she was nominated as Best Supporting Actress. Most recently, Bianca Lauria she appeared as Mrs Baskin Betsy, Hot Box Doll in MLOC’s production of Big. Having such fond memories The third of our dancing Biancas, of her first experience with us, Bianca is making her ‘grown Rachel is delighted to be up’ musical theatre debut after returning to CLOC. appearing in a number of school productions with Genazzano/Xavier College, including playing the title role in their 2011 production of Annie. Now studying veterinary sciences at University, Bianca is delighted to make her CLOC debut. Matt McDonald Drunk, New York Policeman Like many performers, Matt was bitten by the performing bug while a student. At Brighton Grammar, he appeared in starring roles in several musicals (Grease, Seussical, The Boyfriend, Honk!). While at school, he also appeared as Gavroche in SLAMS’ production of Les Miserables. He continued his involvement with theatre while at University, performing in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels with MUMCo. After taking a break, he has returned to perform in his first CLOC show. 11

Anna Meadows Chris Rogers Agatha, Mission Band Angie the Ox Anna has studied song and dance, Chris is a CLOC and musical theatre and performed in both musical and veteran, having appeared in over 40 straight theatre since her high school productions over the last 27 years, days. After high school, she worked including seven previous CLOC with peninsula based companies productions (Funny Girl, Barnum, Frankston Theatre Company, 42nd Street, A Funny Thing... Mornington CEF Players and PLOS, Forum, Crazy for You, SHOUT!, where she played Lorraine in 42nd and most recently All Shook Up). Street and Dolores in Sweet Charity. Chris was also a regular participant She then spent several years overseas. in Whitehorse Musical Theatre After she returned to Melbourne, she did some cabaret work, worked as productions (eight, including one memorable turn as Cinderella’s ugly an actor and in art production for several independent short films and also step-sister during their summer pantomime), and has also worked with performed as part of the dance ensemble in Hello Dolly! (Whitehorse). many other companies around Melbourne, from SLAMS (Hairspray) to For CLOC, Anna was part of the ensemble for Mack & Mabel (2004) and Nova (Hello Dolly!) to Mountain District (How to Succeed.., Fiddler on Dusty (2010). Since then, she has been busy with a much bigger and more the Roof). He has even dabbled in straight dramatic theatre (The Front important production – the birth of her son now aged 2½. We welcome Page, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest) and backstage work, but Anna back for her first on-stage appearance since becoming a mum. keeps returning to his first love of dancing front of stage. Susannah Middleton David Sly Martha, Mission Band Master of Ceremonies, Liver Lips Louie Like so many of our cast members, Susannah is trained and talented David’s passion for theatre was in acting, singing and dancing, ignited only eight years ago, but having performed featured roles as since that time, he has jumped both dancer (The Pajama Game – in with both feet, completing MLOC, Thespis-Gilbert and Sullivan an acting course right here at Society), and singer (The Sound of the National Theatre, as well as Music-Whitehorse, Barnum-MLOC performing a number of roles with in which she played Jenny Lind, An different companies, including Evening at Beaumaris Theatre, Get Farouk in The Castle (Fab Animated!-Waterdale). Susannah is delighted to be making her CLOC Nobs 2006), Reg Willoughby in The Full Monty (Phoenix 2008), Dr debut with such a great opportunity to use her training in all three areas. Grimwig in Oliver! (MDMS 2008), Ike Skidmore in Oklahoma! (MDMS 2009), Luther Billis in South Pacific (Nova 2009) and Jonas Fogg in Cara Richards Sweeney Todd (Nova 2013). In 2010, David played Mr O’Brien in our production of Dusty and then Label the farmer in 2011’s Fiddler Ensemble, Mission on the Roof (both directed by Chris/Lynette). For his third CLOC appearance, David has been reunited not only with Chris/Lynette but Cara is a graduate of the also with his old mate Christine James, who has now shared a stage National Theatre Drama and with David in five productions (and they have even appeared in an ad Musical Theatre Schools, together, playing husband and wife!). and has a Bachelor of Arts in Musical Theatre from Tamblyn Smith the Ballarat Arts Academy. Performance highlights Society Max, Joey Biltmore have been as Anne (A Little Night Music), the Witch Tam is at University studying for (Into the Woods), as a cast a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in member in a Sondheim review and two shows with OSMaD Performance and Art. Since his (My Fair Lady, and the world premiere production of Normie teenage years, Tam has gone from in which she played the dual roles of Freda and Lady Bird show to show, numbering nearly Johnson). Perhaps the most exciting appearances Cara has twenty shows in six years, which is made have been as a choir member for Carols by Candlelight not bad for a 24 year old. His work and even more impressive, the AFL Grand Final! has focused mainly with companies based in the Eastern suburbs 12 such as Babirra (Calamity Jane, Sweet Charity, West Side Story, Pajama Game) and Mountain District Musical Society (Oklahoma!, Jesus Christ Superstar, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Fiddler on the Roof). He has also ventured further with Octave Theatre (Once on this Island), Players Theatre (The Witches of Eastwick, Identity), Phoenix (A Funny Thing… Forum) and BUSTCo (Rent). His most recent gig was as choreographer and Assistant Director for Diamond Valley Singers’ production of The Pirates of Penzance.

Benjamin Stokes Michael Vayro Crapshooter, Waiter Calvin, Mission Band Ben has danced for 21 of his Michael arrived at CLOC 24 years, and has also studied for our last show, The singing and acting – a real triple Phantom of the threat, which he has managed Opera, rolled to display in roles such as up his sleeves, Mungojerrie and Mr Mistoffelees and became an (in two different productions of invaluable part of our set Cats, with Altona and Nova), building and then backstage Doody in Grease (Altona), Andy crew. We were very much Lee in 42nd Street and Rolf in looking forward to The Sound of Music (both with Nova) and most recently, the comic having him back again as part of our crew for this role of Cosmo (‘Make ‘Em Laugh’) Brown in ARC’s production of show as well, when he successfully auditioned Singin’ in the Rain from which Ben literally leapt straight into Guys and to be part of the cast. Although we were Dolls. So keen was Ben to be part of this production, his first initially extremely disappointed that this would CLOC show, that he gladly made the two hour round trip rule him out of helping us behind the scenes, from his home in Melton to rehearsals three times a week. Michael assured us that he could manage both rehearsals and set building – and he has Vanessa Wicks been true to his word. So Michael has been an integral part of the set building Violet, Hot Box Doll team, as well as making his onstage debut. Originally from Wodonga, Vanessa began performing with the Albury-Wodonga Theatre Company (Grease, Beauty and the Beast), Livid Productions (Little Shop of Horrors, Spamalot), and Instinct Entertainment (where she appeared in a new musical Strange Bedfellows) before moving to Melbourne in 2011. Without missing a beat, Vanessa continued to perform, joining Nova Theatre Company for three shows - Beauty and the Beast (again!), Miss Saigon and earlier this year, Sweeney Todd, directed by Chris and Lynette. Vanessa had such a wonderful experience in this show that she followed Chris and Lynette to CLOC to have the opportunity to work with them again. Robbie Wilton Crapshooter, Waiter Robbie is studying for a Bachelor of Creative Arts (in Visual Communication Design), and is also a graduate of the one year full-time dance course at Patrick Studios. He has performed as a dancer in many big song and dance shows – High School Musical (Whitehorse), Pippin (Waterdale), Cats and Hairspray (both with PLOS), Hair (Stage Art), and has also played roles in Annie (Rooster-Waterdale) and Little Shop of Horrors (Orin/Dentist-Old Paradian Theatre Company). Robbie has had great fun playing “the man who cannot see without his thick glasses”! 13

Guys and Dolls originated as an amalgamation of a number of short stories by Damon Runyon, the American newspaperman and author who was best known for his short stories celebrating the gritty world of Broadway and New York that grew out of the Prohibition. These stories, written in the 1920s and 1930s, concerned gangsters, gamblers, and other characters of the New York underworld, but focusing on the charm and eccentricities of the characters instead of the unpleasant side of their activities. Conceived by producers Cy Feuer and Ernest Martin, Frank Loesser, who had spent most of his career as a lyricist for movie musicals, was signed on as composer and lyricist. George S. Kaufman was hired as director and Michael Kidd as choreographer. When the first version of the show’s book, written by Jo Swerling, was deemed unusable, Feuer and Martin asked radio comedy writer Abe Burrows to write a new version of the book. The show opened on Broadway on November 24, 1950, starring Robert Alda (father of MASH’s Alan Alda) as Sky Masterson, Sam Levene as Nathan Detroit, Isabel Bigley as Sister Sarah and Vivian Blaine as Miss Adelaide. It ran for 1,200 performances and won five Tony awards – Best Musical, Director (George S Kaufman), Choreographer (Michael Kidd), Lead Actor (Robert Alda) and Featured Actress (Isabel Bigley). Guys and Dolls was selected as the winner of the 1951 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. However, because of writer Abe Burrows’ troubles with the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), the Trustees of Columbia University vetoed the selection, and no Pulitzer for Drama was awarded that year. The musical has had ten Broadway and London revivals, as well as a 1955 film adaptation starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons (using their own voices, despite neither being known for their singing voices), Frank Sinatra and Vivian Blaine reprising her role as Miss Adelaide. In 2008, a successful Australian version opened in Melbourne starring Lisa McCune, Marina Prior, Garry McDonald, Ian Stenlake, Shane Jacobson, Wayne Scott Kermond, and Magda Szubanski (playing the male character Big Jule), and ran at the Princess Theatre, before transferring to Sydney. The show has garnered admiration and praise whenever it has appeared - “an artistic triumph”, “ a work of easy and delightful humour,” “ funny without being self-conscious or mechanical”, “spontaneous with form, style and spirit”, and probably the best that can be said about a show – “In all departments, Guys and Dolls is a perfect musical comedy.” 14

DELI Broadway, Times Square, late 1940s – a world inhabited with colourful characters and a motley crew of eccentrics, non-conformists, ne’er do wells and do-gooders. Gamblers, hustlers, actors, gangsters, chorus girls, con men, missionaries all live and work together in a teeming melting pot of bustling activity. CLUB Sergeant Sarah Brown, of the Save-a-Soul Mission, is vainly trying to spread the Word, and make a difference to the sin and depravity of the streets. Nathan Detroit is desperate to find a location for his floating crap game. Showgirl Miss Adelaide, who has been engaged to Nathan for fourteen years, yearns to swap her life as a chorus girl for a husband and a house with a white picket fence. And the coolest high roller of them all Sky Masterson is looking for any bet that will turn a profit. Nathan needs to come up with a thousand dollars quickly, so he finds a sure fire winner – he wagers that Sky cannot persuade the beautiful and pious Sergeant Sarah to fly with him to Havana. Sky, ever the cool talker, uses his considerable charm to convince Sarah that he is a reformed sinner, and that he will deliver a dozen sinners to her Mission if she will have dinner with him at his favourite restaurant. She reluctantly agrees, without realising that the restaurant is in Cuba. Adelaide still hopes that Nathan will give up his shady lifestyle, and that their fourteen year long engagement will soon end in wedding bells. However, Nathan shows no signs of any change in his mode of employment, and during Sky and Sarah’s absence in Havana, organises his crap game in the Save-a-Soul Mission itself. To convince the local policeman that the gathering of gamblers is entirely legitimate, Nathan is forced to announce that he and Adelaide are eloping that evening. In Cuba, Sky sees Sarah in a completely different light, and despite the undoubted opportunity, the better side of his nature prevails. As they return from Havana, the crap game is raided, and Sarah runs from Sky, believing herself to have been used in order to get her away from the Mission. Nathan doesn’t show up for the elopement because he’s still running the crap game and Adelaide soon realizes that Nathan has stood her up yet again. Sarah confesses to her uncle and fellow Salvation Army member Arvide Abernathy that she has fallen in love with Sky, but refuses to have anything more to do with him. Arvide expresses his faith in Sky’s inherent goodness and urges Sarah to follow her heart. He also insists that Sky fulfil his promise to deliver twelve sinners to the Mission. At the crap game, Nathan offers to pay up on his bet about Sarah and Havana, but Sky gives Nathan a thousand dollars, saying that Nathan won the bet, and implies that Sarah refused to go to Havana with him. Sky, determined to get the dozen sinners he promised Sarah, bets every man at the game a thousand dollars against their souls. If he loses, everyone gets a thousand dollars each, but if he wins, they must all attend the revival at the mission. He rolls the dice, wins the bet, and the gamblers head towards the mission. Adelaide forgives Nathan on condition that they elope, but Nathan has the most unbelievable excuse of all - a prior engagement at the prayer meeting. At the meeting the gamblers reluctantly confess to their previous sins, Sarah’s mission is saved from closure, Nathan finally admits his love for Adelaide and Sarah decides to go with her heart and marry Sky. All ends happily as Nathan and Adelaide marry at the Mission now run by newly-weds Sister Sarah and Brother Sky Masterson. 15

Principals Hot Box Dolls / Female Company Sky Masterson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jon Sebastian Edith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bianca Bramham Sarah Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kelly Windle Sadie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stephanie Burt Nathan Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott Hili Carol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cassandra Elliget Adelaide Adams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sarah Watson Bernice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bianca Friedman Nicely-Nicely Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Butler Annabelle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amelia La Rosa Benny Southstreet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jason Mill Betsy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bianca Lauria Rusty Charlie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barry Baker Mimi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Ledgerwood Harry the Horse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peter Smitheram Violet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vanessa Wicks Big Jule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adrian Vanda Arvide Abernathy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peter Maver Mission Band / Company General Matilda Cartwright. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christine James Lt Brannigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Noel Ledgerwood Agatha. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anna Meadows Martha. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susannah Middleton Calvin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Vayro Female Company / Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mikaila Cass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fiona Copland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cara Richards Crapshooters / Male Company Crapshooter/Cuban Dancer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Josh Cinco Crapshooter/Cuban Dancer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nathaniel Lamond Drunk / New York Policeman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matt McDonald Angie the Ox. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Rogers Master of Ceremonies / Liver Lips Louie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Sly Society Max/Joey Biltmore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tamblyn Smith Crapshooter/Waiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Benjamin Stokes Crapshooter/Waiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robbie Wilton Orchestra List Reed 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ashlee Kumar Reed 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrew Corbel Reed 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Melissa Edwards Reed 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Naomi Absolom Reed 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ashleigh Yeates Horn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bruce Ikin Trumpet 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daimon Brunton Trumpet 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sue Cook Trumpet 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jenny Stengards Trombone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rob Burns Percussion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Keith Morgan Violin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrew Cook Violin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katie Hardcastle Violin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Chan / Simone Kux Violin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Li-Na Yeoh Cello. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margarita Lourgaeva Bass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Darryl Barron / Ben Pisani 16

ACT 1 Scene 1 - Times Square/Broadway Runyonland (Company) Fugue For Tinhorns (Nicely-Nicely, Benny, Rusty Charlie & Company) Follow The Fold (Sarah, Arvide & Mission Band) The Oldest Established (Nathan, Nicely-Nicely, Benny & Crapshooters) Scene 2. Interior of the Save-A-Soul Mission I’ll Know (Sarah & Sky) Scene 3. A Phone Booth Scene 4. The Hot Box Nightclub Bushel And A Peck (Adelaide & Hot Box Dolls) Adelaide’s Lament (Adelaide) Scene 5. Street Off Broadway Guys and Dolls (Nicely-Nicely, Benny & Company) Scene 6. Mission Exterior Scene 7. Street off Broadway Scene 8. Havana, Cuba Havana (Sky, Sarah & Company) Scene 9. Outside El Café Cubano If I Were A Bell (Sarah) Scene10. Mission Exterior My Time Of Day (Sky) I’ve Never Been In Love Before (Sky & Sarah) ACT II Scene 1. The Hot Box Nightclub Take Back Your Mink (Adelaide & Hot Box Dolls) Adelaide’s Second Lament (Adelaide) Scene 2. 48th Street More I Cannot Wish You (Arvide) Scene 3. Sewer The Crap Game Dance (Crapshooters) Luck Be A Lady (Sky & Crapshooters) Scene 4. Street off Broadway Sue Me (Nathan & Adelaide) Scene 5. Interior of the Save-A-Soul Mission Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ The Boat (Nicely-Nicely & Company) Follow The Fold (Mission Meeting Group) Scene 6. Times Square/Broadway Marry The Man Today (Adelaide & Sarah) Scene 7. Broadway Guys & Dolls (Company) 17

CLOC Patron CLOC Musical Theatre is a John-Michael Howson CO-DIRECTORS : Chris White, Lynette White MARKETING CO-ORDINATOR : Sandra Davies member of the Music Theatre Guild MUSICAL DIRECTOR : Phillip Osborne MARKETING TEAM : Grant Alley, Craig Dixon, Karen Greenwood, OAM CHOREOGRAPHER : Lynette White Bianca Milewski, Cameron Osborne, Jan Sheppard, Trudi Sheppard, of Victoriaw PRODUCTION MANAGER : Debbie Osborne Frank Simcox, Peter Stanbrook TECHNICAL DIRECTOR : Grant Alley PROGRAM : Sandra Davies, Karen Greenwood CLOC Committee Members STAGE MANAGER : Sandra Davies GRAPHIC ART/DESIGN : David Clark at The Wizarts ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR : Debbie Osborne PHOTOGRAPHY : Richard Crompton, Carlos Ramirez, President Administrator Stephen Ransom, Denise Damianos Grant Alley Sandra Davies SET DESIGNER : Chris White PRINTING : Fineline Printing, Miss Print SET PAINTING : Chris White ADMIN SUPPORT : Janet Cameron, Karen Greenwood, Secretary Treasurer BASE PAINTING : Joel Berman, Naomi Boddison-Gray, Debbie Osborne Barry Venning John Davies Tina Boddison-Gray TECHNICAL DESIGNER : Grant Alley TICKET SALES : Carol Humphrey, Cheryle Osborne, Fay Lutchner, Committee Committee SET CONSTRUCTION : Grant Alley, Chris White Malcolm Lutchner, Peter Miller, Jan Sheppard Patsi Boddison Janet Cameron ASSISTED BY : Patsi Boddison, John Davies, David Hobbs, FRONT OF HOUSE CO-ORDINATOR : Meryl Withers Malcolm Lutchner, Peter Turley, Michael Vayro, Barry Venning BOX OFFICE MANAGER : Grant Alley, Barry Venning Committee Committee ASSISTED BY : Carol Humphrey, Cheryle Osborne Carol Humphrey Debbie Osborne SOUND DESIGNER : Marcello Lo Ricco (LSS Productions) DUTY MANAGERS : Ian Carlsson, Jan Sheppard, Meryl Withers, SOUND OPERATOR : Steve Cooke Peter Witney Committee Committee RADIO MICROPHONE TECHNICIAN : Dana Samuel CATERING : Paul Belli, Tony Hall, Kelly Hall, Lincoln Judd, Allan Paul Melinda Peebles ASSISTED BY : Natalie Coleman Maggie Judd SOUND EQUIPMENT : LSS Productions Pty Ltd FIRST AID : Ian Simmonds REHEARSAL PIANISTS : Simon D’Aquino, Danny Forward, LIGHTING DESIGNER : Brad Alcock (BAAC Light) Ben Martin, Tony Toppi, Tim Verdon, Jerome Walles, Martine Wengrow, ASSISTED BY : Andrei Chlebniowski (BAAC Light) Heather Wickes LIGHTING BOARD PROGRAMMER : Brad Alcock LIGHTING BOARD OPERATOR : David Boddison-Gray CLOC PATRON : FOLLOW SPOT OPERATORS : Patsi Boddison, Naomi Boddison-Gray, John-Michael Howson OAM Tina Boddison-Gray LIGHTING CREW : Brad Alcock, Patsi Boddison, David Boddison-Gray, CLOC COMMITTEE : Matthew Silk and Linda Hum of The National Theatre PRESIDENT : Grant Alley ADMINISTRATOR : Sandra Davies COSTUME DESIGNER : Victoria Horne SECRETARY : Barry Venning COSTUME CONSULTANT : Nancy Matthews TREASURER : John Davies COSTUME CO-ORDINATORS : Victoria Horne, Melinda Peebles COMMITTEE : Patsi Boddison, Janet Cameron, Carol Humphrey, ASSISTED BY : Carol Humphrey, Allan Paul Debbie Osborne, Allan Paul, Melinda Peebles MILLINERY : Denia Emerson, Tina Scott COSTUME ASSISTANTS : Ruth Benney, Jacqueline Day, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS : Maree de Petro, Lorna English, Eva Fabian, Delwyn Poyser, Thanks to Assistant to the Treasurer-Mike Strahan Cheree Sexton, Zoe Thompson, Blanche White, Faye White, Jackson Harnwell Susan Windle Sarah Lawson MEN’S SUITS : Made by Danielle and Giovanni Carbone Ziva & Mike Rayman SWINBURNE PRACTICAL PLACEMENT STUDENTS : Julian Dunham Laura Dunnington, Karina Meijs Colin Robinson, Victorian Re-Enactment Society Melbourne Brass & Woodwind, 578 North Rd., Ormond 9578 3677 WIG DESIGN & MAINTENANCE : Jodie Drago Lindsay Cox, Salvation Army Heritage Centre, ASSISTED BY: Jenny Barratt, Chloe Ledgerwood, Madeline Notley 69 Bourke St., Melbourne Thanks to all friends of CLOC who work Front of House MAKE-UP CONSULTANT : Jodie Drago Thanks to the staff of The National Theatre ASSISTED BY : Natalie Della Grazia Frank Simcox for Audio Visual Services MAKE-UP TEAM : Sarah Bielefeld, Tessa Kilner CLOC acknowledges the support of Wendy Black from Swinburne STAGE DIRECTOR : Bernard Hedger University of Technology. ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER : Gemma Hedger FLOOR MANAGERS : Paul Belli, Robert Griffin Congratulations to the winners of the CLOC Costume Award FLY MANAGER : Tony Hall Winner : Anastasia La Fey DRESSERS’ CO-ORDINATOR : Melinda Peebles Honourable Mentions : Chloe Neyland, Renee Guiliano, ASSISTED BY : Janet Cameron, Hannah Campbell, Karen Warrington Kieran Powell PROPS CO-ORDINATORS : Jodie Lawson, Sarah Nichols CLOC acknowledges the support of the City of Kingston ASSISTED BY : Karen Greenwood, Beth Stryk, Tegan Vincent CLOC Musical Theatre PO Box 3250 Mentone East Vic 3194 STAGE CREW : Gordon Bull, Rosie Curtis, Craig Dixon, David Hobbs, Mark Houghton, Nikki Imberger, Matt McLaughlin, Jackie Mates, Ticket Enquiries: 1300 362 547 Bianca Milewski, Nici Moller, Ian Simmonds, Natalie Vincent, Web: www.cloc.org.au Erin Williamson Email: [email protected] THANKS ALSO TO : Michael Curtis, Heidi Crook, Damien Calvert, Rohan Fotheringham, Peter Leed, Fyfe Meggs, Allan Paul, Craig Symons, Peter Thompson, Neville West 18

VALE Pip Smibert VALE Bruce McBrien OAM – ‘Sir’ Bruce We honour the memory of Pip Smibert, CLOC performer in 1926-2013 six productions - A Little Night Music, Gigi, Jekyll & Hyde, The Melbourne theatre community is a sadder and darker The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Boy from Oz, High Society. All place as we mourn the loss of its patriarch and one of its six productions were directed by Chris Bradtke, who Pip leading lights, greatest supporters, promoters and all round so admired and enjoyed working with. In early 2012, Pip gentleman. was to appear in his seventh CLOC production directed by Bruce McBrien, affectionately known by all as ‘Sir Bruce’, Chris, Sunset Boulevard, playing Cecil B De Mille, until ill was a larger-than-life legend in the Melbourne health forced his withdrawal. The last 18 months of his life non-professional theatre community. He first appeared on were spent dealing with his disease, its treatment and side effects. He did this with the stage in 1952 with Heidelberg Theatre Company, before making the move to musical diligence, intellect and sagacity that he applied to every aspect of his life. Throughout this theatre, where he appeared in over 150 productions with almost every company time, he was a regular and enthusiastic face in the foyer of CLOC productions, always around – Lyric, Festival, Whitehorse, PLOS and CLOC, where he performed in 18 delighted and excited to see his many theatre friends on both sides of the footlights. Pip’s productions, starting with Can-Can in 1975, and finishing with Mack & Mabel in enthusiasm for watching and/or performing in theatre, both musical and non-musical, 2004. When he was not appearing onstage, he could either be found on a committee, was infectious and joyous. We send our deepest sympathies to Pip’s wife Catie, children working front of house, or as an always enthusiastic and passionate audience Sophie, Charles and Georgina and grandchildren Rose and George. We will miss him. member, supporting his colleagues and friends in every company. He never missed a CLOC show, and was last seen in the foyer of the National, full of effusive praise and admiration after a performance of The Phantom of the Opera. In 1986, Bruce founded the Music Theatre Guild of Victoria, which now embraces over 80 companies and hosts the annual Music Theatre Guild awards, affectionately called the Bruce Awards in his honour. For many years Bruce was the President of the Guild, the driving force of the organisation, and one of its judges, travelling all around Victoria to see and adjudicate shows and performances. The importance and value which the Victorian non‑professional musical theatre community regards the Guild awards is a testament to Bruce’s hard work and dedication and a priceless legacy he has left us all. 19

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Director Alan Burrows Choreographer Susan Lewis Musical Director Bev Woodford MUSIC BOOK LYRICS Harry Warren Michael Stewart & Mark Bramble Al Dubin Based on a novel by BRADFORD ROPES Original Direction and Dances by GOWER CHAMPION Originally Produced on Broadway by DAVID MERRICK MAY 16 – 31, 2014 The National Theatre, St. Kilda Booking Enquiries 1300 362 547 Book online at www.cloc.org.au Ticket Sales open Monday Feb 24, 2014 BY ARRANGEMENT WITH TAMS-WITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY INC 42nd STREET Music and Dialogue material furnished by TAMS-WITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY INC, 560 Lexington Ave, New York NY 10022. The use of all songs is by arrangement with Warner Bros., the owner of Music Publishers’ Rights. 23