Dana has been perform

ing since the age of 13 and has been apart of the musical theatre com

munity

ever since. Her m

ost recent roles include Doreen in Saturday N

ight Fever, Dorothy in the W

izard

of Oz, T

rio swing for B

oy From O

z and singer for the original musical H

igher and Higher.

Dana has represented A

ustralia twice over in the U

nited States for the World C

hampionships of

Performing A

rts for singing. She competed in 2009 and then again in 2016 com

ing away w

ith a

bronze medal, a industry aw

ard and a musical theatre scholarship to the N

ew York Film

Academ

y.

Dana is very excited to be apart of such a talented and creative group of people and hopes you enjoy

the show!

DANA W

HITE, EN

SEMBLE

Jordan has recently returned to the Gold C

oast after w

orking as a performer internationally for

the past five years. Jordan has worked as a character perform

er at Walt D

isneyWorld, Florida and in

entertainment for D

isney Cruise L

ines. Locally, Jordan has perform

ed in productions such as Young

Frankenstein (Dancer), G

rease (Sandy), Curtains (Peg Prentice) and Spam

alot (Laker G

irl/ Underw

ear

Model). Jordan is currently studying Speech Pathology at Southern C

ross University.

JORDAN BRIN

SLEY, ENSEM

BLE

Joshua Bran

don is a student in his fi

nal year at the Q

ueenslan

d Academ

y of Creative In

dustries.

He has loved perform

ing from

a young age, an

d so when he got off

ered to be apart of the

ensem

ble for Kiss M

e, Kate he jum

ped at the chance. T

his is his debut at the Gold C

oast Little

Theatre. A

nd he is ready to dan

ce the house down

. He has perform

ed in musicals such as the

Wizard of O

z, Fame an

d Hairspray, an

d plays such as Macbeth an

d Girls L

ike That. H

e thanks

his family for their support in his fi

nal year of school, as addin

g this show to his plate has been

both incredibly terrifyin

g and excitin

g at the same tim

e.

JOSHUA BRAN

DON

, ENSEM

BLE / AIDE TO G

ENERAL H

OWELL

Aft

er a brief hiatus from m

usicals Josh is proud to be back for Gold C

oast Little

Theatre’s K

iss Me K

ate! Having done several productions in R

edcliffe, m

ost notably his

portrayal of Will Parker in SQ

UID

S Oklahom

a! Josh is excited to break back into the

Gold C

oast scene and looks forward to the future of M

usicals to grace the Coast.

JOSH CATH

CART, ENSEM

BLE / AIDE TO G

ENERAL H

OWELL

Lee has been involved in theatre for m

any years, wearing lots of hats both backstage and on

stage – currently starring in a challenging role as Front of House M

anager at GC

LT. H

er most

recent stage appearances were L

ady Airley in C

rown M

atrimonial, P

rincess Puff

er in The

Mystery of E

dwin D

rood, Mabel in the Pajam

a Gam

e and Cum

ie Barrow

in Bonnie &

Clyde.

LEE PATTERSON, D

OTS

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Bella Spewack

Music & Lyrics by Cole Porter

“Kiss M

e, Kate” is presented by arrangem

ent with ORIG

IN

THEATRICAL on behalf of Tam

s-Witm

ark Music Library, Inc.

JUNE 30 - JULY 28

PROUDLY PRESEN

TS

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lo, D

olly

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ate

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ers

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h Je

rry

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man

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onde

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mus

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layi

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om 3

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2018

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ally

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tom

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play

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from

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to 1

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LT h

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nuo

us p

rodu

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a c

omm

unit

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eatr

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th

e G

old

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st s

ince

1950

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isto

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nd

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beau

tifu

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tim

ate

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tre

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ort.”

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den

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e T

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ce C

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pher

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Geo

rge

love

s th

e G

old

Coa

st’s

The

atre

sce

ne. H

e fir

st r

ole

was

You

ng M

arlo

we

in C

anbe

rra

Rep

erto

ry S

ocie

ty’s

She

Stoo

ps to

Con

quer

, for

whi

ch h

e w

as n

omin

ated

for

a C

AT

aw

ard,

and

he w

as in

Can

berr

a P

hilh

arm

onic

Soc

iety

’s C

hica

go. H

is la

st r

ole

in C

anbe

rra

was

as

Cap

tain

de F

oeni

x in

Can

berr

a R

ep’s

Tre

law

ney

of th

e W

ells

. Geo

rge

mov

ed u

p to

the

Gol

d C

oast

last

year

, and

has

bee

n en

joyi

ng th

e w

inte

r war

mth

com

pare

d to

Can

berr

a. H

is m

ost r

ecen

t rol

e

was

Ins

pect

or L

estr

ade,

Sir

Hen

ry B

aske

rvill

e, S

ir C

harl

es B

aske

rvill

e, S

ir H

ugo

Bas

kerv

ille,

and

Wils

on in

Spo

tlig

ht T

heat

re’s

Bas

kerv

ille:

A S

herl

ock

Hol

mes

Mys

tery

. He

love

s to

sho

w o

ff

his

stre

ngth

, and

sin

ging

and

dan

cing

and

act

ing

as r

idic

ulou

s as

the

char

acte

rs h

e pl

ays.

GEO

RGE

PULL

EY, G

ENER

AL H

ARRI

SON

HOW

ELL

Frey

a is

ext

rem

ely

exci

ted

to b

e pl

ayin

g H

atti

e in

GC

LT’s

Kis

s Me

Kat

e. A

yea

r 10

stud

ent a

t Sai

nt

Step

hens

Col

lege

, Fre

ya is

imm

erse

d in

eve

ryth

ing

Perf

orm

ing

Art

s. Fr

eya’

s bee

n in

volv

ed in

dan

cing

,

sing

ing

and

acti

ng si

nce

the

age

of tw

o. S

ince

mov

ing

from

Lon

don

in Ja

nuar

y 20

17 sh

e ha

s per

form

ed

in J

osep

h an

d th

e A

maz

ing

Tech

nico

lor D

ream

Coa

t as G

ad (S

potli

ght T

heat

re) P

lane

t of t

he N

ebul

ons

as C

osm

o (S

potli

ght T

heat

re) O

liver

! as a

mem

ber o

f Fag

ins G

ang

(Spo

tligh

t The

atre

) Spa

mal

ot a

s

Lak

er G

irl/S

ir R

obin

s Min

stre

l (Sa

int S

teph

ens C

olle

ge) W

hen

not r

ehea

rsin

g fo

r a sh

ow F

reya

love

s

danc

ing

at D

ynam

ite

Stud

ios A

ustr

alia

, sin

ging

wit

h So

phie

K, h

orse

rid

ing

and

gett

ing

froz

en c

okes

wit

h Zo

e an

d M

illie

. Fre

ya w

ants

to th

ank

And

rew

CP,

Car

olin

e T

aylo

r, he

r fri

ends

, tea

cher

s and

mos

t

of a

ll he

r par

ents

Sia

n an

d D

anny

for t

heir

end

less

supp

ort i

n m

akin

g he

r dre

ams c

ome

true

.

FREY

A H

AYW

OOD

, HAT

TIE

Patr

ick

Phill

ips i

s exp

onen

tially

exc

ited

to b

e pe

rfor

min

g in

GC

LT’s

prod

uctio

n of

Kis

s Me

Kat

e as

the

role

of P

aul. A

yea

r 10

stud

ent a

t Sou

thpo

rt S

tate

Hig

h, P

atri

ck h

as p

erfo

rmed

in a

mul

titud

inou

s am

ount

of p

rodu

ctio

ns w

ithin

act

ing,

dan

cing

and

voc

al e

xcel

lenc

e cl

asse

s. B

ugsy

Mal

one

in B

ugsy

Mal

one

The

Mus

ical

, Sch

lom

o fr

om F

ame

The

Mus

ical

as w

ell a

s Dav

id in

the

play

Apr

il’s F

ool a

re a

ll ro

les h

e ha

s lov

ed

play

ing.

Pat

rick

als

o pa

rtic

ipat

es in

Dan

ce a

nd C

hora

l Eis

tedd

fods

as w

ell a

s Dra

ma

Fest

ival

s. A

lbei

t, he

has s

ough

t oth

er c

reat

ive

oppo

rtun

ities

thro

ugh

Spot

light

The

atre

whe

re h

e ha

s per

form

ed in

the

past

thre

e su

mm

er p

anto

mim

es a

nd m

ost r

ecen

tly w

as a

par

t of O

liver

The

Mus

ical

as a

mem

ber o

f Fag

in’s

Gan

g. O

ther

than

the

stag

e, h

e lo

ves c

omic

boo

ks a

s wel

l as fi

lmm

akin

g. P

atri

ck th

anks

his

par

ents

for

allo

win

g hi

m to

pur

sue

his d

ream

s as w

ell a

s dir

ecto

r, A

ndre

w C

p fo

r his

faith

in h

im.

PATR

ICK

PH

ILLI

PS, P

AUL

Joe

is 4

5 ye

ars

youn

g an

d w

as in

volv

ed in

com

mun

ity

thea

tre

in h

is h

omet

own

in I

rela

nd

at a

n

earl

y ag

e. J

oe w

as in

spir

ed to

aud

itio

n fo

r hi

s fi

rst s

how

aft

er s

eein

g hi

s ch

ildre

n sh

ine

on s

tage

.

Thi

s is

Joe

’s fi

rst p

erfo

rman

ce fo

r G

.C.L

.T. O

ther

cre

dits

incl

ude

Oliv

er, B

onn

ie &

Cly

de a

nd

The

Mys

tery

of E

dwin

Dro

od fo

r Sp

otlig

ht th

eatr

e. A

lso

last

yea

r Jo

e en

joye

d gr

oovi

ng

away

to

Jave

enba

h’s

prod

ucti

on o

f I r

emem

ber

You.

He

wou

ld li

ke to

than

k A

ndr

ew a

nd

his

prod

ucti

on

team

for

thei

r tr

ust a

nd

the

oppo

rtun

ity

to ta

ke p

art i

n th

is C

ole

Por

ter

clas

sic,

as

wel

l as

his

wif

e an

d ki

ds fo

r th

eir

ongo

ing

love

an

d su

ppor

t. H

e ha

s en

joye

d th

e jo

urn

ey a

nd

adm

ired

the

pass

ion

and

dedi

cati

on fr

om a

ll in

volv

ed to

hel

p cr

eate

this

spe

ctac

ular

pro

duct

ion

.

JOE

BOUR

KE,

HAR

RY T

REVO

R/BA

PTIS

TA M

INOL

A

Eth

an is

del

ight

ed to

bri

ng h

is b

ig c

hara

cter

per

sona

litie

s an

d co

med

ic ti

min

g to

the

stag

e on

ce a

gain

in G

old

Coa

st L

ittl

e T

heat

re’s

pro

duct

ion

of K

iss

Me,

Kat

e. F

rom

the

gruff

, rou

gh-a

nd-t

umbl

e st

age

man

ager

Ral

ph to

the

over

dra

mat

ic r

egal

air

s

of H

orte

nsio

, Eth

an r

evel

s in

the

cont

rast

bet

wee

n th

e tw

o, a

nd h

opes

his

pas

sion

augm

ents

the

nigh

t for

the

audi

ence

.

ETH

AN L

IBOI

RON

, RAL

PH/ H

ORTE

NSI

O

Cur

rent

ly in

his

last

yea

r of s

tudy

for a

bac

helo

r of A

ctin

g an

d Pe

rfor

man

ce a

t Sou

thba

nk (U

nive

rsity

of

Can

berr

a), P

eter

is lo

okin

g fo

r any

cha

nce

to h

elp

wor

k on

his

art

istr

y. F

rom

a y

oung

age

Pet

er h

as b

een

perf

orm

ing

with

in th

e co

mm

unity

at v

enue

s suc

h as

Pho

enix

Ens

embl

e an

d B

eenl

eigh

The

atre

Gro

up

in sh

ows s

uch

as: T

he F

ull M

onty

, Jes

us C

hris

t Sup

erst

ar, B

eaut

y an

d th

e B

east

, Gre

ase

and

Ren

t. In

rece

nt y

ears

his

focu

s has

bee

n on

pla

ys a

nd th

roug

h un

iver

sity

he

has p

erfo

rmed

text

s by

Wal

t Whi

tman

(Lea

ves o

f Gra

ss),

Will

iam

Sha

kesp

eare

(Obe

ron

and

Snug

from

A M

idsu

mm

er N

ight

’s D

ream

), as

wel

l as

his o

wn

self-

devi

sed

piec

es. K

iss M

e, K

ate

will

be

Pete

r’s fi

rst s

how

at t

he G

old

Coa

st a

nd h

e ha

s fou

nd it

chal

leng

ing

to sh

ape

his a

ctin

g tr

aini

ng to

wor

k w

ithin

a m

usic

al st

yle

of re

ality

. Pet

er h

opes

one

day

to b

e

a th

ough

t pro

voki

ng d

irec

tor a

nd p

layw

righ

t.

PETE

R K

EAVY

, GRE

MIO

/ GEN

ERAL

HOW

ELL’

S PH

OTOG

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ER

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Naom

i has been performing for nearly thirty years. T

he

daughter of ballroom dancers, she took to the stage at

the age of 3 and never looked back. A classically trained

soprano, she spent her youth studying music theory,

competing in eisteddfods (singing, dancing and dram

a),

studying dance with Johnny Young T

alent School, and

performing at w

eddings and other events. With a passion

for complex choral m

usic she has performed w

ith a

number of respected choirs including the G

ondwana

Choirs both in A

ustralia, Europe and Japan. A

mem

ber

of the Bundaberg theatre scene for m

any years she has

worked in several facets of the theatre including lighting

and music for productions such as B

rigadoon and performed in num

erous shows and

pantomim

es including The W

izard of Oz, E

dmund in K

ing Lear, and A

nna in The K

ing

and I. Naom

i joined the Gold C

oast theatre scene last year and has enjoyed appearing as

Judy in I Rem

ember You, the sell out season of O

liver!, and Top H

at’s recent production

at GC

LT of P

icadilly Olde T

ime M

usic Hall.

NAOM

I MOLE, LILLI VAN

ESSI/KATH

ERINE M

INOLA

Simon has been involved in m

ore than 50 shows since 1991 w

hen he played Jacob and Juan Peron

in his college productions of Joseph and Evita. W

hile still in Canberra he played such roles as Jam

ie

Wellerstein in T

he Last 5 Years, T

omm

y from T

he Who’s T

omm

y, The B

east in Disney’s B

eauty and

the Beast, T

huy in Miss Saigon, and Parson N

athaniel in Geoff

Wayne’s N

ew version of W

ar of the

Worlds, to nam

e a few.

Since relocating to the Gold C

oast in 2012 has been seen on stage as Tom

Collins in Javeenbah’s

RE

NT

, Inspector Kem

p, Judge Turpin and Franklin H

art in Spotlight’s productions of Young

Frankenstein, Sweeney T

odd and 9 to 5. He also joined the casts of G

old Coast A

rts Centre’s M

iss

Saigon and JC Superstar. Sim

on is thrilled to be joining the cast of Kiss M

e, Kate, his first w

ith GC

LT

SIMON

STONE, FRED

GRAH

AM/PETRUCH

IO

Aft

er a break from perform

ing to focus on her studies and teaching, Tess is happy to be back

on the stage bringing to life the colourful and comedic role of L

ois/Bianca. N

otable theatre

credits include: TH

E A

DD

AM

S FAM

ILY (W

ednesday), YO

UN

G FR

AN

KE

NST

EIN

(Elizabeth

Benning), T

HE

BO

Y FR

OM

OZ

(Trio), C

IND

ER

EL

LA

(Fairy Godm

other), FIDD

LE

R O

N

TH

E R

OO

F (Tzitel), M

AC

BE

TH

(Witch), SW

EE

NE

Y T

OD

D (D

irector/Choreographer),

WIZ

AR

D O

F OZ

(Director/C

horeographer) and INT

O T

HE

WO

OD

S (Choreographer). T

ess is

very excited to be back at GC

LT and to be w

orking with the talented K

iss Me K

ate cast!

TESS BURKE, LOIS LAN

E/BIANCA M

INOLA

Over the last decade, Jack has perform

ed in more than 30 productions across the C

oast. Most recently

he appeared as Bobby in Spotlight T

heatre’s Saturday Night Fever, as R

omeo in G

CLT

’s Rom

eo and

Juliet by Mercury’s W

ings and as Steve in the Arts C

entre Gold C

oast’s season of Flood by Shock Therapy

Productions. W

hen he’s not making a scene Jack is usually m

aking a scene. For that reason he’s always

loved the stage. Aw

ay from theatre, Jack loves karate, loves to w

rite and works in m

edia relations for the

Queensland G

overnment. H

e has enjoyed being part of Kiss M

e Kate and w

ants to give a shout out to his

mum

for her honest appraisals of his developing performance.

Jack would also like to w

arn any choreographers in the audience – no, he wasn’t m

eant to dance like that

and no, he can’t help it.

JACK H

ARBOUR, BILL CALHOUN

/LUCENTIO

Nicola is extrem

ely excited to be brushing up her Shakespeare to play one of the gangsters in Kiss

Me, K

ate! This role is a little diff

erent for her but she can’t wait to bring it to life. N

icola is a passionate

performer w

ho adores everything theatre and film

! She is currently studying at the New

York Film

Academ

y and will be m

oving to NY

C in 2019 to fi

nish this training. Nicola has been involved in a

numerous am

ount of shows over the past few

years. Her m

ost recent credits include Logainne in T

he

Spelling Bee, M

eg in Aw

ay, Charlotte in O

liver!, Alice in T

he Addam

s Family, C

arrie in Bum

py Angels

and Stella in The U

ninvited. This is N

icola’s first show

at Gold C

oast Little T

heatre and she can’t wait

to perform w

ith such a talented group of performers in truly beautiful show

! She would like to thank

the whole cast and crew

for the experience.

NICOLA BARRETT, GAN

GSTER / TERRI WOODFIN

E, GANGSTER

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It is 1948, and at the Ford Theatre in Baltimore, a

theatre company are preparing for the opening

night of a new m

usical based on Shakespeare’s The Tam

ing of the Shrew. They are led by im

presario Fred Graham w

ho is not only directing and producing the show

, but also starring as the romantic

lead Petruchio. Controversially he has hired his ex-wife Lilli Vanessi to

perform opposite him

as the titular ‘shrew’, Katherina. Both have seem

ingly moved on, w

ith Fred having an affair with the

young actress Lois Lane, who is playing Katherina’s sister Bianca, and Lilli recently engaged to w

ar veteran General Harrison

How

ell. The estranged couple fight constantly, but as they reminisce together in their dressing room

, it becomes clear that they

still have feelings for each other. Meanw

hile Lois’s other love interest Bill Calhoun, who plays the role of Lucentio, has got into a

spot of trouble while gam

bling with a gangland boss, and has signed an IO

U for $10,000, using Fred’s name instead of his ow

n. W

hen two gangsters show

up at the theatre to collect the debt from Fred he claim

s to have never signed the IOU and so they

leave. When a bouquet of flow

ers from Fred is delivered to Lilli’s dressing room

, she realises that she is still deeply in love with

him. Little does she know

that the flowers w

ere in fact intended for Lois. The performance of The Tam

ing of the Shrew begins

and seems to be running sm

oothly. How

ever, after reading the giftcard that came w

ith the flowers, Lilli realises her m

istake and storm

s onstage to confront Fred. The rest of the cast try and keep the play going as they fight each other in character, ending w

ith Fred violently spanking Lilli. Off

stage Lilli threatens to leave the show, but w

hen the gangsters return, Fred tells them that

he’ll only be able to pay them if the show

is a success, and that it certainly won’t be if Lilli leaves. The gangsters threaten Lilli at

gunpoint and decide to chaperone her throughout the rest of the performance to ensure she doesn’t get aw

ay. To this end, they put on costum

es and try to blend in with the m

embers of the ensem

ble as Katherina and Petruchio are married onstage.

In 1935, Arnold Saint Subber was w

orking as a stagehand on the Broadw

ay production of Shakespeare’s The Taming of

the Shrew. Katherina and Petruchio w

ere played by husband-and-w

ife acting team Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne (m

ost com

monly referred to as ‘The Lunts’). The Lunts w

ere famous

for their vow to only ever perform

alongside each other, and over the course of their career they played lead roles in plays by Cow

ard, Chekhov and of course, Shakespeare. According to Laurence M

aslon, ‘The stage was their tem

ple and the stardust they threw

off past the footlights enchanted several generations […]They were fam

ous for their meticulous preparation, overlapping

dialogue and near-neurotic obsessions with stage business and its eff

ects.’ However, w

hat struck Saint Subber most of all, w

as that during The Tam

ing of the Shrew, the couple w

ould allow their on-stage argum

ents to spill over into their real lives, and they would carry on

fighting backstage.

Years later, when he w

as working as a producer alongside set designer Lem

uel Ayers, he decided to use his experiences with the Lunts as

the basis for a musical. They approached Bella Spew

ack to write the book, w

ho in turn approached Cole Porter who w

as at first resistant to the idea, thinking that Shakespeare w

as too highbrow a source for a m

usical. However, Bella persisted and eventually m

anaged to convince him

.

What fascinated Cole Porter about the idea of the book w

as that it could exist on two diff

erent levels of reality: there is the backstage story of w

hat happens to a group of actors in real life, their relationships, their tem

peraments, their flaw

s and failings; but then an onstage life as they transform them

selves into Shakespeare’s characters as part of a m

usical version of The Taming of the Shrew

. What’s enthralling,

of course, is that a lot of the onstage events start to reflect or influence behaviour offstage, and vice

versa. Italian dramatist Luigi Pirandello, in his Six Characters in Search of an Author (1921), w

as the leading playw

right of his generation to really explore the crossover between art and life. He w

as completely

fascinated by the limits of w

here reality ended and acting began. I think this interface engrossed Cole Porter too, as he began to consider how

much the roles of Katharine and Petruchio influenced and

motivated the off

stage lives of Lilli and Fred, and vice versa.

Lilli and Fred ultimately ended up being very diff

erent from the Lunts. They w

ere divorcées rather than a happily m

arried couple, and Fred as actor-director-producer was m

ore reminiscent of O

rson Welles

than Alfred Lunt. The resulting show is as m

uch a love-letter to the vibrant backstage world that Porter

knew so w

ell, as it is a hilarious and moving exploration of the com

plexities of human relationships. The

show opened on Broadw

ay in 1948 to great acclaim, w

owing critics and audiences alike, and giving all

involved their biggest hit to date. In 1949, Kiss Me, Kate w

as the recipient of the very first Tony Award

for Best Musical, w

ith Porter, the Spewacks, Ayers and Saint Subber each also picking up aw

ards for their respective roles in the show

’s creation.

As the play restarts, General Harrison Howell arrives looking for Lilli. He and Lois recognise each other as

former lovers, w

hich upsets Bill when he overhears them

talking. Lois promises Bill that she’s alw

ays faithful to him

, in her own w

ay. Howell refuses to believe Lilli’s protestations about the gangsters, and tells her that he

has moved their w

edding forward to tom

orrow afternoon. The gangsters in turn, discover that their boss has been killed and that

the IOU is therefore void. W

ith no reason to stay, Lilli leaves the theatre. The gangsters, who by now

are quite enjoying themselves,

perform an im

promptu tribute to Shakespeare as Fred tries to w

ork out how to continue the show

without Lilli. As the curtain goes

up on the final scene, with everybody expecting an understudy to be playing the part of Katherina, Lilli returns and delivers her final

monologue declaring her love for and subm

ission to Petruchio. With the lines betw

een their onstage and offstage personas blurring,

Lilli/Katherina and Fred/Petruchio kiss.

ACT ONE

ACT TWO

SYNOPSISK

ISS ME, K

ATE

THE HISTORYK

ISS ME, K

ATE

Projection Design &

Videographer

Brian

na M

irabile

Production P

hotography

Vargo Studios

Rehearsal Photography

Con

nie N

owlan

Dram

aturge

Elizabeth C

eli

Production Liaison

Shan

e Caddaye

Programm

e Design

Ben

jamin T

ubb-Hearn

e

Promotions

Lorrain

e McL

ean

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“If w

e off

end,

it is

wit

h ou

r goo

d w

ill.

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t you

shou

ld th

ink,

we

com

e no

t to

offen

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wit

h go

od w

ill. T

o sh

ow o

ur si

mpl

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ill, T

hat i

s the

true

beg

inni

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f our

end

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side

r the

n w

e co

me

but i

n de

spit

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not

com

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min

ding

to c

onte

st y

ou,

Our

true

inte

nt is

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for y

our d

elig

ht” -

Pet

er Q

uinc

e, ‘A

Mid

sum

mer

Nig

hts

Dre

am’

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One

: In

2018

, ‘K

iss

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Kat

e!’ c

eleb

rate

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triu

mph

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h it

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mbu

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com

edy

and

sedu

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to th

e th

eatr

ical

ity

of it

s

rom

ance

s, th

us s

taki

ng it

s pl

ace

as a

can

on d

efini

ng w

ork

in C

ole

Port

ers

care

er a

nd th

e gr

eate

r M

usic

al T

heat

re g

olde

n ag

e.

As

a di

rect

or, I

’ve

foun

d m

ysel

f fal

ling

in lo

ve w

ith

the

limin

alit

y of

the

text

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thro

ugh

its

met

a-th

eatr

ical

qua

litie

s th

at th

is

glam

orou

s w

ork

blur

s th

e lin

e th

at d

isti

ngui

shes

the

acto

r fr

om th

e ch

arac

ter,

bac

ksta

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om p

erfo

rman

ce a

nd th

e co

ntra

st

betw

een

real

ity

and

drea

m. T

he b

lurr

ing

of th

ese

boun

dari

es g

ives

per

mis

sion

for

the

tran

sfor

mat

ive

play

of a

ctor

s an

d en

gage

s

furt

her

wit

h id

eas

surr

ound

ing

the

limin

alit

y of

the

role

of t

he a

ctor

wit

hin

the

real

m o

f sto

ryte

lling

and

the

fick

led

natu

re o

f lov

e.

Act

Tw

o: “A

stag

e sp

ace

has t

wo

rule

s: (1

) Any

thin

g ca

n ha

ppen

and

(2) S

omet

hing

mus

t hap

pen.

” - P

eter

Bro

ok

The

atre

pra

ctit

ione

r, J

acqu

es C

opea

u, n

otes

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f “em

brac

ing

the

naïv

e w

itho

ut in

telle

ctua

l res

erva

tion

”, w

ith

this

in m

ind,

we

bega

n to

pla

y. U

pon

delv

ing

into

res

earc

hing

the

peri

od r

evea

led

that

ther

e is

so

muc

h te

nsio

n be

twee

n m

ediu

ms

of

popu

lar

ente

rtai

nmen

t: W

e ar

e se

eing

the

rise

of c

inem

a an

d M

GM

stu

dios

, vau

devi

lle d

imin

ishi

ng in

to th

e sh

adow

s, th

e ci

rcus

is

com

ing

to to

wn,

mus

ic th

eatr

e ha

s hi

t its

str

ide.

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exci

ting

con

cept

app

ears

: to

com

pile

all

thes

e fo

rms

into

the

stag

ing

of th

e sh

ow

alon

gsid

e Sh

akes

pear

ean

form

, wit

h an

aim

to c

reat

e a

biza

rre,

viv

acio

us a

nd p

rovo

cati

ve ta

ke -

a no

stal

gic

esca

pe to

a b

ygon

e er

a.

Kis

s M

e K

ate

is a

wor

k th

at tr

uly

capt

ures

all

of th

ese

frag

ranc

es a

nd th

e in

erti

a of

falli

ng in

to lo

ve.

I ha

ve n

othi

ng b

ut th

e ut

mos

t res

pect

and

gra

titu

de to

all

the

arti

sts

that

hav

e co

ntri

bute

d to

this

pro

ject

. A s

peci

al th

anks

to th

is

ense

mbl

e fo

r fi

ndin

g th

e si

ncer

ity

in th

e st

oryt

ellin

g. “T

he c

lose

ness

of r

ealit

y an

d th

e di

stan

ce o

f myt

h, b

ecau

se if

ther

e is

no

dist

ance

you

aren

’t am

azed

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if th

ere

is n

o cl

osen

ess y

ou a

ren’

t mov

ed” -

Pet

er B

rook

“The

Ove

rtur

e is

abo

ut to

star

t

You

cros

s you

r fi

nger

s and

hol

d yo

ur h

eart

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njoy

,

It’s

curt

ain

tim

e an

d aw

ay w

e go

” - C

ole

Port

er, ‘A

noth

er O

peni

n’, A

noth

er S

how

’

C

P

And

rew

is s

tudy

ing

a B

ache

lor

of T

heat

re a

nd P

erfo

rman

ce a

t the

Uni

vers

ity

of N

ew E

ngla

nd.

Pre

viou

s di

rect

ing

cred

its

incl

ude:

Lit

tle

Shop

of H

orro

rs (P

laye

rs T

heat

re C

ompa

ny),

Swee

ney

Tod

d (U

nive

rsit

y of

New

Eng

land

), W

izar

d of

Oz

(PT

C),

Popu

lar

Mec

hani

cals

(UN

E),

Com

edy

of

Err

ors,

(Cen

tre

Stag

e T

heat

re A

cade

my)

, A M

idsu

mm

er N

ight

’s D

ream

(Spo

tlig

ht Y

outh

The

atre

),

The

Mys

tery

of E

dwin

Dro

od (S

potl

ight

The

atri

cal C

ompa

ny),

Pete

r Pa

n (S

YT

), Jo

seph

and

the

Am

azin

g T

echn

icol

or D

ream

coat

(ST

C),

this

pro

duct

ion

earn

ing

3 G

old

Coa

st T

heat

re A

war

d

nom

inat

ions

, Oliv

er! (

STC

) and

Cur

tain

s (B

TG

). A

ctin

g cr

edit

s in

clud

e: H

ilest

acov

(Gov

ernm

ent

Insp

ecto

r), D

rom

io (C

omed

y of

Err

ors)

, Mrs

Tw

it (T

he T

wit

s), G

rand

pa (B

utte

r B

attl

es),

Ant

hony

Hop

e (S

wee

ney

Tod

d), J

ack

(Int

o th

e W

oods

), Q

uinc

e/E

nsem

ble

Dir

ecto

r (A

Mid

sum

mer

Nig

ht’s

Dre

am),

Bor

achi

o (M

uch

Ado

Abo

ut N

othi

ng),

Lew

is (P

ippi

n), M

othe

r G

otha

l (R

apun

zel),

Cec

il

Gra

ham

/Vic

e D

irec

tor

(Lad

y W

inde

rmer

e’s

Fan)

, Thi

s pr

oduc

tion

ear

ning

And

rew

Tw

o D

olph

in

Aw

ards

for

Bes

t Lig

htin

g an

d B

est C

hore

ogra

phy,

as

wel

l as

bein

g no

min

ated

for

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t Sup

port

ing

Act

or, G

eek/

Dad

(Hea

ther

s).

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rew

is p

roud

to b

e th

e re

side

nt s

enio

r dr

ama

teac

her

at S

potl

ight

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atri

cal C

ompa

ny, h

olds

a po

siti

on o

n th

e G

CLT

Pro

duct

ion

Com

mit

tee

and

is lo

okin

g fo

rwar

d to

per

form

ing

in th

e tw

o-

hand

er p

lay,

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Dan

ce L

esso

ns in

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ks’ a

t Jav

eenb

ah T

heat

re C

ompa

ny in

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tem

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FROM

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OCK

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arsa

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togr

aphy

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4

21/6

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8:1

5 pm

Car

olin

e ho

lds

a M

aste

rs o

f Mus

ic S

tudi

es fr

om Q

ueen

slan

d C

onse

rvat

oriu

m o

f Mus

ic a

nd

Bac

helo

r of

Mus

ic T

heat

re (C

QU

). B

orn

and

rais

ed o

n th

e G

old

Coa

st, s

he is

a tr

ue lo

cal!

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olin

e pr

imar

ily w

orks

at S

ain

t Ste

phen

’s C

olle

ge a

s a

Voca

l Tut

or, h

owev

er h

as ta

ught

acro

ss th

e co

ast f

or th

e pa

st 1

7 ye

ars.

Whe

n n

ot te

achi

ng

priv

atel

y, s

he w

orks

as

a M

usic

al

Dir

ecto

r, P

rodu

ctio

n Vo

cal C

oach

an

d pe

rfor

ms

solo

at c

lubs

, res

taur

ants

an

d co

rpor

ate

fun

ctio

ns,

or

unde

r th

e ja

zz d

uo, T

wo’

s T

roub

le. P

rofe

ssio

nal

thea

tre

cred

its

incl

ude:

Bee

hive

: The

Reu

nio

n (G

CA

C),

Jose

ph a

nd

the

Am

azin

g T

echn

icol

or D

ream

coat

(HR

TC

),

Lip

stic

k, S

izzl

ing

Hit

s an

d B

eehi

ve (G

CA

C).

Oth

er p

erfo

rman

ces

incl

ude:

Les

Mis

erab

les,

The

Bea

t Goe

s O

n, J

ukeb

ox &

Cab

aret

(GC

AC

), Sy

dney

Cab

aret

Con

ven

tion

, Bri

sban

e:

New

Voi

ces,

Dow

nto

wn

, Hig

her

& H

ighe

r an

d Jo

seph

an

d th

e A

maz

ing

Tec

hnic

olor

Dre

amco

at (S

potl

ight

The

atre

).

Car

olin

e w

as r

ecen

tly

the

Mus

ical

Dir

ecto

r (a

lon

gsid

e B

en M

urra

y) fo

r Sp

otlig

ht’s

sel

l-ou

t sea

son

of ‘O

liver

!

CARO

LIN

E TA

YLOR

, MUS

ICAL

DIR

ECTO

R

Jam

ie is

a m

ulti

-fac

eted

per

form

er w

ho h

as b

een

ente

rtai

nin

g lo

cal a

nd

nat

ion

al a

udie

nce

s

for

over

a d

ecad

e. H

e ha

s ap

pear

ed in

ove

r 30

mus

ical

s, in

clud

ing

Swee

ney

Tod

d as

Tob

ias

Rag

g op

posi

te R

ob G

uest

, Gre

ase

as D

anny

Zuk

o, T

he B

oy fr

om O

z as

Gre

g, L

egal

ly B

lon

de

as E

mm

ett (

GC

AT

A n

omin

atio

n), A

ll Sh

ook

Up

as C

had

(GC

AT

A a

war

d -b

est a

ctor

), an

d

seve

ral o

ther

sho

ws

from

Wes

t Sid

e St

ory

to C

abar

et. A

s a

Dir

ecto

r/C

hore

ogra

pher

, Jam

ie

has

take

n on

All

Shoo

k U

p (2

012)

an

d in

201

6 he

cre

ated

, dir

ecte

d, c

hore

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phed

an

d

star

red

in H

ighe

r an

d H

ighe

r: T

he M

otow

n M

usic

al (G

CA

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aw

ard

- Bes

t Cho

reog

raph

er).

In 2

017

Jam

ie c

hore

ogra

phed

Jos

eph

and

the

Am

azin

g T

echn

icol

or D

ream

coat

an

d

dire

cted

an

d ch

oreo

grap

hed

Nin

e to

Fiv

e: T

he M

usic

al, b

oth

for

Spot

light

, for

whi

ch

he w

as n

omin

ated

aga

in a

s be

st D

irec

tor

and

Cho

reog

raph

er (G

CA

TA

nom

inat

ion)

. Jam

ie ju

st c

ompl

eted

Dir

ecto

r/

Cho

reog

raph

er d

utie

s on

HE

AT

HE

RS

for

Spot

light

The

atre

.

JAM

IE W

ATT,

CH

OREO

GRA

PHER

‘AN

OTH

ER O

PEN

ING

’

Lau

ren

has

been

per

form

ing

for

as lo

ng a

s sh

e ca

n re

mem

ber,

beg

inni

ng w

ith

reen

acti

ng th

e

Har

ry P

otte

r fil

ms

in th

e ba

ckya

rd. S

ome

of h

er p

erfo

rman

ce c

redi

ts in

clud

e H

ope

Har

cour

t in

Any

thin

g G

oes

(Bee

nlei

gh T

heat

re G

roup

), B

ambi

and

Dan

ce C

apta

in in

Cur

tain

s (B

eenl

eigh

The

atre

Gro

up) L

ogai

nne

Schw

artz

andg

rube

nier

re a

nd D

ance

Cap

tain

in T

he 2

5th

Ann

ual

Put

nam

Cou

nty

Spel

ling

Bee

(Bea

udes

ert A

mat

eur

Mus

ical

Soc

iety

), L

egal

ly B

lond

e (B

risb

ane

Aca

dem

y of

Mus

ical

The

atre

) and

Offi

cer

Bar

rel i

n U

rine

tow

n (B

risb

ane

Aca

dem

y of

Mus

ical

The

atre

). P

rofe

ssio

nally

, Lau

ren

has

tour

ed th

e co

untr

y w

ith

Har

vest

Rai

n’s

aren

a pr

oduc

tion

of G

reas

e as

a p

erfo

rmer

and

dan

ce c

apta

in. K

iss

Me

Kat

e is

Lau

ren’

s ch

oreo

grap

hic

debu

t.

LAUR

EN C

ONW

AY, C

HOR

EOGR

APH

ER ‘TO

M, D

ICK

OR

HAR

RY’

Lau

ren

trai

ned

as

a da

nce

r fr

om th

e ag

e of

two,

an

d pe

rfor

med

her

firs

t pro

fess

ion

al d

ance

role

in O

pera

Que

ensl

and’

s L

ucia

Di L

amm

erm

oor.

Follo

win

g th

is c

ame

The

Pir

ates

of P

enza

nce

(Mab

el),

Bud

dy: T

he B

uddy

Hol

ly S

tory

(Mar

y L

ou S

okol

off),

The

Mus

ic M

an (M

aria

n Pa

roo)

, the

wor

ld p

rem

iere

an

d th

e re

cen

t

revi

val o

f Bill

y B

ucke

tt: a

Roc

k an

d R

oll L

ove

Stor

y (J

anet

te B

urn

s), T

he S

ecre

t Gar

den

(Lily

Cra

ven)

, The

Pha

nto

m o

f the

Ope

ra (C

hris

tin

e D

aae)

, Sun

day

in th

e Pa

rk W

ith

Geo

rge

(Cel

este

1),

The

Boy

Fro

m O

z (K

aren

), th

e on

e-w

oman

sho

w T

ell M

e O

n A

Sun

day,

A F

unny

Thi

ng

Hap

pen

ed O

n T

he W

ay T

o T

he F

orum

(Phi

lia),

and

Cur

tain

s (N

iki H

arri

s).

Mos

t rec

entl

y, L

aure

n de

velo

ped

her

own

wor

k ca

lled

Qui

et O

n Se

t as

part

of S

unPA

C’s

Em

ergi

ng

Cre

ativ

es P

rogr

am,

men

tore

d by

Jos

eph

Sim

ons.

Lau

ren

is a

reg

ular

sol

oist

per

form

er w

ith

Foot

light

s T

heat

rica

l In

c.

LAUR

EN LE

E INN

ES-Y

OURE

N, C

HORE

OGRA

PHER

‘CANT

IAMO

D’AM

ORE’

Kim

has

bee

n a

regu

lar

on th

e G

old

Coa

st T

heat

re c

ircu

it s

ince

she

was

just

12

year

s ol

d

as b

oth

a Pe

rfor

mer

an

d D

irec

tor

& C

hore

ogra

pher

. Aft

er s

tudy

ing

unde

r th

e gu

idan

ce

of L

ynn

Dye

r at

Spo

tlig

ht Y

outh

The

atre

they

then

sta

rted

the

Nat

ion

al A

cade

my

of

Perf

orm

ing

Art

s in

200

6. S

ince

then

NA

PA h

as g

row

n to

hou

se n

ot o

nly

on

e of

the

Gol

d

Coa

st’s

mos

t pre

stig

ious

per

form

ance

aca

dem

ies,

but

als

o th

e n

ewly

foun

ded

NA

PA

En

sem

ble.

It i

s K

im’s

dre

am to

cre

ate

the

nex

t lev

el o

f the

atre

on

the

Gol

d C

oast

, tha

t can

not

on

ly s

how

case

but

em

ploy

loca

l tal

ent.

KIM

REY

NOL

DS, C

HOR

EOGR

APH

ER ‘TO

O DA

RN H

OT’

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