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WAROF THE

WORLDSby Orson Welles

THE NIGHT THAT

the adamson theatre company presents

AMERICA!PANICKED


middle school students in

D e s i g n e d b y

TONY SCANLON SHERYLE ALLAN

BRETT FAIRBANK

D i r e c t e d b y

WAYNE BACON and FIONA MARTIN

Mu s i c a l D i r e c t i o n b y

BEN MARSLAND

T e c h n i c a l D i r e c t i o n b y

SABINO DEL BALSO

C o s t um e D e s i g n b y

STEPHANIE DES BARRES

Adamson Hall - Wesley College St Kilda Road

26 27 28 May 2004

Wr i t t e n b y Orson Welles

Radio Days Revisited

The time is 1938, the setting New York City…

Imagine the pleasure of sitting in a radio theatre auditorium watching an

exciting drama being transmitted live to air: actors, impeccably garbed in

evening dress, delivering their lines into standing microphones; sound

effects people utilising ingenious resources to produce a soundscape

appropriate to the imagined action; and of course, the interspersion of live

commercials singing the praises of the sponsors’ products. Then there

was the fabulous big band dressing up the occasion with its exciting

renditions of popular tunes. Pure magic.

On Halloween, this is how the studio audience at CBS experienced Orson

Welles’ brand new adaptation of “War of the Worlds”, a play documenting

the devastation and panic following an invasion of New York by hostile

Martians. Our hugely entertaining middle school production will enable

you to relive every nostalgic moment of it.

But what of those among the listening audience who happened to

tune into the broadcast too late?

This was the night that panicked America, tens of thousands of New

Yorkers fleeing into the streets in the belief that what they were hearing

was actually occurring! Coverage of the event in the New York Times the

following day ran to several pages.

THE CAST

Announcer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A l i Rogers

Orson Welles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dav id Vatous ios

Stage Attendant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pa r i s Hux ley

Announcer 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dav id Connors

Announcer 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hannah Crone

Announcer 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wi l l M i sch lewsk i

Satin Sisters. . . . . . . . . . . . Cob i Marsh & Ar l ene Sher ren

Carl Phillips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J on R i cke t son

Professor Pierson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rowena Mor t imer

Mrs Wilmuth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J ess i ca Turnbu l l

Policeman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tom Fah ie

Montgomery Smi th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .N i ck Gawler

McDona ld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pa r i s Hux ley

Capta in Lans ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wi l l M i sch lewsk i

Sec reta ry o f the Inte r io r . . . . . . . . . . . .Anton Hopman

O f f i cer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .M i l es Munn

Gunner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Layton Hawkes

Observer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ben McMu l l i n

Commander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ma t t Ben jamin (Shared Ro le) Dav id Feng

Stranger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Max A t twood

Ope r a t o r s

Francesca Kavanagh Arunima Jain Mary Christodulaki

S o u nd E f f e c t s C r ew

David Feng Alexander Holland Zoe Anderson

Kate Turnball

Elodie Duyker Anna Hatzisavas

A d v e r t i s i n g

Grace Gross Paris Taranto

C ameo On e : G u e s s T h a t T u n e

Leila Ward Evelyne Sapieja Mary Christodulaki

Jess Dagala

C ameo Two : H a l l o w e e n N i g h t

Alex McLean as Gene

Louise Fortune as Mommy

Edwina McGregor as sister

Aaron Phull as little boy

C ameo T h r e e : C a r d N i g h t

Michelle Levy

as Norma Amelia Fahie

as Ava Ruby Haynes

as Mavis

C ameo F o u r : N a u g h t y B o y s Mr Richard Brenker

as the Father Ms Sue Harvey

as the Mother Ms Lisa Slingsby

as the Daughter

Mr Craig Glass as a Naughty Boy

Mr Cameron McKenzie as another Naughty Boy

C ameo F i v e : G i r l s N i g h t I n

Arunima Jain

as Myrtle Jasmine John

as Violet Francesca Kavangh

as Pearl

C ameo S i x : C a r R a d i o

Gen Shrayer James Martyn

THE MIDDLE SCHOOL CHOIR

Jessica Songbird. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ms Jessica O’Bryan

Ashleigh Pinto Niki Barrington

Sigrid Blomquist-

Cheatley

Perri Broadbent-Hogan

Amelia Fahie

Sofie Muceniekas

Sophie Lloyd Bridget Saville

Grace Gross

Jessica Suett Rosie Ball

Ellen Basser

Hannah Crone

Louise Fortune

Marina Ogawa

Rowena Mortimer

Celeste Coyne

Clio Renner

Kavita Gill

Giulia Kossmann

Nadine Denison

Brinley Hosking Francesca Kavanagh

Hannah Rose

Bronwyn Fullinfaw

Rachel Beilby

Camille Eldridge

Stephanie Bacon Kathleen McMullan

THE MIDDLE SCHOOL STAGE BAND

Benito Mars-Lando. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mr Ben Mars l and

Peter Boledziuk Jason Brenker

Martin Clark

Alice Donnan Bethany Exiner

James Farthing

Emma Inglis

Kieran Jones

Mardie Landvogt

Will McEniry

Will Mischlewski

Tom Rosenberg

Nick Abbey Jessica Stewart

Ella Delaney

Matt Inglis

Vo i c e s

Tom Fahie

Elodie Duyker David Feng

David Vatousios Paris Huxley

James Mitchell

Ben McMullin Kate Turnball

Amelia Fahie

Zoe Anderson Alex Holland

Aaron Phull


St Kilda Road students in

My Fair Lady by Lerner & Lowe

“Arguably, the world’s best loved musical…”

Live again Eliza Doolittle’s transformation from cockney

flower girl to the toast of London’s Embassy ball.

This will be a truly sumptuous production – lavish

costumes, spectacular sets, and all our very best singers,

dancers, actors and musicians combining their talents for

a joyous and memorable theatrical experience. You’ll want to dance all night.

AUGUST 10 11 12 13 14

2004 at 7:45pm

Bookings: (03) 9522 2412

www.adamsontheatre.net

PRODUCTION TEAM

Directed by. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAYNE BACON and FIONA MARTIN

Musical Direction by. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BEN MARSLAND

Designed by. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TONY SCANLON,

SHERYLE ALLAN and BRETT FAIRBANK

Technical Direction by. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SABINO DEL BALSO

Costume Design by. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .STEPHANIE DES BARRES

Set Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BRETT FAIRBANK (OW), SAM COOK (OW),

SIMON THOMPSON, MORGAN DAY,

TOM ROSENBERG

Backstage Crew. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SIMON THOMPSON, MORGAN DAY,

TOM ROSENBERG

Technical Crew. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HUGH DAY, HAN LIU,

WEN-TE LO, ALICIA OLCORN, SAM WHITNEY

Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ROBYN MARSHALL

Publicity & Front of House. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BRETT FAIRBANK

Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .MARIE ARSENIN & PETER NORTON

Business Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .VAL CREES

Acknowledgements:

The cast of War of the Worlds are extremely thankful to Jess O’Bryan, Ben

Marsland, Craig Glass, Richard Brenker, Sue Harvey, Lisa Slingsby and Cam

McKenzie for their time above and beyond the call of duty. We would also like to

thank Stephanie Des Barres, Elodie Duyker and Zoe Rolfe for make-up and hair.

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