CAST
Peter Ellersdorfer
BEAN
Peter has been involved with drama since a young age, competing in various drama festivals and classes. He also elected Drama for his HSC year at Blakehurst High School, alongside acting in numerous School Productions. Most notable were Brechts The Caucasian Chalk Circle, playing the corrupt, drunk lawyer named Azdak and Shakespears A Midsummer Nights Dream, playing Oberon; King of the Fairies.
Outside of school Peter has been involved in the amateur theatre circuit, such as the Cronulla Arts and has also taken courses at NIDA and ATYP involving film and stage acting. Peters short film credits both behind and in front of the camera are notable.
Peter is an Engineering student at the university of New South Wales.
Courtney Powell
JOAN
Whilst Courtneys first love is the theatre, she is cunningly disguised as a high school teacher by day, purely to fund her expensive theatre habit. Previous roles include Kim in the Australian Premiere of Personals, The Nurse in Romeo+Juliet, one of six actors in 4.48 Psychosis, Mark's Mother/Ensemble in Canned Laughter's RENT, Mehitabel in Archy and Mehitabel, Gertrude in EUROBEAT: Almost Eurovision, Woman 2 in EDGES: A Song Cycle, Joan in Dames at Sea, The Cowardly Lion in the L&H Cabaret Dancer's production of Oz, Die Alte in A Bright Room Called day and a Ninja, no less, in Dr Bones for the Short +Sweet Festival Top 100 at NIDA. She also hosts the Humphrey B. Bear Live Show, is a seasonal performer at the El Rocco Jazz Cellar and will stilt-walk upon request.
Courtney has spent time in America, living in New York City and working on Broadway with the New York City Summer Play Festival. She plans to return to New York after LOVESONG, to pursue an acting career in the states.
Andrew Langcake
HARRY
Growing up in Adelaide, Andrew discovered a love of acting after his year 7 teacher nominated him for the Aurora Gifted and Talented program for Drama. Andrew developed his skills as an actor in the theatre, performing in roles such as The Crucibles John Proctor, Magnus from Stoppards The Real Inspector Hound and Francisco Pizarro from Peter Shaffers Royal Hunt for the Sun.
Here, he adds Harry to his repertoire.
Hanni Trewin
MOLLY
Just out of high school, Hanni studies Arts and Sydney Uni. She was a member of the State Drama Ensembles and Company for 4 years, performing in both The Elephant Man, Chatroom and several Regional and State Drama Festivals. With a rich background in musical theatre, Hanni attained lead roles in school productions such as My Fair Lady, Footloose, Leader of the Pack and 42nd Street.
Currently, Hannis lead role of Persephone in the Web series THE REAPER is keeping her busy after appearing in several short films such as "Who Killed Crime Fiction?", "Bliss" and "Separated".
She was the lead in many school productions, such as Sandy, The Weather Girl and Lockie Leonard, as well as being nominated for OnStage for her HSC Individual Project.
Hanni is proud to be Lions Youth of the Year for 2009.
Kenneth Ogilvie
PRODUCER / CO DIRECTOR
Kenneth has worked with several of Sydneys leading amateur theatrical societies over the past 6 years. His premiere role of Man With Clipboard! in 42nd Street remains to this date, his most challenging and exciting role. Since then he has appeared in and/or produced several Australian Amateur Premieres including CATS, The Producers, The Wedding Singer, RENT
Kenneth is a published comic artist and has written several graphic novels. His off beat short films have appeared as finalists in Sydney Festivals, some of which have been screened internationally.
In recent years Kenneth has worked along side American industry professionals to produce a collection of works over a 2-month period including Romeo & Juliet, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Miracle Worker, and TOMMY.
Kenneth is a Graphic Designer and has taught NSW students from K-12. His most rewarding job to date was teaching students with emotional disturbance in a public funded primary school.
Genevieve Tait
CO DIRECTOR
Genevieve is currently completing her Honours Degree in Creative Writing at Wollongong University. A student who dabbles, and here she is dabbling again.
Genevieve has worked for Film Ink, Encore Magazine and travelled internationally as a PR representative for a leading Los Angeles firm.
In her spare time she edits novels while also penning her own original theatrical works and screenplays. Her film BAD TIDINGS was a finalist in the Newtown Flicks Film Festival. Her most recent outing in cinema: ROSY MAX (which she both wrote and directed) is an entrant in the Dungog Film Festival.
Glen Jackson
SET DESIGN / WAITER
Glen had been involved with the theatre from a very young age until he realised what the word pretentious meant. To occupy his time he went out to his dad’s shed and began to build things. First came crossbows, slingshots, glove-guns and bows and arrows. Then, as he longed for a set of wheels, came motorised scooter-trikes.
What these inventions lacked in safety, speed, usability and a seat they made up for in problem solving genius. Glen was particularly proud of his torch-in-the-mouth headlight idea until his father nearly ran over him at night.
Since then have come guitars, lutes and a world of house repairs before meeting some of the nicer theatre types and reaching the pinnacle of his “making-stuff-work” phase, with set building. When not making stuff, Glen has to earn money. To do this he is a Science teacher at a Wollongong high school. As Glen is quoted as saying: “It pays for my tools and has not caused me to regress to making weaponry... so it must be ok!”
Glens recent stage achievements include MAN 1 in the award winning play NINE-THIRTY-SIX.
Louis Cremen
STAGE MANAGER
Louis enjoys romantic walks on the beach, dinner by candlelight, making applications for the ever-popular iPhone and constructing
strange combinations to post into his bio.
Armed with a degree of Computer Science, Louis will be attempting to take over the world backwards through his vocoder, while accompanying himself on the electric cello which he has never studied, and if that fails then he will be happy to take over part of the world with a few of his mates.
One of Louis' passions, other than making love to a computer, are musicals and he enjoys listening to a good musical soundtrack while working; for instance he's currently listening to [Title of Show], which is his 9th favourite musical.
On a more serious note, Louis is the CEO of Guardian Software Development developing mobile applications for a living. He also is a
research assistant at the University of Wollongong, a volunteer working for anti-human trafficking organisations in Australia and overseas and he travels around the country teaching people how to program on the iPhone. He has been backstage and front of house for Rockdale Musical Society for five years and was a chorus member in Footloose for Engadine Musical Society in 2006.
This is Louis' second stage management gig, with the other being the RMS CABARET: SWEET ARPEGGIOS. He's excited to be working with the fine cast and crew of LOVESONG.
Leon Spencer
COMPOSER
Leon has been involved with music for years. Since picking up the guitar at age eleven he has expanded his musical apparatus to include bass, piano, mandolin, vocals, and most recently, drums. When not studying at university or working to support his musical habits, he can be found playing acoustic gigs around Sydney, or drumming in the band, The Wild Frontier.
No stranger to the stage, Leon has sung in various musicals, most notably as Buddy Holly in The Buddy Holly Story, produced by Canterbury Theatre Guild, and as Jesus in Chatswood Musical Society’s production of Jesus Christ Superstar. This is the first opportunity he has had to lend his own music to a production, and that makes for a refreshing change.
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COURTNEY
PETER
ANDREW
HANNI
CREW
KENNEY
LOUIS
LEON
GENEVIEVE
GLEN
There will be THREE performances of LOVESONG
PERFORMANCE DATES & TIMES
SATURDAY 29th MAY 2010
8PM
SUNDAY 30th MAY 2010
1PM and 5PM
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The LOVESONG Algorithm
Beane is an exile from life... an oddball.
His well-meaning sister, Joan, and brother-in-law, Harry, try and make time for him in their busy lives, but no one can get through.
Following a burglary on Beane's apartment, Joan is baffled to find her brother blissfully happy and tries to unravel the story behind his mysterious new love, Molly.
Funny, enchanting and wonderfully touching, John Kolvenbach's offbeat comedy is a rhapsody to the power of love in all its forms.
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