Cast & Crew

Cast

Miriam Glaser

Paris Hilton, Jane Austen

Miriam has trained at the Atlantic Acting School in New York and the Philippe Gaulier Acting School in Paris. She completed a Bachelor of Creative Arts at Melbourne University with a major in Theatre Studies. Theatre credits include: In Cahoots (Melbourne Comedy Festival), Charcot (Green Room nominated, Trades Hall), Rageboy (Midsumma Festival Premier Event, Malthouse) Hide and Seek (Malthouse 3D Fest - Development Award Winner) Wallpaper (Melbourne Fringe Festival) and The Last Episode of the Bubble Teens by Lally Katz (St. Martins Theatre). She also featured in the TV series Fergus McPhail (Channel 10/BBC) and the multi award winning short film Blow (Australian Film Commission).

Michael Roper

Peter Dodds Mccormack, Daryl Somers, Policeman

Michael is best known as the author of the Australian National Anthem, having written it under the pseudonym of Peter Dodds McCormick just 101 years before his recognized birth year. A true one-hit-wonder, he soon realized anthem writing wouldn't be enough to get the kids through school and has since turned his hand to law enforcement. Forever feeding the schizophrenic dualism of his real and fictional existence, Michael is widely recognized as a master architect of true fantasy. In previous lives, Michael has directed, lit, designed, and performed many theatre productions including The Dinner Party, in which he appeared as, among other things, a toilet wall.

Emily O'Brien-Brown

Genevieve

While spending her childhood traversing Europe in a campervan with her parents, Emily soon realised her smart mouth would one day get her killed or make her some money. So in 2000 she entered the halls of Auckland's drama school Unitec only to be spat out 3 years later more confused than when she went in. Since then Emily has worked as an actor for Auckland Theatre Company, Silo Theatre, 2econd Unit and Theatre Stampede. She has co-produced and performed in Cut Out a play for the Wellington Fringe Festival and the Auckland Comedy Festival. The most recent string to her bow is Nothing Special, a kooky short film screened as part of both the Cannes Film Festival and the Melbourne International Film Festival. For We Are Young And Free is Emily's first theatre production in Melbourne and hopefully, with any luck it won't be her last.

Dylan Lloyd

Dad

Dylan graduated from the Centre for Performing Arts, Adelaide with an Associate Diploma in Acting in 1999. He has worked in everything from short films and independent theatre to being the featured character in S.A's long-running Powerball campaign. Dylan co-produced the Adelaide premiere of The Boys and performed the lead role of Brett Sprague, touring with cross-cultural theatre company parallelo. He also played the lead role of Valmont in Empty Space's production of Dangerous Liaisons. He appeared in the 2003 Melbourne Fringe production of Daniel McIvor's Never Swim Alone (nominated for a Fringe award). Film credits include Shine, Heaven's Burning and Black and White. In 2004 Dylan studied Practical Aesthetics at the Atlantic Theatre Company in New York. Since then, he had a lead role in the independent feature SMS and has appeared in guest roles on Blue Heelers, Stingers and Neighbours. He performed in the sell-out show Still Waiting at La Mama, as well as in The Naked Gardener, dance piece Vast Park (Melbourne Fringe) and Love and Madness in the LMP Unit (La Mama). In the last Adelaide Fringe Festival, Dylan performed in Empire, as well as the remount of Still Waiting at Holden Street Theatre. In 2006, Dylan shot the independent film The Safe House. He finished off the year with Colours at (Melbourne Writers Theatre), Blackrock (Gasworks) and he appeared in the Short and Sweet Festival at the Fairfax theatre.

Crew

Lorin Clarke

Writer/Director

Lorin Clarke is a writer, director and script editor with experience in radio, film, TV and theatre. Awarded second prize in the International Student Playscript Competition in 2004 for People Watching, Lorin has since directed several comedy shows and the Standing There Productions' short film, I Could Be Anybody, which she also wrote. She has also script edited The Librarians (ABC TV), helped write a coffee table book 'celebrating' 20 Years of Neighbours, compiled reports on Russian art at the turn of the century for Radio National, and taken calls detailing truck drivers' most embarrassing moments on Triple M. She has an arts/law degree. Go here to find out more.

Rita Walsh

Producer

Rita completed a Bachelor of Creative Arts in 2002 and began her working life at film and television production company Ruby Entertainment where she worked as a Producer's Assistant on projects that included Crackerjack, Bad Eggs, The Murray Whelan Series and The Extra. She formed Standing There Productions with Lorin in 2003 and produced the stage play People Watching. Over the last three years Rita has worked as a freelance Production Secretary, Production Coordinator and Production Manager on film and TV projects that include BoyTown, Noise, Curtin (ABC Telemovie), and Poetry. She is currently working as Art Department Coordinator on the new series of Kath & Kim. Rita also produced the short films I Could Be Anybody (also with Standing There Productions), Hollow Bones and in December received production investment funding, with Nick Verso and Rachel Bowen, for her next production, a short film called Hugo, from the Australian Film Commission. Go here for more info.

Stewart Thorn

Publicity & Design Coordinator

Stewart Thorn graduated from the VCA with a degree in Fine Arts (Photography) in 2005. Stewart was funded by Film Victoria to complete an attachment on the feature film Noise with cinematographer Laszlo Baranyai. He shot the Standing There Productions film, I Could Be Anybody. Since then he has shot several short films and in 2006 he won a Silver Award for Student Cinematography from the Australian Cinematographers Society. In 2003, Stewart performed in the Standing There Productions theatre show, People Watching. He played a rather quiet, slightly grumpy smartarse. Stewart has a day job playing with cameras he can't afford.

Victoria Woolley

Stage Manager

Victoria graduated from the VCA with a Bachelor of Production in 2006. During her final year, she Stage Managed Dancescape 2006 (VCA Dance), Company directed by Martin Croft (VCA Music Theatre) and was Production Coordinator for Directors Season 1, 2 & 3 (VCA Drama). She completed Secondments as Assistant Stage Manager with Melbourne Theatre Company on The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, as Deputy Stage Manager on Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Opening & Closing Ceremonies and in 2005 on Disney Theatrical Production's Melbourne transfer of The Lion King. For St Martins Youth Arts Centre, she Stage Managed When Sand Becomes Glass (2005) and Radicals & Misanthropes (2006). She is currently working on the Festival of the 12th FINA World Championships and later this year, she will join Sydney Theatre Company as ASM on their production of Love-Lies-Bleeding.

Paul Daniel

Website Designer

Paul has been designing websites for a few years and appears to be getting away with it... Further evidence of the scam can be found at www.pauldaniel.com.au. His actual job involves designing products.