Racheal - Production Date: November – December, 1999 (exact dates unknown)
- Production Company: API Theatre Company, Brisbane
- Playwrights: Billy Solly & Donald Ward
- My Role: Backstage Crew
This was my second time working backstage on a production – and first time working behind the scenes on a musical theatre show. I don’t remember the show – we are talking nearly 30 years ago! – and I have no idea how I ended up working backstage on this one, but it was most likely due to being on the API Theatre Committee, and having the opportunity to work in a different role under the Director, Carolyn Kinniburgh. The program notes I worked as Stage Crew and in Set Construction.
The show only had a small cast of six performers, two of whom I did work with again later on – Julie Sibley, and Darren Lutton. I can’t really tell you much more about the show however, as I don’t even remember any of the songs. It wasn’t exactly a Broadway hit I believe, and a quick google search reminded me it was set in the 1940s and was supposedly a musical comedy. But I’ve never heard of or seen any other production company put the show on since, so I guess it wasn’t all that popular.
CAST: Julie Sibley, Kate Frazer, Christine Purchase, Brett Budgen, Keith Beiers, Darren Lutton
CREW: Carolyn Kinniburgh (Director), Suzie Tulloch (Choreographer), Anita Brown (Assistant Choreographer), Pianist (Joanne Johnson), Mary Cuthbert (Stage Manager), Ken Latter (Lighting Design), Rosemary Grummitt, Ben Clegg, John Levers, Lilian Harrington, Ian Bielenberg, Merle Jardine.
