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![]() Samantha Scott-Blackhall Singapore |
Samantha returned home to Singapore in 2002 after
obtaining a First Class Honours Degree from Flinders University of South
Australia, majoring in Drama and Directing. Directing credits since her
return include
Quills,
The Physicists,
The House of Sleeping Beauties,
The Lover & The Dumb Waiter ,
Agnes of God,
Popcorn and Lonely Planet with Luna-id Theatre,
Dead Certain, the 2003 & 2005 production of
Modern
Dance For Beginners,
Deep Blue Sea and most recently
Death and the
Maiden with Escape Theatre, The Quest For The Paper Gifts (Story
Theatre), Moliere Madness, The One-Sided Wall,
Murders & Manicures (Lasalle-SIA
College of the Arts). Samantha also directed all 6 play readings for
Action Theatre’s
Theatre Idols 1, 2 & 3 as well as the winning play
The
Car in collaboration with Esplanade Theatre Studios Series. Last year
also saw Samantha directing the Asian-Premiere production Doubt for
Action Theatre and this year the restaging of
Everything But The Brain.
At the Life! Theatre Awards 2004 & 2005, Samantha received no less than
5 nominations for Best Director; and for the 2005 production of
The
Physicists she won 2005 Best Director. At this year’s 2006 Life! Theatre
Awards, Luna-id was awarded Production of the Year for
Quills
which she directed.
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![]() Katie Herron USA WEB |
Katie Herron is a Minneapolis born and raised actor and performance artist who studied at the Flinders Drama Centre in 2002. She began working with Pangea World Theater in Minneapolis in 2000 as an artistic and administrative intern and is currently a member of the acting company as well as the Office Manager. For Pangea, Katie has acted in From the Ashes, Entrances and Exits, In the Mirror, Journey to Safety, Momentum, and Shattered Images. Her solo performance, Mirror, Mirror, was originally commissioned in 2006 by the Naked Stages program at Intermedia Arts, funded by the Jerome Foundation and will be remounted at the Center for Independent Artists in late 2007. She is featured in two independent films: Record of Abraxas through Bok Bok Productions and Sins of a Father through Dream a New Reality. A graduate of the University of Minnesota with a B.A. in Theatre Arts and minor in Mathematics, Katie has also trained with DAH Teatar in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro and in the South Indian martial art Kalaripayattu with Guru Shaji K. John and Dipankar Mukherjee. Katie is the recipient of training and research grants from MRAC and the University Research Partnership Program. |
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![]() Saumya Liyanage Sri Lanka |
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![]() Sazali Abu-Othman Singapore |
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![]() Lily Frances-Howson UK |
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James Aubrey UK |
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Guy Petersen Sweden |
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| Revised: 29-07-2009 |