Chelsea is a set and costume designer who graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2018 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Production) majoring in Design Realisation. During her time at VCA she was able to intern on ‘Priscilla: Queen of the Desert’ (Michael Cassel Group, 2018) and ‘Julius Caesar’ (Bell Shakespeare, 2018). Her recent credits include: Costume Designer for ‘August: Osage County’ (VCA, 2018), Technical Designer for ‘Peter Pan’ and ‘The Crucible’ (VCA, 2018), Assistant Costume Designer ‘Rock of Ages’ (WMTC, 2019), Costume Designer for ‘Yes, Prime Minister’ (Highway 1 Theatre, 2019), and Design Assistant/Assistant Stage Manager for ‘Sweet Phoebe’ (Red Stitch Actors Theatre, 2019).

Trained at WAAPA and UWA Jennifer is an actor, writer, designer and director. She is co-founder and Company Manager of Wit Incorporated theatre company. Her work gazes adoringly at feminism, sexuality, gender and neurodivergence, as they rummage around in their pockets looking for their shared identity.

JP loves taking characters from our theatrical canon, created by old white dudes for old white dudes and making them her own: including Doug (Cosi), Banquo (Macbeth), and Sherlock Holmes. In 2018, JP brought the house down as Tiggy, Teresa and Zoe in Bombshells, then terrified the lot as The Queen in Ophelia Thinks Harder.

Jennifer designs (set, lighting and graphic) for most of of Wit Incorporated’s productions, has performed in Ophelia Thinks Harder, Bombshells, Outside In, A Scandal in the Weimar, Macbeth, Couch Potato and Cosi, and directed Fairy Tale News and A Hero’s Guide to Saving the Planet.

Jennifer has performed for Melbourne Shakespeare Company, Key Conspirators and Sly Rat Theatre Co. and provides mentoring and support to Fringe artists programmed at Bluestone Church Arts Space. JP takes great joy both in writing new theatre and in working with other writers to develop and refine their own creations.

Riley is a graduate of the production design course from The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. Upon completion of the course, he was proudly a joint recipient of the 2019 David Hough Award for Outstanding Achievement in Design.

Upon graduation, Riley was thrilled to return to his high school to design the sets for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Middle-Class Aristocrat, and The 39 Steps (Shore School). In 2020 Riley also completed designs for The Measure of a Moment (La Mama) and Strictly Ballroom the Musical (Carey Grammar). Both shows have been rescheduled for 2021.

In late 2020, Riley was lucky enough to travel to Perth to work as the production designer for The Boy From Oz at the Crown Theatre (dir. Drew Anthony, Platinum Entertainment). During his time in Perth, he also worked as the scenic artist for We Will Rock You at the Crown Theatre (Platinum Entertainment), and as the design assistant for The Little Mermaid (Freeze Frame Opera) which was presented as a part of Perth Festival.

Whilst at WAAPA Riley designed the sets for Sweet Charity (dir. Shaun Rennie), and Stuff Happens. He designed costumes for Arabian Nights (dir. Adam Mitchell) and When the Rain Stops Falling. Prior to graduating, Riley was delighted to assist on Kiss of the Spiderwoman (MTC) as part of his industry secondment.

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