Theatre 2023
Theatre 2023
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CAST
Amelia Millington: Anne Shirley
Meophy Smith-Williams: Anne Shirley
Jill Holloway: Marilla Cuthbert
Raymond Dunstan: Matthew Cuthbert
Miki Browne: Diana Barry, Mrs Sloane
Astrid Tiefholz: Mrs Lynde
Will Norris: Gilbert Blythe
Eliza Smith: Josie Pye
Elise Bagorski: Cecil the Farmer, Mrs Blewett
Grace Burdick: Mrs Pye
Hamish Chilcott: Charlie Sloane
Jo-Maree Courtney: Mrs MacPherson
Clare Ebsworth: Miss Muriel Stacy, Ensemble
Andrew Gregson: Earl the Mailman
Grace Gregson: Prissy, Female understudy
Emilia Hawkey: Mrs Spencer, Ensemble
Tom Howard: Mr Phillips, Ensemble
Willa Johnson: Ruby Gillis
Holly Jury: Mrs Barry
Stuart Nichols: The Minister, Stationmaster
Katisha O’May: Tillie Boulter
Kiri Patterson: Tommy Sloane, Malcolm Andrews
Caroline Senkbeil: Gertie Pye
Andromeda Smith: Lucilla, Ensemble
Liam Tope: Gerry Buote, Gilbert understudy
Hannah Wigston: Moody Spurgeon MacPherson
Company:
Hobart Repertory Theatre Society
Season: 12 - 23 April 2023
Venue: Playhouse Theatre, Hobart
Book by: Donald Harron
Music by: Norman Campbell
Adapted from the novel by:
L.M. Montgomery
Director: Anne Blythe-Cooper
Stage Manager: Rogan Brown
Production Manager: Ingrid Ganley
PRODUCTION TEAM
Musical Director: Anne Blythe-Cooper
Set Design: Rogan Brown
Lighting Design: Hayden Green
Properties: Josie Okey, Rogan Brown
Costumes: Janet Smith
Choreography: Anne Blythe-Cooper, Cast
Assistant Stage Managers: Janet Smith, Elise Bagorski
Backstage Crew: Jessica Ashworth, Scarlett Higgs, Willow Lockett
Head Mechanist: Matthew Andrewartha
Repetiteur: Gabby Cayoun
Sewing/Costume Assistants: Deb Dean, William Dowd, Liv Hill, Naomi Lawrence, Ange McKenzie, Gail Read, Suzie Torak, Julie Wills
Set Construction: Rogan Brown, Andrew Cooper, Donald Hine, Stephen Gallagher
Hair: Jenifa Dwyer
Wigs: Ann Harvey
Hats: Kerri Smith
Marketing/Publicity: Ben Armitage, Grace Burdick
Graphic Design: Carolyn Whamond
Program Editor: Moya Deigan
Photography: Bob Linacre, Wayne Wagg
DIRECTOR'S NOTES
Having been named after the titularNext page > character more than a decade before I was born, I was beyond thrilled to be asked to direct this show. Anne of Green Gables continues to be beloved and has been retold in many ways. The version which you will see presented by Hobart Repertory Theatre Society in 2023 is that which has been running at the Charlottetown festival since 1965. It was officially recognised in 2014 as the longest running annual musical theatre production in the world.
Anne continues to charm audiences not because she is a hard-done-by orphan who makes good, nor because she is able to put a positive spin on awful situations. Anne makes dreadful mistakes and is intimately acquainted with the state of “the depths of despair.” Her magic is in her ability to see the world as something glorious in the midst of her despair and failure.
She does not ignore the difficulties of her situation but brings imagination to bear to augment the beauty she discovers in the world. Hers is a rich inner life, a resilient spirit and her superpower is gratitude. In recent years, many have tried to pin a “diagnosis” on Anne. Suffice to say, most people are able to find a little bit of Anne in themselves. It’s a broad spectrum and a colourful one. This cast has brought their own colourful energy, talent and individuality to this season of Anne of Green Gables.
“There’s such a lot of different Annes in me. I sometimes think that is why I’m such a troublesome person. If I was just the one Anne it would be ever so much more comfortable, but then it wouldn’t be half so interesting.”
- Anne Blythe-Cooper
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