Jerry Hall – Mrs Robinson

Rider Strong – Benjamin

Michelle Fornasier – Mrs Braddock

Luke Hewitt – Mr Robinson, Drinker in bar   

Kate Jenkinson – Elaine Robinson
 
David Meadows – Mr Braddock, Drinker in bar

 

James Helm - Hotel guest, Barman, Wedding guest. Understudy Benjamin and Mr Braddock

Steve Turner – Hotel Clerk, Pool player, Psychiatrist, Priest. Understudy Mr Robinson
 
Alison van Reeken – Hotel guest, Stripper, Wedding guest. Understudy Mrs Braddock

 

Whitney Richards – U/S Elaine, Female non speaking

Karl Watson – Bell Boy, Male non speaking

 

JERRY HALL

Mrs Robinson

Born in Gonzales, Texas, Jerry moved to Paris at 16 to begin her international modelling career.  She trained at the Actors Studio in New York with Stelle Adler and the NT in London with Kate Fleming and Patsy Rodenburg.  Jerry has been treading the boards in England, Ireland and the USA, with more than 600 performances in the last few years.

Theatre includes: Bus Stop (USA and West End) and in the West End, The Vagina Monologues, (also 2007 tour) and The Play What I Wrote (including a special appearances in Belfast). She recently played Sugar in Bud Shrake’s Benchmark directed by Michael Rudman (New End, Hamstead) and Mrs Robinson in The Graduate (West End and North American tour).  She was the celebrity guest in The Vagina Monologues (North American tour, Austin, Texas) and toured England with Picasso’s Women, a 52 minute monologue.  Also, Mother Lord in High Society (Shaftsbury) and Melissa Gardner A R Gurney’s Love Letters with David Soul (Tivoli, Dublin, 2008).  She has entered the Guinness Book of Records performing in six West End plays in one night.  Les Miserables, The Phantom of the Opera, Fame, Blood Brothers, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and My One and Only.

Film includes:  Ismail Merchant’s Merci Docteur Rey, RPM, Diane & Me, Savage Hearts, Roger Vadim’s Saint-Germain-des-Pres Apres La Guerra, Freejack, Willie and Phil, Urban Cowboy, Let’s Spend the Night Together, Running Out Of Luck, The Emperor and the Nightingale, Batman, Bejewelled, Princess Caribou, Vampire in Brooklyn and Truth.  Most recently, Money by Martin Amis for BBC (aired May 2010)
Television includes: Married with Children, Just Shoot Me, hosting Saturday Night Live, The Clive James Show, French & Saunders and Cluedo, a six-part series, and, more recently, Hotel Babylon.  She hosted her own BBC series in 2003, Jerry Hall’s Gurus, and her show Kent recently premiered in the UK.

Other work includes: bestselling book Tall Tales
Jerry lives with her four children, Elizabeth, James, Georgina May and Gabriel.

 

MICHELLE FORNASIER

Mrs Braddock

Michelle has been performing professionally since completing her actor training at the University of Southern Queensland (USQ) over 15 years ago.  She has worked in Theatre, Film and Television in Queensland, Sydney and for the last 6 years in Perth.  Her acting debut in Perth resulted in a Best Actress Award at the 2005 Equity Guild Awards for her performance in “The Visit”. 

Michelle has worked with all the major theatre companies in Perth, including “The Memory of Water”, “The Lady Aoi”, and “The Visit” (Black Swan State Theatre Co.), “The Spook” (Logos Productions), “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (Shakespeare WA), “The Turning”, “Baby Boomer Blues” and “Bombshells” (Perth Theatre Co),“Troll from the Bowl” (Barking Gecko). and will be debuting at (Deckchair Theatre) next year with the award winning Australian play “Modern International Dead”. 

Michelle has also performed in various plays in Brisbane and Sydney, toured nationally, appeared in numerous award winning short films and television series and is currently appearing as Werolda in the Channel 9 series “Storm World” and “Sleepover Club 2” as Mrs Beasley.  She has been a proud member of Equity since 1991.

LUKE HEWITT

Mr Robinson, Drinker in bar 

Winner of the Perth Theatre Trust/Equity Guild Award for Best Actor in both 2009 (Speed the Plow) and 2008 (Road Train), Luke has been acting professionally in Perth for more than 15 years. Luke’s body of work is extremely varied ranging from musical comedy to the classics, feature film to Children’s TV, and he has been involved in the creation of several successful new works. He has a powerful tenor singing voice and is competent with many instruments. Luke has served as performer and Musical Director for kompany M, (a company that has produced only new works over the past 4 years) of which he is a founding partner.

Recent credits include Love Me Tender by Tom Holloway – Company B Belvoir(Sydney) / Griffin Theatre Company (Sydney) Thin Ice(Perth), Krakouer! By Reg Cribb - DECKCHAIR THEATRE; 12th Night, Much Ado about Nothing - BLACK SWAN STATE THEATRE COMPANY; An Oak Tree - PERTH THEATRE COMPANY; and 12 years of Shakespeare in the Park.

Other credits include: Theatre - Perth Theatre Company: Speed-the-Plow, Amadeus, Face to Face, Milk and Honey. Black Swan State Theatre Company: Much Ado About Nothing, Cyrano de Bergerac, Red Dog, One Destiny. Deckchair Theatre Company: Wonderlands, Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet. kompany M: Tours of the Gun, Road Train. Sydney Theatre Company: One Day in ’67. Yirra Yaakin: One Day in ’67, King Hit. EHJ Productions: Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing, The Taming of the Shrew, Romeo and Juliet, The Wind in the Willows. Jedda Productions: Windows. Make a Mile Productions: Road Train. Mark Turton: Strong Left Hand. White Crow Productions: Bombs and Suitcases. The Blue Room: The Monkey Bomb (Ian Wilding), Green Meat is for Takeaways. Handzon Theatre: Chat – The Musical. Shining Wit: Bouncers. Fairweather Productions: Thermophobia. Hole in the Wall and Theatre Kimberley: A Tuna Christmas. Eureka! Productions @ Swy Theatre: 1959 Pink Thunderbird Convertible.
TV: Cloudstreet mini - series - ABC’s Building Australia Series: Pipe Dreams, Streetsmartz, Parallax, Wormwood, Bush Patrol, Ship to Shore
Film: Two Fists One Heart, Stone Bros, Crush, Wait Till Your Father Gets Home, The Codopple
Other: Luke is a founding member of kompany M and has appeared in numerous TV commercials, including many high profile advertising campaigns, and is a highly sought after voice-over artist for TV and radio, both in WA and nationally. Luke has been a proud member of Equity since 1986.

 

KATE JENKINSON  

Elaine Robinson

Kate graduated from WAAPA in 2004 winning the prestigious Nigel Rideout Award and has since been working consistently in Theatre and Television Australia wide. In 2005 Kate was nominated for the Best Newcomer Award for her role as Julia in Zastrozzi for Black Swan Theatre Company. She then began work as a regular on the Channel 10 comedy series The Wedge from 2005 to 2007. During this time she also appeared on Thank God You’re Here, Canal Road,  Forgotten Cities for Working Dog and Sean Micallef’s comedy Newstopia. She began 2008 in the MTC production of Don Juan in Soho before moving on to film a 6 part series Bogan Pride for SBS. During 2008 Kate also had recurring roles on Southern Star’s Rush and Satisfaction and guest roles on Southern Star’s Tangle and Ruby Entertainment’s Whatever Happened to that Guy?  In 2009 she played Naomi in Kay & Mclean’s production of Secret Bridesmaid's Business and since then has reprised her roles on Rush, Satisfaction and Tangle as well as guest roles on Wilfred II, Lowdown and City Homicide. Kate has just finished filming a lead role in Killing Time, a new television series from FremantleMedia, due to be aired later this year.

 

STEVE TURNER

Hotel Clerk, Pool player, Psychiatrist, Priest.
Understudy Mr Robinson

Steve is a veteran of Perth theatre, who has throughout his acting career worked extensively with all major West Australian theatre companies, in a miscellany of significant roles. As dual winner of the W.A. Actors Equity Guild Award for Best Actor (2001, 2002) and the Equity Guild Members Choice Award (2007), Steve’s comprehensive list of credits well justifies his reputation for versatility.

His recent theatre work includes “Twelfth Night” “Much Ado About Nothing” “The Crucible”  “The Glass Menagerie” and “The Carnivores” (Black Swan State Theatre) “Speed-the-Plow” (Perth Theatre Company) “Grace” (deckchair Theatre) “Bone Dry” (kompany M) and “October” (The Blue Room). Amongst other roles for television Steve is currently appearing as Hintor in the series “Storm World”.

He was a founding member of the successful independent theatre ensemble kompany M and has been a proud member of Actors Equity since 1987. 

JAMES HELM

Motel Manager, Wedding Guest, Man in Bar and U/S Benjamin & Mr Braddock

Originally from the UK, James trained at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London and the Bolton Performance Institute, Manchester.  He worked professionally in the UK and US before making the move to Australia in 2004.

His television credits include Hollyoaks, The Bill, Plotlands, The Cops and City Central, as well as the films Lust, Nightwolf, Shopping, Lonely Heart and Punch Drunk Love.

Since arriving in Australia he has starred numerous films including, Offing David, Middle Children, Esoterica, The Man Upstairs, Human Nature, Conscience and No Through Road; for which he won the 2008 Award for Acting at the WA Screen Awards. 

He played real life author Keith Ewers in Rowan Woods’ latest film Three Acts of Murder for the ABC, and will soon be seen in Catching Up with Henry and Aaron when it premieres later this year.

 He also received a 2010 nomination for the Outstanding Achievement award at the Blue Room theatre awards for his role as Neil in A View of Concrete.  Most recently he was seen in the title role of the world premiere sell out season of The Myth of Julian Rose.  James is delighted to be part of The Graduate cast and will be also be appearing in Deep Blue Sea at the Playhouse theatre at the end of the year before beginning work on a new British feature film in early 2011.

ALISON VAN REEKEN

Hotel guest, Stripper, Wedding guest.
Understudy Mrs Braddock

Alison studied at Curtin University and WAAPA, and upon graduation moved to Sydney where she lived for eight years, producing and performing in successful productions at the Old Fitzroy Theatre, Belvoir Street Downstairs Theatre, Stables Theatre, Hunter Valley, and Darlinghurst Theatre.   She has also appeared in episodes of Water Rats, Murder Call, and All Saints.  Since returning to Perth she has worked regularly for Black Swan State Theatre Company including productions of The Female of the Species, Life X 3, The Crucible, Woyzeck, The Carnivores, and A Man with Five Children.  She has also appeared in Perth Theatre Company productions of The Turning (in association with PIAF and Western Edge) and Charitable Intent.  Alison is a founding member of Red Ryder Productions, and has co-produced and/or appeared in their productions of Dealer’s Choice, A Moment on the Lips, The Mozart Faction, Loveplay, and Dying City.  She has performed in three finals of the Brainbox Maj Monologue Competition, and has been nominated for several Equity Guild Awards, winning Best Supporting Actress for The Carnivores, which also earned her a Best Actress nomination at the 2007 Helpmann Awards.   Alison has been a proud member of Equity since 1996.