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The Act-O-Matic 3000 Ensemble
Olivia Hogan
Liv has been involved in professional theatre for the past seven years and Fourplay marked her sixth appearance in an Act-O-Matic 3000 production. Her previous roles have been in The Vagina Monologues (Perth Theatre Company), We Are Family (Deckchair Theatre), Vision of Zero (Deckchair Theatre) A Midsummer Night's Dream (Deckchair Theatre's Shakespeare in the Park), Ed the Anti-Christ, Bedtime for Bastards, Autobahn and The Laramie Project (The Act-O-Matic 3000).
David Gardette
Autobahn marked David’s 11th production with the company, having appeared in three seasons of Ed the Anti-Christ (Melbourne Comedy festival, Adelaide Fringe and Perth's Artrage), two seasons of John Patrick Shanley's Italian American Reconciliation in Melbourne and Perth, Andrea Gillies' The Last Word for Melbourne Fringe 2004 , The Laramie Project, A Devil Inside and last year’s lead in The Return. Other theatre credits include Bell Shakespeare Company Actors at Work, Barking Gecko's Sandcastle Stories for the Perth International Arts Festival; Theseus / Oberon in A Midsummer Nights Dream and Brick in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
Catherine Kohlen
Catherine’s foray into the world of theatre started at a young age. Her background includes stints in dinner theatre, dance, pantomime, cabaret & TV. Favourite roles include Autobahn, The Laramie Project (Green Room Award Winner Best Fringe 2005), A Devil Inside, Bash, Italian American Reconciliation, Bedtime for Bastards, Welcome to the Moon and Easy Ryder – all with Act-O-Matic 3000 Inc; plus a myriad of musicals such as Beauty & the Beast and Les Miserables (Whitehorse), I Love You You’re Perfect Now Change (Williamstown Theatre), Is There Life After High School? and A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Forum (Fab Nobs), Sweeney Todd (CLK), Into the Woods (Playlovers) & Fiddler on the Roof (Music Makers).
Juan Modinger
Originally from Sydney, Juan moved to Melbourne several years ago and now considers this his home town. Juan has various film, television and commercial credits, and amongst his favourite roles have been Ramon in Love! Valor! Compassion!, Billy in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Trev in Act-O-Matic 3000's Melbourne premieres of The Return and a latino homeboy in Neil LaBute's Autobahn, and Arnold in Biloxi Blues to name a few. Most recently Juan's worked on Roving Productions' mockumentary series Real Stories playing a Colombian Ambassador.
Dan Walls
A season of John Patrick Shanley’s Welcome to the Moon at Chapel Off Chapel in 2001 marked Dan Walls' first Melbourne performance with the theatre company he co-founded, The Act-O-Matic 3000, which was followed by Italian American Reconciliation at The Store Room in 2002, which he also directed. This play toured to WA’s Blue Room Theatre where it was nominated for Best Production WA Fringe. More recently with the Act-O-Matic 3000, he has appeared in Neil LaBute’s bash, Autobahn, and Jane Bodie’s fourplay. In 2004 he directed/performed in Van Badham’s Bedtime for Bastards and directed Andrea Gillies' The Last Word. 2005 saw him perform in the Award winning production of The Laramie Project, and David Lindsay-Abaire’s A Devil Inside. Last year, he directed the Victorian premiere of Reg Cribb’s The Return as well as appearing in George F Walker’s The End of Civilization. This year he directed the cabaret Easy Ryder by Fiona Sprott. Other favourite acting turns include Nuts, All My Sons, Cosi, Rebecca, Much Ado About Nothing, Death of a Salesman and Cinna.
Brett Whittingham
Originally from Perth, Brett appeared in many productions both for television and stage before moving to Melbourne with the tour of Ed the Anti-Christ with The Act-O-Matic 3000. Since arriving, Brett has become involved in numerous productions] including Welcome to the Moon, The Laramie Project, Love in a Cubicle (National Tour), Blood Brothers, Autobahn, fourplay, Love! Valour! Compassion! and The Return. His television credits include Secret Life of Us, Blue Heelers, Stingers and several commercials.
Other fine people who have all pitched in and kept The Act-O-Matic 3000 trundling along are: Paula McDonald, Dawn Yates, Nadia and Craig Tracy, Paul Shea, Emma Caporn, Ness Harwood, Ron Kofler, Vicki Smith, Barry Mitchell, baggas, Shanrah Wakefield, Natasha Jacobs, Brenda McKinty, David Ryding, Julie O’Reilly, Nikola Dubois, Lee Collier, Stelios Karagiannis, Shaun Kingma, Adam Kennon, Jeany Lee, Gillian Rogers, Felicity Walker, Katie Macfee, Lidia Faranda, Lucy Eyre, Amanda Crewes, Chris Baldock, Frances Marrington, Fiona Reid, Johanna Wilson, Richard Grimshaw, Renee Macintosh, Tim Edwards and Bec Bradley.
Olivia HoganLiv has been involved in professional theatre for the past seven years and Fourplay marked her sixth appearance in an Act-O-Matic 3000 production. Her previous roles have been in The Vagina Monologues (Perth Theatre Company), We Are Family (Deckchair Theatre), Vision of Zero (Deckchair Theatre) A Midsummer Night's Dream (Deckchair Theatre's Shakespeare in the Park), Ed the Anti-Christ, Bedtime for Bastards, Autobahn and The Laramie Project (The Act-O-Matic 3000).
David GardetteAutobahn marked David’s 11th production with the company, having appeared in three seasons of Ed the Anti-Christ (Melbourne Comedy festival, Adelaide Fringe and Perth's Artrage), two seasons of John Patrick Shanley's Italian American Reconciliation in Melbourne and Perth, Andrea Gillies' The Last Word for Melbourne Fringe 2004 , The Laramie Project, A Devil Inside and last year’s lead in The Return. Other theatre credits include Bell Shakespeare Company Actors at Work, Barking Gecko's Sandcastle Stories for the Perth International Arts Festival; Theseus / Oberon in A Midsummer Nights Dream and Brick in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
Catherine Kohlen
Juan ModingerOriginally from Sydney, Juan moved to Melbourne several years ago and now considers this his home town. Juan has various film, television and commercial credits, and amongst his favourite roles have been Ramon in Love! Valor! Compassion!, Billy in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Trev in Act-O-Matic 3000's Melbourne premieres of The Return and a latino homeboy in Neil LaBute's Autobahn, and Arnold in Biloxi Blues to name a few. Most recently Juan's worked on Roving Productions' mockumentary series Real Stories playing a Colombian Ambassador.
Dan WallsA season of John Patrick Shanley’s Welcome to the Moon at Chapel Off Chapel in 2001 marked Dan Walls' first Melbourne performance with the theatre company he co-founded, The Act-O-Matic 3000, which was followed by Italian American Reconciliation at The Store Room in 2002, which he also directed. This play toured to WA’s Blue Room Theatre where it was nominated for Best Production WA Fringe. More recently with the Act-O-Matic 3000, he has appeared in Neil LaBute’s bash, Autobahn, and Jane Bodie’s fourplay. In 2004 he directed/performed in Van Badham’s Bedtime for Bastards and directed Andrea Gillies' The Last Word. 2005 saw him perform in the Award winning production of The Laramie Project, and David Lindsay-Abaire’s A Devil Inside. Last year, he directed the Victorian premiere of Reg Cribb’s The Return as well as appearing in George F Walker’s The End of Civilization. This year he directed the cabaret Easy Ryder by Fiona Sprott. Other favourite acting turns include Nuts, All My Sons, Cosi, Rebecca, Much Ado About Nothing, Death of a Salesman and Cinna.
Brett WhittinghamOriginally from Perth, Brett appeared in many productions both for television and stage before moving to Melbourne with the tour of Ed the Anti-Christ with The Act-O-Matic 3000. Since arriving, Brett has become involved in numerous productions] including Welcome to the Moon, The Laramie Project, Love in a Cubicle (National Tour), Blood Brothers, Autobahn, fourplay, Love! Valour! Compassion! and The Return. His television credits include Secret Life of Us, Blue Heelers, Stingers and several commercials.
Other fine people who have all pitched in and kept The Act-O-Matic 3000 trundling along are: Paula McDonald, Dawn Yates, Nadia and Craig Tracy, Paul Shea, Emma Caporn, Ness Harwood, Ron Kofler, Vicki Smith, Barry Mitchell, baggas, Shanrah Wakefield, Natasha Jacobs, Brenda McKinty, David Ryding, Julie O’Reilly, Nikola Dubois, Lee Collier, Stelios Karagiannis, Shaun Kingma, Adam Kennon, Jeany Lee, Gillian Rogers, Felicity Walker, Katie Macfee, Lidia Faranda, Lucy Eyre, Amanda Crewes, Chris Baldock, Frances Marrington, Fiona Reid, Johanna Wilson, Richard Grimshaw, Renee Macintosh, Tim Edwards and Bec Bradley.