UTS Backstage Presents: Dogfight
Event description
𝙐𝙏𝙎 𝘽𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨: 𝘿𝙤𝙜𝙛𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩
Music and Lyrics by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul
Book by Peter Duchan
It’s 1963 in San Francisco, the Vietnam War is starting and Eddie Birdlace and his mates Boland and Bernstein are about to be shipped out. “The Three Bees” want one last night of debauchery. They’re going to have a Dogfight.
Dogfight (n.) ~ a competition; a military tradition. Men each put $50 in a pool and meet at a club. The man who brings the ugliest girl as his date wins.
Rules:
- They must be polite
- They must buy the girl a drink
- They must dance to be judged
But when Birdlace gets to know Rose, his winning pick, her awkward charm and optimism cause him to question misogynistic military traditions and his masculine ideals, revealing his true vulnerability.
Dogfight perfectly captures the confusing, confronting and often times humiliating reality of growing up and taking on the world.
CONTENT WARNING: Sexual assault, adult language, adult themes, war, death, gunshots
𝙎𝙝𝙤𝙬𝙨:
Thursday 24th October 7pm
Friday 25th October 7pm
Saturday 26th October
Directed by: Skye Williams & Annie Fraser
Produced by: Rachael Brookes & Luca De Santis
Music Director: Alec Rawlings
Band Director: Oliver Bloomer
𝘾𝙖𝙨𝙩:
Birdlace - Blake Condon
Rose - Jess Franke
Marcy - Sophie McGregor
Bernstein - Lem Appel
Boland - Sam Folden
Chippy - Emily Suine
Big Tony - Ellen Bellew
Pete/Waiter - Ollie Durbridge
Mama - Samantha Willis
Ruth - Amy Warner
Peggy - Lucy Nielson
Stevens - Alec Farrow
Fector - Leo Bosi
Gibbs - James Denton
Librarian/Suzette - Caitlin Quinn
Lounge Singer/Sargent - Laura Bailey
Dancers - Jordan Swann, Sean Radecki
Quartet - James Denton, Alec Farrow, Aisha Herbert, Jordan Swann
𝘾𝙧𝙚𝙬:
Director - Skye Williams
Director - Annie Fraser
Producer - Rachael Brookes
Producer - Luca De Santis
Stage Manager - Adeline Cabral
Assistant Stage Manager - Kate Taylor
Choreographer - Kerim Col
Sound - Nic You Lee, Mitchell White
Lighting: Tom Wightwick
Art team (costume) - Anastasia Vorgias
Art team (costume) - Annie Walker
Art team (set)- Peter Warner, Paris Paris
Publicity Manager - Rachael Adamson
Publicity Assistant - Kevin Rodrigueza
Graphic Designer: Isabella Poynter-Symonds