STOP/OVER
Written by GARY DUGGAN
Directed by CHELSEA MATHESON
18th-28th May 2022
The Motley Bauhaus
A day and a night in the city that never sleeps. A young woman arrives into JFK with time to kill until her flight home to Ireland. With thirty-one hours till take-off, she meets up with an old college friend and together they reminisce on their turbulent past and missed opportunities as they embark on a whistle-stop tour of the city.
Three Fates Theatre Company is proud to present the first show of their 2022 season, the Australian premiere of Stop/Over by Gary Duggan - an expertly-crafted two-hander that explores a love that lingers over time and distance. Set over a single night in New York, two Irish expats reunite and reminisce about the moments where their lives intersected – and the reasons why they fell apart. Starring an incredibly captivating duo, Sebastiano Pitruzzello (Lenore: A Tale of Mournful and Never Ending Remembrance, Billy Loves Cha Cha Forever) and Zoe Hawkins (Analog, Punk Rock), Stop/Over is helmed by visionary Melbourne director Chelsea Matheson (Telling Tales, The Cuddle Parlour) and will hit the stage at the new Motley Bauhaus Theatre.
Cast & Creatives
SEBASTIANO PITRUZZELLO as M
Following the completion of Sebastiano Pitruzzello’s (He/Him) training at Federation University’s Arts Academy (FUAA), their theatrical credits have included Lenore: A Tale of Mournful and Never Ending Remembrance with The Knack Theatre (2022), and Billy Loves Cha Cha Forever with Cracked Actors Productions (2021). While honing their craft at FUAA Sebastiano performed in Brecht’s Caucasian Chalk Circle, Shakespeare’s The Comedy Or Errors, Our Country’s Good, and The Chapel Perilous.
Sebastiano has also spent the past 14 months actively engaging in the screen scene, working with film students and independent production companies of the likes of Majella Productions and Left Stock Pictures.
Stage Manager ELLIE BRINDLE
This is Ellie’s (She/Her) first role as Stage Manager after graduating from Melbourne Polytechnic with the Diploma of Live Production and Technical Services. Ellie worked with Antipodes Theatre Company on their show: And She Would Stand Like This as their ASM. Ellie also has worked at Disney World in Florida as an attractions hostess. In addition to her theatre work, she also works for an AV hiring company called CVP. During 2021, Ellie worked with Melbourne Shakespeare Company on their productions of King Lear and Comedy of Errors. Ellie is excited to be working with Three Fates Theatre Company.
Sound Designer IMOGEN CYGLER
Imogen Cygler (She/Her) is an emerging contemporary composer and performer. Imogen is classically trained in piano, violin and voice and contemporary composition. Currently undertaking her Masters, Imogen is an Honours graduate in the Bachelor of Music (Interactive Composition) at the Victorian College of The Arts. In 2019 Imogen completed a commission for the Arts Centre Melbourne (5x5x5) and in 2020 for the University of Melbourne’s ‘Multivocal’ exhibition. She was the recipient of the Adolph Spivakovsky Scholarship for Composition of Music in 2020. Theatre Press described her work as “… breathtaking… beautifully rich in emotion and thought.”
Intimacy Support ANNABELLE TUDOR
Dialect Coach MATT FURLANI
Additional Sound Design by FINNIAN LANGHAM
Promotional Photography by JACK DIXON-GUNN
Trailer by BREE HORWOOD
ZOE HAWKINS as F
Zoe Hawkins (She/Her) is a Lutruwita/Tasmanian born, Naarm/Melbourne based actor and theatre maker. After studying Ancient Cultures and Archaeology at Monash University, she returned to the stage in 2018 and has hitherto performed in the sold out debut season of Independence (Three Fates Theatre), the role of Lilly Cahill in the highly successful production of Punk Rock (Patalog Theatre) at fortyfivedownstairs to critical acclaim, Land (Three Fates Theatre) and Analog (Three Fates Theatre).
Along with acting, she is also a co-founder and Artistic Director of Three Fates Theatre Company.
Set Designer CARMODY NICOL
Carmody Nicol (She/Her) is a designer originally from Newcastle, who graduated from the VCA in 2019.
Since graduating, Carmody has been the designer for shows both in Victoria and in NSW, A Will to Be (Melbourne Fringe 2019 and Adelaide Fringe 2020), The Great Australian Play (2020) and Animal Farm (2020). After taking a break over 2021, she hopes to continue working in independent theatre designing and making sets and props.
Producer LAURA McCLUSKEY
Laura (she/her) is a Naarm-based actor, producer, and screenwriter. Her credits include Three Fates Theatre Company's sold-out season of Independence (2019), and Land (2020). In 2021 she produced the critically-acclaimed international debut of Analog for Three Fates Theatre Company. She has a featured role in the NBC television series La Brea, and stars in psychological thriller feature Kindling (2021) and short The Spiritual Beast (2021).
Director CHELSEA MATHESON
Chelsea (She/Her) is an emerging multidisciplinary director from Naarm/Melbourne. Her highlights include The Cuddle Parlour (The Knack Theatre), Telling Tales (Melbourne Shakespeare Company), Cynefin (FedUni Student Theatre Festival), Topsy and Turvy’s Twisty Turny Journey (Edinburgh Festival Fringe), Shortest Night (Theatia Podsie), a sell-out season of The Mystery of the Golden Scoop (Adelaide Fringe), and CRAIG (Online@TheSpaceUK), which was selected for Academy® Qualifying & BAFTA Recognised festival, Flickerfest. Originally training as an actor, this background nurtures her philosophy of combining comfort, heart and compassion with focus and specificity to create work that is not only detailed, but also full of life.
Lighting Designer GIOVANNA YATE GONZALEZ
Giovanna Yate Gonzalez (She/Her) is a Colombian professional dancer who has expanded her skill set in Australia through the production bachelor at VCA in Lighting Design. She has participated in various performances in Australia, for example, as the lighting designer for the The Book of Everything, at Geelong Repertory Theatre Company in 2019, the interdisciplinary dance project Ten Degrees and the musical Sweet Charity in 2021 at VCA. Furthermore, Trash Pop Butterflies, Dance Dance Dance Paradise January 2022 at MKA - Midsumma Festival and Nora: A Doll’s House at the Union House Theatre in April 2022.
Producer THALÍA DUDEK
Thalía Dudek (They/Them) is an actor, playwright and producer who’s lived around the world including ten years in China. They moved to Melbourne where they graduated with a degree in Philosophy and Literature, as well as co-founding Three Fates Theatre Company and Three of Cups Pictures.
Thalía both wrote and performed in Land (2020) and Analog (2021), produced by Three Fates Theatre Co. to critical acclaim. Thalía has a deep passion for bringing to life the human stories that live in the intersection of philosophy, politics and language and plans to do their MA in Acting in the UK.
