Doorstep Arts Announces Cast and Creatives for DOGFIGHT

Doorstep Arts is proud to announce the cast and creative team set to deliver the Victorian premiere of the award-winning musical DOGFIGHT

It's November 21, 1963. On the eve of their deployment to a small but growing conflict in Southeast Asia, three young marines set out for one boy's final night of debauchery, partying, and maybe a little trouble. But when Corporal Eddie Birdlace (Alex Woodward) meets Rose (Olivia Charalambous), an awkward and idealistic waitress he enlists to win a cruel bet with his fellow recruits, she rewrites the rules of the game and teaches him the power of compassion.

Based on the 1991 cult movie of the same name starring River Phoenix, DOGFIGHT premiered on the stage of New York's Off-Broadway theatre in 2012 where it won the Lucille Lortel Outstanding Musical Award and was nominated for numerous Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk Awards.

Doorstep Arts Artistic Director and Director of DOGFIGHT, Darylin Ramondo is thrilled to introduce this critically-acclaimed production to a Melbourne audience. "The cast includes some of the industry's most exciting young performers and we can't wait to present DOGFIGHT to the Melbourne stage," says Darylin.

Based in Geelong, Doorstep Arts is a leading independent theatre company committed to creating exceptional and innovative theatre. We relish in our enviable reputation for bringing contemporary musical experiences to our audience; for enriching the cultural identity of our community; and for promoting the artistic excellence of our city.

Starring some of our nation's most recognised performers, recent productions include the critically-acclaimed season of Next to Normal (Geelong Performing Arts Centre & Sydney premiere season at Hayes Theatre Co), Australian premiere of Three Sides, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Songs for a New World and The Last Five Years. DOGFIGHT is Doorstep Arts Melbourne debut.

NTRODUCING THE CAST OF DOGFIGHT:

Alex Woodward playing Eddie Birdlace

Olivia Charalambous playing Rose Fenny

Zoy Frangos playing Boland

Jaclyn DeVincentis playing Marcy

Joel Granger playing Bernstein

Daniel Cosgrove playing Stevens

James Coley playing Fector

David Irvine playing Gibbs

Sally Bourne playing Mama

Tim Carney playing Lounge Singer

Hannah McInerney playing Ruth Two Bears

INTRODUCING THE CREATIVES OF DOGFIGHT:

Producer: Angelique Helman

Director: Darylin Ramondo

Musical Director: Trevor Jones

Lighting Design: Martin Kinnane

Choreographer: Leanne Marsland

Sound: Marcello Lo Ricco, LSS Productions

Costume Design: Rhiannon Irving

Photo Courtesy of Doorstep Arts.