UTS Backstage Presents: Dogfight

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:

1. They must be polite
2. They must buy the girl a drink
3. 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