21.09.23
Dear Grif-friend,
Well, effectively effectively… if it isn’t me, Cassie Hamilton, Griffin’s Associate Producer, writing the observe for this version of Griffin News!
I deal with coordinating all of the productions at Griffin with our Senior Producer Leila Enright. We form of perform as a little bit of an amoeba (her phrases)—type of a hive thoughts task-tackling strategy the place we tackle mammoth quantities of labor and intuit what every of us must do. It’s a novel and I’d say efficient strategy! However, past producing I’m additionally a playwright (OMG an rising playwright working at Griffin, who’d have thought?!), which has typically been a dream right here, with the one caveat being the week the place I began right here being the identical one I discovered I used to be shortlisted for the Griffin Award…
I promise I didn’t rig it guys—I had no concept—it was simply unhealthy (good?) timing…
Anyway, I’m at present sitting right here consuming iced espresso brimming with pleasure as a result of we’re launching our 2024 Season in 5 days’ time, on Tuesday 26 September!!! I actually can’t articulate to you all how thrilling subsequent yr’s season is, with really among the most bold, out-of-the-box and simply rattling mind-blowing works ever! There is one present later in 2024 that I’m really stupidly excited for that could be a younger queer story in certainly one of my favorite genres. I even obtained do one thing very particular for it that could be a little out of my job description. I can’t say what, however I can say have a detailed have a look at the poster for it…
But proper now we’re proper in the midst of our season of Nakkiah Lui’s riotous Blaque comedy Blaque Showgirls! This was the primary manufacturing I obtained to provide from begin to end and what an absolute dream it has been working with this crew of masters of their craft. Every time I see this present I snigger tougher than the final time I noticed it, and scream louder at each euphoric second of bad-ass bitchery (this second remark is predominantly for Jonathon Jeffery’s Chandon… god he kills it extra time). It’s been so nice seeing the opinions for the work and it receiving the excessive reward that it deserves! Even Jessica Mauboy got here the opposite evening and cherished it! Do your self a favour and DO NOT MISS THIS!!!
Well, that’s it for me for now. Can’t wait to see you round Griffin at Blaque Showgirls and in 2024!
I’ll see you round! (and also you may see me on a poster or one thing IDK),
Cassie
Cassie Hamilton
Associate Producer