{"id":138725,"date":"2025-04-13T13:24:56","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T13:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/13\/a-note-from-cassie-20-march\/"},"modified":"2025-04-13T13:24:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T13:24:57","slug":"a-note-from-cassie-20-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/13\/a-note-from-cassie-20-march\/","title":{"rendered":"A Note from Cassie, 20 March"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t20.03.25\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Dear Grif-friend,\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">2025 has effectively and actually kicked off as we have now simply closed our season of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/griffintheatre.com.au\/whats-on\/nucleus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Nucleus<\/span><\/i><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> by <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Alana Valentine<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> at Seymour Centre and IMMEDIATELY <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">swung<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0into creating an entire bunch of recent<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\">Australian works. Just this week, I\u2019ve gotten to listen to readings of brand name new performs by the sensible writers <strong>Josipa Draisma, Happy Feraren, Jorjia Gillis, <\/strong>and<strong> Jacob Parker. <\/strong>And holy heck it has been so thrilling listening to all the brand new works being developed at Griffin. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">At a time when it seems like there are such a lot of urgent points, it\u2019s thrilling to see new works being that have interaction with the nuanced political local weather we&#8217;re sitting in. From a First Nations play a couple of Mums\u2019 Club with an antagonist referred to as \u201c**** Mum\u201d (censored phrase begins with a C \ud83d\ude48), to a monologue from a Potts Point twink with <em>American Psycho<\/em> vibes, I believe the Griffin artistic improvement group has some wonderful performs on our palms and what we have to treatment the problems of at this time!<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">In addition to new performs, we even have<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> developments of works programmed later in 2025 <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">(I\u2019m speaking about artistic developments a lot as a result of I\u2019m the artistic improvement girly who runs our artistic developments; but additionally new work is thrilling, and try to be excited!). We\u2019re gearing up for a closing desk learn of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/griffintheatre.com.au\/whats-on\/koreaboo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Koreaboo<\/span><\/i><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> by <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Michelle Lim Davidson <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">to trial out some Ok-pop earlier than we get within the rehearsal room. We knew the nudity side of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/griffintheatre.com.au\/whats-on\/naturism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Naturism<\/span><\/i><\/a> <span data-contrast=\"none\">by <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ang Collins<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> would should be delicately fleshed out. So we have now an enormous nude improvement arising the place we&#8217;ll take our solid on a fastidiously curated journey from performing clothed to performing unclothed. \u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The state of playwriting at Griffin Theatre Company is completely flourishing. Still, in the event you needed to know concerning the state of playwriting in Australia, then <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Leah Purcell <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">could also be higher positioned to talk on that. Luckily for you, she\u2019s going to! At the <a href=\"https:\/\/griffintheatre.com.au\/whats-on\/2025-griffin-award-keynote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2025 <\/a><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/griffintheatre.com.au\/whats-on\/2025-griffin-award-keynote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Griffin Award &amp; Keynote<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> on Wednesday 21 May in partnership with Sydney Writers\u2019 Festival. The Griffin Award Keynote final yr by <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Angus Cerini <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">was such a particular occasion that basically made me take into consideration writing for efficiency in new and thrilling methods<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> and I\u2019m certain what Leah has in retailer will likely be equally as partaking and eye-opening about our business and what it means to be a author. \u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">I used to be additionally fortunate sufficient to talk at The Old Fitz Theatre\u2019s \u201cAct 2\u201d Launch, which included our first Griffin Lookout present of the yr, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/griffintheatre.com.au\/whats-on\/sistren\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">SISTREN<\/span><\/i><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> by <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Iolanthe<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">. I&#8217;m so flipping pumped for this present and what Io and <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Janet Anderson <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">have in retailer for you. It is each a severe dialog about id and marginalisation in addition to some severe enjoyable! With the fabulous group at Green Door Theatre Company producing this work and it being directed by the beloved <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ian Michael<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">, I might purchase a ticket to this one as quickly as you may as a result of tickets are promoting like hotcakes.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Anyway, I&#8217;ll get again to creatively creating some artistic developments! \u00a0I can\u2019t wait to see you all at\u00a0Belvoir St Theatre for <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Koreaboo. <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sending love,<br \/>Cassie<br \/>Associate Producer\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] 20.03.25 Dear Grif-friend,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2025 has effectively and actually kicked off as we have now simply closed our season of Nucleus by Alana Valentine at Seymour Centre and IMMEDIATELY swung\u00a0into creating an entire bunch of recent Australian works. Just this week, I\u2019ve gotten to listen to readings of brand name new performs by the sensible [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":138727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[3835,368,1733],"class_list":{"0":"post-138725","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-drama","8":"tag-cassie","9":"tag-march","10":"tag-note"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}