TOO Episode 82: Audio New Play Festival, Justin Tan and Sabina Gerardi's TALES FROM THE ARCADIA

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!Tales from the Arcadia is set in a Generation Ship dispatched from Earth to ensure humanity’s continued survival. Hundreds of thousands will live and die without seeing their origin or destination. These three short records across time are an incomplete snapshot into how humanity might - with every action - d/evolve into.Creative TeamPlaywright: Justin Tan & Sabina GerardiDramaturg: Steven GaultneyDirector: Justin Tan & Sabina GerardiSound Engineer & Composer: Jack Burmeister  CastCaptain Michaels: Jing-Xuan ChanCommander Sol: Alexandros PettasCouncillor Braxton: Guy KnowlerCouncillor Shaheed: Farah AishahNewsreader: Kim Anne TanTaylor: Rupert BevanAinslie: Jess LuNurse: Sabina GerardiCaptain Fletcher: Frazer ShepherdsonLeo: Oliver TappCaptain Ismail: Abdul Min MuhaiminJude: Laura StrøbechCaptain Paris: Stefanie FalascaNydmius: Justin TanPLAYWRIGHT’S BIOGRAPHIESJustin Tan is a graduate of Company 2020's BFA Acting course at the Victorian College of the Arts. A Singaporean of Chinese descent currently based in Melbourne and a lover of history, Justin hopes to create work that questions and challenges our understanding of our modern world. This is his first time writing an original work.At the VCA, Justin has played the titular ‘King John’, Allie in ‘Snore’, and Johnnypateenmike in ‘The Cripple of Inishmaan’. With a background in TV and Radio production, Justin has also provided commentary at the 28th Southeast Asian Games, voiced and edited SAFTI MI’s Corporate Video 2015-17, and hosted the “Throwback Thursday Show” on Radio Heatwave.Sabina Gerardi is a theatre-maker and actor. She is a 2020 BFA Theatre graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts, with additional training in screenwriting, mask, and puppetry. Sabina is a research-led devisor, with a particular interest in political history and social satire. At the VCA, Sabina devised an experimental piece, 'The General Secretariat and I', a marathon, audience-led fake Soviet history writing saga, with Finn McGrath.Since lockdown, Sabina has been exploring digitally-driven story-telling. She co-devised Detective Attention for Zoom, Jerry for headphones, and Baccarat (by The German Romantics) with both pre-filmed and live online elements. The latter was selected for The Theatre Times' International Online Theatre Festival 2021. Sabina also co-hosts 'Fib: a podcast about lies' with Clare Taylor.WRITERS' NOTETales from the Arcadia came about from a conversation at a bar, and a shared interest in history and human behavior. Pitched as a highly ambitious epic and scaled-down accordingly, we wanted to explore how past actions shape future societies, and how far might social customs be pushed due to circumstance and decision.This audio play would not be possible without the dramaturgy provideSupport the showIf you enjoyed this week´s podcast, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts.  To submit a question: Voice- http://www.speakpipe.com/theatreofothers Email-  [email protected] Show Credits Co-Hosts: Adam Marple & Budi MillerProducer: Jack BurmeisterMusic: (Intro) Jack Burmeister, (Outro) https://www.purple-planet.comAdditional compositions by @jack_burmeister