9 JUN -9 JUL

SUPPORTED BY DAWN TALBOT AND RICHARD BALANSON

BY JEANETTE CRONINDIRECTOR KIM HARDWICK

I LOVE YOU NOW

ETERNITY PLAYHOUSE

I LOVE YOU NOWBY JEANETTE CRONIN

Darlinghurst Theatre Company is a theatre company with a unique model of creating theatre. Most unique is that our company professionally produces and fully funds production concepts proposed and put forward to our company by artists. We offer artists the freedom to stage and tell the stories they want to tell, and we ensure that diverse voices are heard on our stage. At the very heart of our company is a firm belief that theatre’s role is to promote discussion. We develop theatre that explores our lives and forges a direct and powerful connection between artist and audiences. Our remarkable venue reflects our company’s passion and commitment to live theatre. Darlinghurst Theatre Company spent five years from 2008 to 2013 working with the City of Sydney on the development of the Eternity Playhouse and we raised $630K for its set up and fit out. I am very proud of this achievement and our ongoing commitment to artists and the community.

I Love You Now was proposed to our company by Director Kim Hardwick and Writer Jeanette Cronin and I am very grateful for the opportunity to stage such an exciting new Australian work. The play is both a gentle puzzle and thesis that I’m sure will speak volumes to our audiences. GLENN TERRY | Executive Producer, Darlinghurst Theatre Company

A DARLINGHURST THEATRE COMPANY PRODUCTION

CAST Jeanette CroninPaul Gleeson

CREATIVESPlaywright: Jeanette Cronin Director: Kim Hardwick Production Designer: Isabel Hudson Sound Design, Composition & Performance: Max Lambert & Roger Lock Lighting Designer: Martin Kinnane Stage Manager: Keiren Smith Choreographer: Pedro Florentino Alvarez Set Construction: Brett Wilbe & Emily Polson Poetry Credit: MTC Cronin, German poet who translated Johannes Beilharz.

PRODUCTION TEAMExecutive Producer: Glenn Terry Producer: Amy Harris Event & Front of House Manager: Rebecca Michel-Gerke

Communications Manager & Associate Producer: Sophie Blacklaw Technical Manager: Cat Studley Administrator: Ashlee Monaghan Graphic Designer: Tania-Lee Turbin Photographer: Robert Catto Videographer: Yure Covich FOH Supervisors: Derbail Kinsela & Jules Sisinni FOH Staff: Ash Adamthwaite, Eleanor Crumpton, Sinead Curry, Sarah Jane Kelly, Sean Sinclair, Julianne Sisinni, Alex Ward & Michael Yore. Catering by Two Trout: Lockie Clifford & Theo Hlorotiris

Darlinghurst Theatre Company acknowledges the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first inhabitants of the nation and the traditional custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work.

CONTAINS Some course language and nudity.

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ETERNITY PLAYHOUSE 39 BURTON STREET, DARLINGHURST

DARLINGHURSTTHEATRE.COM.AU PHONE 02 9331 3107

RUNNING TIME Approx 1.5 hours (no interval).

THANK YOU DARLO ANGELS Our productions are made possible through the generosity of our Darlo Angels whose donations keep our stage alive and support our ongoing work with Australian artists. If you would like to support please ask our box office for information, or phone (02) 9331 3107, or visit darlinghursttheatre.com.

$5000+ PRODUCTION PATRONS

Dawn Talbot & Richard Balanson The Stafford Morgan FamilyIan BarnettCarole LambertonKaren & Neil MidaliaCharmaine & Stanley RothDominic Tayco & Darren ConlonAnonymous Screenwise

$500-$999

Brad FergusonKevin FarmerRoxarne MoonCaroline MackieTwo Trout Restaurant Penelope Nelson & Michael KestevenD & M HardwickRobert Green Legal Vicki MiddletonSally MackenzieFishy ProductionsBuster, Leroy & RoccoRoy & Lindi Neumann

$250-$499 Denise & Neil BuchananHenry CollinsGraham Owens Steven Illes Ken LeonhardtRhana PikeVivienne Adair Harvey Sanders & Sheba GreenbergPeter HowardCamilla RountreeHugo ManginiGillian AppletonMargaret Willard Stephen Alchin

Darin-Cooper FoundationEmeritus Professor Richard Henry AMGeorge & Maruschka LoupisAnna-Rosa BakerGeoff NormanVale Susannah YorkElizabeth EvattJanine PerrettRachel Oberon and Richard HenryHogan FamilyRichard & Barbara SuttonPamela & Roger DavisStephen Fox & Allan Finn

$1000 - $4999

Felicity & Rachel MackenzieJudge Joe Harman Dr David NguyenAdam & Vicki LibermanMichael Choong & Harold MelnickAmanda BishopChris & Claire CooperTed & Barbara LonghurstJonathan and Judith CassonKate Richardson & Chris MarrableVictor BaskirHelena Harris

Pat SkalskyDr Murray Haar & Brad MallinsonPaula AdamovichLynette Sheridan BurnsJann SkinnerJennifer GilesMaisy StapletonJack & Carol FlanaganRobert & Sandra RussoKatherine RobertsonLouise WardIan RattrayJeff & Colleen Catford

Donations to Darlinghurst Theatre Company are tax deductible.

DIRECTOR’S NOTE Just as Jeanette Cronin’s acting reveals a passion and complexity that moves beyond the everyday her plays ask the viewer to move beyond the comfort of the familiar and to explore the subtext of our relationships…in this instance, what is the truth? Perhaps more pointedly, do you have the courage to say and then live the truth?

I Love You Now is, at its heart, the exploration of a deeply flawed marriage. Betrayal, guilt, complacency, denial have become embedded and now, at a precipice, June introduces Leo to the idea of role playing.

Over 90 minutes their many ‘lovers’ serve as vessels for what should have been said and done, what should have been heard and actioned, what is imagined and what is so painfully raw.

Each relationship becomes a reflection of a reflection of a reflection. New faces provoke old wounds allowing June and Leo to question their own motives and independently come closer to revealing their personal truths.

Amid this mayhem time marches forth, oblivious to mere human construct and devastatingly, June will learn the unavoidable truth of the adage… you cannot cheat your own shadow.

Their final words reveal a marriage unable to recover and tragically another unspoken truth is left to linger. KIM HARDWICK

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Kim trained as a dancer before studying acting at The Victorian College of the Arts and directing at The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.

Her directing experience ranges from mainstream subsidised theatre, musical theatre, cabaret and children’s theatre, to directing for small independent companies.

Kim’s most recent productions were Blackbird by Nick Enright at the Seymour Centre The Shadow Box by Michael Cristofer and I Hate You My Mother by Jeanette Cronin at Old Fitzroy Theatre. Kim’s recent production of Hurt by Catherine McKinnon at Old 505 will be revived for Hothouse Theatre in 2017 with an additional season at Belvoir Theatre.

Upcoming projects include One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest by Dale Wasserman for Sport for Jove at the Seymour Centre.

KIM HARDWICKDirector

JEANETTE CRONIN Performer

Jeanette has worked extensively as an actor in theatre, film and television and is a graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). In 1996, she was awarded the inaugural Mike Walsh Fellowship.

Film credits include the feature films, Powder Train, Shock Room, The Boys, Terra Nova, Blackrock and the romantic comedies Danny Deckchair and Thank God He Met Lizzie.

Jeanette has also appeared in numerous television series, notably Janet King, Crownies, Rake, Secret City and the upcoming, The Wrong Kind Of Black.

Recent theatre appearances include, I Hate You My Mother for Real Harpy and Whitebox at The Old Fitz, The Shadowbox for Apocalypse Theatre at The Old Fitz, Letters To Lindy for Merrigong Theatre Company, Queen Bette at The Old 505 and Hunter Valley Summer Theatre Festival, The House On The Lake for Griffin and Dark Voyager for Ensemble Theatre, in which she also played Bette Davis.

PAUL GLEESON Performer

Paul recently appeared in the Nine Network bio-pic House of Bond and the 9Now web series High Life. His next television appearance will be in the second series of the SBS comedy, The Family Law. Other TV credits include Secret City, Love Child, Power Games, Devil’s Dust, Rake, Spirited, Two Twisted, Love My Way, My Place, Hawke, and for U.S television - the NBC series Camp, Virtual Nightmare, Nightmares and Dreamscapes, and Starter Wife alongside Judy Davis.

Numerous feature films include Terrence Malick’s war epic The Thin Red Line, Cate Shortland’s Somersault, and the award winning Men’s Group.

Stage credits include Circle Mirror Transformation, Rainman, All My Sons and The Ruby Sunrise for Ensemble Theatre and Small and Tired for Belvoir Street.

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MAX LAMBERT Sound Designer, Composition & Performance

Max is a composer and musical director whose credits include work for the Sydney, Melbourne and Queensland Theatre Companies as well as Sydney Dance Company and The Australian Ballet.

Max has recorded with Kate Ceberano, Wendy Matthews, Grace Knight, Vince Jones, Renee Geyer, Paul Kelly, Iva Davies and Icehouse.

Feature film work includes Happy Feet and The Last Days of Chez Nous and notable musical theatre credits are Hot Shoe Shuffle and The Boy From Oz.

Max worked on the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of The XXVII Olympiad, Commonwealth Games (2002) and the Asian Games (2006). He was Musical Supervisor on Hairspray, Fame, King Kong Live and Strictly Ballroom – the Musical. The reprisal of Max’s musical Miracle City was a critical success in 2014.

Recently, Max has worked with Roger Lock on the critically acclaimed productions Ladies’ Day (Griffin) and Letters to Lindy (Merrigong). This is their 5th collaboration.

ROGER LOCK Sound Designer, Composition & Performance

Roger Lock studied guitar, composition and music technology at the Salzburg Mozarteum. During this period he performed concerts in Austria, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Hungary and Taiwan.

In 2007 Roger moved to Vienna where he was very active as a concert and recording artist, producing several albums with Yorgos Nousis, Laetitia Ribeiro, Dr. Opin and Troebinger.

Since returning to Australia in 2009 Roger has worked as a freelance producer, composer and instrumentalist and has taught similar subjects at universities. In 2012 he released the debut album with his band Roger Vs. The Man. This is his fifth collaboration with Max Lambert.

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ISABEL HUDSON Production Designer

Isabel is a Sydney based production designer and graduate of the NIDA design course (2015) and holds a Bachelor of Arts (Screen and Sound) from the University of New South Wales (2012). Isabel was awarded the William Fletcher Foundation Tertiary Grant for emerging artists in 2015.

Recently, Isabel has designed set and costumes for: Intersections (ATYP); The Shadowbox and Hurt (White Box Productions); The Block Universe and Journeys End (Cross Pollinate); The Chamber Pot Opera (Bontom: Sydney, Adelaide and Edinburgh seasons); Slut (Festival Fatale); Blackrock (White Box at the Seymour Centre) and worked as an associate on Opera Australia’s My Fair Lady. In 2015 Isabel designed Strindberg’s A Dream Play directed by Kim Carpenter, Top Girls directed by Susanna Dowling, Love and Honour and Pride and Pity and Compassion and Sacrifice, directed by Priscilla Jackman.

Isabel’s upcoming productions include One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest (Sport for Jove); The Plant (Ensemble Theatre Co.) and The Merry Widow (Opera Australia – Assistant Set Designer to Michael Scott Mitchell).

Additionally, Isabel is a tutor in design communication for the design program at NIDA.

MARTIN KINNANE Lighting Designer

Martin has designed for theatre and events both nationally and internationally. He has lit many for the Ensemble Theatre including Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks, End of the Rainbow and Kids Stuff; Love Loss and What I Wore and Celebrity Autobiography at the Sydney Opera House; Romeo and Juliet and Just Macbeth! for the Bell Shakespeare Company; The Hatpin, Love Song, LoveBITES, Bang, Belongings, Unholy Ghosts and Blackrock for White Box Theatre, Fairy’s Wings, Worry Worts, Bugalugs Bum Thief and Sprung! for Monkey Baa; Next To Normal and Dogfight for Doorstep Arts; Satango and The House On The Lake for the Griffin Theatre Company; Sunset Boulevard and Promises for The Production Company and Letter To Larry for CheepUk in the Theatre Nesle, Paris. Work beyond the theatrical includes the Hamer Hall Opening Celebrations in 2012; East Timor’s Independence Day Celebrations for the United Nations; Absinthe, Desir and Empire for Spiegelworld in New York, Las Vegas, Miami, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Japan; the Papal Ceremonies at World Youth Day 2008 and White Night in Melbourne 2017. Martin is possibly best known for his spectacularly theatrical lighting of the Sydney Harbour Bridge (the Bridge Effect) from 2000 to 2007 for New Year’s Eve, which has brought him international renown.

KEIREN SMITH Stage Manager

Keiren has an Advanced Diploma in Stage Management from WAAPA and a Bachelor of Arts in Communication and Cultural Studies from Curtin University.

Her credits include: Stage Manager on La Traviata (Belvoir); The Glass Menagerie (Browns Mart) and Assistant Stage Manager on Mark Colvin’s Kidney, The Drover’s Wife, Back at the Dojo, Mother Courage and Her Children, Radiance, Nora, Brothers Wreck and Once in Royal David’s City (Belvoir); Theodora (Pinchgut Opera) and Hay Fever (Sydney Theatre Company).

Keiren was Assistant Stage Manager with The Australian Ballet for three years, touring domestically and internationally including to Japan and New York, working on many repertoire and new ballets. Her other credits as Assistant Stage Manager include Solomon and Marion (Melbourne Theatre Company); Sydney New Year’s Eve, Lord Mayor’s Party (City of Sydney); The Web and Much Ado About Nothing (Black Swan State Theatre Company).

PEDRO FLORENTINO ALVAREZ Choreographer

Pedro Florentino Alvarez is the current Australian Tango Salon Champion. Growing up in the neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires, Pedro’s early years were steeped in Tango, from tango music as a baby, to a love of dancing from his father who was a folkloric dance teacher, accompanying his older sisters to Milongas and working later at Club Bristol. His unbridled passion and love for Tango and Tango Music has remained with him and he has been teaching Argentine tango in Australia since 2001. Pedro has given workshops in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Canberra, Perth and New Zealand. He is the regular DJ for Esquina de Tango weekly and monthly milongas and has been guest DJ at many festivals around Australia and New Zealand.

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THANK YOU

Darlinghurst Theatre Companyand I Love You Now team would like to thank the following for their support in staging this production:

THANK YOUNick Day Belvoir NIDA Richard Whitehouse Griffin Theatre David Campbell

BOARD

Jim Behringer

Ian Enright

Kevin Farmer

Iain Knight

Vicki Middleton

Pat Skalsky

Dominic Tayco

A DARLINGHURST THEATRE COMPANY

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ETERNITY PLAYHOUSE 39 BURTON STREET, DARLINGHURST

DARLINGHURSTTHEATRE.COM.AU PHONE 02 9331 3107

PRODUCTION PATRONS

Dawn Talbot & Richard Balanson

The Stafford Morgan Family

Ian Barnett

Carole Lamberton

Karen & Neil Midalia

Charmaine & Stanley Roth

Dominic Tayco & Darren Conlon

Anonymous

Screenwise

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Darlinghurst Theatre Company is supported through the City of Sydney’s Accommodation Grant Program

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