Geoffrey Borny • Director
Geoffrey retired from his position as Reader and Head of Theatre Studies at ANU in 2003 after having taught Drama and Theatre Studies at universities for 30 years. Since coming to Canberra in 1991 he has directed and performed in numerous productions.
During his long theatrical career Geoffrey has received a number of Canberra Critics Circle Awards (four for Directing and two for Acting).
He has also received one Canberra Area Theatre Best Actor Award and has won Canberra Repertory's Helen Wilson Award for Acting in a comedy on four occasions.
He is delighted to have the opportunity to direct Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie" as it is one of his favourite plays. It has been a joy for him to work with such a wonderful team of theatrically creative people. He hopes that audiences will get as much pleasure from seeing this production as he has had directing it.
Sarea Coates • Set Designer
After a long history of designing weird and wonderful creatures for the stage, Sarea is excited to deliver her first set for REP and her first collaboration with the truly marvellous Dad’s Army (who really should be hired out to solve Australia’s building crisis). She has adored this new application combining design with story-telling and usability – what else would a ballet-dancing engineer do? Sarea is better known for her puppet-building Dragon Mother team (including the delightful Ange Fewtrell) – building the Dragon from Shrek (Freerain 2018) working with Ylaria, and hundreds of creations for Child Players ACT (such as the BGF giants and Bugs in James and the Giant Peach). Recently she has been playing at being a puppet pro for Questacon and the National Museum’s Mr Squiggle exhibit. Sarea originally stepped on the stage as a ballet dancer and teacher, with credits such as Westside Story (2002), Chicago (2003), Vagina Monologues (2003), Hair (2004) and Rent (2005). Most recently she’s loved being back on stage performing with her creations – Audrey II in Little Shop of Horrors (Dramatic Productions 2024) and Lloyd the Camel in Joseph and his Amazing Technicoloured Dream Coat (Philharmonic 2025).
Craig Muller • Lighting Designer
Craig has been involved in amateur theatre for over five decades with his first production in 1975, always behind the scenes as either backstage crew, set construction, driving trucks or making props. More recently doing all things lighting (dome operator, console operator, designer) he has been nominated for multiple awards winning Outstanding Lighting Design for Dog Fight (Dramatic Productions) in 2023. Over the years Craig has worked with many of Canberra’s production companies for example Dramatic Productions, Canberra Philharmonic Society, Canberra Gang Show, Peewee Productions, Budding Entertainment, Green Oak Theatre, Queanbeyan Players, Phoenix Players, Ickle Pickle Productions, Free Rain Theatre and of course Canberra Repertory Society on too many productions to list.
Anna Senior • Costume Designer
Anna is a costume designer specialising in period costumes for Film, TV and Theatre, Textile artist;and puppet maker.
Film credits: My Brilliant Career, Breaker Morant, Phar Lap, Don’s Party, The Getting of Wisdom, The Odd Angry Shot, Wake in Fright.
TV credits: Sara Dane, The Term of his Natural Life, Robbery Under Arms
Theatre Credits: Old Time Music Hall, The Lion in Winter, The Madness of King George III, The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, Strictly Ballroom, We Will Rock You, The Judas Kiss, The Belfast Girls,The Threepenny Opera, Dr Frankenstein, Arms and the Man, The Woman in the Window, Waiting in the Wings, What the Butler Saw, Rope, The Governor’s Family, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Ruthless, Arsenic and Old Lace, Sense and Sensibility.
Brenton Warren • Properties
Brenton has been involved in the Canberra theatre scene for over 20 years. In recent years he has provided prop’s for Rep’s Fox on the Fairway (2013), Steel Magnolias (2014), Don’t Dress for Dinner (2015), Uncle Vanya (2016), She Stoops to Conquer (2016), Noises Off (2016), Australia Day (2017), To Kill a Mockingbird (2019), Woman in the Window (2019), Waiting in the Wings (2019), What the Butler Saw (2020), Absurd Person Singular (2020), The Governor’s Family (2021) Sense and Sensibilty (2022), Amadeus (2023) and Mr Bennet’s Bride (2023). He has also provided prop’s for FreeRain’s Phantom of the Opera (2013), Mary Poppins (2015), and Little Mermaid (2016), and Canberra Philharmonic’s Anything Goes (2016), Barnum (2018), and Beauty and the Beast (2019) amongst many others.
Nev Pye • Sound Design
Neville has produced an impressive array of sound effects, some which have been skilfully interwoven into this show. Nev always goes above and sometimes waaaay beyond! His dedication is deeply appreciated by all who work with him, as indeed are the ear plugs. Neville has been the Sound Designer on more than 60 theatre productions and radio plays, over the past 9 years, with Shadow House Pits, REP, Papermoon, Alchemy Artistic, Chaika, Everyman, Free Rain & Echo Theatre. His most recent highlights have been The Boys; Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, and Three Tall Women (2022); Holding the Man, The Children, and King Lear (2023); Seagull, Dead Man’s Cellphone, Lord of the Flies, and Away (2024); Baby Jane, The House of Bernarda Alba, A Doll’s House Part 2, The Beauty of Queen Leenane, and Low Pay? Don’t Pay! (2025).
