• This year Anne celebrates her 49th year as an actress. Since proudly joining Actors Equity in 1968, she has worked in all aspects of the industry and is a familiar face on our TV screens appearing in shows from Homicide to Neighbors and almost everything in between including four years as Kate in Bellbird. She is the recipient of eight Best Actress Awards including and AFI for Mamma in Poor Man's Orange.

    On Stage Anne has appears in over 50 plays, in roles as diverse as Sally Bowles in Cabaret too Mrs Lovette in Sweeny Todd and Maria in Twelfth Night.

    In 2007 Anne was awarded the Order Of Australia for her serviced to the arts and to the community (Vic). She is the patron of Positive Women (Vic) and is a member of Actors for Refugees.

    She has completed two very successful season of her biographical show An Accidental Actress and soon hopes to tour it nationally.

    Stand up comedian and radio host George McEncroe has had an interesting journey. In 2008 she can be heard on Mix 101.1 FM’s Breakfast Show in Melbourne with Brigitte Duclos and Tom Gleeson.

    She has also made many guest appearances on radio and television, including ABC TV’s Spicks and Specks, Mick Molloy’s The Nation, The Today Show and The Catch Up on Ch 9, and Tony Martin’s Get This on Triple M.

    Songwriter, actor, comedian, guitarist, singer, ginger and wit-slinger Geraldine Quinn’s startling talents, black humour and rock stylings have put her firmly in the ascendant since 2004. A self-taught singer/songwriter/guitarist, in the UK and Melbourne her collaborators/guest appearances include Tim Minchin, Ali McGregor (2007-2008), Eddie Perfect, Scared Weird Little Guys (Superband MICF 2006) and The Drowsy Drivers (MICF 2006-08).

    She was invited to perform at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival in 2006 and her pop tribute guest show The Butterfly Affair sold out on her return from Edinburgh Fringe. Since then she has had full houses and sell out shows in Adelaide, Melbourne and Edinburgh and in 2007 won the Green Room Award for Best Emerging Cabaret Artiste (also nominated for Original Songs) and was inducted into Who’s Who of Australian Women.

    Louise is not shy with talking about her body parts after being involved in the comedy show “D-Cuppetry”, which is now the successful “Busting Out”. Louise performed the show in the Melbourne Comedy Festival and toured regional Victoria. Unfortunately a broken leg (yes, pardon the pun) took Louise away from the theatre for a stint. Now she is the alternative performer with “Busting Out” and hopes to show her famous assets again in the near future.

    Louise played the role of Elizabeth Barnes in the dramatised documentary “The Floating Brothel”. This was about the first female fleet to arrive in Australia. The film was nominated for a Logie and was highly received in Europe and America.

    Louise has performed in theatres throughout Melbourne and has also acted in a number of short films. Her main love is without doubt the theatre and she is delighted to be part of this production even if her 11 year old daughter is rather skeptical after recently remarking “Mum, you have been flashing your boobs – does this mean that you will be flashing your vagina on stage?”

    Zara began her acting career as the youngest ever actor graduate of QUT’s prestigious School of Arts. She has since been professional employed as an actor on both stage and screen, as a singer, writer, stand up comedian and corporate presenter.

    Her first foray into stand up comedy was at her family-owned comedy club, Crazies in Brisbane, in the early 90’s. The club remained open for 11 years and Zara fine-tuned her singing and comedy talents to large nightly crowds – eventually becoming the venue’s director.

    Her acting and singing talents have seen her travel throughout Australia – firstly with the critically acclaimed Longgone Lonesome Cowgirls national tour – and on the show’s own CD. Zara then went onto join Aussie supergroup, Jump Club for tour dates in Thailand for some months, before returning home for another tour with the Lyric Opera.

    Zara has had numerous television appearances; Good News Week, RoveLive! and the Seven Network Telethon, as well as hosting segments for Australian Idol, Big Brother, Rumba TV and even Today Tonight. She has also sung the national anthem live – for the Perth Wildcats and for an Australia vs New Zealand international netball match, with a televised audience in the millions.

    More recently, Zara and her husband Troy have had two local and two national radio programs – winning a pair of national radio awards along the way. Zara has also won national awards for her voiceover work and film acting.

    Zara and Troy now reside in Melbourne, Australia and work with their company, Humour Australia, providing entertainment, training and media skills for corporates and government groups alike. Their work sees them travelling here and internationally in a variety of capacities, including as corporate presenters, trainers and guest speakers.

    An Academy of Performing Arts Graduate in Drama from the Sarajevo University, Milijana Cancar has performed in theatres around the world, such as the Almeida Theatre, London and the Kitchen Theatre, New York.

    Milijana's Australian credits include: The Cheery Umbrella Season at the Carlton Courthouse, El Dante's Minnie Fiesta, The Carnival of the Damned...Funny!, The Killing Fever Season at La Mama, and appearances on Blue Heelers, The Secret Life of Us, MDA, Stingers.

    Mary F Doyle completed her studies in Performing Arts at Swinburne Uni in 1991, where she played the role of Second Voice in a production of 'Under Milk Wood' at The Organ Factory. Mary then went on to perform as a vocalist in bands in and around Melbourne during the 90s. In 1995 two CDs were released on which Mary sang both lead and backing vocals; 'Dancing Under The Lights' from The Beautiful Few and 'All Teeth & Swagger' from The Late Mail.

    During this time, Mary also worked as an extra on many feature films including 'Til Human Voices Wake Us' and TV shows such as Neighbours.

    After The Late Mail folded in 1999, Mary turned her passions to the rights of the worker, beginning her career in the Union movement in early 2000, working as an Organiser for two different unions until Nov 2008, when she decided to renew her earlier love of Performing Arts and return to the stage.

    Janeen commenced her acting career as Vera in Stepping Out in 2003, for which she won Best Supporting Actress 2003 award. She has performed as Jessica in Dead White Males and in many short and one-act plays in various independent theatre productions, as Casca in an all female version of Julius Caesar, her first Shakespearean experience on stage and as the mum in the premiere production of Lucas Hated Roses. She has co-written a number of short plays that have been performed in the Short & Sweet Festival (Sydney and Melbourne) and the International Comedy Festival in The Carnival of the Damned...Funny!.

    In her other life Janeen is a business and relationship coach with a sales and marketing background and in the process of starting up a new business venture, MojoCircle.com - a support network and community for spiritual people and business.

    Jade’s performing career started at the age of 8, acting in school plays and television commercials. Playing the lead in school productions, studying singing, piano and speech and drama inspired Jade to pursue performing as a career.

    She studied Musical Theatre at the National Theatre and went on to develop her craft at The Film Space, V.C.A, Lynette Sheldon Actors Studio as well as numerous courses and workshop both in Australia and Los Angeles.

    She has appeared in commercials for Target and HostPlus Superannuation as well as various television shows including Forget the Rules for Channel V, Salem’s Lot, Comedy Inc. and a host short films.

    In 2007 Jade played Stephanie in the 9minds production of ‘Angels with Dirty Faces’ and performed with the Blue Chair Theatre company as Lucy in ‘Find me, Call me, Meet me’ Jade is thrilled to be involved in ‘The Vagina Monologues’.

    Emma Louise has been acting since she was fifteen. Starting out in Armature Theatre and Pantomime, Emma studied Acting at The Kathryn Dean School of Media & Performing Arts in Adelaide, SA. In 2006, The Adelaide Fringe saw a adaptation of William Shakespeare's "Lear," in which Emma played the role of jealous middle sister Regan, and moved to Melbourne soon after.

    Having worked on the odd Student Film and with Snowgum Productions, Emma's first real role came as an extra alongside Hugo Weaving and Rose Byrne in the 2008 release of "The Tender Hook".

    After twelve months away from the camera and stage, Emma is eager to get back into the Arts scene and work towards a professional acting career.

    Eleanor Webster is one of Melbourne's most exciting emerging talents. At just 22, she has had a wealth of experience. Known best for her comedic ventures; stage and screen credits include A Chorus Line, 2006 Monash Comedy Law Revue, Rhinoceros, 20 Something, The Kabana Way, Elevate, 2008 Monash Comedy Law Revue, 15 Minutes of Shame, The Cherry Umbrella, and Cheap Shots.

    Eleanor is delighted to be involved in The Vagina Monologues, and is grateful for the opportunity to work with some of this country's finest actresses (and their vaginas.)

    Originally from Mauritius, Maeva came to Australia four years ago to study theatre at Monash University. She is now a graduate of the Bachelor of Performing Arts (Hons), and has experience as a theatre practioner and researcher. She has performed in numerous English and French classics such as Shakespeare, Tennessee Williams, Moliere and Feydeau.

    Recently, she has developed a strong interest in devised and physical theatre, having performed in a devised kids show this year with the Black Apple Theatre Company.

    Katherine has been acting for most of her life.  She completed a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Theatre Studies, at University of Otago in 2002, before training for two years in the Meisner Technique under Michael Saccente.

    Katherine has a wide range of experience in theatre productions such as Tupperware for Short & Sweet 2007, television series such as Shortland Street, commercials, music videos, corporate videos and short films, winning Best Actress in the Dunedin Short Film Festival for her role in Hitch.

    Most recently, she has been training under Shane Connor, and producing for and acting in her own company, Debacle Productions.

    Trained in Musical Theatre at the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Rebecca has sung with, among others, the Victoria State Opera company, and the West Australian Opera company, and a sixties rock and roll trio called The Harlettes. She has been seen on stilts and on the trapeze in Barnum, the circus musical, and doing acrobatics in A Midsummer Night’s Dream in the Botanical Gardens. She was understudy to the lead in the Gordon Frost production of South Pacific and in 2002 toured Victoria with Almost Anything Goes, a Cole Porter show. She has appeared in several Melbourne cabaret venues and the Castlemaine State Festival in The Sparrow and the Showgirl, her cabaret show about Edith Piaf and Marilyn Monroe and in Moulins de Mon Coeur - Windmills of My Heart.

    She has recently been performing with "Flight Tonight”, an ensemble of 5 musicians from diverse musical backgrounds. Her latest project is recording with composer and musician Valentine Sawenko and learning the lead role in a new opera, Mercy Will Carry My Feet, by Valentine Sawenko and Sue Gillett to be launched at The Gorgeous Voices Festival in Bendigo in October 2009.

    She is really looking forward to putting the word Vagina in her otherwise sedate profile and is enjoying using the word publicly on a daily basis.

    Taylor completed a degree in Performing Arts from Monash University before studying acting with Rachel Rosenthal and Robert X. Modica in America. Her previous credits include, Celia’s Garden and “the Typist” at Dantes, the solo piece Help Line Operator in the Melbourne Comedy Festival, the title role in Elektra, "The Importance of Being George" at the Carlton Courthouse, and two directing credits. "The Cherry Umbrella" at the Carlton Courthouse and "Ghost Writer". Taylor was also awarded the "Best Director of 2008" for Bearing Your Arts.

    Lamya is currently studying at Media and Communications and Theatre Arts at second year level at the University of Melbourne. She has been actively involved in theatre from a young age. Being a part of productions be it as an actor, director, backstage or promotion gives her immense joy and self satisfaction. Lamya plans to go to Film School when she finishes her current degree.

    Her recent credits include Shakespeare’s - Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Measure for measure, The Good Person Szechwan Our Country's Good (as a director), The Goodbye Girl- Bugsy Malone and an Indian production of The Vagina Monologues as both an actress and director.

    Eighteen years acting experience in both professional and amateur theatre, some TV work. Loves the challenge of acting on stage and has had many lead and supporting roles in a large variety of Australian and international plays. She produced and took the lead in Medea; a profit share season held outdoors in a natural amphitheatre and sold to the Department of Education.

    Some of the favourites performed are, Belinda/Flavia in Noises Off; Ruth in Cosi, Pippa in Hotel Sorrento; Honor in Honour; Mrs Fraser in Stepping Out; The CEO in Competitive Tenderness; Has also performed as a tap dancer and sung in chorus. Raine is looking forward to performing for VDay in the Vagina Monologues.

    Since playing Cinderella in her Grade 2 music class, Ting has performed in various productions including ‘Rave New World’, ‘The Heeby Jeebies’ and ‘Seven Chapters of a Shattered World’ at St Martins Youth Arts Centre and ‘Q 4 a Dog’ as apart of the Melbourne Fringe Festival.

    She has directed and narrated 2 ‘Monkey Magic’ shows for Children’s Corner in Chiantown. And as a volunteer with Asian TV (ATVAA) on Channel 31 (Go community TV!), she has produced a successful documentary on dragonboat racing and presents the monthly local community news program. She is currently in the process of producing a cooking show.

    Ting’s most recent performance was playing Leanne in ‘The Strand’ at the Preston Market.

    Helen Delaney graduated in 2004 with an Hons. Joint Degree in Drama and Theatre Studies from UCC, Cork, Ireland, and went on to study at the School of Physical Theatre, London. She toured the national theatre scene in Ireland four times with small and large theatre Companies on Romeo and Juliet, Setanta, Othello - and The Turn of The Screw which met critical acclaim and recognition in the national press.

    Helen was also a long-term member of a performance research company which she took part in the Dublin Fringe Festival with, in Aversion, as well as in Park Action. She was also lucky to perform with members from this Company in the Electric Picnic, an annual boutique Arts event in Ireland. Since coming to Melbourne in June, Helen has performed in Celia's Garden; as well as devising a contemporary-based Commedia dell'Arte show, Alarm!, for the Melbourne Fringe Festival; and she was also in the Short and Sweet Festival with "Six Minutes and Counting".

    Helen is currently performing in James and The Giant Peach at RMIT's Kaleide Theatre for children.

    She's very happy to be part of TVM at Melbourne's National Theatre.

    Dani Matthews has been acting (up) since birth, eventually deciding to peruse this hilarious career path. She is a graduate of the 2003 St Martin’s Youth Performance Ensemble and later graduated from Monash University with a Bachelor of Performing Arts in 2005.

    Television and short film credits include; Teen Christian Beach Party (2004), Bedtime Stories (2006) and series one of Theatre Games Live, Channel 31 (2006). Recently Dani featured in Melbourne University theatre productions; The Jabberwocky (2007) and Euripides’ The Bacchae (2007). She can currently be seen in the KidspotSocial television commercial. Dani is honoured to appear amongst these well-spoken Vaginas.

    Jennifer is a graduate of the Bachelor Performing Arts at Monash University. She has recently returned from New York, where she was lucky enough to study with the Atlantic Theatre School for the Summer. Jennifer also has extensive training in theatre, singing, dancing and screen.

    Her most recent theatre credits include, ‘Daisy’ in Rinoceros, ‘Essie’ in Parade and ‘Sarah-Jane O’Malley Bog’ in the MUST theatre production of the original ‘Bog’. Jennifer is very excited to be back in the Melbourne theatre scene working on this very exciting show.


    Producer and Director
    Goldele graduated with a Bachelor of Performing Arts at Monash University in 2007. Goldele has trained in both Australia and the USA. Following her participation in the one year part-time Talented Youth Training Program at the Actors College of Theatre and Television in NSW, Goldele undertook a Musical Theatre Workshop at the Walnut Street Theatre in the USA.

    She primarily works as a director/animateur, but can often be found behind the scenes as a stage manager and occasionally on stage as a performer.

    Goldele's recent credits include; Director "The Typist" at Dantes, "Halfway Across The River", Melbourne Fringe 2008; Top 20 Director for "Short and Sweet 09", Director of "A Fractured Feeling", Adelaide Fringe Festival and National Theatre Studio 1, 2007; Director of "Love, Faith War and Singing Telegram", at The Butterfly Club; Assistant Director and Dramaturge for Shakespeare's "A Comedy of Errors" and as Stage Manager, "Villanus", Brisbane Festival 08 and "Celia's Garden", at Dante's.

    Production Manager, Lighting and Set Design
    Natalie has been doing lighting design on the run as a staff technician at The National Theater, St Kilda, and The Alexander Theater, at Monash University, where she has worked with a huge variety of acts, including folk music Legend Arlo Guthrie and Stand up comedian Jimeoin.

    She recently lit the "Hats Off" Charity Performance, Halfway Across the River" Melbourne Fringe Festival 08, "Villanus" Brisbane Festival 08 and Melbourne Fringe Festival 08 and The Vagina Monologues for Cheshire Cat Inc at the Trades Hall.

    Stage Manager
    In 2007 Rebekka completed a bachelor of theatre arts (majoring in theatre studies) at USQ. During her university days she worked with Queensland Arts Council, wrote and directed original works in a variety of theatrical styles, created original short documentaries and also did dramaturgy for USQ productions.

    Outside of university, Rebekka designed and ran a Summer Shakespeare program, and co-facilitated Que Able, a theatre program for people with intellectual impairments. She also completed a dramaturgy secondment at Queensland Theatre Company and co-created a theatre open-mic night known as The Indigo Experiment. Since then Rebekka has reviewed for Australian Stage Online, and stage managed Macbeth for Eagles Nest Theatre Company. She has also stage managed for La Mama Theatre Company on Four New Short Works by Daniel Kahan and The Dream Children.

    Associate Producer
    Since completing an Honours degree in Performing Arts at Monash University, Nikki has worked on a diverse variety of productions, festivals, exhibitions and projects.

    Her credits include independent productions at La Mama, Fortyfive downstairs and St Martins Youth Theatre as well as assisting on the 2007 Melbourne Fringe Furniture Exhibition and the 2008 Next Wave Festival.

    Nikki has also contributed to the formation of Look Twice Theatre – an original theatre company for self devised performance works. Productions include Split (Melbourne Fringe 2006), Beta Life (fortyfive downstairs 2007) and Sketches of Blood (Melbourne Fringe 2008).

    Art Director, Graphic and Web Design
    Brooke has been running her own design business for 5 years. She has worked on projects for Sony Australia, Sony New Zealand, adidas, Levis, Lee and many other companies from the music and fashion industries. Her work has been featured in various international design publications, notably Carter's Big Book of Businesscards, Curvy 4 and Curvy 5.

    A specialist in Flash animation, she is currently Senior Designer at PagesDigital, studying for her Masters in Internet and Web Computing while taking on client work.

    Her latest personal project, the interactive art and portfolio site Sketchbrooke is due late January. Contact details are at sketchbrooke.com.

    Sound Design and Operation
    Hailing from Sacramento California, Daniel has over 6 years of sound engineering experience and has been a favored Sound Engineer for many of California's top politicians such as Arnold Shwarzenegger, as well as working for commercial clients such as Mercedes Benz, Intel Computer and UNICEF.

    Daniel is currently making commercial music and spearheading an International sound effects collection for his production company Syntrypical Productions.