After several workshops, The Things I Could Never Tell Steven premiered at King Street Theatre (2015) starring Celeste Notley-Smith as Wife, Brooke Davidson as Mother, Simon Gillespie as Father & Lucas Glover as The Ex. Its success prompted a return Sydney season in the Sydney Fringe Festival at New Theatre (starring Matilda Moran, Ruth Strutt, Adam Majsay & Lucas Glover. Directed by Alex Kendall Robson with Musical Direction by Antonio Fernandez) as well as highlights from the show being performed in a new musicals showcase on London's West End in a charity concert for refugee aid in 2016 and then in New York in 2017 in Broad Views on Broadway.
The Things I Could Never Tell Steven made its European premiere at the Granary Theatre in County Cork, Ireland in November 2018 (watch it here!) followed by two more Australian seasons in 2019: one produced in Sydney (NSW) by Whimsical Productions from February 20 - March 2 at Limelight on Oxford and the other produced in Moreton Bay (QLD) by Moreton Bay Theatre Company from February 22 - March 3 at NeverLand Theatre. In 2019, it also premiered in Northern Ireland (Belfast & Newry) produced by Outside The Lines Theatre Company. It was staged recently (November, 2020) at Riverside Theatre's Parramatta (NSW) by the National Theatre of Parramatta starring celebrated actress and musical theatre star, best known her portrayal of Glinda in the original West End production of Wicked, Helen Dallimore, powerhouse vocalist and actor Adam J Rennie (The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Big Fish, Love Never Dies), award-winning vocal sensation Elenoa Rokobaro (High School Musical, Hairspray, Legally Blonde) and two-time Green Room Award winner Ian Stenlake (Mama Mia!, They’re Playing Our Song, Oklahoma). Directed by Anthea Williams (Flight Paths, Winyanboga Yurringa Since Ali Died) with Musical Direction by Ben Kiehne.
August 2021 will see it's US-premiere at PrideArts Chicago starring Carl Herzog (he/him/his), a Jeff Award nominee for Theo Ubique's THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, as Steven's Father, Kyra Leigh (she/her/hers) of PrideArts' SOUTHERN COMFORT, as Steven's Mother, Elissa Newcorn (she/her/hers), who appeared in THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME at Music Theater Works, as Steven's Wife and Nate Hall (he/him/his), of Underscore's THE BALLAD OF LEFTY AND CRABBE, as Steven's Ex. Understudies are Lee Wichman (he/him/hers) as Steven's Father, Michelle Paola Ortiz (she/her/hers) as Steven's Mother, Mary Laura Godby (she/her/hers) as Steven's Wife, and an additional actor yet to be named. Directed by Jay Españo with Musical Direction by Robert Ollis, whose 2019 music direction of the company's A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE earned him his eighth Jeff Award nomination.
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Picture: The 2019 Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras festival season of Whimsical Productions' version of THE THINGS I COULD NEVER TELL STEVEN. By Zaina Ahmed
