VIRGINIA GAY
TRAINING 2005 WAAPA Graduate - Advanced Diploma of Performing Arts 2002 Sydney University - BA English Literature & Performance Studies
THEATRE Cyrano Cyrano Melbourne Theatre Company Dir: Sarah Goode Vivid White Guus/Ensemble Melbourne Theatre Company Dir. Dean Bryant Minnie & Liraz Rachel Melbourne Theatre Company Dir: Anne-Louise Sarks
Hidden Sydney Bea Miles / Impersonator Working Management and Live Ideas In Silver Spade Dir: Lucas Jervies Death of A Streetcar Named Blanche DuBois Red Line Productions | Old Fitz Virginia Woolf Dir: Iain Sinclair
Cautionary Tales for Children Octavia Jones Arena Theatre Company
The Beast Sue Melbourne Theatre Company Dir: Iain Sinclair
Gaybies Various Midsumma Festival Inc/ MTC Dir: Daniel Clarke
On the Production of Monster s Shari, Joanna, Abi Melbourne Theatre Company Dir: Clare Watson
Wharf Revue 2010 Julia Gillard, Various Sydney Theatre Company "Pennies From Kevin - Tour" Dir: Jonathan Biggins
Rommy Fluke Old Fitzroy Thtr | Tamarama Rock Surfers Dir: Nick Coyle
Erotic Fan Fiction Readings Writer and Host Sydney Writers' Festival 2009
Puppets Versus Breast Cancer Improviser Roxbury Hotel Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2007
MUSICAL THEATRE Calamity Jane Calamity Jane Comedy Theatre | One Eyed Man Prod.
Funny Girl Fanny Brice Sydney Symphony Orchestra Dir: Mitchell Butel Calamity Jane (Tour) Calamity Jane Belvoir | One Eyed Man Prod. Dir. Nigel Ubrihien Calamity Jane Calamity Jane One Eyed Man Prod. | Hayes Theatre Dir. Nigel Ubrihien
lisa mann creative management pty ltd telephone: +61 2 9387 8207 | fax: +61 2 9389 0615 p.o. box 3145 redfern nsw 2016 australia email: [email protected] | www.lmcm.com.au VIRGINIA GAY P a g e | 2
MUSICAL THEATRE continued: Dusty Peg The Production Company
Dir: Jason Langley
Wonderful Town Ruth Sherwood Sydney Philharmonia | Squabbalogic Dir: Jason Langley
Jerry’s Girls Performer The Production Company
Dir: Dean Bryant
High Society Liz Imbrie The Hayes Theatre
Dir: Helen Dallimore
The Producers Hold Me, Touch Me The Production Company
Dir: Dean Bryant
Songs to Self-Destruct To Self Adelaide Festival Centre (Cabaret) Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2013
Dirty Pretty Songs Self Cre8ion Pty Ltd (Cabaret) The Famous Spiegeltent Edinburgh Comedy Festival 2012 -Victorian Arts Festival 2011 -Noosa Festival 2010
Sing for Your Suffer Self MAKEbeLIVE Productions (Cabaret) Old Fitzroy Theatre
Up Late with Virginia Gay Self Showqueen | Old Fitzroy Theatre (Cabaret) Prod: Trevor Ashley
Gentlemen Prefer Blokes Nurse Civic Theatre The Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2009 Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Fest. 2009
Breast Wishes Gala Performance Lynn The Not For Profit Production Co Dir: Jason Langley
Virginia sings jazz, blues, musical theatre at a professional level. She is proficient in the Piano, Ukelele and the Trombone
TELEVISION
Preacher Penny Frontier Productions Pty Ltd (Series 4) Dir: Various Cram Team Captain ITV Studios| Network Ten Behave Yourself Guest Seven Network Winners & Losers Frances James 7 Network
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TELEVISION (continued) (2011-2016 | Series 1-5) (Lead) Dir: Various
The Book Club Guest Panellist ABC TV (Series 10, various eps) Dir: Stuart Burchmore
The War That Changed Us Vida Goldstein Electric Pictures | ABC (Lead) Dir: James Bogle | Don Featherstone
2013 New Year's Eve Melbourne Host Channel 7 Dir: Peter O'Connor
Studio at the Memo Guest Foxtel/Renegade Films (Series 1, Ep1) Dir: Ken Connor
The Unbelievable Truth Guest Panellist Giant Dwarf Pty Ltd | 7 Network
(Series 1, Eps 6 & 9)
Adam Hills in Gordon St Tonight Guest ABC (Series 2, Ep10) Dir: Jon Olb
Some Say Love Various Freehand Productions Pty Ltd (Pilot) Dir: Andrew Garrick Writer: Josh Lawson, Nicky Parry
The First Tuesday Book Club Guest Panellist ABC (Series 5, Ep 5) Dir: Stuart Burchmore
Good News Week Guest ABC (Series 8, Ep 33) Dir: Martin Coombes
All Saints Gabrielle Jaeger Seven Network (Ops) Ltd (2006-2009 | Series 9-12) (Lead) Dir: Various
It Takes Two Celebrity Singer 7 Network | BBC Worldwide (Series 3, Eps 1-11) (Finalist) Dir: Peter Ots | Randall Churchill
Telethon 2007 Guest 7 Network
Nightmares & Dreamscapes: Fan Ostar Productions | TNT The Road Virus Heads North (S1, Ep5) Dir: Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
FILM Judy & Punch Ma Seaside Productions Pty Ltd Dir. Mirrah Foulkes SHORT FILM
Mrs McCutheon Mrs Clutterbuck Dir: John Sheedy
Palindromes Narrator (Voice Over) Backlot Post Melbourne Dir: Nicholas Colla
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SHORT FILM continued: Once Upon a Time Gabriella Producer: Mala Sujan
Dir: Claire Marshall
Gushy Jodie Dir: Damien Spiccha
Winners & Losers Alison Atkinson Killer Art Dir: Andrew Bowden
Experiments in Thesbianism Sunflower Dir: Self-Directed (Mocumentary)
GUEST APPEARANCES:
Chat 10 Looks 3 Herself Carols at the House (2016) Performer Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
AWARDS/NOMINATIONS
2019 AACTA Award Nomination: Best Film Presented by Foxtel Judy & Punch 2019 Green Room Award Nomination: Musical Theatre Female Lead Calamity Jane 2019 Green Room Award Nomination: Musical Theatre Production Calamity Jane 2017 GLUG Award Winner for the Colleen Clifford Memorial Award for the Most Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Musical – Calamity Jane (Hayes Theatre Company) 2017 GLUG Award Winner for the Most Outstanding Independent Musical – Calamity Jane (Hayes Theatre Company) 2017 Sydney Theatre Award Winner Judith Johnson Award for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical: Calamity Jane (Hayes Theatre Company) 2017 Sydney Theatre Award Winner: Best Production of an Independent Musical: Calamity Jane (Hayes Theatre Company)
2016 GLUG Award Nomination for Most Outstanding Independent Musical: The Glittering Mile 2009 DIVA Best Show Award Winner: Gentlemen Prefer Blokes 2005 Coles Myer Institute (WA) Vocational Student of the Year Award Winner 2005 Sangora Education Foundation Award Winner