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Elena Carapetis

ELENA CARAPETIS

  (1970 - )
Nationality:    Australian
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Born in country South Australia to Greek migrants, Elena was expected to become something respectable, like an accountant. To their horror, she became an actor instead - after studying Drama at school, university and then NIDA. She has relished her professional acting career now spanning over 20 years, most recently playing Olive in State Theatre Company of South Australia's production of Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, directed by Geordie Brookman. She has also worked for Sydney Theatre Company, Bell Shakespeare, Malthouse Theatre, Q Theatre, Brink Productions, Flying Penguin, Windmill, Company B Belvoir and the NIDA Professional Company. She recently won a Sydney Theatre Award for her work in Lachlan Philpott'sTruck Stop. Screen credits include Blue Heelers, Water Rats, All Saints, Murder Call, Children's Hospital, Heartbreak High, Marking Time, Dead Europe, Look Both Ways, Burning Man and One Eyed Girl. Elena is proud to have been involved as an actor on the workshop developments of award winning Australian plays by Finegan Krukemeyer, Andrew Bovell, Lachlan Philpott and Phillip Kavanagh. She enjoyed this process immensely and finally found the chutzpah to take up writing herself. The Good Son is her first play. The debut production, directed by Corey McMahon, enjoyed a sell-out season in Adelaide in 2015. Her second play Helen Back was shortlisted for the Jill Blewett playwright's award category of the 2012 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature. In 2014 she directed her own adaptation of Euripides' The Bacchae at the Adelaide College of the Arts. She is thrilled to have received her first commission this year. She is passionate about telling stories that are not necessarily mainstream and is determined to continue to make a positive difference in the Australian arts industry, which she adores

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         Good Son, The         Helen Back

Good Son, The

Synopsis:
Frank yearns for a different life. He is the loyal, loving son of Meda, a Greek immigrant divorcee. They share a close bond but the line between parent and child has become claustrophobically blurred. Into Frank's life comes Ana, a beautiful, fragile woman. Their lives converge at the perfect moment. Frank has finally found a reason to free himself from the familial ties that have suffocated his dreams. But Meda harbors a dark secret that threatens to crush Frank's dreams and catapult Meda towards certain disaster. Inspired by true events, The Good Son is a bold, funny and electrifying new play that explores our idea of family, loyalty and lengths we go to change the cards life has dealt us.

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1st Produced:
Bakehouse Theatre, Adelaide, WA    08 Apr 2015

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Genre:
Drama one act 65 min

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Helen Back

Synopsis:
Two sides in the boardroom - which will get Helen of Troy back?

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1st Produced:
Holden Street Theatre, Hindmarsh, SA    09 Aug 2013

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Genre:
Drama

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