Cast and Crew

Performer: Cassandra Tse

The No Man Band
Keyboard & Accordion: Katie Morton
Violin & Backing Vocals: Ellie Stewart
Double Bass & Electric Bass: Rachael Hinds
Drums & Guitar: Jevon Wright

 ​Director: James Cain
Writer: Cassandra Tse
Music Director: Katie Morton
Stage Manager: Abby Lyons

Set Designer: Rachel Hilliar
Lighting Designer: Ruby Kemp
​Sound Designer: Patrick Barnes
​Photographer: Roc+ Photography

Song List:
Lullaby From Baby to Baby - Runaways (Elizabeth Swados)
Eurydice Meldey [Road to Hell/All I've Ever Known/Gone, I'm Gone/Flowers (Eurydice's Song)/Wait for Me (Reprise)] - Hadestown (Anais Mitchell)
Edge of a Dream - Heterotopia (Lainey Schooltree)
Changing My Major - Fun Home (Lisa Kron, Jeanine Tesori)
Taylor, the Latte Boy (Marcy Heisler, Zina Goldrich)
The Crying Scene - Murder Ballad (Juliana Nash, Julia Jordan)
When He Sees Me - Waitress (Sara Bareilles, Jessie Nelson)
Old Friend - I'm Getting My Act Together And Taking It On The Road (Gretchen Cryer, Nancy Ford)
So Little Time - Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope (Micki Grant)
Race You To The Top Of The Morning - The Secret Garden (Marsha Norman, Lucy Simon)
Take My Hand - Flatline with Two Sugars (Laura Gardner, Katie Morton)
Lioness - Miss You Like Hell (Quiara Alegria Hudes, Erin McKeown)
Not a Love Story - The Bad Years (Kait Kerrigan, Bree Lowdermilk)
Ring of Keys - Fun Home (Lisa Fron, Jeanine Tesori)
That's All She Wrote (Cassandra Tse)
She Used To Be Mine - Waitress ​(Sara Bareilles, Jessie Nelson)

Director's Note

Revisiting this show since its cancelled season in 2020 really highlighted to me the love, commitment and devotion within this cast and crew. I'm so proud of what we've made, both the exciting new additions, anecdotes and accordions but to see that the bedrock of the show holds firm. That are the core of the story is a deeply personal tale of how women and non-binary artists have to hide their work because they don't see a place for themselves. We take our lens to musical theatre writing but that's applicable in so many fields. May this show inspire a new wave of writers, emboldened that their work matters.

Writer's Note

Working on this updated version of That's All She Wrote has been a joy, and I'm incredibly grateful to have the support of my talented team of co-creators, particularly James and Katie, without whom this show would not exist. As a performer, getting to run the emotional gamut and tell such a huge variety of stories in a single show is a challenge and an extraordinary gift. My hope is that you all leave the theatre with a new favourite song, and perhaps even feel inspired to write one of your own.

Ngā mihi

This show was made possible thanks to:
Will Harris and the team at Te Auaha, Paul O'Brien at NZ Festival, Sam Tippet, Paul Tozer and the staff of Victoria University of Wellington, Aimée Sullivan and Madame Fancy Pants,  Roc+ Photography, Theatre Arts Charitable Trust, Creative New Zealand, Taki Rua, Morgan Whitfield, Lucas Neal, Ben Foot, Caroline Ziemke-Dickens, Maddy Walker, APRA, Ben Emerson and WITCH Music Theatre, and The Wellington Footlights Society.

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