BIOGRAPHIES
JEREMY KLEEMAN Rapunzel's Prince
JOSIE LANE Little Red Ridinghood
MELISSA LANGTON Jack's Mother
Bass-Baritone Jeremy Kleeman completed a Bachelor of Music at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music in 2011, and in 2013 graduated from Victorian Opera and the Conservatorium’s collaborative degree, Master of Music (Opera Performance). For Victorian Opera, Jeremy has performed in La traviata, Games of Love and Chance (2014) and in 2013, as Albert the Pudding in The Magic Pudding – the opera and The Ogre in El Gato con Botas. He performed Colline in La bohème for Opera New England. Jeremy was a prize-winning finalist in the 2013 National Liederfest and the 2012 IFAC Australian Singing Competition, and is generously supported in 2014 by the Joseph Sambrook Opera Scholarship with the Melba Opera Trust.
Josie debuted in 2007 with Sydney Theatre Company, playing Marcy Park in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Josie has also appeared in Priscilla Queen of the Desert - the musical (Back Row) as a Diva, Avenue Q (Arts Asia Pacific) as Mrs T/Bad Idea Bear, Fame (GFO) as Mabel Washington, Nick and Nora as Maria Valdez, Lucky Stiff as Dominique Du Marco (MGM Neglected Musicals) and The Pirates of Penzance (The Production Company) as Kate. Her cabaret show Josie in the Bathhouse premiered at the 2011 Adelaide Cabaret Festival and then played Melbourne’s 2012 Famous Spiegeltent season. She has also toured extensively with artist David Campbell as his backing vocalist.
Melissa’s theatre appearances include: Jesus Christ Superstar, Les Miserables, The Pirates Of Penzance, The Mikado, Marry Me A Little, Eurobeat, We Will Rock You (Killer Queen) in Japan, The Threepenny Opera (Malthouse Theatre/Victorian Opera), Strange Bedfellows (Vonny) and How To Kill Your Husband (Angel - Victorian Opera) – for which she received a Green Room Award nomination for Best Female Performance in an Opera. For The Production Company: Carousel (Nettie Fowler), 42nd Street (Maggie Jones), Damn Yankees (Gloria Thorpe), Follies (Stella Deems), Crazy For You (Patricia Fodor) and Sugar (Sweet Sue). She has received two Green Room Awards for her cabaret shows, and is a member of the popular girl group The Fabulous Singlettes, performing regularly since 1998.
BIOGRAPHIES / Creative & Cast