PERFORMER

STEFANIE ROSSI graduated from the Adelaide College of the Arts with an Advanced Diploma of Arts

(Acting) in 2012 and has worked professionally in stage and film since. She also studied with 16th Street

Actors Studio (Melbourne) as well as Rob Marchand and Tony Knight (Adelaide). Her theatre credits

include Mr McGee and the Biting Flea (Patch Theatre), Macbeth (Foul Play), Patricia in Extremities (Tony

Knight Productions), Velma Kelly in Chicago (Emma Knights Productions), Paula in Fefu And Her Friends

(Joh Hartog Productions), Izzy in Rabbit Hole (Joh Hartog Productions), Frankie in Frankie and Johnny

(STARC), Vanda in Venus In Fur (STARC) and Marianne in Constellations (STARC). In 2016 Stefanie took

on lead roles in international award-winning web-series Freemales, Adelaide Film Festival feature Youth

On The March and ABC iView series, Almost Midnight, and then in 2018 Australian Netflix Film, The

Flipside. In January 2018, Stefanie joined forces with Marc Clement and Tony Knight to form STARC

Productions and over the last five years their credits include Gardener McKay's Toyer, Jim Cartwright's

TWO, Suzie Miller’s Reasonable Doubt, Neil Simon's Last Of The Red Hot Lovers, David Ives’ All In The

Timing, Terence McNally’s Frankie & Johnny in the Clair de Lune, David Ives' Venus In Fur and Nick

Payne's Constellations. STARC was nominated for an award in Outstanding Achievement in Professional

Theatre for their 2019 season by the Adelaide Critics Circle as well as for their body of work during their

2022 season. During the 2018 Adelaide Fringe, Stefanie performed the role of Azra in UK production

company Smokescreen Production’s staging of Mengele and went on to perform lead roles in

Smokescreen Productions’ shows All Change and Mengele at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe. At the end of

2018, Stefanie was awarded the Emerging Artist Of The Year Award for 2018 by the Adelaide Critics’

Circle for her work in Mengele and Reasonable Doubt. During the 2019 Adelaide Fringe, Stefanie

performed with UK companies Oyster Creative and Smokescreen Productions in their productions

Oysters, All Change and JUDAS respectively and went onto perform in the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe in

Mengele and JUDAS. In 2022 and under her newly formed production company Freefall Productions,

Stefanie produced and performed in her first one-woman show, What Is The Matter With Mary Jane? by

Wendy Harmer and Sancia Robinson, to critical acclaim and in support of the Butterfly Foundation. At

the end of 2022, Stefanie was awarded Professional Artist Of The Year for 2022 by the Adelaide Critics’

Circle for her 2022 body of work. She has most recently performed as the host of the PJ Masks live show

on the main stage at the Royal Adelaide Show as well as in Smokescreen Productions’ 2024 Fringe piece,

Appraisal. Stefanie currently works with Adelaide and Flinders Universities with their training doctors,

teaches singing and acting privately and at various institutions around Adelaide and is in the throes of

writing a one-woman cabaret show

PERFORMER

Marc Clement has been acting for over 25 years in Theatre

and Film. Marc is also a Writer/Director/Cinematographer/

Editor. His theatre credits include roles, such as Deeley in

Harold Pinter’s Old Times, Alfie in Alfie, Mr. Orange in

Reservoir Dogs, State Opera’s Hamlet. Marc is Co-founder

of STARC Productions, teaming up with Tony knight (ex

head acting coach for NIDA for 24yrs) & Stefanie Rossi in

January 2018. STARC have been nominated by The

Adelaide’s Critics Circle every year since their inception.

Marc was also nominated for in 2019 for the ‘Individual

Award’ in Professional Theatre for his work in ‘All in the

Timing” In 2021 Venus In Fur was nominated for ’Best

Show” His film credits include the lead role of SASA

nominated film Ambergris, Adelaide Film Festival entry

Youth on the March. Marc has won multiple awards, such

as Best Actor for The Body, Best Director & Editor for

Switcharoo’, Marc plays the lead role in Warpath Chronicle

as Gideon soon to be released on Amazon Prime. He is also

a Lead Singer/Songwriter/Bass player/Guitarist, and has

written a musical called Busker to Broadway. Marc is well

adversed in character development, script analysis, audition

technique, self tapes and much more. Marc has be a staple

in the acting and teaching community for many years.

DIRECTOR

TONY KNIGHT was educated at Sydney Grammar School, trained at the Drama Centre London, and is a B.A. (Hons.) graduate from Sydney University. He was the Head of Acting at Australia’s National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), training some of Australia’s most celebrated national and international actors, such as Cate Blanchett, Sam Worthington, and Anna Torv, as well as local Adelaide actors, including Elena Carapetis, Genevieve O’Reilly, Adam Tuominen, Sarah Snook, Ben Welford, and Kate Box. Tony has taught, directed and lectured in many parts of the world, including Australia, the USA, Japan, Romania, Singapore and Tonga. Currently living in Adelaide, South Australia, Tony is continuing to teach, direct and produce work of the highest standard, as well as regularly writing theatre reviews for the national Australian theatre magazine, Stage Whispers. He has worked for SA Casting, Angela Heesom Casting, and TAFE CPA, the NIDA Open Program, University of South Australia, and the University of Adelaide. Furthermore, Tony has held two highly successful photographic exhibitions for the SALA Festival in Adelaide. Tony has recently returned to Adelaide after directing a highly successful production of Shakespeare’s As You Like It for Lakespeare in Canberra. He is currently teaching from his own studio – The Actor’s Studio (Scarlett-Media). In 2018 co-founded a new professional theatre company, STARC PRODUCTIONS. Over the past number of years STARC has delivered a significant and successful body of work, specialising in two-person plays, and earning high praise – quality theatre at affordable prices, and ‘making the Ordinary “Extraordinary”! All of these productions up until early 2022 were staged at The Bakehouse Theatre, but upon its unfortunate closure, STARC has also now called Holden Street Theatres homeIHT. It is an honour and privilege to be a small part of the history of this important and influential theatre. It has been a great journey.