Hibernation

Directed by Catarina Hubbard
Written by Finegan Kruckemeyer

Performed by third year QUT Acting Cohort

“It’s the year 2030 and there is an immediate climate crisis. With little choice remaining, world leaders make a collective, pragmatic decision to save the planet. For an entire year, all 8.5 billion humans on Earth will hibernate.

Gas will be launched into the atmosphere and the human population will be immediately plunged into a deep sleep, leaving the natural world to reset. The reset of the human world is not what was expected.

For years we have been making our beds. Now we must sleep in them” – Finegan Kruckemeyer

Assistant Director

Assistant Director / ASM

Working as an assistant director for Hibernation (2024), Peets worked with actors on their monologues and ensemble scenes to help build objectives, characterisation, relationships between character, and physical theatre movement pieces during the dream-like sequences to help support the Hubbard’s vision for Hibernation.

Requiring flexibility and collaborative qualities, Peets worked in the AD / ASM roles and floated between responsibilities where needed by completing the following tasks during pre-production and show week:

Exploring physical movement pieces with actors in rehearsal room

Hibernation (2024) cast and crew. Photographed by Karrine Photography.

Assistant stage management

Provided support to the Stage Managers by recording rehearsal report notes, filming blocking and ensemble work, creating various stage side plots to then follow during show week, set, cleaned, and reset props and main point of communication between actor and stage manager during show week.

Photographed by Karrine Photography (2024)

Rehearsal room support

Supported director and actors by exploring script beats, subtext within scenes, character intentions, objectives, and blocking within monologue and ensemble scenes with actors. Communicated with director about progress of scenes, any concerns or feedback in rehearsal room floor.

Collaboration with creative teams

Communicated ideas and direction with creative team, offered suggestions recorded progress, and provided assistance to creative departments where needed to help director’s vision emerge seamlessly.

Additionally…

AI Assisted Concept Boards & Research for Actors

Used Adobe Firefly to generate concept art for each act in the play, focussing on critical points in the script, imagery driven scenes and to support actor monologues, and gathered research regarding the effects of lockdowns after COVID-19 to help actors immerse themselves in the hypothetical worlds of Hibernation.

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