This was the first and only production to be granted the right to perform in the Lights Camera Chaos theatre at Fox Studios, prior to the theatre being removed. LONG GONE LONESOME COWGIRLS is set in a small country town in south-western Queensland in the 1960's, and follows the unlikely friendship of Vicki and Rae, two girls from very different backgrounds who are brought together by circumstance, and end up living under the same roof. Over the span of three years, the play follows their loves, heartbreaks, divorces, births - and above all, their remarkable friendship based on their consuming love of country music.

The production was directed by John Maher, the Musical Director of the Australian productions of Rent, Rocky Horror Show Return To The Forbidden Planet and Oh What A Night! It featured the incredible talents of young, multi-skilled performers Letitia Davy (Vicki) and Katie Newman (Rae).

PRODUCERS: Neil Gooding Productions & Katie Newman
As a performer, Neil has performed in productions such as Jesus Christ Superstar and Joseph (both at the Hills Centre) and Into The Woods (Twelfth Night Theatre, Brisbane). He has toured QLD with Chicago, as well as a T.I.E. tour of NSW and VIC with Sticks and Stones. In 2000, Neil established Utopia Productions, which has recently become Neil Gooding Productions. This company staged ASSASSINS in June last year, which Neil both Produced and Directed.

Katie Newman (Rae) juggles her time between full time work as a Production Assistant at Fox, writing, occasionally performing, and filmmaking. She trained at the Actors College of Theatre & TV, and she has a Business Degree in Film & TV Production. She still doesn't know what she wants to be when she grows up.

DIRECTOR / MUSICAL DIRECTOR: John Maher
John was Musical Director of Rent, Rocky Horror Show (8 times!), Return To The Forbidden Planet, Lipstick Dreams, Chair In The Landscape, and numerous other disasters. He has composed music for Much Ado About Nothing, The Tempest, A Midsummer Night's Dream & Coriolanus for Bell Shakespeare, as well as many other plays and short films. John also directed Songforce at ATYP earlier this year. He is about to move to Melbourne for the disco spectacular Oh What A Night! John learned al he knows about country music doing Lone Star Lemon with the fabulous Colin Wilson & Genevieve Lemon.

SOUND DESIGNER: Simon Koenig - SKAV
Simon has been involved in some way with every major production that SYMT has produced in the last 13 years. He has also been involved with either sound or lighting for many of the major productions and corporate functions at the Hills Centre for the Performing Arts. Simon has been the Technical Director and operated the sound desk for numerous shows at Jenolan Caves over the last 3 years, including the Carols in the Caves Concert at Christmas. Recently, Simon has operated and designed the sound for City Of Angels at the Hills Centre, and Big at Holroyd Musical Society.

LIGHTING DESIGNER: Richard Neville - RSNLX
Richard has lit everything from caves to concert halls in the last seven years. With lighting credits from musicals, plays, concerts and recitals, Richard has also armed himself with a pyrotechnics licence and has thoroughly enjoyed watching people's faces all over Sydney as he created jets o sparks at the City Recital Hall for the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra through to a fiery electric chair in ASSASSINS.

VICKI: Letitia Davy
Letitia has done a mixed bag 8of performing, currently singing in a 10-piece fun jazz band called Shaft. Earlier this year s8he had a hoot of a time in the musical Songforce with ATYP. Letitia has an Arts degree in English & History and is reluctantly completing a Bachelor of Law, and studies voice with Petah Burns.