Pride & Prejudice (sort of) By Isobel McArthur after Jane Austen

Amy Lehpamer

Tillie, Charlotte Lucas, Charles Bingley, Miss Bingley

A Helpmann and Sydney Theatre Award Winner, Amy grew up in Geelong and began her musical life playing the violin. 

Acclaimed as one of our most versatile leading ladies, her career has traversed singing the hills alive as Maria in The Sound of Music to delivering pop power ballads and comedic asides as Anne Hathaway in &Juliet.

Other notable roles include Dusty Springfield in Dusty, Cynthia Weil in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Mrs Walker in the Who’s Tommy, Principal Rosalie Mullins in School of Rock, Christine in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, violinist Reza in Once, Sherrie in Rock of Ages, Janet in Rocky Horror and the 2008 and 2012 casts of Eddie Perfect’s Shane Warne the Musical.

In demand as a solo artist, she has performed in concert with all of Australia’s major orchestras, and written and performed solo cabaret shows for Sydney’s Teatro, QPAC and Opera Queensland.

Amy’s screen credits include Australian Epic, Get Krack!n, Utopia and The Time of our Lives. She is the creator and co-writer of the webseries Donnatelegrams.

Kaori Maeda-Judge

Clara, Jane Bennet, George Wickham, Lady Catherine de Bourgh

With a diploma in screen acting (Film and Television Institute) and a BFA in Music Theatre (Victorian College of the Arts), Kaori’s on-screen credits include Australian soap, Neighbours as Jasmine Udagawa, Orange Is The New Brown and NBC series, La Brea. 

Kaori’s on-stage credits include David Bowie’s musical, Lazarus playing Maemi (The Production Company), White Pearl, written by Anchuli Felicia King and directed by Priscilla Jackman, playing Ruki (Sydney Theatre Company), The Dismissal written by Laura Murphy, Blake Erickson and Jay James Moody covering Margaret Whitlam and Junie Morosi (Squabbalogic), The Hello Girls directed by Jason Langley, playing Bertha Hunt (Hayes Theatre Co./Heart Strings Theatre Co), Little Women directed by Amy Cambell, playing Meg March (Joshua Robson Productions/Hayes Theatre Co.) and she will be reprising her role in Jack Thorne’s Tony award winning, A Christmas Carol directed by David Spencer playing Jess and covering Belle and Little Fan (GWB Entertainment/Marriner Group). 

In 2025 Kaori did a nation tour of Japan with Erth’s Dinosaur Zoo as the lead Japanese performer. Kaori also LOVES audience interaction and the more you avert your eyes, the more she’s going to pick on you. You’ve been warned.

Ruby Shannon

Anne, Mary Bennet, Lydia Bennet, Mister Collins, Mrs Gardiner

Ruby Shannon hails from Shepparton on Yorta Yorta Country and is a graduate of the QUT Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting), class of 2023. During her training, she appeared on stage as Joan in Joan Must Die *I Never Liked Her Anyway and Mash in Stupid F#king Bird. Prior to QUT, Ruby studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City and continues her screen training with Creating Artists.

Since graduating, Ruby has collaborated on independent theatre, film and development projects in Meanjin (Brisbane). Notable credits include Marie Antoinette in the premiere production of CAKE (IMRSE at Metro Arts), starring roles in short films Good Mourning (Bus Stop Films) and In Between (Brown Lab Productions), and development work with Dead Puppet Society through their DPS Lab.

Ruby is thrilled to be making her professional theatre debut in this production, touring multiple bucket-list venues around Australia in one go — she couldn’t be more excited.

Teo Vergara

Effie, Elizabeth Bennet

Teo Vergara is an actor, singer, dancer and a graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA), holding a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a major in Music Theatre. 

Teo made their screen debut in the ABC series, Crazy Fun Park (2023) directed and created by Nick Verso, portraying the character Bridget. They followed this by starring in the queer and gender diverse series, Turn Up The Volume (ABC), playing Quinn. They were also a member of the original Australian cast for Jagged Little Pill: The Alanis Morissette Musical, directed by Leah Howard, which toured nationally. 

Most recently, Teo starred in the original Australian musical, Converted! created by Vic Zerbst for the Australian Theatre for Young People (dir by Hayden Tonazz). 

Teo can also currently be seen in the lead role of Laura in the animated adventure film, A Sloth Story (2024), directed by Tania Vincent and Ricard Cussó. 

Zoe Ioannou

Flo, Mrs Bennet, Fitzwilliam Darcy

Zoe Ioannou is a graduate from NIDA. Most recently, she appeared in Grease the musical (Crossroads Live) understudying the roles of Sandy, Frenchy and Jan. 

Other performance credits include Tammy and understudy Penny/Amber in Hairspray (Crossroads Live), Rose in the Australian premiere of Dubbo Championship Wrestling (Hayes Theatre Co), Carolyn in Bridges of Madison County (Matthew Management/Neil Gooding Productions) at the Hayes Theatre, West Side Story (Opera Australia/GWB Entertainment) as Rosalia, alternating the role of Maria and The Wizard of Oz (Gordon Frost Organisation/Suzanne Jones) understudying the role of Dorothy. Other credits include Big Fish at the Hayes Theatre (RPG Productions), and Pepper in Annie (Gordon Frost Organisation).

Zoe’s screen credits include Paige in the ABC TV series Dance Academy, resident work for Disney Playhouse, and Ally in Channel 7’s Home and Away.

Zoe has also worked creatively as Choreographer/Associate Director for BARBRA: The Greatest Star (Hayes Theatre Co) and Choreographer/Assistant Director under Brittanie Shipway for I HATE MEN As Read By Men (Stoddart Entertainment Group). Other credits include Associate Director/Choreographer for The Dismissal and Assistant Director on If/Then at the Hayes Theatre. She will also be Assistant Director/Choreographer for We Are The Tigers playing at the Hayes Theatre in October/November 2026.