Just Pretending Board
Peter Mattessi
Peter is a professional writer, currently employed as a Script Editor on Australian soap stalwart Neighbours. With an extensive list of stage credits to his name, he is also an occasional contributer and television critic for The Age Green Guide. Peter directed Just Pretending's innaugural production The Incorruptible, has appeared in Sweet Road and Company and produced Boys' Life at the Store Room in 2004.
Susannah Chambers
Susannah was a founding member of Nomad Theatre company, performing plays down the Victorian surf coast for three summers from 1997 - 1999. An editor at publishers Allen & Unwin, Susannah appeared in JP's Sweet Road and Boys' Life, assistant directed Louis Nowra's The Incorruptible and was responsible for the sensational costuming in Company.
Greg Pitt
A mechatronics engineer, Greg's ability to build the most improbable contraptions and ingenious sets combined with his ruthless hold of the purse strings makes him an invaluable member of the team. Among other things, Greg's mastery of all things technical has seen him construct a full revolving set for Ormond College's Les Miserable, a sorghum datura separator and corrugated iron shed for The Incorruptible and the brilliant Company balcony and set pieces.
Tom Stringer
Until Company when he took over the reigns as director, Tom had appeared in every Just Pretending show including his celebrated performance as the foul-mouthed 'Gabo' in The Incorruptible. Tom's stage credits are considerable and include the title role in Sweeney Todd and leads in West Side Story, City of Angels, Fiddler on the Roof, The Importance of Being Earnest and others. The Board's resident 'actor', Tom currently works in the Faculty of Science at the University of Melbourne.
Helen Walpole
Helen has speant the last five years or so working as a curator at Victorian museums and galleries. Currently working as a consultant for the RMIT Gallery, Helen has been the JP design guru since the beginning. She was responsible for the design of The Incorruptible and the creator of the cars in Sweet Road, oversaw the Boys' Life set and coordinated the much lauded Company design.