The Struggling Artist - Creative Resilience

The Struggling Artist - Creative Resilience - S2 - Ep. 4 Casmira Lorien


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Casmira Lorien

Vocal & Acting Coach
She/Her

Casmira is an experienced performer and qualified teacher with a great passion for storytelling, mental health, and vocal health.

Her teaching experience spans multiple disciplines and age groups, beginning her career as a Theatre Sports Coach, and moving into teaching young people 6months to 18 years dance, drama, and private singing lessons at Adelaide Theatre Academy. There she also headed the ‘in schools program’ taking performance workshops into various schools around South Australia as well as specialised singing workshops for the Wakkakirri Festival.

Casmira is a qualified middle/secondary teacher, and has taught Drama, Music and English ELC – Year 11 at Marryatville High School, St Peter’s College (boys) and for the last 5 years at Wilderness School.

As a performer, highlights have included performing the role of ‘Violet’ in Davine Productions’ Violet (for which she won the TASA award for Best Female Performance 2017) and ‘Fantine’ in the G&S Society’s production of Les Misérables (for which she was nominated for a Curtain Call: Best Female Performance 2018).

In 2018 she performed in Edges with Irregular Productions for the Adelaide Fringe Festival, ‘Shelby’ in Steel Magnolias with IpSkip, ‘The Lady of the Lake’ in Spamalot with Marie Clark Musical Theatre (winner of Best Ensemble Curtain Call 2018), and the ‘Sour Kangaroo’ in Seussical with Northern Light Theatre Company.

In 2019 Casmira played nine characters in Judge Jackie: Disorder in the Court with Davine Productions (which won Best Ensemble and Best Musical at the 2019 Curtain Call Awards, as well as the TASA for Best Musical) and Lynette ‘Squeaky’ Fromme in Assassins for Hills Musical Company.

Professionally, Casmira has acted and provided voices for several short films and children’s productions. She also spent many years directing and music directing musicals for Adelaide Theatre Academy, including Snow White and Alice in Wonderland for the Festival Centre’s ‘Something on Saturday’ program. Some of her fondest memories are working with Peter Combe in directing and choreographing his Adelaide Fringe Festival shows from 2013-2015.

 

https://www.lorien.ink/about/casmira-lorien/

Ehlers-Danlos Australia

Australian POTS Foundation

 

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Presented by Adam and Julie Goodburn

Produced, edited and mixed by Adam Goodburn

Artwork design by Timothy Ide.

Segment jingles sourced through Soundtrap

Goodie's Fab Five theme by PJ Oaten

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