As You Like It - Programme

Rizzie Rotunno
Celia
In her first ever Shakespeare play, Rizzie is absolutely geeked to be playing
Celia! Previously, Rizzie has taken part in many musicals including Annie, Our
House, Honk Jr. and Waterdale’s Third Wheel. Rizzie also has an extensive
background in music, studying piano and singing from a young age and
recently has endeavoured to fumble around with the guitar. Outside of theatre,
she spends most of her time watching movies and shamefully reviewing them
on letterboxd. She hopes that from this reimagining of 'As You Like It', audience
members will see Shakespeare's comedic side and writing genius!
Natalie Torcaso
Olivia
Natalie is a secondary school teacher in Dance and Drama, specialising in VCE
Dance. She has completed a Bachelor of Creative Arts; Dance/Drama and has a
Master’s in Teaching (Deakin). A highlight for Natalie has been teaching at a
prestigious Performing Arts Camp, Frenchwoods, in the New York Catskills.
Natalie was seen last on stage 5 years ago, playing Betty in Purely Pensive
Productions of ‘The Crucible.’ In between she has been nominated for a Guild
Award for choreographing Loyola’s 2019 ‘The Addams Family’. Natalie recently
co-directed ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ at Salesian College, Sunbury. She is
thrilled to have been cast with the challenging role of Olivia!
Kristopher Wardhana
Charles / William / Hymen
Kris always had an interest in performing and for some reason, the movie
“Spy Kids” is what started it all when he first saw it as a child. Waterdale holds
a special place in Kris’ heart as it was his first theatre company he was a part
of, playing the role of “Newt Lee” in the musical ‘Parade’. Since then, he has
been involved in many Waterdale productions including ‘Ragtime’, ‘The
Producers’ and ‘Third Wheel’.
Katherine Williams
Rosalind
Katherine has loved performing since she was 3 years old, and is overjoyed to
be joining Waterdale for her first show with the company.
She graduated from 16th Street Actor‘s Studio in 2019, where she gave
special focus to working on Shakespeare’s texts. She has previously led
Croydon Parish Player’s production of Stories in the Dark as Anna, and has
appeared in multiple short films. She loves to sing, dance, play piano (well)
and guitar (badly).