Red Scare Theatre Company was founded in 2013 by Cassandra Tse and Bruno Shirley. It is a non-profit theatre company based out of Wellington, New Zealand, dedicated to staging dynamic productions of contemporary scripted work. As an organisation, Red Scare is interested in exploring the role of music in theatre and championing original New Zealand plays, and prides itself on presenting bold, inspiring productions interpreted by some of Wellington’s finest theatre practitioners. Many materials of Red Scare Theatre have been archived, either digitally on external hard drives or physically in Red Scare's storage containers. These include photographs of rehearsals, photoshoots, actors in performance as well as scripts, posters, videography and physical assets like props and scripts. See our website for more information: http://www.redscare.co.nz/
Red Scare Theatre Company members: Artistic Director & co-founder - Cassandra Tse Marketing Director - James Cain Co-Founder - Bruno Shirley Honorary Members - Bruno Shirley, Freya van Alphen Fyfe, Erin Thompson. Trustees: Aimee Smith, Ellie Stewart, Michael Stebbings
Productions: 2013 Right Dishonourable (dir. Cassandra Tse, writer Cassandra Tse, composer Bruno Shirley).
2014 Bloodlines (dir. Erin Thompson, writer Cassandra Tse, composer Bruno Shirley) Battle Hymn (dir. Cassandra Tse, writer Cassandra Tse, composer Bruno Shirley)
2015 The Showgirl (dir. Cassandra Tse, writer Matthew Loveranes) Long Ago, Long Ago (dir. Lori Leigh, writer Cassandra Tse)
2017 Yellow Face (dir. Cassandra Tse, writer David Henry Hwang); M'Lady (dir. Cassandra Tse, co-writers James Cain & Cassandra Tse, composer Michael Stebbings); Under (dir. James Cain, writer Cassandra Tse)
2018 Movers (dir. Matthew Loveranes, writer James Cain);The Bone Thief (dir. Alick Draper, writer Cassandra Tse, composer Bruno Shirley); Gutenberg! The Musical! (dir. Cassandra, writers & composers Scott Brown, Anthony King); Red Readings (writers - Adam Goodall, Courtney Rose Brown, Andrew Clarke, Evangelina Telfar, Natasha Lay, Marlon Richards & Jessie Leov, Abby Howells, Frances Chin, Peter Croft)
2019 MoodPorn (dir. James Cain, writer Matthew Loveranes); The Aliens (dir. Cassandra Tse, writer Annie Baker); Four Nights in the Green Barrow Pub (dir. Cassandra Tse, writer Kieran Craft); Red Readings 2019
2020 Apocalypse Songs (Audio Drama) (dir. James Cain, writer Cassandra Tse, composer Katie Morton) Available to listen here: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/apocalypse-songs/id1518993880; That's All She Wrote (Development Season) (dir. James Cain, writer Cassandra Tse)
2021 Red Scare Youth Theatre (Lead Tutor - James Cain); That's All She Wrote (Full Season) (dir. James Cain, writer Cassandra Tse); Battle Hymn (Full Season) (dir. James Cain, writer Cassandra Tse); White Men (dir. Carrie Green, writer Abby Howells)