Graduate Professional Success

COURTNEY MONSMA

Courtney is currently playing Glinda in Wicked the Musical which flew into Sydney in August 2023. Courtney graduated from the Conservatorium of Music. Upon graduating Courtney toured Australia during 2017 with Mamma Mia! in the ensemble and as a cover for ‘Sophie’. She then went on to play Ensemble/Jasmine cover for the touring production of Disney's Aladdin! Courtney played ‘Katherine Howard’ in the Australian premiere of Six which opened at the Opera House in January 2020, and performed in the role of ‘Anna’ in Disney’s Frozen: the Musical that opened at Capitol Theatre in Sydney in 2020. Courtney has recently been cast as Lillian Milton in Australian TV Series Paper Dolls (Helium Pictures, 2023). Whilst at NAPA Courtney had many achievements including being awarded the 2014 Performing Arts Ambassador Award at the International Women's Day Awards, Best Actress at the Indi Film Festival in Toronto (Short Film – “Dorothy”) and Best Actress in a School or Youth Musical at the Gold Coast Area Theatre Awards 2013 (Hairspray – PBC) and again in 2014 (Peter Pan – Top Hat Productions).

MICHAEL BISHOP

Michael has most recently been cast as ‘Jonathon Kent’ in Superman & Lois (Warner Brothers) (2022, 2023) and while studying at NAPA College, featured as ‘DJ Max’ in Spin (Disney Channel) (2020), ‘Teddy’ in Grace Beside Me (2018) - series regular, ‘School Yard Kid’ in Swinging Safari (2018), Extra in Harrow (2019), Reef Break (2019), Pirates of the Caribbean (2015), Voice Over in Mako Mermaids (2015), TVCs for Hallmark Homes, Movie World and Shell Solar.

EMILY MONSMA 

Emily is a graduate of the Conservatorium of Music. She was recently cast in the role of ‘Swallow’ in The Happy Prince Musical at MetroArts before joining the cast of Wicked the Musical as ‘Glinda Understudy and Swing’ alongside her sister Courtney. Emily played ‘Glinda’ in the HOTA production of Wicked and has also played ‘Penny Pingleton’ in the Harvest Rain production of Hairspray, ‘Marty’ in Grease!, ‘Regina’ in Rock Of Ages (NAPA Ensemble) and ‘Blue Girl’ in NAPA Ensemble’s production of Downtown! The Mod Musical.

CASSIDY MACKIE AKA COTTA

Wowing audiences as a semi-finalist on THE VOICE AUSTRALIA 2022, Cassidy has performed frequently as herself, her alter-ego COTTA or as one half of her corporate acoustic duo. A singer-songwriter by trade, Cassidy has performed as a musician at the 2020 and 2022 AFL Grand Finals in Brisbane and Melbourne, at corporate events the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre and Home of the Arts Gold Coast, as well as in musical theatre and cabaret productions across Queensland.

Having worked recently with prolific Melbourne producer Oldland, Cassidy has released a number of hit singles as COTTA, which have been added to Triple J Unearthed rotation and picked up by many curated Spotify and Apple Music playlists.

CASSIDY ON THE VOICE ‘King of Wishful Thinking’

CASSIDY AT NAPA CABARET ‘20 Good Reasons’

MAX BIMBI

Max graduated from WAAPA and won the Jackman Furness Foundation Award for his cabaret solo at the Julie Michaels Cabaret Competition. In 2015 Max was cast in The Production Company’s West Side Story and in 2016 Max joined the cast of Disney's Aladdin! where he performed in the ensemble and as a cover for the roles of ‘Omar’ and ‘Iago’.

SABRINA DURANTE

Sabrina graduated from NIDA and recently accepted the lead role in the Outback Spectacular production of Heartland. Sabrina also sang the National Anthem at the 2018 Melbourne Cup. Her debut single ‘Glad It’s Not Me’ made waves across Australia in early 2022. As well as graduating NIDA and starring in stage productions ‘Legally Blonde’ and ‘High School Musical’ and TV’s ‘Love Child’, Sabrina Durante has a long history in equestrian, winning Australian National Equestrian Championships multiple times in the show horse discipline.

ETHAN ROBINSON

Ethan played 'Liam' in the feature film Swinging Safari with Guy Pearce, Kylie Minogue, Julian McMahon and Radha Mitchell under the direction of Stephen Elliott. In 2018 Ethan was cast as ‘Private Alf Bartlett’ in the film Danger Close, starring alongside Travis Fimmell, Luke Bracey and Nicolas Hamilton under the direction of Kriv Stenders.

LILLY VAN DER MEER

Lilly is a Los Angeles based model and actress best known for her lead series regular role on 'Neighbours' as Xanthe Canning.

CONOR PUTLAND

Conor is a driven and passionate performer hailing from the Gold Coast. Falling in love with performing arts at a young age, Conor endeavours to share stories with audiences across Australia. In 2019 Conor graduated from the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University with a Bachelor of Musical Theatre. Conor is currently touring professionally as Swing in Grease the Musical. Conor made his professional debut as Joey in Friends the Musical Parody before touring Australia with Hairspray! (John Frost for Crossroads Live) as a Swing.

More recently Conor originated a role in the new Australian production Midnight – The Cinderella Musical. Other credits include Daniel in Once On This Island and Marius in Les Misérables.

MICHAEL KING

Michael has been a lifelong Wiggles fan, owner of the largest Wiggles collection as far as the eye could see and he has had the amazing privilege to work for The Wiggles in many different ways. He's toured as a Wiggly Dancer, has been the "helper" of every Wiggly Friend (except for Shirley-Shawn) at least once; (Most notably filled in as Captain Feathersword when Dom Field was filling in for Simon). King has also been on stand-by as an understudy for Anthony Field during a show when Anthony was ill. King has also been working at Dreamworld for a number of years. In 2018, he became known as the "Wiggly Brain of the Universe" when he competed against Anthony getting every question right.

MADI MARR

Madi has performed as Disneyland Cast Member in Hong Kong, and is currently performing at Movieworld and Seaworld, Gold Coast.

CHLOE FINLAY

After graduating from Brisbane Academy of Musical Theatre, and spending four years performing at Universal Studios, Japan, Chloe has arrived home to explore further performance opportunities. Chloe is currently performing at theme parks across the Gold Coast.

HARRY TOWNSEND

Harry has recently graduated from Brent Street, Sydney and has received a contract to join the cast of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios, Japan.

TORI ASTON

After performing in various productions across the Gold Coast on graduating, Tori has recently moved abroad to join the cast of Shanghai Disney Resort, China.

LILLI NEWMAN

Lilli grew up on the Gold Coast performing in musical theatre productions and dance concerts before relocating to Melbourne to study dance at Patrick Studios. At 19 years of age, she set out on her professional career dancing around the world on cruise ships, in theme parks and even in Bollywood films.

After losing overseas work during COVID, she rejoined the Howell Management team to continue to grow in the industry.

LILLY JERRETT

Lilly graduated from ADPI and accepted a position at ‘Draculas Cabaret’ on the Gold Coast and was cast in NAPA Ensemble’s Rock of Ages.

NATASHA VESELINOVIC

Natasha graduated from the Conservatorium of Music and was cast in the 2016 Asia tour of Les Miserables!

ANDRE DRYSDALE

After graduating from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) in 2016, Andre has appeared in multiple productions throughout Australia, including The One Armed Bandit, Daisy Moon was Born this Way and award-winning short film Pressure. Andre also had the opportunity to travel internationally with well-known trio, The Aussie Boys, and transitioned into touring shows such as Free to Air. Andre moved into the production of independent theatre with up-and coming company Last One Standing Theatre Company, with wonderful shows appearing in 2019 seasons Sydney-wide.

AYLA BEAUFILS 

Ayla was accepted into WAAPA for directing in 2016 and is now studying at NIDA in 2019.