Lillianlee Harris
South Coast Arts
Lillianlee is a recent high school graduate (2024) and an aspiring actor and artist living on Nowra country in New South Wales.
She has been in multiple school drama after school productions and out of school productions, and has been in drama classes and training since early primary school.
Lillianlee has attended actor training at NIDA for acting workshop, Lillianlee has also participated in the NicNac Theatre Company filming workshop in early January 2024,
Lillianlee played the character of ‘Mrs Ferret’ in Nowra Players’ 2024 production of ‘Wind in the Willows’. and placed third place in the recent Nowra Players Youth Theatre Awards, Lillianlee’s high school visual arts projects were shown at multiple school exhibitions and out of school exhibitions,including Photography, watercolour and acrylic art pieces and drawings.
Some of her interests are Art making, creative story writing and script writing, directing theatre and film, theatre and film acting and photography.
Links
Roxie Hart Monologue From ‘Chicago’
The Ladies Baths in Coogee
Artwork description
Roxie Hart Monologue – Performed by Lillianlee Harris, 2024, From Chicago, original play written by Maurine Dallas Watkins and adapted to Musical by Bob Fosse and Fred Ebb
The Ladies Baths in Coogee, 2024, acrylic paint and water colour
Artist Statement
My Chicago Monologue was part of my drama HSC performance work which happened during the time of the horizons course, my mentor for my group Kate helped me with my projection with my monologue and thinking of the goals of the character I was playing that would project how they acted in the scene.
I used mostly verbatim from the original play script but added a couple bits of my own, I wanted to tell the story of Chicago through my portrayal of Roxie Hart.
My visual arts HSC major work watercolour painting which was also made during the time of the horizons course, I painted the Ladies Baths in Coogee using acrylic paint and water colour paint, I used white acrylic paint to create texture on the waves and layering of watercolour paint to create depth in my painting.
I wanted to paint the Coogee Ladies Baths because my full idea for my major work was female connection and sisterhood, these baths are women only places which goes into my whole idea of femininity and sisterhood.
The baths also are a beautiful place to visit and see as the baths show a landscape look of the surrounding Coogee beach and it’s just a nice and stunning place to see and be at, I do recommend visiting the Ladies Baths in Coogee, there was a strong feeling of connection and comfort in the secluded baths.