SUDS Presents: Sapphically Challenged, A Staged Reading
Written by Adele Beaumont, Victoria Georges & Ella McGrath
Saturday 13th January - The Cellar Theatre
Doors Open 6:50 pm
Show Starts 7:00 pm
"Denying it never fixes it. I’ve learnt that the hard way."
Bella and Maya have been best friends ever since they were in primary school, braving life, love and their Catholic school together. Their friendship is tested as Bella begins to come to terms with her sexuality and begins to slowly unravel. Time passes and the two reconnect and fall apart, trying equally to grow into their own identities and hold onto the past as tightly as it slips away.
Sapphically Challenged is a play that has been in the works for the past year, but has undergone thorough development with actors and writers over the course of 3 months. This staged reading presents the final product of this process, debuting the script to a public audience for the first time.
Content Warnings:
* Course language
* Sexual references
* Homophobic and sexist language
* Themes of religious trauma
CREATIVES:
Creator: Adele Beaumont
Executive Creative: Zoe Le Marinel
Writers: Adele Beaumont
Victoria Georges
Ella McGrath
CAST:
Bella: Ava Camillos
Maya: Adelaide Tustain
Ensemble: Katherine Stonor
Maddie Lewis
Emily Whiting
PRODUCTION:
Lighting Design: Katarina Butler
Nikki Eghlimi
Adelaide Tustain
Sound Design: Jeremy Jenkins
Stage Management: Emma Johns
Production Assistance: David Thane
Elodie Roumanoff
Photography: Mariika Mehigan
Special Thanks: Eloise Aiken, Madhullikaa Singh
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY
SUDS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora nation, the traditional custodians of the land on which this event is taking place. SUDS pays respect to elders past, present and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.