SUDS Cast Callout: Screwd!
Based (very loosely) on Lysistrata by Aristophanes
Written and Directed by Mariika Mehigan and Eloise Aiken
Produced by Alex Mcleay
Assistant Produced by Lara Kocsis
Dramaturgy by Tom Findlay
Performing in the first two weeks of Semester 1 2024 (February 22nd to March 3rd).
About the Play:
Frankie hates that her friends have settled for mediocre boys and mediocre sex. The only solution? A sex strike for better working conditions.
It should be noted that Frankie is also a raging lesbian, and no one knows (everyone knows).
To some, Frankie is intelligent and forthright, to others, she's a bitch in uniform. Frankie loves her friends more than anything but is finding it hard to watch them consistently fall for boys who range from boring and uninspired, to simply the worst! Disenchanted from years of watching her friends dim their lights to accommodate men who suck, Frankie decides to take matters into her own hands. When she stumbles upon a secret her best friend’s boyfriend is keeping, she decides to rally her friends into withholding what these boys had been taking for granted: sex. Yet, as the war wages on, some begin to crumble under the pressure, and friendships are pushed to their limit.
Screwd! is a period drama set in a fictional Australian high school in the summer of 2017. Dress-codes are loose, teachers unprofessional, and no one seems to do much work. This play is what happens when two girls, who grew up on a diet of soapy-teen dramas and campy sex comedies, discover Aristophanes’ Ancient Greek comedy.
Content warnings: Simulated sex, strong coarse language, strong sexual themes and content, depictions of misogyny and homophobia
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Key Materials
Audition Pack: https://docs.google.com/.../1R94x1.../edit...
Audition Form: https://forms.gle/ttgiJCuGbazcSzgb9
Key Dates:
Auditions: Monday 9th - Friday 20th October
Callbacks: Saturday 21st - Sunday 22nd October
Contact us at sudslysistrata@gmail.com for any further questions.
Acknowledgment of Country
SUDS acknowledges that the University of Sydney and the Cellar Theatre reside on stolen land; the land of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation. As a society that exists to tell stories, it is important to acknowledge that stories were being told on this land for thousands of years before British colonisation.
SUDS pays respect to elders past, present and emerging