Cipta Scratch Night
Description
Come along and share your work in a fun social night for student playwrights, actors, and theatrelovers. Snacks will be provided and entry is free, so be sure to reserve your spot!
How will it work?
Each playwright will have a 10 minute slot where they can explain and perform a part of their play.
If you'd like to come along as an actor, you may have the opportunity to cold read one or more of these snippets.
After the 10 minutes of performance, there will be 10 minutes of discussion where people can ask questions about the work and provide feedback if it is requested.
Location:
Public Lecture Theatre, Old Arts Building, Parkville Campus
Please click here to register for a playreading slot.
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Agenda
- 5:45 pm - 6:20 pm
Welcome
Event begins, snacks will be available, sign ups open for actors who would like to read a snippet. Times may not be exact.
- 6:20 pm - 6:40 pm
Script 1 - The Sun Always Rises
- 6:40 pm - 7:00 pm
Script 2 - Mabel and Bryce by Finn Stanley and Harry Palin
Mabel and Bryce, two strangers only thrust together because of a joint trip up the top of a snowy mountain, find themselves halfway to their destination, snowed into a tiny roadside motel. The two sit at opposite ends of a long dinner table, ambling their way through an awkward conversation, when; A rave girl, blasting EDM dances through the space, interrupting her moving only to share knowledge of a brilliant doctor and her genius experimental research, then more raving, and then; The ancient owner of the motel keeps coming into the dining room demanding Mabel and Bryce to help her out, clean dishes, sweep the floors, find the cat, that kind of thing. That doesn't feel right. Mabel and Bryce need to leave, this is only stop along the way, the real story sits behind the doors at the top of the hill; And they're only getting warmer.
- 7:00 pm - 7:20 pm
Script 3 - Bessie, Bessie, Bessie by Christaron Newstead
A woman becomes absolutely captivated with a cow on a farm opposite her local butcher. 4 actors required. Content note: implied bestiality
- 7:20 pm - 7:40 pm
Script 4 - Forcing by Billie McLean
Ruth Barber is a young woman undergoing a supernatural phenomena, aging rapidly when exposed to the dark. This play will explore themes of immense guilt as we the audience discover, why is she growing? But more importantly, what is she hiding? These are the opening scenes of Forcing, three dramatic phone calls, one weird landlord, and a whole lot of growth. Content note: There are depictions of suffering, strong language, and mentions of death throughout the script.
- 7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
Script 5 - Wild Thing by Jade Breen
Author Bio: Jade Breen is a playwright, performer, and theatre practitioner working between Naarm and Ngunnawal Country. A proud advocate for diverse and intersectional storytelling, Jade’s work pursues narratives that encourage resistance, change, and community, placing the lived experience of young people in a well deserved spotlight. Jade was incredibly fortunate to be a participant in both ATYP’s 2024 National Studio, and Canberra Theatre Centre’s 2025 New Ideas Lab, developing new works exploring themes of family, identity and belonging. In their brief time in Naarm they have engaged with Polyglot’s artist exchange program, The New Writers Collective, and proudly had their work staged at Elbow Room’s scratch nights. Most notably, Jade loves dinosaurs and outer space, and will take any and all opportunities to tell you about it.
- 8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
Script 6 - Gecko by Lilli
After two estranged siblings are reunited at their abusive fathers funeral, they’re forced to navigate their opposite coping mechanisms and completely different life circumstances.
- 8:20 pm - 8:40 pm
Script 7
- 8:40 pm - 9:00 pm
Wrapping up / buffer time
Relax and chat with others!
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