SUDS Presents: Chosen Ones

9th-12th, 16th-17th, and 19th October

The Cellar Theatre

7PM

Show will run for 50 minutes.

Written by Joshua James and Sara Angelini

Directed by Joshua James and Katherine Stonor

Produced by Adhiraj Singh Jamwal, Ella McGrath and Zoe Le Marinel

SYNOPSIS

Set against the backdrop of pre-war Nazi Germany, and within the four walls of a paediatric clinic, “Chosen Ones” follows Walter Fischer, a doctor burdened with the duty of deeming disabled patients “unfit” for society, and in doing so condemning them to forced sterilisation and state-sanctioned murder. As Walter treats a group of children, he reckons with an inner conflict, cowardice and courage, to eventually face a choice between what is moral and what is mandated.

CONTENT WARNINGS

Depictions of fascism, Nazi iconography and language, antisemitism, ableism, misogyny, hate speech and discrimination, use of strobe lighting.

CAST

Walter Fischer - Elliott Brain

Karl Schmidt - Jeremy Blewitt

Marianne - Cheralyn Liu

Alice Becker - Sara Angelini

Viktor Becker - Adhiraj Singh Jamwal

Otto Wagner - Fransiskus Kurniawan

Liza - Amelia Hones

Pauline - Jasmine Ho

Simon - George Tsakiris

CREW

Set Designer - Sofia Angelini

Assistant Set Designer - Natalie Yeung

Lighting Designer - Cameron Nott

Graphics - Sofia Angelini

Photographer - Josephine Lee

Make-up Artist - Sara Angelini

Stage Manager - Lawrence Kim

Props - George Tsakiris

Guitarist- Neil Chenglath

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 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, we want to acknowledge that we stand in a long tradition of storytelling that spans thousands of years. Sovereignty was never ceded – Always Was, Always Will Be Aboriginal Land.