SUDS Presents: Heat Lightning

Written by Leon Abrams and George Abbot

Adapted by Pearl Cardis and Emma Johns

3rd-5th February 7pm

The Cellar Theatre

SUDS $3 / ACCESS $5 / CONCESSION $7 / ADULT $12

Directed by Pearl Cardis and Emma Johns

Produced by Katarina Butler

Assistant produced by Justine Kim

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Two sisters operating a gas station in the middle of the desiccated Californian desert have very different intentions: Olga wants to escape her past, Myra wants to create her future. When two con artists stop in on their way to cross the border, things go South.

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CAST

Adele Beaumont - Olga

Elodie Jakes - Myra

Jeremy Jenkins - George

Eoin O’Sullivan - Jeff and ensemble

James Wily - Frank and ensemble

Estella Kennedy - Tinkles and ensemble

Sian Anketell - Feathers and ensemble

CREW

Directors - Emma Johns, Pearl Cardis

Producers - Katarina Butler, Justine Kim

Band director - Margot Roberts

Musicians - Margot Roberts and Ben Bauchet

Set designers - Eleanor Fair, Anna Chan

Costume designers - Estella Kennedy, Karuna Skipper

Lighting designer - Jessica Snelleman
Assistant lighting designer - Adelaide Tustian

Sound designer- Marc Simonini

Sound operator- Seren Liu

Hair and Makeup Artists- Maddy Rose Smith, Kiara Butera, Zara Eggers

Photographer & Videographer - Matthew Miceli

Graphic Designer - Margot Roberts

Stage Manager - Ellena Hartzenberg

Stage hand - Michael Esteban

Head of wellbeing - David Thane

Wellbeing team- Andrei Agnew, Kiara Butera, Michael Esteban

CONTENT WARNINGS

Adult Themes

Violence and fake blood

Death

Coarse language

Herbal cigarette use

SUDS acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land on which this event is performed and rehearsed: the Gadigal people of the Eora nation. Sovereignty was never ceded. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.