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

CREW:

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 to 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.