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Cactus

Cactus by Madelaine Nunn poster. two school girls hold hands. they wear a bff bracelet.
 

‘Everyone knows that friendships made in bathrooms are ones that last for life.’
Cactus
is a brutally funny, heartbreakingly honest new play for anyone who is or ever has been a teenager.

Winner
of the ATYP Rebel Wilson Theatre Maker Scholarship
Shortlisted for the Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award
Nominated for an Australian Writer’s Guild Award
Shortlisted for the Natural Born Writer’s Award

Cast size: 2 (2 Females)
Potential to double.
Run time: 60 minutes

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sitting, screaming

sitting, screaming by madelaine nunn poster. a school girl in uneven socks, stands unevenly gripping her backpack.
 

“I could crack open the footpath. Shake the houses until bookcases topple over. And all the porcelain in the world is just dust on the floor. And everything fragile is broken.”
sitting, screaming
is a gripping new work about family, adolescence and slipping through the cracks.

Shortlisted
for the Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award
Longlisted for the Griffin Award

Cast size: 1 (1 Female)
Potential to double.
Run time: 60 minutes

Want to perform this play? Request production rights by emailing me directly


The Chapel, the Fire and the Dead Cat

The chapel, the fire and the dead cat by madelaine nunn play cover. A giant cat paw pokes through the earth in a graveyard.
 

An act of terror? Work of the divine? Or merely an accident?
The Chapel, the Fire and the Dead Cat
explores the challenges young people face in a thrilling mystery haunted with comedy.

Winner
ATYP Foundation Commission
Nominated for an Australian Writer’s Guild Award,

Cast Size: 11
Suitable for: Senior Years
Themes: Supernatural, Friendship, Coming of Age
Run time: 120 Minutes

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SAAM

SAAM by madelaine nunn poster image a girl with red hair folds her hands looking suspiciously. a robot head is behind her.
 

SAAM is a comedy misadventure following 14-year-old Claire as she navigates the wild world of friendship, identity and the dark web.

Winner of the Martin Lysicrates Award
Winner of the Australian Writer’s Guild Award

Cast Size: 15
Characters Ages: 10-16
Themes: Friendship, Social Media, AI (Artificial Intelligence)
Run time: 60 Minutes

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Summer at Suspended Stone Camp

Summer at suspended stone camp by madelaine nunn poster design. Three hooded figures stand in the dark. the hooded figure in the middle holds a magic power in his hand.
 

“This is definitely not how these misfits pictured their summer.” 
Summer at Suspended Stone Camp
is a dark ensemble comedy following a group of misfits on a discipline camp. Equal parts thrilling, horrifying and heartfelt.

Winner of the Eldersee Commission
Nominated for an Australian Writer’s Guild Award

Cast Size: Large
Character Ages: 13-16 & 50+
Suitable for: Middle Years
Themes Discipline, Self-Acceptance, Leadership & Teamwork
Genre: Magical Realism, Contemporary Puppetry
Run time: 100 minutes

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Unicorn Girl

unicorn girl by madelaine nunn image. a girl with unicorn headband stands with her hands in her pocket. a green backpack with giraffe poking through.
 

Unicorn Girl is a coming of age comedy about how Samantha Reid, an invisible nerd became the most known and feared person at her school: How she became Unicorn Girl.

Shortlisted for the Martin Lysicrates Award

Cast Size: Large
Character Ages: 13-16
Suitable for: Middle Years
Run time: 70 minutes

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Garage Girls

garage girls by three birds theatre and madelaine nunn poster design. a girl holding a steering wheel and driving goggles hurls through an orange sunset.
 

Meet Alice Anderson: Mechanic. Trailblazer. Entrepreneur. Founder of Australia’s first all-girl garage!

Cast Size: Large
Run time: 90 minutes
Themes: Australian History, Females in industry, Cars

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Bin Chicken

bin chicken by madelaine nunn intersection 2018 chrysalis atyp poster. a girl with brown hair looks up to the sky smiling.
 

On top of the town tip, two friends stand guard as some home truths emerge.

The tip’s closing down and Katy doesn’t know how to feel about that. Bin chicken is a choice between fitting in and belonging. A quirky and comedic small town story of two friends on the brink of change.

Selected
for ATYP National Studio

Cast size: 2 Characters (1M, 1F)
Genders can be changed to suit your performers.
Run time: 10 min

Bin Chicken is a short 10 minute playlet from Intersection 2018: Chrysalis. An anthology of monologues and duologues written by emerging playwrights, published by ATYP and Currency Press.