Unicorn girl

Winner of the ATYP Foundation Commission (cast aged 14-17 years) 2019.
Nominated for an Australian Writer’s Guild Award.

Unicorn Girl is a fast, funny and painfully relatable coming-of-age comedy about identity, friendship and the weird, wonderful mess of growing up.
Sam Reid is 13, awkward, and mostly invisible - until an accidental schoolyard fight and one very pointy unicorn pen turn her into a schoolyard legend. Overnight, she goes from writing fanfiction with her best friends to hanging out with the cool kids. From sitting in the worst spot at lunch to being the centre of every group chat. From nobody… to “Unicorn Girl.”

Form/Style: adventure, children’s theatre, chorus, comedy, contemporary, ensemble, fantasy, large cast, linear, monologue and/or audition pieces, naturalism/realism, theatre for, by or about young people

Length in minutes: 60
Cast: 23 total
Roles: 23 gender unspecified
Themes: young people, self-acceptance, resilience, power, inclusion, identity, hope, growing up, courage, coming of age, change, belonging, adolescence
Cast age groups: 8 to 12, 12 to 16
Audience age: children, teen, young adult