theatre works, geelong arts centre and dirty pennies theatre project present
by amy may nunn
Our Monster's Name is Jerry
14 - 22 FEBRUARY | THEATRE WORKS
by amy may nunn
After another unsuccessful round of IVF, Lou and Maud are broke and running out of options. Things take an unexpected turn when they inherit a house from an estranged relative, but they struggle to assimilate in their eerily pristine new neighbourhood. Made worse by the presence of a monster living inside their home.
From the acclaimed writer of ‘Lemon Tree on Dreg Street’, Dirty Pennies in partnership with Geelong Arts Centre's Creative Engine presents a new queer gothic horror that explores the terror of planning a future in an increasingly frightening world, and the lengths we’ll go to, to keep our monsters at bay.
The production of Our Monster's Name is Jerry has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body. The development of Our Monster's Name is Jerry has been assisted by Geelong Arts Centre and City of Melbourne.
VENUE
Theatre Works
14 Acland Street, St Kilda
DURATION
70 minutes
WARNINGS
Suitable for 15+
ACCESSIBILITY
Theatre Works is a wheelchair accessible venue. A full access guide will be available closer to the date.
★★★★ ½ “The script is just so good.” - ArtsHub (Lemon Tree on Dreg Street)
“One of the most joyful and well-crafted performances I might have ever seen” - Lilithia Reviews (Lemon Tree on Dreg Street)
“It’s impossible not to fall in love with this mad-cap, queer and colourful ensemble comedy about the inevitability of change” - ArtsHub (Lemon Tree on Dreg Street)
★★★★ “Emotionally finessed and brilliantly paced.” - Theatre People (Pramkicker)
“A rip roaring-good time” - Milk Bar Mag (Pramkicker)
DATES + TIMES
Friday 14 February 7:30pm (PREVIEW)
Saturday 15 February 7:30pm (PREVIEW)
Tuesday 18 February 7:30pm (OPENING)
Wednesday 19 February 7:30pm
Thursday 20 February 7:30pm
Friday 21 February 7:30pm
Saturday 22 February 2:00pm
Saturday 22 February 7:30pm
Theatre Works has a lockout policy for latecomers. Please arrive at least 15 minutes early to ensure you don't miss out.
Refunds will not be issued to latecomers.
TICKETS
FULL PRICE
$48.00
CONCESSION*
$38.00
PREVIEW
$30.00
RUSH TIX**
$25.00
MOB TIX
$25.00
*Seniors, Student, MEAA, Health Care and Low Income card holders
**Limited to 20 tickets per performance
Shows in the WITH THEATRE WORKS stream align strongly our values and missions - these works we co-produce and co-present with independent artists and/or companies. Projects within this stream receive significant producing, marketing, PR and production support in addition to free use of the venue and a generous box office split.
CREDITS
CAST
Lou: Em Jevons (they/them)
Maude: Laura Jane Turner (they/she)
Jerry: Tomas Parrish (they/them)
Aunt Wendy/Barb: Amanda LaBonté (she/her)
CREATIVES
PLAYWRIGHT
Amy May Nunn (they/them)
DIRECTOR
Alanah Guiry (she/her)
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Kimberly Summer (she/her)
LIGHTING DESIGN
Thomas Roach (he/him)
SET AND COSTUME DESIGN
Savannah Wegman (she/they)
SET AND COSTUME DESIGN ASSISTANT
Maya Anderson (she/her)
SOUND DESIGN
Robbie Divine (he/him)
COMPOSER
Charlie Bowmaker (they/them)
MOVEMENT CONSULTANT
Amelia Jean O’Leary
FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHER
Lyndal Grant
INTIMACY COORDINATOR
Kiana Daniele
PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGERS
Jemma Law (she/they)
Stephanie Lee (she/her)
CO-PRODUCERS
Danielle Goder (they/them)
Flick (they/them)
MEET THE ARTIST -
Amy May Nunn
Amy May Nunn (they/them) is an award-winning Naarm/ Melbourne based writer and theatre-maker. Their work has been featured in various publications including with Australian Plays Transform, Voiceworks, Verandah, Windmills, Metre Maids and Award-Winning Australian Writing. They are a two-time recipient of the Mathew Rocca Award for poetry, winner of the Express Media Award for poetry and the John Marsden Prize.
Amy has won the ATYP Senior Foundation Commission (2023) for their play ‘Flicker, Flicker Glow’, they were a finalist for the Martin-Lysicrates Prize (2023) for their play ‘Duck!’, and were long-listed for Red Stitch’s prestigious Ink Programme (2024) for their play ‘Celestial Bodies’. They have been nominated for the the Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award (2020), the ATYP Foundation Commission in both Senior and Junior categories (2022-2023), Canberra Youth Theatre’s Emerging Playwright Commission (2022), and were an inaugural recipient of the Gasworks Arts Park Event Commission (2021). They have been a featured writer with the Wheeler Centre, Australian Poetry and the Melbourne Writer’s Festival. Their play ‘Lemon Tree on Dreg Street’ has been published with Australian Plays Transform as part of the 2024 Pride Collection.
Amy is a graduate of the full-time programme at 16th St Actors Studio, and completed their MFA in Playwriting at the VCA, graduating with first class honours. They are the co-founder and artistic director of Dirty Pennies Theatre Project, a company dedicated to fostering new work from women, trans, gender-diverse and queer artists.
They were selected for the ASSITEJ Next Generation Theatre Residency in Pakistan (2020), and were recently selected to participate in the Jo Clifford ‘Finding Our Own True Voice’ Workshop for gender-diverse writers as part of Midsumma Festival (2023), in partnership with Bullet Heart Club and Arts Centre Melbourne. They are an Associate Artist alum at Theatre Works (2020-2021), a member of the She-Writes Collective (2022-2023) and the Midsumma Pathways Programme (2022-2023), under the mentorship of Morgan Rose. They have been both a lead artist and a collaborator in Antipodes Theatre Company’s Winter Lab (2022-2023), and most recently a lead artist for Geelong Arts Centre and Performing Lines’ Creative Engine Artists Residency (2023).
