Wasted

Genre: Drama

Period: Present Day

Place: Suburban Australia

Length: 2-Act

Characters: 4 M; 6 F

Warnings: Coarse language and drug references

Synopsis
A group of friends are living together in East Perth (can be localised to the capital city nearest to the performance). They are all recreational drug users and live mostly off Centrelink. They are into the ‘club scene’ and regularly go clubbing all night, and relish getting trashed. They have a standing arrangement that the one who wakes up without a hangover buys the first round of drinks the next night. One night, Lucy overdoses and is taken to hospital, but dies not long after arrival. Together, the others make a pact that they will give up the drugs. On top of this, they must each deal with their grief and the other issues life has thrown at them. As a memorial, they decide to tell Lucy’s story for a magazine article, in the hope that it prevents other peoples’ lives from being wasted.

Characters
Alex – 18-21

Lucy – 18-21

Sean – 18-21

Nat – 18-21

Skye – 18-21

Sam – 18-21

Jonno – early 20’s

Rebekah (Bek) – early 20’s

Melinda – mid-late 20’s +

Chaplain – 30+