Dream Girl

Genre: Drama

Period: Present Day

Place: Suburban Australia

Length: One act

Characters: 5 M; 5 F

Warnings: Some coarse language; sexual references

Synopsis
Growing up is hard. Growing up as a lesbian is harder. Growing up as a lesbian in the closet is very stressful. Growing up as a lesbian who is outed because of jealousy is dreadful. However, it happens more than you may think. The story of Jess and Belinda is one shared by many of our youth, trying to find support, but being given the other cheek by those who consider themselves “holier than thou”.

When Jess invites Belinda over for dinner, to meet her parents, it is with the plan that she will tell them during the meal that she is gay. However, before she can tell them, they are forbidden from any further contact. They continue to see each other in secret until they are caught and Jess’ parents virtually disown her, kicking her out of the house on the spot. Belinda takes Jess back to her house, where she is welcomed with open arms, in stark contrast to what she has just experienced.

Such events in life are traumatic and leave us untrusting of the world, but everyone needs to know that they are not alone. This production will be our arms reaching out, hopefully with the audience reaching back, so that the healing can begin.

Characters
Belinda Ellis

Jess Poynton

Aaron Hamilton

Charlie Ellis

Sarah Ellis

Sean Ellis

Richard Poynton Anne Poynton

Madeleine Sinclair

James Stinson

Premiere Production
The premiere production of Dream Girl was directed by Luke Heath and Cassee Lazic as part of the Perth Fringe Festival 2021. It featured the following:

Belinda – Liv Richardson

Jess – Sophie Herbert

Aaron – Ben Albert

Charlie – Krispin Maesalu

Sarah – Amanda Ferguson

Sean – Blake Hughes

Richard – Nigel Goodwin

Anne – Ivette Kuijpers

Maddie – Cassee Lazic

James – Calen Simpson

Directors – Luke Heath and Cassee Lazic

Stage Manager – Clare Talbot

Lighting Design – Clare Talbot

Sound – Fleur Pereira

Publicity Consultant – Bob Morshidi