Cirrus@Austlit

'Grace and Aaron grew up in a home where all they had was each other. At 16 years of age, Aaron was pushed to leave his family home behind. At 8, little Gracie tried following him with her bags all packed. He got away. At 16, Grace has grown up too soon, and her brother is long gone. That is, until he shows up promising to give her back the childhood that was taken from her.

'Saving Gracie shows teenage boyhood on one hand and teenage girlhood on the other, and frames light-hearted, coming-of-age tales with a deeper probe into the effects of domestic abuse and neglect on young people.'

Source: Old 505 Theatre.

'Sam was the girl most likely to succeed, go places, and make it big. But she didn’t.

'She attempted suicide a couple of weeks ago, and she wants to have another crack.

'Now she’s virtually under house arrest, back in her hometown in the ass-end of nowhere. And everybody knows she’s suicidal. Her mother’s riddled with guilt. Her grandma doesn’t believe in “all this depression business”. And her recently outed ex- boyfriend, the struggling stand-up comedian Jess, is the only mate she’s got.

'Sam asks Jess for help in killing herself. Jess is on-board.'

Source: Old 505 Theatre.