Elvis wants Rosie. Rosie wants to escape. Maddie doesn't know what the hell she wants, but it sure isn't this. While Rosie weighs up the needs of community with her own dreams, Elvis juggles a life of crime with a tougher path on the straight-and-narrow, and Maddie faces life as a single parent.
CUSP juxtaposes the Northern Territory's vast landscape with the turbulent lives of three emerging adults swimming against the tide of irrevocable change.
Mary Anne Butler's deeply funny play throws a spotlight on the warmth and humanity that keep us balanced in a world where, as Elvis puts it: 'Some people just get better choices than others.'
MARY ANNE BUTLER'S plays have been described as ‘poetic, evocative and muscular’. Theatre credits include Wittenoom, Broken, Highway of Lost Hearts, Cusp, Alice in Wonderland (adaptation), One More Hour and The Sound of Waiting. Playwriting awards include the Victorian Prize for Literature, Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Drama, the Shane and Cathryn Brennan Prize for Playwriting, an AWGIE, two NT Chief Minister’s Book of the Year Awards and four NT Literary Awards for Best Script. Nominations include two Nick Enright Prizes for Playwriting, a Stage AWGIE and the Griffin Theatre Award. Butler is a Sidney Myer Creative Fellow, Arts NT Fellow, Winston Churchill Fellow, Regional Arts Fellow and Asialink Fellow. She holds an MPhil in Creative Writing, and an MEd in Arts Education.
| Cast Info | 2F, 1M |
| Genres | Drama, YA/Children's Theatre |
| Themes | One-act play |
| Audiences | Young Adult, Secondary: Years 11-12, Adult |
| Extent | 66 |
| Edition | CTS |
| Size | 137 x 210 mm |
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