The Good Girl

by Emilie Collyer

THEMES: Ambition, Sex, Human Interaction
CHARACTER AGES: Late 20’s/Early 30’s
LENGTH: 1 Hour
TARGET AUDIENCE: Adult
Playlab Indie
CAST SIZE: 1 – 2 Cast Members

“Collyer’s witty two-hander merges black comedy with the absurd and the political, using sharp, well observed and funny…

(The first production ofThe Good Girl took place as part of Melbourne Fringe Festival in September 2013, in the Fringe Hub venue Upstairs at Errol’s, Errol Street, North Melbourne. The Good Girl won the Melbourne Fringe Best Emerging Writer Award 2013, supported by Writers Victoria in association with the Melbourne Theatre Company, and was also nominated for a Green Room Award in the category of Independent Theatre, Writing.)

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Description

She has one job: to care for an elite robot prostitute. He is the maintenance man who repairs it. Life for both of them has been simple and regulated. Until now. The Good Girl is a black comedy set in the future. It’s about sex and ambition and getting ahead. Whatever it takes.

ISBN: 978 1 921390 89 0

Reviews

"Collyer’s witty two-hander merges black comedy with the absurd and the political, using sharp, well observed and funny dialogue."

— Herald Sun

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