Our Monster’s Name is Jerry

By Amy May Nunn
Presented by Dirty Pennies Theatre Project and Geelong Arts Centre

July 24th-August 3rd, 2024 (postponed)
With Theatre Works

Supported by City of Melbourne and developed through Geelong Arts Centre and Performing Lines Creative Engine Residency

After another unsuccessful round of IVF, Lou and Maud are broke. Things take an unexpected turn when they inherit a house from an estranged relative, but they struggle to assimilate in their eerily pristine new neighbourhood. Made worse by the presence of a monster living inside their home. A monster they name Jerry.

Audiences are invited on a wild and nostalgic ride full of spooks, heart, and slime. This queer, genre-warping work explores the terror of planning for the future in an increasingly frightening world, the monsters we wrestle with and the lengths we’ll go to, to keep them at bay.

Written by Amy May Nunn
Directed by Alanah Guiry
Assistant Direction by Kimberly Summers
Set and Costume by Savanna Wegman
Lighting Design by Giovanna Yate Gonzalez
Performed by Lily Fish, Ursula Searle, Emma Jevons, Michelle Perera