our monster’s name is jerry

Theatre Works, 2024

Co-Presented with Geelong Arts Centre, and supported by City of Melbourne

“Sometimes family chooses you”

After another unsuccessful round of IVF, young couple 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 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
Produced by Danielle Goder
Sound design and original composition by Kevan Atkins
Set and costume design by Savanna Wegman
Lighting design by Giovanna Yate Gonzalez
PR by Sassy Red Productions

WITH
Lily Fish

DURATION 70 minutes
Recommended for audiences over 15 years

Theatre Works
14 Acland Street, St. Kilda
July 27 - Aug 4, 7.30pm