MISC.
This is the score to a play written and performed by Dominique Purdue and Sophie Teo. The play deals with cultural identity, ambiguity, and friendship, and the music subtly accentuates these themes, generates narrative momentum, and provides transitory passages between crucial scenes.
The play was performed at the King's Cross Theatre in Sydney from February 7-9, 2022.
The score is available for listening by clicking through the album artwork below. Further below are the full cast and crew, the play’s synopsis, and stills from the play. The album artwork as well as all photographic imagery are courtesy of Pollyanna Nowicki.
Full cast and crew:
Dom Purdue - Bea/Co-playwright
Sophie Teo - Jasmine/Co-playwright
Eric Jiang - Director
Rachel Seeto - Assistant Director/Dramaturg
Kim Surya - Stage Manager
Cecilia Dinh - Lighting Designer
Olivia Thomas - Set/Costume Designer
Sam Cheng - Sound Designer
Hayden Tonazzi - Consultant/Dramaturg
Sammy Jing - Dramaturg/Consultant
Claire Holland - Producer
Play synopsis:
“Misc.” follows Bea and Jasmine, two half-Asian, half-white actors who have forged a friendship in the waiting rooms of countless auditions in Sydney. Bonded by a unique cultural experience, the two girls comically try to navigate their way through an industry that doesn’t quite know what to do with them. Though their friendship is strengthened through self-taping, drunken shenanigans and stark white boyfriends, they are inevitably put at odds with each other when few roles become even fewer. “Misc.” is a story of cultural identity, friendship, and learning to make room for yourself.
