Description

The future is hers… if she can survive the present.

In a small-town supermarket deli, two nameless women — Young One and Old One — slice meat while cutting each other down. One clings to the old rules, the other longs for more. Beneath the fluorescent lights and refrigerator hum, their everyday tasks unravel into a battle of wit, will, and survival.

Darkly comic and unsettling, STUCK is a razor-sharp portrait of power and control. Blending absurdism, biting humour and raw honesty, it takes aim at misogyny, patriarchy and the systems that keep women down.

Written by Megan Twycross (Erin Thomas Regional Playwrights Fund recipient), STUCK unites some of Australia’s most dynamic theatre-makers: director Susie Dee (Creative Australia Award for Theatre) with actors Caroline Lee and Lucy Ansell.

Brutal, witty and unflinching. STUCK leaves its mark.

Biography

Megan Twycross

Megan Twycross is a writer, teacher and performer based in Southwest Victoria, committed to bringing regional voices to the stage. In 2011, her first full-length play Smudged previewed at LaMama Courthouse and was the recipient of Under the Radar fund, allowing it to premiere at the Brisbane Festival. Cluster, Megan’s first play for young people won the 2020 APT Regional Playwriting Award, a mentorship with director Susie Dee and was shortlisted for the 2021 MTC Cybec Electric Series. Her most recent play STUCK was developed as part of La Mama Explorations. It was selected for the 2026 VCE Drama Playlist and premiered as part of La Mama Presents in May 2026. Last year, Megan was the recipient of the inaugural Fletcher Jones Fellowship which allowed her to work as Griffin Theatre Company’s Literary Assistant on the Griffin Award. Megan has spent the last five years as the theatre director for all-abilities arts organisation Find Your Voice Collective.

Book Data

Cast Info	2F
Genres	Drama, Black Comedy
Themes	Significant female roles, Two-hander
Audiences	Adult

Extent	56
Edition	CTS
Size	137 x 210 mm