Sugar

by Gemma Irish

Jack, a Minnesota transplant in New York City, is just starting to find success in her art career when things with her investment banker boyfriend, Hugh, blow up. Can two passionate people navigate the class divide and make their relationship work? An intense and often funny unraveling of gender, class, race, and art.

Jack, a Minnesota transplant in New York City, is just starting to find success in her art career when things with her investment banker boyfriend, Hugh, blow up. Can two passionate people navigate the class divide and make their relationship work? An intense and often funny unraveling of gender, class, race, and art.

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Character Information

  • JACK
    A visual artist and cocktail waitress, independent and stubborn and passionate. Comes from a working class Midwestern family
    25
    White
    Cis female
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      White
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Woman
  • HUGH
    An investment banker, smart, curious, fit, Alpha. Comes from wealth.
    30s
    White
    Cis male
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      30s,
      40s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      White
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Man
  • NAOMI
    A dancer, smart, very private. Working class Midwestern roots. Childhood friend of JACK.
    24
    African American/Black
    Cis female
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      Black, African, Caribbean, or African American
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Woman
  • MIKEY
    A visual artist, a genius, very laid back and sometimes antisocial. Does what he wants. Not immune to feeling feelings.
    20s
    Any
    Male
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Man
  • DOM
    Comes from a middle-class Italian-American family. An investment banker with hustle, savvy, charm, and wealth.
    30s
    Any
    Male
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s,
      40s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      White
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Man
  • KATARINA
    Looks like a supermodel. Smarter than she seems. A shrewd business woman. Knows how to have a good time.
    20s
    White
    Female
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      Teens,
      20s,
      30s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      White
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Woman

Development History

  • Workshop, Arts' Nest, 2018
  • Reading, 20% Theatre Company, 2011

Production History

  • University, Normandale Community College, 2015