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.
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Character Information

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

Development History

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

Production History

  • University
    ,
    Normandale Community College
    ,
    2015