Dave

Male | 40s | 3 to 5 minutes
Starts on page 58

EXTRACT: I was out driving with Josh, one of the apprentices from work. He’s a good kid, bit dopey but always happy, you know? We were listening to the radio. I dunno, some love song, and Josh was just like staring out the window and humming along. Everyone at work knows that he likes the girl in the office so I said to him, ‘you should ask her out for a coffee or a drink’. But Josh just smiled his big dopey smile and said ‘nah too awkward'. And I thought to myself, ‘Too awkward? You don’t know what that means.’

Stella

Female | 20s | 3 to 5 minutes
Starts on page 64

EXTRACT: I played tennis in high school. I was pretty good. I was in a team with three others. One of the girls had a lot of going on. Each week she’d start the game by sticking the name of someone who was annoying her, onto the tennis ball. Then we’d whack it for 45 minutes. We all thought it was pretty funny. Ben. My ex-boyfriend. Ben didn’t like dad. He said he was a drug-fucked loser. But fortunately, breaking up with Ben made me realise that he was the loser. All those late night text messages and phone calls. Pathetic.

INTERVIEW

ABC RADIO, THE CONVERSATION HOUR, AUGUST 2018.

Joining Jon Faine in the studio to take listeners' calls about support and grief in the aftermath of suicide are: Rebecca Lister … playwright, director, performer, teacher, and producer. Co-artistic director, Anvil Productions. Writer, 2:20AM. Penny Gibson …contributor to development, 2:20AM Louise Flynn ... psychologist. Manager, Support After Suicide, Jesuit Social Services.

ARTICLE

EUREKA STREET, ANDREW HAMILTON, AUGUST 2018.

"The play in turn helps those who watch it to break down taboos that might make them shrink from people whose relatives and friends have taken their own lives. It also models a way of responding reasonably and with open hearts to suicide."

ARTICLE

ART NEWS PORTAL, SASSY RED PR, AUGUST 2018.

"A new Australian play by award winning playwright Rebecca Lister, '2:20AM' draws from Lister’s own experience of losing a family member to suicide, along with real stories of 50 other individuals directly impacted by suicide."

REVIEW

BE MELBOURNE, ANGELA PEREZ, 2018.

"...a contemporary drama that tackles the subject of suicide with truth and humour, and pulses with the credibility of lived experience."

REVIEW

THE PLUS ONES, SEPTEMBER 2018.

"Lister’s play is one of unity and hope."

REVIEW

THEATRE PEOPLE, DAVID GARDETTE, SEPTEMBER 2018.

"Using real life experiences from participants in writers groups, in-depth interviews and her own experience on losing a family member to suicide, Lister brings us a beautifully powerful new work that goes beyond the loss of a loved one and into the lives of those struggling to understand why."

REVIEW

MY MELBOURNE, MYRON MY, SEPTEMBER 2018.

"2:20am is an affecting story of mourning, acceptance, resilience and hope."

TRAILER

ANVIL PRODUCTIONS

Cast: Joanne Davis, Zoe Ellerton Ashley, Michael Treloar, & Izabella Yena. The Melbourne season was proudly supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria and the City of Yarra. September 2018 Richmond Theatrette

RADIO INTERVIEW

SMART ARTS, RRR.

Richard Watts interviews Rebecca Lister.