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GENESIS

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A religious girl and a not-so-religious boy, Izzy and Paul spent a childhood intertwined; enamoured by the universe above them and spurred by an insatiable intrigue for that world beyond their own. Two brilliant, dissonant teenagers in rural Australia, life inevitably draws them in separate directions until a decade later, when the death of Paul’s mother draws them home.

Weaving in and out of time and navigated by the canopy of the night sky, Genesis is an intimate exploration of a decade in the life of two discordant young minds, bearing witness to the moments that shape, break and make them; interrogating concepts of family, home, and compromise.

"Hinz’s work covers conflict between fact and faith, science and religion, instinct and
strategy, and all of the troubles that arise as a result of friendship, family, futures and love."
Rhumer Diball, DownstageDiscernments

“Hinz has created real characters and a beautiful story to stay with audiences long after the end-of-show applause.” Meredith Walker, Blue Curtains Brisbane

  • drama
  • 0
  • 2 total
  • 1 female identifying, 1 male identifying
  • women
  • 16 to 18, 18+
  • teen, young adult, adult
  • Australian Script Centre


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IZZY

Female | 20s | under 3 minutes
Starts on page 27

EXTRACT: It’s like all that up there. It all looks the same. Beautiful, alluring, magnetic. But in a year stars disappear, they die, they’re born, they thrive, they clash and at the end of all that you get an equally stunning, yet remarkably different painting, and you don’t even know the difference.Those tiny lights have shifted by a percentage of a percentage-


PAUL

Male | 20s | under 3 minutes
Starts on page 0

EXTRACT: She lived. She died, and in between all of that she loved and was loved. All things considered she had a good run. I mean, that's what everyone seems convinced it's all about, right? The great all powerful "love"? She had it, heck she more or less bathed in it around this place. So what reason is there to be upset? I just don't see it, you know? I mean, should I?


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DOWNSTAGEDISCERNMENTS

"Hinz’s work covers conflict between fact and faith, science and religion, instinct and strategy, and all of the troubles that arise as a result of friendship, family, futures and love." Rhumer Diball at DownstageDiscernments

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THEATRE HAUS

"A night at the theatre that will linger in the heart long after the house lights came up." Shane Webb at Theatre Haus

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RIDEHOME REVIEW

“I felt every one of the punches.” Susan at RideHome Review

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BLUE CURTAINS BRISBANE

“Hinz has created real characters and a beautiful story to stay with audiences long after the end-of-show applause.” Meredith Walker at Blue Curtains Brisbane

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WEEKENDNOTES

“Make the effort - it’s well worth it.” May at WeekendNotes

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