By Katy Warner
Reasons To Be Invisible
An uplifting, heart-warming story for children about finding your voice – and having fun while doing it!
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The much anticipated follow up to playwright Katy Warner’s Reasons To Stay Inside, which won the AWGIE Award for Best Children’s Theatre in 2016, Reasons To Be Invisible is a smart, funny, and uplifting story about finding your voice – and having fun while doing it!
Sophie is as quiet as a mouse. She blends into the background. Nobody ever seems to notice her. No one sees her, hears her, or thinks about her. And that’s OK with Sophie because the truth is: she likes being invisible!
Because you can’t be hurt, or embarrassed, or sad if you’re invisible, right?!
New kid CJ is all the things Sophie doesn’t want to be. They stand out. They don’t fit in. And they’re embarrassing – like, really embarrassing! But unlike Sophie, CJ doesn’t care that they’re weird. Weird is better than quiet, right?!
But to Sophie’s surprise, she notices bits of CJ keep vanishing… piece by piece. Their loud, goofy laugh. Their terrible dance moves. Their voice.
Because what CJ really needs is a friend. A real friend. Or they might completely disappear and become… invisible.
Just like Sophie…
Students will engage with the themes of friendship, self-esteem, and identity as they watch Sophie strive to make the invisible visible, the impossible possible, and find the courage to help CJ – and herself – to not disappear.
Recipient of the 2023 Joan and Betty Rayner ACTF Commission, this project is proudly commissioned by the Australian Children’s Theatre Foundation and supported by Regional Arts Victoria and Community Bank Daylesford District.
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