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The Girl Who Would Rather Not Grow Up Just Yet

a 10-minute comedy
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Angela McDonald (Nana)
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Claire Stewart-Moore (Wendy)
Wendy is a spoilt 16-year-old. Like her namesake in Peter Pan she enjoys having a Newfoundland dog for a nanny.

Cast: 2f, 1m

Characters
Nana
Wendy
Father
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Nana hugs Wendy
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Andrew Jackson and Claire Stewart-Moore
Produced under the title Lock Up Your Chaperone
Short+Sweet Sydney 2014
King Street Theatre
Sydney, Australia
January 22-26, 2014
Directed by Tim Jobin Roach
Cast: Claire Stewart-Moore (Wendy), Andrew Jackson (Father), Angela McDonald (Nana)
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Claire Stewart-Moore (Wendy)
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Andrew Jackson (Father)
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Angela McDonald and Claire Stewart-Moore
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Andrew Jackson
"LOCK UP YOUR CHAPERONE is the drama standout of the night, with Claire Stewart-Moore as a very spirited Wendy and the strangest nanny (Newfoundland Dog) and events take a very twisted unexpected path." - Lynn Belvedere, Sydney Arts Guide, January 24. 2014
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Angela McDonald and Claire Stewart-Moore
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Angela McDonald and Andrew Jackson
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Andrew Jackson and Angela McDonald
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Claire Stewart-Moore
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Andrew Jackson and Claire Stewart-Moore
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Angela McDonald and ClairAndrew Jackson
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Andrew Jackson, Angela McDonald and Claire Stewart-Moore
Photos by Sylvi Soe
VIDEO ON YOUTUBE:
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Dim lighting. The actress playing Nana tiptoes in, wearing a full-body Newfoundland dog costume. She is carrying a bag over one shoulder and pulling a suitcase with squeaky wheels. Terrified that the noise will give her away, she takes extra care with every step. 
 
Suddenly lights flash on. Wendy, a 16-year-old girl, is at the switch.


Wendy  Going somewhere?
 
Nana stops and hangs her head in shame.

Wendy Are you expecting a litter and keen to give birth without human intervention? Or have you got rabies and you’re leaving us to avoid infecting the household? Help me out here. I’m trying to think of any reasonable justification for you sneaking away in the middle of the night. Do you need to go and nurse a dying relative in Newfoundland? If you can put a charitable spin on this exhibition of canine disloyalty, I’d love to hear it. You must admit it looks suspiciously as if you’re deserting your post. But surely not. That would mean you’re an ungrateful… I believe the correct word is bitch.

The Girl Who Would Rather Not Grow Up Just Yet is available as the first part of a trilogy of short plays on the theme of Coming of Age: Grow Up, Girls
Published by YouthPLAYS.
​Also published in Girls on the Brink: Seven female-forward plays for young adults (YouthPLAYS).
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Wendy's opening monologue is also published in Go Solo: Contemporary Monologues for Young Actors. (YouthPLAYS)