This Beautiful Future

Elodie is 17. She’s French. She washes her legs before going to church. She believes in God. Otto is 15. He’s a German soldier. Bulletproof skin. Eyes that could pierce tanks. He was part of a firing squad today. It’s 1944. Outside, the world around them is exploding. Inside, the room shakes. Elodie and Otto’s naked bodies touch.

Rita Kalnejais has worked extensively as an actor at Belvoir, Griffin, Malthouse and Sydney Theatre Companies. Rita’s first play, BC, was nominated for three Greenroom Awards including Best New Australian Play. Rita was a resident playwright at Sydney Theatre Company in 2011/12 and her screenplay Cottontop won her a scholarship at Sydney Film School in 2008. Rita’s Soho Six commission First Love Is The Revolution premiered at Soho Theatre in 2015.