What is a Bill?
Stray produces four main bills throughout the year. Each bill has an open submission to any members who wish to write and/or direct a production. These get selected throughout the year.
As of 2024, our four Bills are now classed into a set of two Double Bills! Our Semester 1 Double Bill focuses on plays by existing playwrights while our Semester 2 Double Bill centres around the works of our community!
Stray's Bills
Legacy works
Writers Works
Classical Bill
Previously referred to as 'Historical Bill', the Classical Bill play that will be selected will be considered a historical or modern classic.
Previous shows that have fit this bill have been:
Metamorphosis
by Franz Kafka
Much Ado About Nothing
by William Shakespeare
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui by Bertolt Brecht
An Ideal Husband
by Oscar Wilde
The Glass Menagerie
by Tennessee Williams
Contemporary Bill
Previously referred to as 'Main Bill', the Contemporary Bill play that will be selected will be considered 'modern', either by its themes or the playwright themselves.
Previous shows that have fit this bill have been:
Animal adapted by Arlo Green
The Mooncake and the Kūmara by Mei-Lin Hansen
Low Pay? Don't Pay!
by Dario Fo
The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals by Nick & Matt Lang and Jeff Blim
She Kills Monsters
by Qui Nguyen
Original Bill
The Original Bill play that will be selected will be originally scripted by a Stray member. This is a script that has not been performed before and is making its stage debut.
Previous shows that have fit this bill have been:
A Shot in the Dark
by Joseph Hisayasu
Is This All That You Had In Mind? by Katie Harris
Mongoose: The Musical
by Josh Liddell-Trotter and Hamish Long
Bravado by Francesca Browne
Last Call
by Ollie Vanhey Bourne
If you are interested in writing for the Original Bill 2026 why not check out our writing workshops > Stray Wrties!
Stir Fried
Stir Fried is Stray's annual short play festival. 2026 marks the 18th anniversary of this crowd favourite tradition.
Original short plays are submitted by Stray members and are linked together by a well-crafted 'framework'.
In previous years, the collection of plays has followed a theme:
2024's theme was “Sweet Sixteen" in commemoration of the 16th anniversary of this Stray tradition.
Last year's theme was "Scare-Fried" with a collection of spooky and scary stories.
If you are interested in writing for Stir Fried XVIII why not check out our writing workshops > Stray Writes!