Set in the staff room of an all-girl school, Morning Sacrifice interrogates the stifling sexual morality of post-War Australia. The all female cast are divided by the conflict between a waning Victorian sensibility and the sexual freedom of the coming age.The play is a powerful critique of how women’s sexuality was controlled by law, and hostility between women formed a barrier to emancipation.

October 1944. The tide is turning in the Pacific War - American forces have made Sydney a gaudy, hectic garrison town. The gamblers and the good time Charlies converge on the South Pacific Hotel, Sydney's finest. This is the story of one week in their lives, as they play the game of chance for the highest stakes .. survival, security and the opportunity of happiness and love.